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Daniel R. Ryel

Daniel R. Ryel, 76, of Fredonia, NY, passed away on Tuesday March 5, 2024 at Brooks Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 12, 2024, from 3- 6 pm at the LARSON-TIMKO Funeral Home, 20 Central Ave., Fredonia, where a funeral service will follow at 6 pm. Military honors, accorded ...

Gladys D. Behrens-Mitchell

Gladys D. Behrens-Mitchell, 69, of Lakewood, passed away March 6, 2024 at the Chautauqua Nursing & Rehab Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the McGraw-Kowal Funeral Home.

Gregory J. Buckley

Gregory J. Buckley, 58, of Fredonia passed away unexpectedly at home on March 6, 2024. Calling Hours will be held on Sunday, March 10, 2024 from 1-4 p.m. at McGraw-Kowal Funeral Home. A complete obituary will be published in this weekend’s edition of the Observer.

Joan Elaine (Schade) Guzik

Joan Elaine (Schade) Guzik, 93, of Dunkirk, New York passed away peacefully on February 25, 2024 of natural causes. She was at the Dunkirk Rehabilitation and Nursing Home where she had been living the past 4 years. Joan was born on Aug. 6, 1930, in Dunkirk NY, one of four children of William ...

Ethel Case Caldwell

Ethel Case Caldwell, 72 passed away unexpectedly at home, on March 3, 2024 in Spring Hill Florida. Born in Kittery Maine on Jan. 26,1952 to the late Richard C.Case of Dunkirk, NY. Ethel was known to many as “Casey”, she had a passion for roller skating when she was younger and an avid ...

Lester J. “Junior” Frost Jr.

Lester J. “Junior” Frost Jr., 82 of Dunkirk, Formerly of Cassadaga, passed away March 5, 2024. Husband of Florence Gugino Frost; father of Leslie (James) Wolcott, Jeffrey (Melissa) Frost and Lori (Charles, Jr.) Grisanti. Visitation Thursday, March 21, 4-7 p.m. in Jordan Funeral Home, Sinclairville with funeral services Friday, March 22 at 11 a.m. A full obituary will be published March 18.