WELLSVILLE - Paul J. Cole Jr., age 85, passed away on
Monday, March 18, 2019, at the University of Rochester Medical Center. He was
born on October 1, 1933 in Wellsville to Paul M. and Louise A. Tait Cole Sr. On
his birthday in 1952 he married the love of his life the former Gertrude Hulse who predeceased him in February of 2015.
Paul was a lifelong resident of this area who attended
school in Wellsville and later Allentown. He retired from Air Preheater as a
Quality Control Inspection Supervisor after 43 years of service. He enjoyed
loving and caring for his family, flower and vegetable gardening, woodworking,
and being a master of all trades who could build or fix anything. He was a
member of the Scio Fire Department and the American Welding Society.
Paul is survived by his 3 daughters, Connie [Robert] Kulik
of Wellsville, Sherry [Charles] Densmore of Wellsville, and Cindy [Larry]
Chapman of Wellsville; 4 grandchildren, Stacey [Chassity] Kamrowski, Jason
[Stacey] Kulik, Kristy Kulik, and Joe [Karen] Chapman; 12 great grandchildren
Dylan, Jace, Cole and Kasey Densmore, Noah Roberts, Matthew and Karissa Kulik,
Madison and Peyton Kamrowski, Vincent, Hunter and Preston Chapman; 2 sisters,
Marguerite “Susie” Halladay and Linda Button.
Paul was predeceased by his wife Gertrude, his parents, Paul
and Louise Cole Sr.; a grandson, Jeffrey Densmore; 2 brothers, William Cole and
Ronald Cole; 2 sisters, Beverly Denning and Jenny Burdick; his mother and
father in law Clair and Edna Hulse.
Friends are invited to call on Friday, March 22, 2019, from
1 until 3 p.m. at the J.W. Embser Sons Funeral Home in Wellsville. The funeral
service will follow at 3 p.m. in the funeral home with Reverend Calvin Densmore
presiding and burial will take place in Woodlawn Cemetery. Memorials in Paul's
name may be made to either the Scio Fire Department, or to the Wellsville
Volunteer Ambulance Corps, or to the Medical Transport Service in Scio. To
leave online condolences please visit www.embserfuneralhome.com.
