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Martha Jane "Janie" Gleason, 77, of Gleason Road, Ashville, N.Y. passed away on Friday, November 6, 2026 at Heritage Park Rehab and Skilled Nursing, Jamestown, N.Y.
Martha was born March 10, 1949, in Jamestown, N.Y., the daughter of the late Frank L. and Dorothy Bieber Gleason.
Martha started drawing before she started Ashville Elementary School and graduated from Panama High School in 1967. After high school she went to Farmingdale University and graduated with a degree in commercial arts.
Martha worked as a graphic art designer for Great Lakes Press in Rochester, N.Y. She worked for a few more companies in Rochester. She came back to Ashville to help take care of her mother. She was a fill in at local post offices including Ashville, Bemus Point and Lakewood. She became a full-time mail handler at the Jamestown Post Office. Following the Post Office, in 2013 she started and became the director of the food pantry at Ashville United Methodist Church for many years. She was a member of Ashville United Methodist and served as a treasurer.
She was an avid artist, and she enjoyed macrame and plastic canvas. She especially loved her pets throughout the years, her dogs and cats.
Martha is survived by her sister: Grace Purtell of Fuquay- Varina, N.C.; three brothers: Starr Gleason of Ashville, N.Y., Ed Gleason of Fuquay-Varina, N.C. and Albert Gleason of Seminole, FL, a niece: Lyn McIntyre of Panama, N.Y.; two nephews: Scott (Christina) Gleason of VA and Rob Gleason of AL, a great- nephew: Kyle (Ashley) McIntyre and a great-niece: Jill McIntyre; five great-great nieces and nephews: Robert, Kaden, Montana, Julia and Anna Gleason.
Memorial contributions may be made to Food Pantry at Ashville United Methodist Church, 2180 Maple Avenue, Ashville, N.Y. 14710.
No services will be held.
Funeral arrangements entrusted to Powers, Present & Sixbey Funeral Home, Inc., 316 E. 5th Street, Jamestown, N.Y. 14701.