Maria I. Rosario

side. She was born Sept. 1, 1928 in Maricao, Puerto Rico. Maria was a member of the Iglesia Getsemani Church. She enjoyed knitting. Above all, she was a kind, caring and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great grandmother who loved spending time with her family, especially her daughter Maria, who was her caretaker, and her son Ray. Maria is survived by: her five children: Iris M. Rivera, Damian (Santa)

Rivera, Maria V. Rivera, Manuel (Alba) Aquino and Raymond Aquino; 15 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and six great-great grandchildren;

and two sisters: Rosa and Heriberta Rosario. Maria is predeceased by

three brothers: Rafael, Ramon and “Coco” Rosario, and one sister, Margaret Rosario.Calls may be made today from 6-8 p.m. at the LARSON-TIMKO Funeral

Home, 20 Central Avenue, Fredonia, N.Y. and Wednesday from 11 a.m.-1

p.m. at the Iglesia Getsemani, Church, 115 Central Ave., Dunkirk, N.Y.,

where funeral services will follow at 1 p.m. Entombment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery Mausoleum. On-line condolences may be made at

larsontimkofuneralhome.com. Arrangements by David J. Dengler, LARSON-TIMKO Funeral Home, 679-9000.