Obituaries

Dec 2, 2014

Patricia Ann Sandhop, 61, a resident of Wallkill and formerly of LaGrangeville, died on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at the Northeast Center for Special Care following a long illness. Born in the Bronx on April 19, 1953, she was the daughter of Robert and Marion Flynn Holz. Patricia enjoyed reading, and especially loved spending time with her children and grandchildren....

Nov 30, 2014

Mary A. Bain, 86, of Hopewell Junction, NY, passed away on Sunday, November 30, 2014 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Munich, Germany on December 18, 1927, she was the daughter of Martin and Maria Zach Guntsche. Mary became a citizen of the United States in 1954 after moving to the U.S. in 1950. Mary worked in Medical Records...

Nov 30, 2014

HOPEWELL JUNCTION – Robert J. Fesko, 65, a Hopewell Junction resident since 1986, passed away on Sunday, November 30, 2014 at home after a courageous battle with cancer. He previously lived in Wappingers Falls and Yorktown. Born in Yonkers on November 18, 1949, he was the son of Edward and Florence (Hopkins) Fesko. Robert had been employed by Con Edison...

Nov 29, 2014

BEEKMAN – Ross A. Eddy, Sr., 68, an area resident for 40 years and previously of Nova Scotia, passed away on Saturday, November 29, 2014 at home surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 8, 1946, he was the son of the late Clyde and Edith Mae (Lineham) Eddy. On...

Nov 29, 2014

Consolacion S. "Nanay" Guilaran, 91, died on Saturday, November 29, 2014 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. Born in the Philippines on January 20, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Justinia (Merida) Sagansay. In 1974, she emigrated to the United States and settled in Poughkeepsie. For many years, she worked as a machine operator for...

Nov 29, 2014

Ada S. Grace, 91 of Buzzards Bay, MA formerly of Medfield, MA, and Hopewell Junction, NY died Saturday, November 29, 2014 after almost seven years of learning to live with the paralyzing effects of a stroke. She is predeceased by her husband, Charles H. Grace who passed in 2001. Ada is survived by two siblings, a sister, Louise Peters of...

Nov 28, 2014

Nov 28, 2014

POUGHKEEPSIE - Rudolph A. Monaco, 87, died peacefully at home on Friday, November 28, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. Rudy was born in Newark, New Jersey on January 18, 1927 to Louis and Margaret (Pepe) Monaco. He was raised in the Bronx where he had many happy memories of good times with friends and family. Rudy enlisted in the...

Nov 26, 2014

Jaclyn J. Warner, of Fishkill, died suddenly on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. She was 70. She was born in Tarrytown on April 9, 1944. Jaclyn was raised in Hastings-on-Hudson and graduated from Our Lady of Victory Academy in Dobbs Ferry in 1962. On June 6, 1964, she married Richard M. Warner at Dobbs...

Nov 26, 2014

John L. Morrissey, a Fishkill resident since 2008 and formerly of Port Orange, FL and Harrison, NY, died at home on Wednesday, November 26, 2014. He was 90. Son of the late Maurice and Anna (Fanning) Morrissey, he was born in Newton, MA on March 20, 1924, one of seven siblings. Following his graduation from high school, he was inducted...

Nov 25, 2014

WAPPINGERS FALLS – Catherine M. Hynes DeSimone, 50, a lifelong resident of the Poughkeepsie area, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at home. Born in the Bronx on May 19, 1964, she was the daughter of the late Patrick and Eileen (Sheehy) Hynes. Cathy had been employed as a waitress at the Acropolis Diner in Poughkeepsie. She is survived...

Nov 22, 2014

Jessie Gagliardo, 89, a resident of Hopewell Junction for three years and formerly of Peekskill, died on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in the Bronx on February 18, 1925, she was the daughter of Dominick and Concetta Valenti Borrello. Jessie was a seamstress who loved sewing, crocheting, cooking and crafts. She was a parishioner of...

Nov 22, 2014

Antonio DiPietro, 83, a resident of Hopewell Junction for 20 years and formerly of Mount Vernon, died on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at New York Presbyterian – Columbia University Medical Center. Born in Guardia di Lombardi, Italy on March 31, 1931, he was the son of Dionisio and Angelina Damiano DiPietro. Antonio was employed as a landscaper for Labriola Landscaping...

Nov 22, 2014

Gertrude Virginia Pickles Van Voorhis, 86, died peacefully surrounded by family at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice in Scarborough, Maine on November 22, 2014. Born in Beacon, New York on January 17, 1928, she was the daughter of Margaret Simmonds and Harry Pickles. She grew up in Beacon, and later married John Willis Van Voorhis of Fishkill, and settled there. She...

Nov 21, 2014

Theresa Jean Glorioso, 96, a resident of Beacon since 1984 and formerly of Hopewell Junction, Yonkers and the Bronx, died on Friday, November 21, 2014 at the Wingate at Beacon. She went to Heaven to spend her 74th Wedding Anniversary with her husband. Born in Manhattan on January 4, 1918, she was the daughter of John and Gilda Riccardeli Garabo....

Nov 18, 2014

Natasha – You were a wonderful daughter! I miss you so so much. And I am so proud of you. The world seems very cold and harsh without you. I spent the last two hours teaching graduate students, students just like you, and all through the class I was trying to come to grips with the fact that you aren't...

Nov 18, 2014

Nov 16, 2014

WAPPINGERS FALLS – Valerie Ann Bruni, 41, a lifelong area resident, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, November 16, 2014. Valerie was born in North Tarrytown on June 12, 1973 and was a 1991 graduate of John Jay High School. She graduated from the Dutchess BOCES Institute and had been employed as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for many years. Valerie...

Nov 15, 2014

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Nov 12, 2014

Carolyn M. Papae, 73, a resident of Hopewell Junction since 1980, passed away on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at home. She previously lived in Fishkill, Wappingers Falls, and Bayside. Born in Jamaica, Queens on April 11, 1941, she was raised in Hollis by her parents, Herbert and Adelaide (Jacobs) Arons who have predeceased her. On September 9, 1961 at St....