Obituary of Terry E. Wright

Terry E. Wright, 67, of 1631 West Third St. Jamestown, passed away at 11:55 p.m. Monday, September 19, 2016, in W.C.A. Hospital. A lifelong area resident, she was born June 10, 1949 in Jamestown, NY, the daughter of Cecil M. Wright and the late Joyce I. Panter Wright. Terry was a 1967 graduate of Southwestern Central School. Before her retirement in 1997, she was employed as a bookkeeper and customer service representative for the former Marine Midland Bank where she worked for 26 years. In previous years, she had attended the Kidder Memorial United Methodist Church and was active with the "Monday Nite Bells" bowling league at the Jamestown Bowling Company. In spite of her limited vision, she loved to knit and spent many hours knitting baby bonnets for the nursery at W.C.A. Hospital and for the Salvation Army. She enjoyed her many trips to the casino and listening to Buffalo Bills Football games and Atlanta Braves baseball games on the radio. Following her retirement, she loved going to the bank luncheons with her former work friends. Surviving is her father, Cecil M. Wright of West Ellicott, two brothers, Maurice M. (Bonnie) Wright, Kevin D. Wright both of Jamestown, two nieces, Pamela (Thomas) Warner of Ashville, NY, Erin Johnson of Jamestown, two nephews, Michael Tilyou, Joshua Tilyou both of Ripley, NY and her great nieces and nephews, Brooke Warner, Patrick Warner, Connor Johnson and Mikayla Johnson. Besides her mother Joyce I. Panter Wright who died May 10, 2010, she was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Martin and Luella Wright and her maternal grandparents, Maurice and Elsie Panter. The funeral will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday in the Lind Funeral Home. The Rev. Carolyn Stow, pastor of the Kidder Memorial United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Sunset Hill Cemetery. Friends will be received for one hour prior to the service on Saturday in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Chautauqua Blind Association, 510 West Fifth St. Jamestown, NY 14701, the Jamestown Lions Club, P.O. Box 3683, Jamestown, NY 14701, or to the American Cancer Society, 101 John James Audubon Pkwy, Amherst, NY 14228.