Wayne Robert Smith age 56 of Panama, New York passed away Jan. 16, 2026, after a long and valiant fight with pancreatic cancer. He was born July 31, 1969, to Sharon and Richard Smith in Wellsville, New York. Wayne graduated from Scio Central School in 1987 and received an associate’s degree ...

The celebration of life for Betty Lou Blixt, 84, of Jamestown, who passed away Dec. 29, 2025, will be held at 2 pm Saturday in the Lind Funeral Home. Friends will be received from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home. Betty Lou was employed by the Jamestown Telephone Company and the ...

Linda L. Nelson, 82, passed away on Jan. 1, 2026. Born Aug. 25, 1943, Linda was a devoted wife, mother, daughter,nurse, and a faithful servant of the Lord. She dedicated more than 40 years to nursing, serving in hospitals, teaching future nurses, and establishing rural medical clinics in ...

Valerie E. Furlow, 88, of Jamestown, NY passed peacefully into the arms of her Lord on Jan. 16, 2026, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Aug. 16, 1937, in Jamestown, a daughter of the late Conrad and Pauline Davenport Coleson. A 1957 graduate of Southwestern Central School, she ...