Obituaries

Sep 12, 2014

Sep 8, 2014

Gregory A. King, 63, a lifelong area resident, died suddenly on Monday, September 8, 2014 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Poughkeepsie on April 9, 1951, he was the son of the late Andrew and Florence Christiana King. Greg was a graduate of Marist College earning a MS in Chemistry. Greg was employed at IBM for 20 years, at...

Sep 6, 2014

Saroj Bala Sharma, 64, a resident of Wappingers Falls, died on Saturday, September 6, 2014 at St. Luke's Hospital following a long illness. Born in Panipat, India on January 16, 1950, she was the daughter of Daulat Ram Sharma and Veeran Devi Sharma. Saroj received her Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts and was employed by IBM, East Fishkill for many...

Sep 6, 2014

Gerhard Freyer, more well known as "Que," 76, a resident of Hopewell Junction since 1971 and previously of Yorktown Heights, died on Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Mid Hudson Regional Medical Center. Born in the Bronx on November 1, 1937, he was the son of Gerhard and Ramona Quevdo Freyer. He worked for 3X before becoming his own boss by...

Sep 5, 2014

Peter P. Charkalis, Jr., 84, a longtime Fishkill resident who was born and raised in Beacon, died Friday, September 5, 2014 in Poughkeepsie. Son of the late Peter Charkalis Sr. and Sally Katsiris Charkalis, he was born November 1, 1929. He was married August 21, 1955 to the love of his life, Mary Labrinos, in Garrison, NY. He was a...

Sep 4, 2014

Carol J. Laurelli, 71, of Dover Plains and formerly of Carmel, died on September 4, 2014 at Sharon Hospital. Born in Burlington, VT on February 6, 1943, she was the daughter of Edward Russell Orin Hallock and Barbara Lillian Davis. She is survived by daughters, Lonna Marie Bambino and husband Peter J. Bambino Sr., and Barbara Margaret Pecora; daughter-in-law, Peggy...

Sep 2, 2014

Peter J. Ware, 91, a resident of Poughquag, NY since 1994 and formerly of Garrison, NY, died on Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Garrison, NY on August 24, 1923, he was the son of the late Edgar and Dora Ware. He was a 1942 graduate of Kent School, where he met his wife of...

Sep 1, 2014

Aug 30, 2014

Nancy Palmieri, 71, an area resident since 1971 and formerly of the Bronx, died on Saturday, August 30, 2014 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Ripi, Italy on October 5, 1942, Nancy was the daughter of Michele and Pasqualina Pullo Faustini. She was a parishioner of St. Denis Church and was devoted to St. Padre...

Aug 30, 2014

Frank L. Wilczek, an eight-year resident of Fishkill, formerly of Wappingers Falls and Yonkers, died at St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh on Saturday, August 30, 2014. He was 48. Son of the late Joseph and Iris (Pope) Wilczek, he was born in Yonkers on September 29, 1965. On September 21, 1996, he married Kimerly Hall at Trinity United Methodist...

Aug 29, 2014

Aurelio V. "Ray" D'Avanzo, 83, an area resident since 1958 and formerly of Yonkers, died on Friday, August 29, 2014 at his home from complications of multiple myeloma. Born at home in Yonkers on June 14, 1931, Ray was the son of Alfonso and Linda DiLandro D'Avanzo. He graduated from Manhattan College and served in the US Navy. He was...

Aug 28, 2014

Aug 27, 2014

Aug 26, 2014

Georgia M. Boscia, a Dutchess County resident since 1968, died on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at MidHudson Regional Hospital of Westchester Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. She was 86. Daughter of the late Rinaldo and Jenny (Zurla) Giannecchini, she was born in the Bronx on May 31, 1928. She was a parishioner of St. Mary, Mother of the Church in Fishkill...

Aug 26, 2014

David J. Godbout, 48, a lifelong area resident, died on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center following a long illness. Born in North Tarrytown on October 6, 1965, he was the son of the late Roland and Margaret Fagan Godbout. Dave had served in the US Army and was employed as a laborer with Local #235 in...

Aug 24, 2014

Thomas Peter Rubeo, 83, of Hopewell Junction, left this world on Sunday, August 24, 2014, surrounded by love as he peacefully surrendered to complications from Parkinson's Disease. Born on March 29, 1931 in Yonkers, NY, he was predeceased by his parents, Vincent J. and Mary (Della Camera) Rubeo and his older brother, Vincent. He is survived by his wife of...

Aug 24, 2014

Elizabeth A. Bogart-Probst, 55, a long-time Millbrook resident currently living in East Fishkill, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 24, 2014 after a long illness. Born in Poughkeepsie on January 25, 1959, she was the daughter of Selah and Mary Fitzgibbons Griffin. Elizabeth was employed in human services with Abilities First in Poughkeepsie until her retirement in 2012. A talented...

Aug 22, 2014

Winfield S. Ruder, a 94 year old resident of Wappingers Falls, peacefully passed away after a brief stay in Vassar Brothers Medical Center, on August 22, 2014 with his family and home-caregivers by his side. He was born in New York City on September 17, 1919 to the late Charles Ruder and Anna Weber and his years as a child...

Aug 21, 2014

Mark James Irving, Sr., 76, a resident of Dutchess County since 1976 and previously of Ossining, died on Thursday, August 21, 2014 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Ossining on May 2, 1938, he was the son of the late Harold James and Elizabeth Jenny Robinson Irving. Mark served our country in the US Navy and was employed as...

Aug 21, 2014

Hector Luis Santiago, 83, a resident of Peekskill and formerly of Manhattan, died on Thursday, August 21, 2014 at Hudson Valley Hospital Center. Born in Penuelas, Puerto Rico, Macho was the son of Juan Santiago and Dolores Pacheco. He was raised in Ponce. Macho served our country in the US Army and was employed as a butcher at the Old...