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Nelson C. \u201cGreg\u201d Gregory Sr. \u2013 88 \u2013 of 68 Cheryl Dr., Honeoye, NY died Tuesday morning (March 12, 2019) at Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville, following a long illness.<\/p>\nNelson C. \u201cGreg\u201d Gregory Sr. \u2013 88 \u2013 of 68 Cheryl Dr., Honeoye, NY died Tuesday morning (March 12, 2019) at Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville, following a long illness.<\/p>\n
Born in East Greenbush, NY on November 8, 1930, he was the son of George & Ethel (Knapp) Gregory.<\/p>\n
Greg grew up in the Hudson Valley area of New York State, residing primarily in Greenbush, NY.\u00a0 He lived in the Livonia & Springwater areas for many years and had resided in Honeoye for over 20 years.<\/p>\n
For much of his adult life, Greg was employed as a truck driver, driving for many companies, including\u00a0 Fugle Auto Parts of South Livonia and delivering corn syrup for Sweetener\u2019s Plus in Lakeville.\u00a0 He also worked as a general farm hand for Wilbur Webb Farm in Lima for many years, finally retiring at the age of 80.<\/p>\n
Greg was affectionately known as a \u201cprankster\u201d who enjoyed having a good natured laugh with his friends.\u00a0 In his younger years he enjoyed small game hunting and in later years loved deer hunting with his son.\u00a0 Greg enjoyed watching sporting events on TV and loved rooting for the Buffalo Bills.\u00a0\u00a0 He never turned down the opportunity to tip a few back and spend quality time with his friends and family that he loved the most.<\/p>\n
Greg proudly served his country in the US Navy for nearly 12 years, being honorably discharged in 1960.\u00a0 During his time of service he spent 4 years in foreign lands and in sea service during the Korean War.\u00a0 He affectionately spoke of his years of service and was proud to be a member of the Harrison-Lee Post 283 American Legion.<\/p>\n
He was preceded in death by his Aunt Libby, who raised him and his late brother, George Gregory.<\/p>\n
Survivors include the love of his life, Joan Gregory; his daughter, Lisa (Shane) Gascon of Springwater; his son, Nelson \u201cJ.R.\u201d (Jen) Gregory of Wayland; grandchildren; great-grandchildren and nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n
At Greg\u2019s request, there will be no calling hours.\u00a0 A private graveside service at St. Mary\u2019s Cemetery, Canaseraga, will be held at the convenience of the family.<\/p>\n
Funeral arrangements are in care of the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Greg\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name be made to the American Cancer Society, 13 Beech St., Johnson City, NY\u00a0 13790 .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nelson C. \u201cGreg\u201d Gregory Sr. \u2013 88 \u2013 of 68 Cheryl Dr., Honeoye, NY died Tuesday morning (March 12, 2019) at Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville, following a long illness. Born in East Greenbush, NY on November 8, 1930, he was the son of George & Ethel (Knapp) Gregory. Greg grew up in the Hudson […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3622"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3638,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3622\/revisions\/3638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}