Maria Rosario
Maria Rosario
Maria I. Rosario, age 90, longtime resident of Fredonia, N.Y., died Friday, September 28, 2018 at her home with her loving family at her side. She was born September 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 6 great-great grandchildren; and two sisters: Rosa and Heriberta Rosario.
Maria is predeceased by three brothers: Rafael, Ramon and “Coco” Rosario, and a sister, Margaret Rosario.
Calls may be made Tuesday 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. Online condolences may be made at larsontimkofuneralhome.com. Arrangements by David J. Dengler, LARSON-TIMKO Funeral Home, 679-9000.