Obituaries

Dec 26, 2020

Peter V. Ragusa, 71, a Hopewell Junction resident since 2000 and previously of the Bronx, died on December 26, 2020 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern. Born on January 2, 1949 in the Bronx, Peter was the son of Joseph and Rose (Venditto) Ragusa. On November 28, 1971 in Mount Vernon, Peter married the love of his life, AnnMarie Pinto,...

Dec 25, 2020

Lorenzo Rotundo, 69, an area resident for 32 years and previously of the Bronx, died on December 25, 2020 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born on May 5, 1951 in Catanzaro, Italy, Lorenzo was the son of Orlando and Marianna (Mazza) Rotundo. On August 11, 1973 in the Bronx, Lorenzo married the love of his life, Josephine LoFaso. Lorenzo owned...

Dec 25, 2020

Louis Charles Sansone, 68, an area resident for over 30 years and previously of Yonkers, died on December 25, 2020 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born on May 29, 1952 in Yonkers, Louis was the son of Charles Anthony and Linda (De Angelo) Sansone. Louis proudly served our country in the United States Marine Corp and United States Army during...

Dec 24, 2020

BEEKMAN – Heaven gained another angel, Daniel Robert Raphael (D-raph), 31, died on December 24, 2020. Born in Mount Kisco on August 15, 1989, he was the son of Theresa “Terri” Blazek Raphael and the late Robert J. Raphael Jr. Dan attended Arlington High School where he was a member of the Arlington Hockey Club. He was an avid fan...

Dec 24, 2020

Mark Anthony Riccardi, 58, a resident of Beacon and previously of Ossining, died at Vassar Brothers Medical Center on December 24, 2020. Born on May 17, 1962 in Port Chester, Mark was the son of Anthony and Mary Frances (Roehrig) Riccardi. On June 8, 1985 at St. Therese Church in Briarcliff Manor, Mark married Kelly Ann Marshall who survives at...

Dec 22, 2020

Dec 22, 2020

Milton N. Brathwaite, 74, a resident of Brooklyn, died on December 22, 2020 at his home. Born in Colon, Panama on May 3, 1946, he was the son of Thelma Loletta Marretto who died on November 11, 2014. Milton had been employed by the NYC Housing Authority in Brooklyn. Lovingly known as “Tito” and “Tio Rico”, he was very loving...

Dec 22, 2020

BEACON – George Kurt Rihm, 65, an area resident for 23 years and formerly of Ridgewood, Queens, died on December 22, 2020 at his home. Born in Queens on July 10, 1955, he was the son of Eugene and Wilma Rihm. George was employed as a track worker specialist for the MTA in the Bronx, Queens and Manhattan Area for...

Dec 21, 2020

STORMVILLE – Krista Ashley Kellogg, 27, passed away on December 21, 2020 at home. Krista was born March 18, 1993 in Danbury, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Gregory Kellogg and Kristine (Tina) Von Essen – Kellogg. Krista was a 2011 graduate of John Jay Senior High School where she excelled in field hockey and lacrosse. Krista enjoyed riding dirt...

Dec 21, 2020

FISHKILL – Kevork A. Adourian, 88, a resident of Fishkill for the past 5 years, died peacefully on December 21, 2020 at The Pines at Poughkeepsie. He previously lived in Hopewell Junction. Born in Armenia on December 20, 1932, Kevork was the son of the late Sarkis and Yernik (Karamanoukian) Adourian. After 50 years of service, he retired from IBM...

Dec 20, 2020

LaGrangeville – Dymphna J. McCooey Cousin, 91, passed away peacefully on December 20, 2020 at the Lutheran Care Center. Born in Ireland on May 19, 1929, Dymphna was the daughter of John and Mary (Bannigan) McCooey. She was the youngest of eleven children and grew on a farm in Balleybay, Ireland. In her early twenties, she came to Utica, New...

Dec 20, 2020

Ved Parkash Gupta, age 81, passed away on December 20, 2020 after several years of declining health, compounded by a recent contraction of Covid-19. Ved was born in Sonipat, India in 1939 to Kishan Chand Gupta and Shanti Devi. After studying mathematics at St. Stephens College in Delhi, he immigrated to the United States in 1960 and moved to Dutchess...

Dec 19, 2020

Born on December 15, 1928 at Saint Mary’s Hospital, Orange, New Jersey, the eldest of eight children born to Mary and John Gallagher, John “Jack” Gallagher died on December 19, 2020 at the age of 92. He grew up in West Orange, NJ. As a high school freshman at Immaculate Conception, Jack played Varsity football and baseball (3rd base). He...

Dec 18, 2020

Sonja Iversen Horend, 86, a resident of Fishkill, passed peacefully at home on December 18, 2020 in the loving presence of her family. Sonja was born in Bergen, Norway and immigrated to the United States when she was 18 years old. She married and had 2 children she adored. She was predeceased by her mother, Erna Nilsen and her sister...

Dec 17, 2020

FISHKILL – Joseph Robert Lamoree, a lifelong local area resident, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, December 17, 2020, surrounded by his loving family. He was 94. Son of the late Robert J. and Margaret (Evans) Lamoree, he was born in Beacon, New York on June 7, 1926. After graduating from Beacon High School, Joseph enlisted in the U.S....

Dec 17, 2020

KENT - Cara Phyllis Lappin Baker, 40, a lifelong area resident, died on December 17, 2020. Born in the Bronx on February 23, 1980, she was the daughter of Cory Lappin and Gail Stumm. On July 21, 2006 in Jamaica, Cara married Eric Baker who survives at home. Cara and Eric were the owners and operators of Eric Baker &...

Dec 17, 2020

FISHKILL – David Earl Lucas, Sr. 86, passed away after a successful and fulfilling life on December 17, 2020 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. He was surrounded by loved ones and comfortable, while reciting scripture and content in the Lord. He now sits with the Almighty Father in peace and eternal love. He has been a respected Dutchess County resident...

Dec 16, 2020

FISHKILL – Marion W. Richardson, a resident of Fishkill for nearly 20 years and formerly of Spring Valley, Yonkers, and Queens, passed away at home on Wednesday, December 16, 2020. She was 73. Daughter of the late Raymond C. Dezendorf, Sr. and Marion (Heid) Dezendorf, she was born in Queens on October 7, 1947. Marion worked for U.S. Life Title...

Dec 15, 2020

Hyde Park, NY – Douglas James Clarke Sr, a resident of LaGrangeville, NY, passed away on December 15, 2020 at the age of 71. Doug was born on August 20, 1949 in Burlington, VT, the son of the late James "Fred" Clarke and Evelah Ursula Mott who sadly predeceased him when he was only 9 years old. His father re-married...

Dec 14, 2020

EAST FISHKILL – Doris J. Manning, 76, a lifelong area resident, died on December 14, 2020 at her home. Born in Poughkeepsie on August 9, 1944, she was the daughter of Harry St. John Cooke and Doris A.C. Costa Cooke. Doris was the owner and operator of Rand Manning Real Estate in Hopewell Junction for many years. On October 2,...