Sheila Hults ELDRED — Sheila M. Hults, 57, of Champlin Hill Road, Turtlepoint, passed away peacefully while surrounded by her loving family, at Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital on Friday (Oct. 10, 2025). Born July 11, 1968, in Olean, she was a daughter of Bob and Gloria Cochran Galentine.  On May 23, 2003, she married Mike Hults, who preceded her in death on Feb. 26, 2020. Sheila was a graduate of Port Allegany High School, class of 1986. She was a lifelong resident of ...

Eldred—David G. “Hippie” Martz, 64, of McCrea Brook Rd., passed away Monday (October 6th, 2025) at the Olean General Hospital. Born October 30th, 1960 in Port Allegany, he was a son of William and Nancy (Bell) Martz. He was a life long resident of the area. David went to Otto-Eldred Schools and was employed at Stead Lumber in Portville and then he was later employed as a mechanic and a bus driver for Stucks Garage in Rixford for many years prior to retirement. Hippie loved the ...

Eldred—David G. “Hippie” Martz, 64, of McCrea Brook Rd., passed away Monday (October 6th, 2025) at the Olean General Hospital. Born October 30th, 1960 in Port Allegany, he was a son of William and Nancy (Bell) Martz. He was a life long resident of the area. David went to Otto-Eldred Schools and was employed at Stead Lumber in Portville and then he was later employed as a mechanic and a bus driver for Stucks Garage in Rixford for many years prior to retirement. Hippie loved the ...

Eldred—David G. “Hippie” Martz, 64, of McCrea Brook Rd., passed away Monday (October 6th, 2025) at the Olean General Hospital. Born October 30th, 1960 in Port Allegany, he was a son of William and Nancy (Bell) Martz. He was a life long resident of the area. David went to Otto-Eldred Schools and was employed at Stead Lumber in Portville and then he was later employed as a mechanic and a bus driver for Stucks Garage in Rixford for many years prior to retirement. Hippie ...

Rixford—  Edgar C. Porter, 87, of Depot St., went to be with the Lord, his wife and his son on Wednesday (September 17th, 2025) at the Olean General Hospital while surrounded by his loving family. Born August 18th, 1938 in Lewis Run, he was a son of John A. and Ethel J. Walters Porter.  On  March 28th, 1959  in the Smethport Methodist Church where he married Maxine M. Morris, who preceded him in death on February 27th, 2015. Mr. Porter was a veteran, having served ...

Eldred--  Robert Gene “Bob” Whitsell, 82, of Slack Hollow Rd., passed away Wednesday (August 13th, 2025) at UPMC Cole Memorial Hospital, with his wife by his side. Born November 3rd, 1943 in Wellsville he was a son of Robert George and Hester Latten Whitsell.  On November 18th, 1966 in the bride’s family home on Slack Holow, he married Bonnie Smith, who survives. Mr. Whitsell was a 1962 graduate of Whitesville, Ny High School.  He then served in the US ...

Shirley A. Lerch, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed away Aug. 12, 2025. She was born in Oil City to the late Fred and Mary Gallagher and grew up in Kane, graduating from Kane High School. On Nov. 22, 1957, she married the love of her life, Ron Lerch, at St. Callistus Church in Kane. In her early years, Shirley worked as a telephone operator for Pennsylvania Bell Telephone. Later, she found her calling at St. Bernard’s Grade School cafeteria, where she touched the lives of ...

It is with love and great sadness that I share the passing of my mother, ChaeS.  Blauser, 78, of Johnsonburg, PA on July 16, 2025. She passed peacefully at Penn Highlands Hospital after a long-term battle with dementia and pulmonary fibrosis. My mother was a woman of deep faith who served as a missionary, worked as a nurse, and later ran her own dry cleaning business. She loved gardening, cooking, and gathering in fellowship through prayer groups and church. Her greatest joy in life ...

Connie Schneider ELDRED — Connie M. Schneider, 88, of Canfield Hollow Road passed away Monday (June 16, 2025) at home, surrounded by her loving family. Born Feb. 20, 1937, in Bradford, she was a daughter of Jess and Ruth G. Heidrich McDivitt. On May 10, 1958, in Eldred, PA, she married Eli L. Schneider, who preceded her in death July 19, 2024. Connie was a graduate of Eldred High School Class of 1955. She spent her career in the sewing department at Ethan Allen Furniture in Eldred, ...

Leisa Parris, 61, passed away at Sena Kean Manor in Smethport, PA, on June 14, 2025.  Leisa was born on November 12, 1963, to Rita (Lockwood) and Allen Kanouff. She graduated with the Class of 1981 from Otto-Eldred Jr-Sr High School and devoted her life to caring for others. Leisa lived with a passionate spirit and found joy in nature, animals, road trips, and—above all—her grandchildren. She had an adventurous heart, loved camping, and always looked forward to traveling ...