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Rita M. Cieslewicz

Rita M. Cieslewicz, 95, of Dunkirk, passed away peacefully Wednesday evening, September 30, 2026 at the Chautauqua Nursing and Rehab Center in Dunkirk. Calling Hours will be held on Saturday, October 10, 2026 from 10-11 a.m. at the R. Mackowiak Funeral Home, Inc.; 56 East Doughty Street, Dunkirk, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the Blessed Mary Angela Roman Catholic Church of St. Hyacinth; 295 Lake Shore Drive E., Dunkirk, NY. Interment will be held in St. Hyacinth’s Cemetery. A complete obituary will be published in Tuesday’s Edition of the Dunkirk ...

Vera Jean (Hinrichs) Allen

Vera Jean (Hinrichs) Allen, 99, of Forestville, passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk, following an illness. She was born in Chicago, IL on March 27, 1927, the daughter of the late Arthur and Edith (Johnson) Hinrichs. She, like many of her ...

Mary Notaro

Mary Notaro was born in Dunkirk, New York, on May 23, 1930, one of seven children of Frances (Feniello) and Alexander Biscaro. Her Dunkirk upbringing and the close-knit family in which she was raised remained a lifelong source of pride. A 1947 graduate of Dunkirk High School, Mary received ...

Peter Harry Gawron

Peter Harry Gawron, 93,of Silver Creek, NY formerly of Lancaster, NY passed away peacefully on Friday, September 25, 2026 at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk, NY. He was born on May 12,1933 in Lancaster, NY, the son of the late Jan and Anna (Boczniowicz) Gawron and was the youngest of eight ...

Mary Notaro

Mary Notaro, 96, died Tuesday evening, September 29, 2026, at the Chautauqua Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Dunkirk, NY, after a long illness. Formerly of Fredonia, NY, she was the wife of the late John Notaro. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by the FANTAUZZI FUNERAL HOME, 82 E Main St, Fredonia, NY, in the coming days.

Roberta Polinski

With a life well lived, strong and brave, Roberta (Bobbie) Marlene Polinski (Kluck) left us on September 29, 2026 to start her next adventure. Survived by her very large and adoring family, Roberta will be greatly missed by her husband of 68 years, Donald and her children, Kathryn ...