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Avoca, New York<\/p>\nAvoca, New York<\/p>\n
Alan A. \u201cAl\u201d Winchell \u2013 76 \u2013 of State Route 415, Avoca, died Tuesday morning (March 12, 2026) at his home, following a long illness.<\/p>\n
Born in Cuba, NY on May 12, 1949, he was the son of Kenneth & Dorothy (Gunsolus) Winchell.<\/p>\n
Al grew up in Newark, NY where he attended high school.\u00a0 He later earned his General Education Development (GED) Degree in Bath, NY.\u00a0 He resided in Bath for several years and has lived in Avoca for the past 40 years.<\/p>\n
In his younger years, Al served as a machinist for Mobil Chemical Corporation in Macedon, NY, a company that produced plastic bags along with other plastic products.\u00a0 He later was employed at Morrison-Knudson (MK) in Hornell and for many years served as a field agent for Deery\u2019s Construction of Prattsburg, NY.<\/p>\n
Al was a former member of the Hammondsport Moose Lodge.\u00a0 He enjoyed the outdoors and spending time camping, fishing & hunting.\u00a0 At a young age he worked on his dad\u2019s racecar.\u00a0 That led him to become interested in racing and he became a fanatic going to local dirt tracks such as Dundee, Woodhull and Canandaigua.\u00a0 He followed Dale Earnhardt and the NASCAR circuit for many years, attending when he could.<\/p>\n
A self-proclaimed \u201cjack-of-all-trades,\u201d Al could fix just about anything.\u00a0 He also made furniture such as chairs & tables along with children\u2019s toys.<\/p>\n
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 3 brothers, Philip Winchell, Douglas Winchell and Mark Winchell.<\/p>\n
On February 14, 1981, Al married the former Bambi Koerner who survives.\u00a0 Also surviving are his children, Alan M. (Heidi) Winchell of Sanford, NC, Brandon (Theresa) Winchell of Avoca, Ron (Meghan) Banach of Pine City, NY, Tanya (James) Fletcher of Avoca and Nunziato (Nadene) Nirelli of Bath; his sister, Cynthia Wolfe of Florida; 7 grandchildren; 1 great-grandson; along with nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n
At Al\u2019s request there will be no calling hours.\u00a0 Private services 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.<\/p>\n
Al\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name be made to the Parkinson Foundation of Rochester, 1000 Elmwood Ave., Rochester, NY\u00a0 14620.<\/p>\n
To leave an online condolence or share a memory, visit www.dagonfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Avoca, New York Alan A. \u201cAl\u201d Winchell \u2013 76 \u2013 of State Route 415, Avoca, died Tuesday morning (March 12, 2026) at his home, following a long illness. Born in Cuba, NY on May 12, 1949, he was the son of Kenneth & Dorothy (Gunsolus) Winchell. Al grew up in Newark, NY where he attended […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8068","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=8068"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8071,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8068\/revisions\/8071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}