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Thomas Edward Fisher (aka “Fish”)

Thomas Edward Fisher (aka “Fish”), 70, of Fredonia, NY, passed away Friday May 31, 2024 at the Chautauqua Nursing & Rehab Center after an eight month battle with pancreatic cancer. Visitation will be Thursday from 10am -12:30 pm at the LARSON-TIMKO Funeral Home, 20 Central Ave., Fredonia, NY, followed by Mass of Christian at St. Joseph Church, 145 E. Main Street, Fredonia at 1 pm. Tom’s funeral Mass will be live streamed on his site on the funeral home web site, larsontimkofuneralhome.com. A comp;ete obituary will be published in Tuesday’s edition of the Observer. On-line ...

Sylvia E. (Skurzewski) Wilson

Sylvia E. (Skurzewski) Wilson 62, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Mableton, GA on May 2, 2024. Services are incomplete and will be announced by David J. Dengler, LarsonTimko Funeral Home.

Jeffrey Clark Kimbel

Jeffrey Clark Kimbel, 58, of Ripley, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday May 25, 2024. Jeff was born February 12, 1966, in Erie, Pa. The son of Richard C Kimbel and Susan Baum Riedesel. He attended WACS in Westfield, was involved with The Civil Air Patrol and obtained his Single Solo Pilots Certificate. Jeff worked for Misty Ridge Landscaping, was a self-employed painter. He was also employed as a maintenance painter for Custom Coatings of Falconer, doing work for such locations including UPMC of Jamestown, Cummings Diesel, and other manufacturers in Chautauqua Co. NY, and Warren Co. ...

Michelle F. Bryant

Michelle F. Bryant, 69, passed away May 22, 2024 at her residence. She was born on August 10, 1954, in Dunkirk, NY to Allen C. and Helen A. (Jakabowski) Bryant. Michelle was a member of the Dunkirk High School, Class of 1972. Following graduation, she started her communications career ...

Evelyn J. Hooker

Evelyn J. Hooker, 91, of South Dayton, passed Saturday, June 1, 2024 at Buffalo General Hospital after suffering a stroke. She was born April 15, 1933 in her grand- parents’ home on Snyder Hill, New Albion, to the late Asa and Marian (Manning) Warner. A 1951 graduate of Cattaraugus ...

Marian N. Gerould

WESTFIELD -Marian N. Gerould, age 95, of Westfield, NY passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 25, 2024 at Absolut Care of Westfield in Westfield, NY Marian was born on August 22, 1928 in Sheridan, NY , the daughter of the late Andrew and Florence (nee Gens) Nowak. She married William O. ...