{"id":4937,"date":"2021-04-12T18:26:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T18:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=4937"},"modified":"2021-04-14T13:44:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T13:44:33","slug":"gerrald-m-skip-conley-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=4937","title":{"rendered":"Gerrald M. “Skip” Conley Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Gerrald M. \u201cSkip\u201d Conley Jr. \u2013 53 \u2013 of 10194 County Route 961-F, Arkport, NY (Town of Burns) died unexpectedly Saturday evening (April 10, 2021) at his home.<\/p>\n

Born in North Hornell on July 2, 1967, he was the son of Gerrald & Linda (Brokaw) Conley.<\/p>\n

Skip grew up in Hornell and attended Hornell High School.\u00a0 He had been employed for about 3 years at Magic Cleaners of Hornell and later worked for Livingston County ARC in Mt. Morris, NY for about 1 year.\u00a0 Moving to Wellsville in 1992, Skip was had been employed at Northern Lights Candles in Wellsville and also worked as a truck driver for Dunkin\u2019 Donuts of Wellsville.\u00a0 Along with his wife, Robin, Skip owned & operated Conley\u2019s Recycling for about 10 years.<\/p>\n

A loyal Pittsburg Steelers football (NFL) fan, Skip and also loved watching professional wrestling (WWE) on Monday Night Raw.\u00a0 He also enjoyed fishing — especially on Alma Pond and a \u201cLittle Bit of Gambling\u201d \u00a0by playing Bingo and purchasing Quick Draw & Scratch-Off tickets. \u00a0He was known as a \u201cJack of All Trades\u201d who could \u201cJerry-Rig\u201d just about anything.<\/p>\n

Skip was preceded in death by his father, Gerrald M. Conley Sr. and also his \u201csister\u201d Tonya Simpson.<\/p>\n

He was married on November 8, 1984 to the former Robin Henry who survives.\u00a0 Also surviving are 2 daughters, Fuleshea (John) Spangler of Spartanburg, SC and Laura (Ralph Dorrough) Conley of Hornell; 2 sons, Michael (Jamiee) Conley of Friendship and Joseph (Sharra Maillet) Conley of Wellsville; his Godchildren, Brandon Pitcher & Jessica Pitcher; his mother, Linda Brokaw of Scio; 3 sisters, Sharlene Conley of Scio, Mary Conley of Rexville & Jennifer Conley of Hornell; 4 brothers, Ronald (Tess Green) Conley of Wellsville, Kenneth (Jeanie) Conley of Pennsylvania, William (Beth) Manry of Friendship and Tim (Emmy) Conley of Hornell; 8 grandchildren, Lily, Suri, Lyxie, Keyanna, Karter, Alex, Isabelle & Jaslynn; several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n

At Skip\u2019s request there will be no calling hours.\u00a0 Private services will be held at the convenience of the family.\u00a0 A \u201cCelebration of Life\u201d will be held at a later date.<\/p>\n

Funeral arrangements are in care of the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Skip\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name be made to the charity of the donor\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gerrald M. \u201cSkip\u201d Conley Jr. \u2013 53 \u2013 of 10194 County Route 961-F, Arkport, NY (Town of Burns) died unexpectedly Saturday evening (April 10, 2021) at his home. Born in North Hornell on July 2, 1967, he was the son of Gerrald & Linda (Brokaw) Conley. Skip grew up in Hornell and attended Hornell High […]<\/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-4937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4937","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=4937"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4943,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4937\/revisions\/4943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}