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):  October 6, 1999


                               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






Item 5.    Other Events.

John L. Wehle, Jr., the Corporation's  controlling shareholder,  Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman of its Board of Directors,  has had surgery and anticipates
undergoing  post-operative  therapy for cancer. Mr. Wehle's day-to-day operating
responsibilities  had previously been reassigned to Samuel T. Hubbard,  Jr., who
was elected President and Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation on June 17,
1999. The Corporation  anticipates  that Mr. Wehle will be in  recuperation  and
treatment for the foreseeable future.




                            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:   October 6, 1999        By:  /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):  October 6, 1999

                               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

Item 5.    Other Events.

John L. Wehle, Jr., the Corporation's  controlling shareholder,  Chief Executive
Officer and Chairman of its Board of Directors,  has had surgery and anticipates
undergoing  post-operative  therapy for cancer. Mr. Wehle's day-to-day operating
responsibilities  had previously been reassigned to Samuel T. Hubbard,  Jr., who
was elected President and Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation on June 17,
1999. The Corporation  anticipates  that Mr. Wehle will be in  recuperation  and
treatment for the foreseeable future.

                            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:   October 6, 1999        By:  /Mark W. Leunig/
                                    Mark W. Leunig, Vice President and Secretary