Wellsville - Martin R. “Marty” Pisano, 74, of 250 School
Street, passed away on Sunday, May 28, 2017, at Jones Memorial Hospital .He was
born on December 10, 1942 in Olean the son of the late Martin G. and Mary E.
(Rosetti) Pisano. On June 3, 1962 in Olean he married Alta “Jeane” Laxton who
survives.
Marty was raised in Olean and was a graduate of Olean High
School. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force from 1960 to 1966 and
earned the Viet Nam Service Medal and the Air Force Commendation Medal. His
military education included several leadership and management courses and
Computer Programming at IBM Headquarters in Hartford, Connecticut. He later
continued his education at Alfred State College.
He was employed as the manager of Century Housewares in
Olean for 11 years and was Vice President of Operations at Giant Food Mart in
Wellsville from 1977 till 2001. He was a member of the Board of Directors of
the Wellsville Revitalization and Development Committee, the Chautauqua
Consortium Private Industry Council, the Allegany County Private Industry
Council, the Immaculate Conception School Board and the Wellsville Downtown
Merchants Bureau. As an active member of the Immaculate Conception Parish in
Wellsville, he served as President of the Parish Council, Co-chairman of the
Catholic Charities Appeal, Co-chairman of the Monte Carlo Night, a member of
the Finance Committee and its Choir. Surviving
in addition to his wife Jean, are two children, Michele Staple of Elmira and
Mark Pisano of Rochester, 4 grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. He
was predeceased in addition to his parents by a son, Martin M. Pisano, a
sister, Marlene Goss and a brother, Ralph Pisano. The Rosary will be recited on
Wednesday, May 31, at 3:15 pm followed by visitation from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at
the J. W. Embser Sons Funeral Home Inc., 34 W. State Street in Wellsville. A
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, June 1, at 11 am in
Saint Mary of Angels in Olean with Rev. Vincent Becker as celebrant. Burial
will be in St. Bonaventure Cemetery in Allegany. Please consider memorial
donations to the American Cancer Society. To leave online condolences, please
visit embserfuneralhome.com.
