Obituaries

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...

Nov 28, 2013

Isolina Santiago, a resident of Peekskill, formerly of the Bronx, died at the Hudson Valley Hospital Center on Thursday, November 28, 2013. She was 86. Daughter of the late Juan Rodriguez Olan and Angelica Borrero Valentin, she was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico on September 25, 1927. For many years, she worked as a typist for the Marriage Bureau at...

Nov 27, 2013

Michael W. Harrington, 71, a longtime resident of Dutchess County and formerly of New York City, died on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at Putnam Hospital Center. Born in Pasadena, California on January 5, 1942, he was the son of the late Thomas and Irene (Drexler) Harrington. Prior to retiring as Vice President at Bank of America in San Francisco, he...

Nov 27, 2013

Mirlaine Vasquez Ferguson, 54, passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. She was a Hopewell Junction resident since 2005 and formerly of Jamaica, Queens from 1985-2005. Born in Haiti on March 31, 1959, Mirlaine was the daughter of Antonio and Rosita (Pedro) Vasquez. She was a parishioner at St. Columba Church in Hopewell Junction. An...

Nov 24, 2013

Colin Thomas O’Brien, treasured son of James and Jacqueline O’Brien, was born into the arms of the angels on Sunday, November 24, 2013 at 9:20am at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. “For a brief fleeting moment, an angel touched the ground with tiny wings and halo, blessing the lives of others with beauty and grace. The few who saw knew God...

Nov 24, 2013