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Norma Gross

Norma Crumb Gross, 95, of Cherry Creek passed away Sunday (Sept. 21, 2025) at UPMC Chautauqua. She was born Nov. 20, 1929, the daughter of Clifford Crumb and Edna Peters Crumb Howard. Norma worked in the automotive industry for many years and in later years as a home health aide until the age ...

Arlene D. Ross

Arlene D. (Jopek) Ross, 83, of Dunkirk, passed away suddenly Friday evening, Sept. 19, 2025 at UPMC Hamot in Erie, PA. Born in Dunkirk on Nov. 17, 1941, she was the wife of Julian Ross and daughter of the late Edward and Josephine (Banach) Jopek. A lifelong resident of Dunkirk, Arlene ...

Mary R. Matthews

Mary R. Matthews of Gowanda, NY, entered into rest on Sept. 18, 2025, at the age of 86. She was the devoted wife of the late Jon Matthews. She was the beloved daughter of the late Genevieve (Bottom) and Fred Wells of Cattaraugus, and the last surviving child of their family. She is lovingly ...

Arlene D. (Jopek) Ross

Arlene D. (Jopek) Ross, 83, of Dunkirk, passed away suddenly Friday evening, Sept. 19, 2025 at UPMC Hamot in Erie, PA. Born in Dunkirk on Nov. 17, 1941, she was the wife of Julian Ross and daughter of the late Edward and Josephine (Banach) Jopek. Relatives and friends are welcome to attend Calling Hours on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 10: 30 a.m. at R. Mackowiak Funeral Home, Inc; 56 E. Doughty St., Dunkirk, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 at the BMA Roman Catholic Church of St. Hyacinth. Interment will be held in St. ...

Irene A. Stewart

Irene Ann Paulkowitz Stewart, 81, of Westfield, NY, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at the UPMC Hamot Hospital in Erie, PA. She was the daughter of the late Andrew and Irene Miklas Paulkowitz. Irene was a member of the Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Church in Westfield, NY and ...

Lanny R. Bennett

Lanny R. Bennett, 73 passed away on Sept. 18, 2025 of the Cattaraugus Seneca Territory. Former spouse of Sharrie Hill. Loving father of Kalen (Lee Anne Cornfield), Dakota (Sherrie Kechego) and Tahnee Bennett. Beloved grandfather of Nevaeh, Kalen Jr., Khile, Kamdyn, Naliyah, Peter, Landon, ...