Obituaries

Valerie Machado

Valerie Machado

Feb 11, 2014

Valerie Maria Machado, a Fishkill resident since 2000, formerly of New York City and Mahopac, died at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 after a courageous battle with breast cancer. She was 40 years old. She was born in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania on March 30, 1973. For the last 14 years, she was an elementary school...

Francis Sciarra

Francis Sciarra

Feb 9, 2014

Francis (Frank) Sciarra, a long-time resident of Union Vale and more recently of Durham, NC passed away on February 9, 2014 after a long illness. He was 79. Born in Bethlehem, PA on July 8, 1934, he was the son of the late Frank and Anna Sciarra. He served in both the Air Force and the Marines and retired from...

Catherine Russell

Catherine Russell

Feb 8, 2014

Catherine Marie Russell, 75, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014 at her home in Hopewell Junction. She died in the arms of her loving husband William C. Russell after a long illness with Alzheimer's disease. She is formerly of Chestnut Ridge and Binghamton. Born in Binghamton on November 15, 1938, she was the daughter of William and Rosemary Cleary Bennett....

Elizabeth Reed

Elizabeth Reed

Feb 7, 2014

POUGHKEEPSIE – Elizabeth Charlotte Reed, 79, a lifelong area resident, passed away on Friday, February 7, 2014 at the Lutheran Care Center. Born in Poughkeepsie on May 30, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Magnus and Elizabeth (Faith-Tripmacher) Rose. On March 27, 1954, she married her former husband, John M. Reed, who survives in Palm Harbor, FL with...

Ambrose Taranto

Ambrose Taranto

Feb 5, 2014

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William Wagner

William Wagner

Feb 5, 2014

William J. Wagner, 68, a resident of Wappingers Falls for 40 years and formerly of the Bronx, died on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at his home following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in the Bronx on January 25, 1946, he was the son of William and Edna Hammer Wagner. He proudly served our country in the US Navy...

Anthony Marinelli

Anthony Marinelli

Feb 4, 2014

HOPEWELL JUNCTION – Anthony J. Marinelli, 56, formerly of Brooklyn, died on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at home. Anthony was born in Brooklyn on December 28, 1957. He was self employed as a tile and marble setter. Anthony enjoyed hunting and fishing, as well as golfing, bowling, and boating. Anthony is survived by his sons, Michael Marinelli of Woodstock, GA...

George Howard Jr

George Howard Jr

Feb 2, 2014

George L. Howard, Jr., a resident of Pleasant Valley and formerly of Long Island, died on Sunday, February 2, 2014 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. He was 55. Son of George L. Howard, Sr. and Marie Anderson Howard, he was born in Brooklyn on May 24, 1958. For many years, George worked as a truck driver for JWC...

Madlyn Schrott

Madlyn Schrott

Feb 2, 2014

Madlyn Ann Finnigan Schrott, 90, a 16 year resident of Fishkill, formerly of Cold Spring for 25 years, passed in the comfort of her home on February 2nd, 2014. Madlyn was born March 19, 1923 in Peekskill, New York. She was predeceased by her husband, Kenneth Henry Schrott of 62 years. She was a parishioner of the Assumption Church in...

William Phillips

William Phillips

Feb 1, 2014

William A. Phillips, 55, a resident of Beacon for 2 years and formerly of Hillside Lake, died on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at the Kaplan Family Hospice Residence following a courageous battle with cancer. Born in White Plains on August 4, 1958, he was the son of the late Charles W. and Marilyn Conklin Phillips. Bill served in the US...

Katherine Ricci

Katherine Ricci

Feb 1, 2014

Katherine Patricia Maurice Ricci, 76, a resident of LaGrangeville for 3 years and formerly of Cold Spring, died on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital. Born in Mahopac on June 27, 1937, she was the daughter of Thomas "Red" and Edna Tompkins Maurice. Katherine was a philosopher who enjoyed doing jigsaw puzzles. She loved her grandchildren and treasured...

Marie Ruffell

Marie Ruffell

Feb 1, 2014

HOPEWELL JUNCTION – Marie V. "Mitzi" Ruffell, 79, an area resident for 40 years and previously of New Rochelle, died on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at the Kaplan Family Hospice Residence. Born in North Pelham on October 25, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Charlotte (Wagner) Guccione. On May 19, 1956 at the Church of St....

Andrew Pagnozzi

Andrew Pagnozzi

Feb 1, 2014

Andrew A. Pagnozzi, a resident of Deposit, NY since 1982, died at home on Saturday, February 1, 2014. He was 95. Son of the late Giuseppe and Giuseppina D'Alessio Pagnozzi, he was born in Pannarano, Italy on June 17, 1918. At the age of 19, he immigrated to the United States in 1927 and settled in Brooklyn, and later moved...

Demetra Berger

Demetra Berger

Jan 29, 2014

Demetra J. "Tudy" Berger, a resident of Fishkill since 1968, formerly of Delaware, died peacefully at home on Wednesday, January 29, 2014. She was 93. Daughter of the late Nick and Nora (Walters) Jones, she was born in Wilmington, Delaware on November 8, 1920. Tudy graduated from high school in Lewes, DE and attended the University of Delaware. During World...

Dagny Morley

Dagny Morley

Jan 26, 2014

Dagny Andersen Morley died on January 26, 2014, after a years-long struggle with cancer. She was 76 years old. Mrs. Morley was born on December 2, 1937, in the Bronx, New York, and grew up in Peekskill before moving to Wappinger Falls in the 1950s with her husband, Charles A. Morley. Mrs. Morley lived in Fishkill for the past ten...

Rosemarie Vaccarelli

Rosemarie Vaccarelli

Jan 25, 2014

Rosemarie Vaccarelli, 76, a long-time resident of Yonkers, died on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at her home. Born in the Bronx on October 9, 1937, she was the daughter of Christopher and Rose Cignarella Vendura. Rosemarie had been employed by the Yonkers City School District for 30 years until her retirement in 2009. She was a parishioner of St. Paul...

Maureen Krajeski

Maureen Krajeski

Jan 25, 2014

Maureen E. Krajeski, 74, a resident of Hopewell Junction since 2002 and formerly of Cortlandt Manor and Yonkers, died on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Yonkers on November 29, 1939, she was the daughter of Francis and Irene Parisee Brady. Maureen was employed as a Licensed Practical Nurse until her retirement in 2001. She...