Lela D. Faulkner

Born Oct. 20, 1929 in Gerry a daughter of the late Bonnie and Bessie Blackmer Edwards.

She was a 1948 graduate of Cassadaga Valley School.

Lela was a fulltime homemaker who enjoyed feeding and watching birds and loved her cats.

Wife of 64 years to the late Ralph W. Faulkner, who she married Dec. 18, 1948 and who died Feb. 23, 2012; mother of Diana Faulkner and Lori Martin both of Sinclairville, Warren âNeilã (Diane) of Cherry Creek and Denise Faulkner of Stockton and the late Kathy (Late Jerry) Clark; grandmother of eight; great-grandmother of 11; great great-grandmother of four; sister of the late, Doris Barnhart, Lucille Quinlisk, George, Lawrence, Ralph, Bonnie, Olin and Ben Edwards. Also survived by nieces and nephews.

There will be no funeral service.

Memorials to Chautauqua Community Foundation, C/O OFA Fund, HRC Building, 7 N. Erie St., Mayville, NY 14757.

Condolences at jordansinclairville.com