BOLIVAR - Anne M. Thorwart, 86, of 178 Wellsville Street passed away on Wednesday February 20, 2019 at home following a lengthy illness. Born on February 8, 1933 in Wellsville she was the daughter of Francis and Mary Wolfe Thorwart.
Anne was the Valedictorian of her class of 1951. Upon graduation she was offered a job at Clark Brothers Company in Olean in the accounting department. She continued her career there for the next thirty-eight years, retiring in 1989. She was a life member of St. Mary’s Church Bolivar. Following her retirement she devoted much of her time in support of her church where she served as Sacristan for many years, and was a member of the Altar & Rosary Society.
Surviving are a niece Joan (Howard) Bigelow and family Sagle, Idaho. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by three brothers, Francis, Robert and Donald.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday February 25, 2019 at St. Mary’s Church Bolivar at 11 a.m. Monsignor Vincent Becker and Rev. Robert Abdo will be the celebrants. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery Wellsville.
Memorials may be made to SPCA serving Allegany County, 1374 Rt. 19, Wellsville N.Y. 14895. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Schaffner Funeral Home Inc. Bolivar.
