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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549





                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934





Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):                 March 10, 2000


                               GENESEE CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


   NEW YORK                              0-1653              16-0445920
(State or other Jurisdiction            (Commission        (IRS Employer
of Incorporation)                       File Number)     Identification No.)


 445 St. Paul Street, Rochester, New York                         14605
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code:           (716) 546-1030








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                               GENESEE CORPORATION


Item 1.   Changes in Control of Registrant


     (a) A change in control of Genesee Corporation (the "Registrant")  occurred
on March 10, 2000 upon the death of John L.  Wehle,  Jr. who, at the time of his
death,  was Chairman of the  Registrant's  Board of Directors  and the holder of
voting  rights with  respect to a  controlling  interest in the Class A (voting)
Common Stock of the Registrant.  As a result of the death of John L. Wehle, Jr.,
Charles S. Wehle,  a Senior Vice  President of the  Registrant  and a member and
recently elected Chairman of its Board of Directors,  acquired the right to vote
and  dispose  of (i)  73,845  shares  of Class A  (voting)  Common  Stock as the
successor  trustee under a trust created by the Last Will and Testament of Louis
A. Wehle (the "LAW Trust");  (ii) 31,443 shares of Class A (voting) Common Stock
as the successor Trustee under the marital trust established under the Last Will
and Testament of John L. Wehle, Sr. (the "JLW, Sr. Trust");  (iii) 12,145 shares
of Class A (voting) Common Stock as the successor Trustee under the Elizabeth R.
Wehle  Irrevocable  Trust  ("ERW  Trust");  and (iv)  10,514  shares  of Class A
(voting) Common Stock as the successor to John L. Wehle,  Jr. under the terms of
a Shareholder Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy (the "Shareholder Agreement").  As
a result  of the  foregoing,  Charles  S.  Wehle  now has the  right to vote and
dispose of 127,947  shares of Class A (voting)  Common Stock of the  Registrant,
representing  61% of the Class A  (voting)  Common  Stock  currently  issued and
outstanding.

     (b) The LAW, ERW and JLW, Sr. Trusts and the Shareholder Agreement referred
to in Item 1(a) may  result in a change in control  of the  Registrant  upon the
death or  incapacity  of Charles S. Wehle.  Henry S. Wehle is the  successor  to
Charles S. Wehle  under the terms of the LAW,  ERW and JLW,  Sr.  Trusts and the
Shareholder  Agreement.  Upon the death or incapacity of Charles S. Wehle, Henry
S. Wehle  would  acquire  sole  power to vote and  dispose of all of the Class A
(voting) Common Stock of the Registrant then controlled by the LAW, ERW and JLW,
Sr. Trusts and the Shareholder Agreement.



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                               GENESEE CORPORATION


                                   SIGNATURES
Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                     Genesee Corporation


Date: March 23, 2000                     By       /s/Mark W. Leunig
                                   Mark W. Leunig, Vice President and Secretary
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):                 March 10, 2000

                               GENESEE CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

   NEW YORK                              0-1653              16-0445920
(State or other Jurisdiction            (Commission        (IRS Employer
of Incorporation)                       File Number)     Identification No.)

 445 St. Paul Street, Rochester, New York                         14605
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:           (716) 546-1030

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GENESEE CORPORATION

Item 1.   Changes in Control of Registrant

     (a) A change in control of Genesee Corporation (the "Registrant")  occurred
on March 10, 2000 upon the death of John L.  Wehle,  Jr. who, at the time of his
death,  was Chairman of the  Registrant's  Board of Directors  and the holder of
voting  rights with  respect to a  controlling  interest in the Class A (voting)
Common Stock of the Registrant.  As a result of the death of John L. Wehle, Jr.,
Charles S. Wehle,  a Senior Vice  President of the  Registrant  and a member and
recently elected Chairman of its Board of Directors,  acquired the right to vote
and  dispose  of (i)  73,845  shares  of Class A  (voting)  Common  Stock as the
successor  trustee under a trust created by the Last Will and Testament of Louis
A. Wehle (the "LAW Trust");  (ii) 31,443 shares of Class A (voting) Common Stock
as the successor Trustee under the marital trust established under the Last Will
and Testament of John L. Wehle, Sr. (the "JLW, Sr. Trust");  (iii) 12,145 shares
of Class A (voting) Common Stock as the successor Trustee under the Elizabeth R.
Wehle  Irrevocable  Trust  ("ERW  Trust");  and (iv)  10,514  shares  of Class A
(voting) Common Stock as the successor to John L. Wehle,  Jr. under the terms of
a Shareholder Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy (the "Shareholder Agreement").  As
a result  of the  foregoing,  Charles  S.  Wehle  now has the  right to vote and
dispose of 127,947  shares of Class A (voting)  Common Stock of the  Registrant,
representing  61% of the Class A  (voting)  Common  Stock  currently  issued and
outstanding.

     (b) The LAW, ERW and JLW, Sr. Trusts and the Shareholder Agreement referred
to in Item 1(a) may  result in a change in control  of the  Registrant  upon the
death or  incapacity  of Charles S. Wehle.  Henry S. Wehle is the  successor  to
Charles S. Wehle  under the terms of the LAW,  ERW and JLW,  Sr.  Trusts and the
Shareholder  Agreement.  Upon the death or incapacity of Charles S. Wehle, Henry
S. Wehle  would  acquire  sole  power to vote and  dispose of all of the Class A
(voting) Common Stock of the Registrant then controlled by the LAW, ERW and JLW,
Sr. Trusts and the Shareholder Agreement.

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GENESEE CORPORATION

                                   SIGNATURES
Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                     Genesee Corporation

Date: March 23, 2000                     By       /s/Mark W. Leunig
                                   Mark W. Leunig, Vice President and Secretary