Sami Manirath, age 52 of Dunkirk/Fredonia, NY, passed away unexpectedly on January 3, 2024, following injuries sustained in a tragic car accident. Sami, the daughter of Bounmy Manirath and the late Scott Manirath, was born on January 1, 1972 in Laos, and set forth on a journey to the United ...
Robert R. Reid, 94, of Pomfret died Jan. 7 at the Chautauqua Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Reid was the youngest of five children of the late Allan G. and Sylvia (Holbrook) Reid and lived in the hamlet of Laona for more than 80 years. He grew up attending school in the white clapboard schoolhouse across the road from his house, playing basketball in the schoolyard, and attending church around the corner at Laona Methodist Church. He left home only once, in the early 1950s, to serve in the U.S. Army in Korea during the so-called “forgotten war,” an experience he ...
Ronald “Pudge” W. Miller, 87, of Dunkirk passed away Monday Jan. 8, 2024 at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced at a later date. Arrangements by McGraw-Kowal Funeral Home.
Sandra Halladay, 76 of Cassadaga, passed away Jan. 7 at home. Mother of David (Robin) and Dale Halladay and the late Lanette Jones. Arrangements by Jordan Funeral Home, Sinclairville. A full obituary will be published in tomorrow’s Observer.
WAKE FOREST, NC- James “Bryson” Lee, 23, passed away on Sunday. Born in Wake County, he was the son of his mother, Wendy Sue Grant (Shane) of Willow Spring and his father, Jamie Lee (Melissa) of Wake Forest. How do you describe an angel on earth in only a few paragraphs? “Bboy” or ...
FORESTVILLE: Ruth T. Marsh, 94, of Eagle Street, Forestville, passed away at her residence, Saturday, January 6th, 2024 surrounded by family. She was born in Jamestown on September 25, 1929, the daughter of the late George and Nellie (Smith) VanName. Ruth worked as a Caretaker for WNYDDSO, ...
