All Obituaries

John E. Thompson  “beloved husband, father, Papa, brother, and friend “ GRIMSLEY, TENNESSEE----John E. Thompson, 75, of Grimsley, formerly of Port Allegany, Pa. and Eldred, Pa., passed away in his home on his birthday, June 26, 2020, with his loving family by his side, after a long illness. Born on Tuesday, June 26, 1945 in Olean, N.Y., he was a son of Ronald L. Thompson and Virginia H. Miles Thompson Wenner. On April 29, 1989, he married Gina M. Keyser Thompson, who...

Yvonne E. Setzer  “beloved mother, grandmother, and sister” COUDERSPORT, Pa.---Yvonne E. “Bonnie” Setzer, 86, a longtime resident of Coudersport, passed away on Friday, April 10, 2020, in UPMC Cole, Coudersport, after a long illness. Born on Thursday, February 1, 1934 in Borie, she was a daughter of LeRoy and Florence Reed Shaw. On August 23, 1952 in Salamanca, N.Y., she married Kenneth R. Setzer, who passed away on September 19, 2007. Bonnie was employed as a...

Gordon W. Harmon CAPTION “avid hunter and fisherman” CERES, N.Y.----Gordon W. Harmon, 72, a longtime resident of Ceres, N.Y., passed away in his home on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, after a long illness. Born on Saturday, January 17, 1948, in Shinglehouse, Pa., he was a son of Leon C. and Gladys A. DeGolia Harmon. On April 15, 1972 in Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Portville, he married Teresa A. Cappelletti, who passed away on May 23, 2012. He was a graduate of Bolivar...

Bertha M. Pekarski    “Loving Wife, Mom, and Grandma” COUDERSPORT, Pa.---Bertha M. Pekarski, 88, a lifelong resident of Coudersport, passed away in her home with her loving family by her side on Friday, June 19, 2020, following a short illness. Born on Saturday, February 6, 1932, in Wharton, she was a daughter of Earl W. and Mildred V. Reed Mahon. On June 8, 1951, in Coudersport, she married Robert M. “Bob” Pekarski, who passed away on November 5,...

Beverly L. Murray  “beloved Mom, grandma, great-grandma, and great-great-grandma” BOLIVAR, N.Y.----Beverly L. Murray, 83, a lifelong resident of Bolivar, passed away with her loving family by her side on Sunday, June 14, 2020, in Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, after a long illness. Born on Saturday, January 30, 1937 in Bolivar, she was a daughter of Harold R. “Stubby” and Catherine “Cookie” Clark Stives. On February 20, 1964 in Bolivar, she...

Betty L. Nolan  “beloved mother, grandmother, and sister” SHINGLEHOUSE, Pa.---Betty L. Nolan, 83, of Shinglehouse, passed away with her sister by her side at Sweden Valley Manor, Coudersport, on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, after a long illness. Born on Monday, August 17, 1936 in Roulette Township, she was a daughter of Randall B. and Iva Knowlton Ayers. On November 11, 1950 in Bell Run, she married Albert H. “Junior” Nolan, who passed away on January 21,...

Connie L. Lafley HARRISBURG, Pa.---Connie L. Lafley, 80, of Harrisburg, formerly of Coudersport, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2020, in her home. Funeral arrangements, entrusted to the care of Kevin J. Dusenbury, funeral director/owner of the Virgil L. Howard Funeral Home, Shinglehouse, are incomplete and will be announced with a full obituary.  

Connie L. Lafley  “former Coudersport resident” HARRISBURG, Pa.---Connie L. Lafley, 80, of Harrisburg, formerly of Coudersport, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2020, in her home. Born on Wednesday, October 4, 1939 in Wellsville, N.Y., she was a daughter of Lawrence W. and Gertrude G. Marble Reuning. Connie was a graduate of Coudersport High School, Class of 1957 and was a 1961 graduate of Thiel College in Greenville, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics. She...

Betty E. George  “beloved mother, grandmother, sister and aunt” SHINGLEHOUSE, Pa.---Betty E. George, 83, of Shinglehouse and a former longtime resident of Portville, N.Y., passed away on Saturday, June 6, 2020, in the Olean General Hospital, Olean, N.Y., after a long illness. Born at home in Olean during a prayer meeting hosted by her parents on Sunday, July 5, 1936, she was a daughter of Ferman and Rose Butler Woods. On September 29, 1967 in Titusville, she married Glen...

Sharon L. Ball  “loving wife, mother, and Beamie” SHINGLEHOUSE, Pa.---Sharon L. Ball, 73, of Shinglehouse, passed away in her home with her loving family by her side on Saturday, May 16, 2020, after a long illness. Born on Thursday, August 29, 1946 in Olean, N.Y., she was a daughter of James and Barbara Gardner Murphy. On June 5, 1965 in Olean, she married Martin L. “Marty” Ball, who passed away on September 19, 2006. Sharon was a graduate of Olean High...