Obituaries

Dec 16, 2017

Dec 13, 2017

Joyce Ann Keefe Ciachin, 77, a resident of Hopewell Junction since 1993 and formerly of Ossining, died on December 13, 2017 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Ossining on May 25, 1940, she was the daughter of William and Anastasia Keefe. Joyce is survived by her sons, David Ciachin and his girlfriend Sabrina Puppolo of Kingston, and Dennis Ciachin...

Dec 13, 2017

Roger Sampeur, 41, died unexpectedly on December 13, 2017. Born in New York City on May 25,1976, he was the son of Josefina Quinones and the late Roger Sampeur. Roger had worked in Concierge Services in the Real Estate Industry. He was a great sports fan, and really enjoyed basketball. His favorite teams were the Knicks and the Giants. An...

Dec 11, 2017

Dec 11, 2017

LAGRANGE – John Theodore Forman ("Ted"), 80, an area resident since 1961 and formerly of Morgantown, WV, died on December 11, 2017 at the Pines of Poughkeepsie. Born in Morgantown, WV on December 29, 1936, he was the son of Theodore McClellan Forman and Juanita Bolton Squires. Ted received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of West Virginia in 1961...

Dec 11, 2017

Dec 10, 2017

LAGRANGEVILLE – Joan V. May, a lifelong local area resident, died on Sunday, December 10, 2017 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. She was 72. Daughter of the late John and Valoria (Petranela) Kissel, she was born in Newburgh on January 31, 1945. Joan had a green thumb and loved gardening, flowers and making dried flower arrangements. She loved...

Dec 9, 2017

Gary S. Truax, 79, a resident of Hopewell Junction, died on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born on September 22, 1938 in Ogdensburg, Gary was the son of Elon and Florence (Seward) Truax. He proudly served our country in the United States Navy from 1960 to 1965. Gary worked as a Junior Chemist as Chemprene, Inc....

Dec 9, 2017

WAPPINGERS FALLS – Mariano Flores, a longtime local area resident, died on Saturday, December 9, 2017. He was 70. Son of the late Victor and Damasa (Diaz) Flores, he was born in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico on October 17, 1947. He resided in Wappingers Falls since 2011, and formerly lived in Poughkeepsie and Beacon. He worked as a Field Service Engineer...

Dec 7, 2017

Halina S. Filipowicz, 86, an area resident since 2001 and formerly of Union, NJ, died peacefully on December 7, 2017 at her home. Born in Poland on January 10, 1931, she was the daughter of Edmund and Genowefa Protas Macur. Halina was a survivor of the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany during WW2. She later emigrated to the United States...

Dec 7, 2017

Douglas G. Corneille, 74, of Wappingers Falls and formerly of Briarcliff Manor, died on December 7, 2017, at his home. Son of the late Donald Jenkin Corneille and Hazel Hensle Corneille, Douglas was born on August 3, 1943, in Ossining, NY. He attended school in Briarcliff Manor, and graduated from Parsons College with a Bachelor’s degree. Douglas worked as an...

Dec 5, 2017

Norma Elizabeth Wallace, 74, a resident of Yonkers since 2010 and previously of Brooklyn and Hopewell Junction, died on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn. Born on July 8, 1943 in Kingston, Jamaica, Norma was the daughter of Simeon and Lois W. (Phipps) Wallace. Norma worked as a Home Health Aide for Partners and Care in Yonkers...

Dec 4, 2017

Clifford H. Caswell of Palmyra, Virginia entered into eternal rest on December 4, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was 91 years old. The son of the late Clifford E. and Estella Lipsett Caswell, Clifford H. Caswell was born on January 30, 1926 in Wallkill, New York. On June 26, 1954 Cliff married Estelle Daguerre in Wallkill. He was a lifelong...

Dec 4, 2017

Dec 3, 2017

Patrick P. Paraggio, 44 year resident of LaGrangeville, died on December 3, 2017 at his home. Patrick was born on May 27, 1944 to the late John Paraggio and Olga Morretta in the Bronx, NY. He was married to Betty Paraggio, his wife of 49 years, who predeceased him in 2014. Patrick is survived by his son Patrick A. Paraggio...

Dec 3, 2017

UNION VALE – Charlotte Anna Odell McMillan, 85, a lifelong area resident, died peacefully at her home on December 3rd, 2017 surrounded by her family. Born November 1st, 1931 in Cold Spring, New York, she was the daughter of Willis and Georgianna Knapp Odell. Charlotte was employed at IBM at the Education Center in Poughkeepsie until her retirement. She was...

Dec 2, 2017

Roberta C. Marsh, 79, died on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at the Lutheran Care Center in Poughkeepsie. Roberta Marsh, or Bobbie, as she was known to everyone who knew her, was the eldest of three daughters born to Marion and Samuel Collins. From an early age Bobbie displayed the love of nature, and animals, which became her hallmark. Anyone who...

Nov 29, 2017

HOPEWELL JUNCTION – Fred Palmieri, a Hopewell Junction resident since 1991, formerly of Yonkers, died on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. He was 61. He was born in Yonkers on March 1, 1956. In 1978, he began working for MAGI as a programmer in Elmsford, NY. He retired in 2013 as Chief Technology Officer....

Nov 28, 2017

Alfonzo "Al" Serra, 92, a resident of Stormville for 21 years and previously of the Bronx, died on Tuesday November 28, 2017. Born on December 1, 1924 in Rome, NY, Al was the son of Luigi and Theresa (Simone) Serra. Al worked as the director of housekeeping for Einstein Hospital in the Bronx for 25 years until his retirement in...

Nov 28, 2017

BEACON – Georgia "Lorraine" Lucas, a longtime resident of Beacon, passed away on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center surrounded by her loved ones. Born on September 18, 1927 in Beacon, she was the daughter of the late Cheney and Nellie (Townsend) Aldrich. On May 25, 1947 in Beacon, she married the love of her life Edward...