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Ronald V. Johnson

Ronald V. Johnson Ronald V. Johnson, 82, of Kiantone, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025 at the Rouse Home, Youngsville, PA. He was a member of Kiantone Fire Department where he had served as fire chief for several years and retired from Dawson Metal. He is survived by his son, Keith (Stephanie) Johnson and daughter, Lorri (John) Munson. A funeral service will be held at 1 pm on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025 in Peterson Funeral Home, Frewsburg. Friends will be received from 11 am to 1 pm on Saturday in the funeral home. A full obituary will be published in the Post Journal ...

Lawrence Ezra Jantzi

Lawrence Ezra Jantzi, 82, of Panama, and formerly of Lowville, NY, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. He was born on July 21, 1943, in Lowville, NY, the son of the late Mahlon and Ruth (Ressler) Jantzi. Larry was a 1961 graduate of Lowville Academy and Central ...

Jefferson A. Blake

Jefferson A. Blake, 54, of Warren PA, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at his residence. Jefferson was born September 8, 1971, in Jamestown, New York. He was the son of Edward Blake and Marilyn (Haskins) Blake. His greatest joy in life came from being a husband, ...

Joel T. Gaden

Joel T. Gaden passed peacefully away at home on Dec. 6, with his family. After graduating from Lehigh University and receiving a commission in the US Army, Joel began his career in banking and finance in New York City. In the late 1960s, his family moved to Jamestown, NY, and for the ...

Thelma J. Milton

Thelma J. Milton, 105, of Heritage Village and Jamestown, passed away peacefully Wednesday morning, Dec. 10, 2025. She was born June 27, 1920, in Monday, Ohio, to Jacob Johnson and Effie Locke Johnson. She graduated from Logan High School and moved to Jamestown from Mansfield, Ohio in ...

Mark D. Axelson

Mark D. Axelson, 59, of Jamestown and Frewsburg, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 in the ICU at ECMC under palliative care after complications from a kidney transplant he received Aug. 22, 2025. He was born on March 3, 1966 in Jamestown, a son of David R. “Skip” Axelson and the ...