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BOLIVAR - Wendell R. "Ike" Hewitt, 84, of 7707 Forman Hollow Road, passed away Monday (Oct. 7, 2019) at home, following a lengthy illness.
Born Dec. 2, 1934, in Portville, he was the son of Clifford and Florence Wilber Hewitt. Ike married the former Roxanna Wardner on April 17, 1955, in Little Genesee. Mrs. Hewitt survives.
Ike was a graduate of Friendship Central School.
He was employed by the International PaperCo. of North Tonawanda for 22 years; owned and operated Hewitt's Village Inn in Bolivar for three years; was a rural carrier for the Bolivar Post Office for 22 years; and drove school bus for Bolivar Central School for two years.
Ike was proud to have built his own home in Bolivar from 1975 to 1977. He was a former member of the Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge of North Tonawanda.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are four children, Pamalla (Frank) Harvey of Cattaraugus, Rhonda Pope Hewitt of Bolivar, Robert Hewitt of Bolivar and Brenda (Lee) Pope of Eden; 12 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and one sister, Marge Anderson of Wellsville.
He was preceded in death by four brothers and one sister.
Friends may call from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 10, 2019) at the Schaffner Funeral Home Inc., Bolivar. Funeral services will follow visitation at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Wells Cemetery, Little Genesee.

Wendell married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Vinton married Blanche Pauline Coon on 17 Apr 1927. Blanche was born on 21 Dec 1911 in Birdsall, New York, USA; died on 22 Feb 1989 in Portville, New York, USA; was buried in Wells Cemetery, Little Genesee, Allegany County, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Blanche P. Van Curen, 77, of Portville, New York, died on February 22, 1989, in St. Francis Hospital, Olean, New York, after a brief illness.
Born on December 21, 1911, in Birdsall, New York, she was the daughter of Adelbert and Charlotte (Hull) Coon. On April 17, 1927, she married Vinton E. Wardner, who died on September 3, 1971. On January 4,1976, she married Howard M. Van Curen. He died in 1977.
Blanche attended Bolivar High School, Bolivar, New York. She was a member of the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of Little Genesee, New York, and its Sabbath School Society and Sunshine Society. She served for years as treasurer of each organization. She was also a member of the Portville Senior Citizens Club, and Portville ECHO Club.
Surviving are two sons, Adelbert Wardner of Portville and Martin Wardner of Ceres, New York; a daughter, Roxanna Hewitt of Bolivar; two stepsons, Charles Van Curen of Little Genesee, and Melvin Van Curen of Portville; a stepdaughter, Evelyn Stark of Bolivar; ten grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
--The Sabbath Recorder, Vol 211, No 5, p 34, May, 1989.

Lewis married Lulu May Sawyer on 5 Jul 1899 in Wellsville, New York, USA. Lulu was born in May 1879 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 28 Dec 1907 in Bolivar, New York, USA; was buried in Maple Lawn Cemetery, Bolivar, Allegany County, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]