Obituaries

Dec 16, 2013

John Hogan, 59, a resident of Hopewell Junction for 31 years and formerly of Staten Island, died unexpectedly on Monday, December 16, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born on Staten Island, John was the son of James and Katherine Hogan. A graduate of Monsignor Farrel High School, John attended the College of Staten Island. A systems analyst, he worked...

Dec 16, 2013

Ciriaco Stasio, 94, a Dutchess County resident for 63 years and formerly of the Bronx, died on Monday, December 16, 2013 at the Dutchess Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Pawling. Born in Italy on October 9, 1919, he was the son of the late Giuseppe and Clarissa Stasio. On December 23, 1950 in Yonkers, he married Martha Burton who...

Dec 15, 2013

Josephine P. Romano, 20, a lifelong area resident, died on Sunday, December 15, 2013. Born in the Bronx on March 17, 1993, Josephine was the daughter of Anna Giorgianni of the Bronx. She graduated from Arlington High School and the Cosmetology Program at Dutchess County BOCES, and was employed as a hair stylist at Salon Arje in Beacon. In addition...

Dec 15, 2013

Paul Cutrupi, a resident of Fishkill since 1972, formerly of Valhalla, died on Sunday, December 15, 2013. He was 68. Son of Francis and Rose (Vigliotti) Cutrupi, he was born in Bronxville on October 30, 1945. He attended the American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service to become a funeral director, and was then drafted into the U.S. Army and...

Dec 14, 2013

Steven S. Zedlovich, 69, a resident of Hopewell Junction for 5 years and formerly of Whitestone, died on Saturday, December 14, 2013 at home. Born in Whitestone on December 25, 1943, he was the son of Stephen and Anna Keblish Zedlovich. Steven worked in maintenance for Village Park Association and Zed Realty in Whitestone for 35 years until his retirement...

Dec 13, 2013

Carola "Carol" Ruggiero, 66, a resident of Wappingers Falls since 1971 and formerly of the Bronx, died peacefully on Friday, December 13, 2013 at the Kaplan Family Hospice Residence surrounded by her family. Born in the Bronx on April 10, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Romeo Charles and Domenica (Bertolini) LaPietro. Carol was a parishioner of St....

Dec 12, 2013

Theodore Tenny, a Hopewell Junction resident since 1981, formerly of Mahopac and Mount Vernon, died peacefully at home on Thursday, December 12, 2013. He was 79. Son of the late Hannah Greenberg Tenny, he was born on September 14, 1934 in the Bronx, where he was raised as a child. In 1958, Theodore enlisted in the United States Army. He...

Dec 12, 2013

Dec 10, 2013

HOPEWELL JUNCTION - Maria Di Giacomo, 79, died on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at home surrounded by her family. She was a resident of Dutchess County for 43 years and previously of Brooklyn. Born in Cansano, Italy on December 20, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Francesco and Maria Domenica (Ruscitti) Di-Paolo. On February 4, 1954 in Cansano,...

Dec 10, 2013

Lawrence Giordano, 92, a resident of Delray Beach, FL and formerly of Yonkers, died on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at his brother's home in Poughquag. Born in Yonkers on September 22, 1921, he was the son of the late Nicolangelo and Giovannina Giordano. He proudly served our country in the US Army and had been employed as an accounts manager...

Dec 9, 2013

Stefano J. Pedone, 93, a resident of Hopewell Junction and formerly of Mount Vernon, died peacefully on Monday, December 9, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born on June 23, 1920 in Mount Vernon, he was the son of the late Donato and Catherine Colangelo Pedone. He proudly served our country in the US Army. Employed by the City of...

Dec 7, 2013

Mary Louise Aronow, 56, a resident of the Town of Fishkill for 28 years and formerly of Cold Spring, died on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at her home following a short illness. Born in North Tarrytown on December 23, 1956, she was the daughter of Louise Centrello of Cold Spring and the late Lawrence Centrello. Mary Lou was employed as...

Dec 5, 2013

Michael W. Cerrone, 92, a resident of The Fountains at Millbrook and formerly of the Bronx, died at his home on Thursday, December 5, 2013. Born in the Bronx on March 29, 1921, he was the son of Libertino and Mary Vallachi Cerrone. Michael served our country in the US Navy during World War II, the Korean War and the...

Dec 5, 2013

LAGRANGEVILLE - Francesco “ Frank” Caleo, 96, passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2013 at Castle Point VAMC. Frank was born in the Bronx on September 20, 1917. He was the son of the late Joseph and Elsie (Perrotta) Caleo. He attended public schools in the Bronx including Textile High School in the 1930’s. Frank proudly served our country in...

Dec 4, 2013

WAPPINGERS FALLS-Pedro Ramirez Velez, 90, an area resident since 2007 and formerly of Suffern, died on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at home. Born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico on December 8, 1922, he was the son of the late Francisco Ramirez and Carmen Ramirez Velez. He proudly served in the US Army from 1944 to 1946. Pedro was employed in Queens...

Dec 3, 2013

Emma Rose and Ellie Dianne Fears, treasured daughters of Nathan and Kelly Fears, were born into the arms of the angels on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. "For a brief fleeting moment, two angels touched the ground with tiny wings and halos, blessing the lives of others with beauty and grace. The few who saw knew...

Dec 2, 2013

Patricia Ann Burke, of Fishkill, died at home surrounded by her family on Monday, December 2, 2013. She was 87. Daughter of the late John and Winifred Towey, she was born in Katonah on November 11, 1926. On January 7, 1956, she married Albert P. Burke at St. Mary's Church in Katonah. Together they raised their family in Yorktown Heights,...

Dec 2, 2013

John M. Giammichele, 88, a resident of Yorktown Heights and formerly of Poughkeepsie and the Bronx, died on Monday, December 2, 2013 at his daughter's home surrounded by his loving family. Born in the Bronx on August 23, 1925, he was the son of John and Etta Giammichele. He proudly served our country in the US Navy during World War...

Nov 30, 2013

Nov 29, 2013

POUGHKEEPSIE - Bruce Ferguson, 54, a lifelong area resident died on Friday, November 29, 2013 at home. Born in Ellenville, New York on July 1, 1959, he was the son of the late Robert E. Ferguson and Joyce Adeline Brown Zitz. He married Charlene Anderson on March 26, 1994 in Wappingers Falls, New York. In 2010, he retired from the...