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David L. Spencer

David L. Spencer, 93, of Fredonia, NY, passed away on Saturday March 1, 2025 at the Chautauqua Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. A complete obituary will be published in the Observer at a later date. Arrangements by David J. Dengler, LARSON- TIMKO Funeral Home.

Timothy J. Mourer

Timothy J. Mourer, 76, of Dunkirk, died suddenly, Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at Brooks Memorial Hospital. He was born in Dunkirk, May 13, 1948, son of the late Richard and Irene (Debeck) Mourer. A graduate of Dunkirk High School and served during Vietnam in the US Navy and received the ...

Rosa M. Cettell

Rosa M. Cettell, formerly from Westfield, NY unexpectedly passed away at UPMC Chautauqua on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at the age of 61. She will always be remembered as a tenacious and outspoken woman who lived life on her own terms. Rosa was strong-willed with a giving and caring nature, a ...

Helgard La Barbera (Nee Fleckenstein)

Silver Creek - Beloved wife of Vito R. “Duke” La Barbera; loving mother of Susanne (Arnold) Woelfel, Dr. Andrea (Jorge) deRosas, and Sonja La Barbera; survived also by grandchildren, Zachary Woelfel, Kaitlyn (Woelfel) Lord, Elena and Samuel deRosas and a sister Sieglinde (late Eckart) ...

James George Shokoff

James George Shokoff, 89, of Fredonia, New York, died peacefully at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk, New York on January 22, 2025, with his children by his side. He was predeceased by Ruth Mary Collins Shokoff to whom he was married for 57 years. He said that his greatest achievement in ...

Paula I. Mielke

Paula I. Mielke of Fredonia, NY, passed away on Sunday, February 16, 2025, in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital. She was born in Niagara Falls, NY, on September 3, 1957, a daughter of the late Allan and Doris (Woodcock) Mielke. Paula was a graduate of Niagara Wheatfield High School, ...