Obituaries

Jan 2, 2015

Deo W. Read, Jr., 67, a lifelong area resident, died on Friday, January 2, 2015 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Elmira on August 29, 1947, he was the son of the late Deo W. Read Sr. and Rose Ulanowski Read. He graduated from Arlington High School in 1965, SUNY Brockport in 1970 and C.W. Post College in 1980...

Jan 1, 2015

Jan 1, 2015

Michele AnnMarie Swarner Kinsell, 57, a resident of Hopewell Junction since 2001 and formerly of Westchester County, died on Thursday, January 1, 2015 at her home. Born in Inglewood, CA on February 26, 1957, she was the daughter of John L. Swarner Sr. and Myrtle M. Scott. Michele proudly served our country in the US Air Force. She was employed...

Jan 1, 2015

Mary J. Mayfield, a former resident of Fishkill, Peekskill and Brewster, Massachusetts, peacefully passed away on Thursday, January 1, 2015 at the home of her son in Barre, VT. She was 83. The only child of the late Sean and Nora (Hickey) Downey, she was born in the Washington Heights section of New York City on September 10, 1931. In...

Dec 31, 2014

Helga W. Luhrs, 77, passed away at home with her loving family by her side on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 from leukemia. Helga was born in Berlin, Germany on March 4, 1937 to her parents Margarete and Kurt Brendel. Helga was raised in Germany during the years of World War II under the most difficult circumstances. When Berlin was about...

Dec 30, 2014

Mae C. Owen, 86, a lifelong area resident, died on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Beacon on May 26, 1928, she was the daughter of James and Cecelia Jackson Stanton. Mae was a member of the Hopewell Reformed Church. Mae was married to Robert H. Owen who predeceased her on November 11, 1975. She...

Dec 30, 2014

Patricia Clare Donoghue Flory, 68, died on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA. Patricia was born on St. Joseph’s Day, March 19, 1946. She was the daughter of the late Petronella Van Kalmthout Donoghue and Leo Joseph Donoghue of Flushing, Queens, NY. In 1962, Patricia was crowned Miss Mets, the first and only Miss Mets...

Dec 30, 2014

Anthony D. Angerosa, a resident of Fishkill for more than 30 years, formerly of Suffolk County, died on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at Archcare at Ferncliff Nursing Home & Rehabilitation Center in Rhinebeck. He was 93. Son of the late Dominick and Carmela Angerosa, he was born in Manhattan on March 9, 1921. In 1943, he was inducted into the...

Dec 29, 2014

FISHKILL - Alfred D. "Big Al" Pazereckis, 79, an area resident since 1974 and formerly of Putnam Valley, died on Monday, December 29, 2014 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn on May 24, 1935, he was the son of Alvin and Anna Zubada Pazereckis. Big Al proudly served our country in the US Navy and was employed as...

Dec 29, 2014

Sr. Dorotea Uceda, OBT, 91, died on Monday, December 29, 2014 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. Born on February 6, 1923 in El Salvador, she was the daughter of Angel and Fidelia Herrera Uceda. Sr. Dorotea dedicated herself to the religious life as a sister with the Oblates to the Blessed Trinity. She was one of the founding sisters...

Dec 29, 2014

Mason Nicholas Bucher was born on December 29, 2014 and passed away a short time later surrounded by his family. He was the beloved son of Nicholas and Katie (Kodnia) Bucher. Calling hours will be held on Monday from 5-8pm at the McHoul Funeral Home, Inc., 895 Route 82, Hopewell Junction. Memorial donations may be made to Maria Fareri Children's...

Dec 28, 2014

Rose M. Pucci, 92, an area resident for 23 years and formerly of Yonkers, passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2014 at the Wingate at Fishkill. Born in New York City on December 8, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Maria (Gemetti) Turco. On December 31, 1944, she married Albert Pucci who predeceased her on March...

Dec 26, 2014

Alfred R.Vitale, 62, a resident of Hopewell Junction since 1980 and formerly of the Bronx, died on Friday, December 26, 2014. Born in the Bronx on April 3, 1952, he was the son of the late Alfred and Carmella "Millie" Vitale. Alfred was employed as a carpenter/mechanic for Con Edison for 42 years until his retirement in 2014. Alfred devoted...

Dec 26, 2014

Rev. Deacon Vivian Seipp, a resident of Fishkill since 1962 and formerly of Mamaroneck, died on Friday, December 26, 2014 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center surrounded by her family. Born in the Bronx, she was the daughter of Peter and Ursula Rodriguez Robertin. Vivian owned and operated V. Seipp Nursery School in the 1960s and 1970s. She then continued her...

Dec 26, 2014

Patricia Ann (Coliskey) Bellantoni, daughter of the late Joseph A. and Anna Marie (Stasionis) Coliskey, passed away unexpectedly in her sleep at home on Friday, December 26, 2014. She was born in Tuckahoe, New York on September 4, 1943, educated in Eastchester schools. She married the late Charles Bellantoni on May 27, 1962 in Tuckahoe, NY. She was a wonderful...

Dec 25, 2014

Katherine L. Morrison, 65, a resident of Fishkill for 8 years and formerly of the Bronx, died on Christmas Day at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Manhattan on November 10, 1949, she was the daughter of George and Frances Kessler Cook. Katherine enjoyed arts and crafts, knitting, crocheting, and painting, but more than anything she loved...

Dec 24, 2014

HOPEWELL JUNCTION – Linda Anna Steinitz Vehlow, 67, an area resident since 1993, died on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at the Hudson Valley Hospital Center. She previously lived in Bayside, Queens and Flushing, Queens. Born in the Bronx on September 24, 1947, she was the daughter of Edward Steinitz and the late Elizabeth (Kovacs) Steinitz. On June 24, 1967 in...

Dec 22, 2014

Dec 21, 2014

John Dambra, a Poughkeepsie resident since 2010, formerly of Westbury, Long Island, died on Sunday, December 21, 2014 at the home of his daughter & son-in-law in Poughkeepsie. Son of the late Gaetano and Rosa (DeFeo) D'Ambra, he was born in Brooklyn on March 14, 1922. In 1943, he was inducted into the U.S. Army and served in the Pacific...

Dec 18, 2014

Robert G. Miller, 56, a resident of Wappingers Falls, died unexpectedly on Thursday, December 18, 2014 at MidHudson Regional Hospital. Robert was born in Brooklyn on September 1, 1958 and raised in Malverne, Long Island. He had been employed as the Chief Mechanic at Pace University in New York City. He enjoyed taking rides on his Harley Davidson Fat Boy,...