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Obituaries

Lawrence Howie

Lawrence Howie, 78, of Lakewood, NY, passed away Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 at UPMC Chautauqua. He was the husband of Carla Borland Howie. A Jamestown native, Larry was born July 31, 1946, a son of the late David Howie and Marylee Cunningham. Following high school, he served in the US Air Force ...

Tjitska Theadora “Thea” Kranzo

Tjitska Theadora “Thea” Kranzo, 56, of Jamestown, peacefully passed on surrounded by her beloved family and dogs at home on Friday, February 7, 2025. She was born to Gonnie Konneman Siekmans and the late Tjitze Siekmans in Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Netherlands on December 1, 1968. Growing up ...

Shirley Elizabeth Gillespie

WESTFIELD- Shirley Elizabeth Gillespie, 93, of Westfield, NY, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2025, at St Vincent Hospital in Erie, PA. She was born March 18, 1931, in Ripley, NY, the daughter of the late Lester E. and Jesse M. Redding Gross. Shirley was a graduate of Ripley Central ...

Mary Helen (Eckstein) Ritchie

Mary Helen (Eckstein) Ritchie, 79, formerly of Jamestown, NY, died on January 22, 2025 at Blue Ridge Hospice Inpatient Care Center in Winchester, VA. Born on August 7, 1945, in Cleveland, OH, she was the daughter of Dr. Richard and Helen Eckstein. She graduated as the salutatorian from Orange ...