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Patricia Vacellio Obituary

Patricia Dian Vecellio, 77, died Friday evening in Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital following a brief illness.
She was born Aug. 20, 1939, in Bradford, to Joseph and Virginia Boyd Marcott.
After graduating from Bradford High School in 1957, she immediately went to work at Bradford National Bank, staying with the organization through several mergers and retiring from National City Bank in 1996 as a manager of the Bradford Mall Office.
She was first employed at the bank as a bookkeeper and climbed the ladder as head teller, operations manager, bank personnel officer and regional operations manager. Her early promotions came at a time that women were not often promoted.
She put her accounting skills to work in her volunteer work, serving as treasurer of the Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center for 31 years, beginning with the second year of the organization. She was a vital force in the organization during its early years, taking on whatever needed to be done, including serving as stage manager for the locally produced version of "Annie Get Your Gun." From 2004 until 2008, she served as the vice president of BCPAC as well.
She was also an active member of the Bradford Zonta Club since 1988, serving as treasurer, a past vice president and member of its board of directors.
There were other organizations that counted on her as a steady volunteer, including the Bradford Regional Medical Center, the YWCA, United Way, American Cancer Society, Bradford Area Public Library and the Friendship Table.
The YWCA recognized her lifetime of service leadership in 2003, when it named her a co-recipient of its Female Leadership Award.
Surviving are a brother, Richard (Carol) Marcott of Bradford; twin sisters, Bonnie Stevens of Bradenton, Fla., and Connie (James) Anastasia of Baltimore; five nieces, Kimberly (Rick) Weinberg of Bradford, Michele (Rob) Allen of Highland Park, Ill., Jill Anastasia of Baltimore, Emily (Mike) Hines of Perry Hall, Md., and Stacy (Chris) Johnson of Baltimore; and two nephews, Michael (Nicole) Allen of Sarasota, Fla., and James (Sheree) Anastasia of Baltimore.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc., South Avenue, where a service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday by the Rev. David Tourville, parochial vicar of the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels in Olean.
Burial will be at St. Bernard Cemetery.
Memorial donations, if desired, may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.

Published by The Bradford Era from Apr. 24 to May 2, 2017.
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My sincere condolences for your loss. May you find comfort in knowing the God of comfort has provided Jesus "to bind up the brokenhearted...and comfort all who mourn." Isaiah 61:1,2

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