Obituaries

Joan Gayle (Bass) Reddout passed away suddenly on Monday, February 27, 2023. She was 72. Joan was born to D. George and Angeline F. (Chantiny) Bass on August 8, 1950, and made their home in Reese, Mich. She graduated from Reese Highschool in 1968. Known for her loving kindness and generosity, Joan was a natural caretaker. She found her calling in caring for clients who needed help the most in the Penn Yan, New York and Michigan areas. What mattered most to her in the world was her family. She is survived by her children, Neil (Christeen) Freeland; and her daughter, Erika (Jamie) Sisson, both of Penn Yan, N.Y.; her grandchildren, Samantha (Michael) Marsh of Chambersburg, Pa.; Derek (Brandie) Sisson of Cadiz, Ky.; Ashley Sisson of Penn Yan; and Amanda (Holly) Davis of Penn Yan; Makenzie Haskins of Elmira, N.Y.; her great-grandchildren, Clynton and Grayson Marsh, Emmett Sisson, Porter and Dax Davis; her siblings, Leonard (Holly) Bass of Watrousvill, Mich.; Judy (Jim) Manning of Vassar, Mich.; Dean (Karen) Bass, of Bay City, Mich.; her sister-in-law, Ann Bass of Grimes, Iowa; and her nieces and nephews, Aaryn Richard (Dave Temple), Sara (Matt) Schwartz, Laura (Mark) Vollrath, and Emily Bass. She will be deeply missed by her cousin, Alice Geister, and friends Dorothy Fredrick and Jake Reddout.

 On Tuesday, April 4, 2023, our mother, our teacher, our shining light, Bernice Gail Andersen Fingar, 87, of Penn Yan, N.Y. passed away at Penn Yan Manor Nursing Home after…

 Joan Gayle (Bass) Reddout passed away suddenly on Monday, February 27, 2023. She was 72. Joan was born to D. George and Angeline F. (Chantiny) Bass on August 8, 1950, and…

 Richard “Dick” Nielsen, 71, passed away on April 8, 2023, after a brief illness. He was born and raised in Penn Yan, N.Y. He was predeceased by his parents, Fred…

Janice (Brown) Palace, 78, of Penn Yan, N.Y. passed away on Monday, March 27, 2023, at M M Ewing Continuing Care Center in Canandaigua, N.Y.

com. Donald Eric Pearson, 85, of Clifton Park, N.Y.

Allen E. Hayes, 86, of Penn Yan, N.Y., passed away March 22, 2023, at home surrounded by his loving family.

townsendwoodzinger.com. Pauline Armstrong, 91, of Branchport passed away March 30, 2023, at Penn Yan Manor.

Kay Lorraine Lampman, 66, of Dresden, N.Y., passed away March 12, 2023. She was born in Bath, N.Y.

Walter Charles Slocum of Penn Yan, N.Y., passed away peacefully on March 13, 2023, at the age of 87. Walt was born on May 2, 1935, to Charles and Thelma Slocum in Lackawanna, Penn.