COLLINS — James W. Hall age 72 of Collins passed away Saturday January 6, 2024 at the Bertrand Chaffee Hospital in Springville surrounded by his brother Alan and Alan’s wife Monica after a long battle with Cancer. Born in Gowanda July 8, 1951 the son of Warren and Helen (Gay) Hall. Jim ...

Sami Manirath, age 52 of Dunkirk/Fredonia, NY, passed away unexpectedly on January 3, 2024, following injuries sustained in a tragic car accident. Sami, the daughter of Bounmy Manirath and the late Scott Manirath, was born on January 1, 1972 in Laos, and set forth on a journey to the United ...

Robert R. Reid, 94, of Pomfret died Jan. 7 at the Chautauqua Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Reid was the youngest of five children of the late Allan G. and Sylvia (Holbrook) Reid and lived in the hamlet of Laona for more than 80 years. He grew up attending school in the white ...

Ronald “Pudge” W. Miller, 87, of Dunkirk passed away Monday Jan. 8, 2024 at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date. Arrangements by McGraw-Kowal Funeral Home.

Sandra Halladay, 76 of Cassadaga, passed away Jan. 7 at home. Mother of David (Robin) and Dale Halladay and the late Lanette Jones. Arrangements by Jordan Funeral Home, Sinclairville. A full obituary will be published in tomorrow’s Observer.

WAKE FOREST, NC- James “Bryson” Lee, 23, passed away on Sunday. Born in Wake County, he was the son of his mother, Wendy Sue Grant (Shane) of Willow Spring and his father, Jamie Lee (Melissa) of Wake Forest. How do you describe an angel on earth in only a few paragraphs? “Bboy” or ...