Former Allegany County Election Commissioner Rick Hollis
died Sunday in Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville. He served the community in
several organizations: a volunteer firefighter and Safety Officer in the Short
Tract Volunteer Fire Company; a trained Certified First Responder with the
William P. Brooks Hose Co. Rescue Squad; an elected Town of Granger Councilman
and later Town Supervisor; a member of the Allegany County Planning Board
holding the positions of Vice Chairman and Chairman; a member of the Allegany
County Republican Committee and an elected New York State Republican
Committeeman.
Mike McCormick of Andover, a current county Election
Commissioner, took time Monday to reflect on Hollis. “I got to know Rick in
2013. When he worked as a Commissioner, he wasn’t partisan (as a Commissioner),
he was for the voting public and the candidate,” McCormick said. He added, “Rick
spent a lot of time making sure our polling sites were ADA complaint.”
McCormick said “on a personal side, Rick had a great residence in the Town of
Granger and he was proud of that. Rick was a good working man. He’ll be missed
in Allegany County. In the end, I considered Rick a good, close personal
friend.”
At Rick’s request there will be no visitation. A private
funeral service will be held at Kopler-Williams Funeral Home, 21 N. Genesee
Street, Fillmore.
Memorials if desired to: William P. Brooks Hose Co. Rescue
Squad, Box 238, Fillmore or Allegany County Cancer Services, Attn: Lori
Ballengee, 100 South Highland Ave., Wellsville, NY 14895.
