Obituaries

Oct 31, 2013

Oct 31, 2013

Nancy Keeler McCormick, a resident of Fishkill, died at Vassar Brothers Medical Center on Thursday, October 31, 2013. She was 80. She was born in 1933 in White Plains, New York, daughter of James Harold Keeler and Ethelind Sleeper Keeler. While raising a family in Manhattan and Greenwich, Connecticut, she contributed to a number of community groups and projects, including...

Oct 30, 2013

Robert Fernald Hillman, 71, a resident of Hopewell Junction for 42 years and formerly of LaGrange and Pawling, passed away peacefully after a courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. He was surrounded by his loving family. Born in New Milford, CT on January 25, 1942, he was the son of the...

Oct 29, 2013

Dolores Rose Wisinski Albert, 83, of Sarasota, FL, formerly of Putnam Valley, NY and Hendersonville, NC died on October 29, 2013 at Hudson Valley Hospital. She was born in her grandmother's home in Philadelphia, PA. She attended the Arts Student League in Manhattan and became an accomplished artist. Her best known painting, "Black Madonna, Our Lady of Czestochowa, Queen of...

Oct 26, 2013

Audrey H. MacLean, a Fishkill resident since 1992, formerly of Warwick and Queens, died at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie on Saturday, October 26, 2013. She was 87. Daughter of the late Richard and Helen (Doorley) Prager, she was born in Brooklyn on July 7, 1926. After graduating from high school, she trained at the Metropolitan Opera in Manhattan....

Oct 25, 2013

Oct 23, 2013

Jerry Glenn Simmons, a resident of Fishkill since 1966 and formerly of Florida, died at St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh on Wednesday, October 23, 2013. He was 80 years old. Son of the late Glenn W. and Violet D. (Gulledge) Simmons, Jerry was born in Miami, FL on October 11, 1933. In 1952, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy...

Oct 22, 2013

Elton Van Vlack Bailey, Jr., 86, died on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at Westchester Medical Center following a brief illness. Elton was a lifelong resident of Hopewell Junction and resided at Silver Ledge Farm. Born in Poughkeepsie on March 6, 1927, he was the son of the late Elton Van Vlack Bailey, Sr. and Adeline Horton Bailey. He graduated with...

Oct 20, 2013

Captain Roy William Johansen (1937-2013) Roy was born in Brooklyn in 1937 to Astrid Marie Lundberg and Hans Johansen of Norway. He was the baby of the family and now joins his deceased older brothers Andrew and Bob. Alice Nyberg, his only sister, survives him in Crugers, NY. He grew up in Brooklyn, NY but summered in the Hopewell Junction...

Oct 19, 2013

Sadie Giorgio, 89, a resident of Wappingers Falls since 1996 and formerly of Carmel, Mamaroneck and Port Chester, died on Saturday, October 19, 2013 at the Renaissance Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hyde Park. Born in Port Chester on June 29, 1924, she was the daughter of John and Caterina LaBella. She was a parishioner of St. Columba Church in...

Oct 18, 2013

George Michael “Mike” Cronin, 79, of Mooresville, North Carolina and formerly of Hampstead, North Carolina and Hopewell Junction, died on Friday, October 18, 2013 in Mooresville. Born on February 26, 1934 in Joppa, Maryland, he was the son of the late Michael and Gertrude Cronin. Mike married Jane Lown on January 15, 1956 at St. Denis Church. His wife of...

Oct 17, 2013

Patricia R. Sedore, a lifelong resident of Southern Dutchess, died at home on Thursday, October 17, 2013 after a long illness. She was 62. Daughter of the late William and Margaret Jocelyn Cornett, she was born in Beacon on November 18, 1950. A hard worker, Patricia worked locally as a meat wrapper for Grand Union for more than 20 years....

Oct 16, 2013

Oct 16, 2013

Patrick James McCloskey, of Wappingers Falls, NY and formerly of Staten Island, NY, passed away at home on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 surrounded by his family. He was 69. Patrick was born on August 31, 1944, in New York City and later moved to Staten Island where he grew up. He attended New Dorp High School prior to his career...

Oct 14, 2013

MILLBROOK – Morris Kohn, 96, an area resident since January 2012 and formerly of Long Island, died on Monday, October 14, 2013 at home. Born in Newark, NJ on August 30, 1917, he was the son of the late Nathan and Ann Kohn. He proudly served our country in the US Army during World War II. On December 6, 1946...

Oct 13, 2013

Ayden Robert Schwartz was delivered and welcomed to Heaven on Sunday, October 13, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. He is survived by his parents, Amber Hunt and Matthew Schwartz of Wappingers Falls; his grandparents, Tina Hunt of Wappingers Falls, Joseph Hunt of Stormville, and Judy Schwartz of Wappingers Falls; his great-grandparents, Maureen Cianciulli of Fishkill, Steven Cianciulli...

Oct 13, 2013

HOPEWELL JUNCTION - Ida Turner, 86, an area resident since 2001 and formerly of White Plains, died on Sunday, October 13, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in White Plains in November 24, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Antonio and Elena (Scopeletti) Spinelli. At Mount Carmel Church in White Plains, she married Robert J. Turner who...

Oct 12, 2013

LAGRANGEVILLE – Ethel Dozsa, 83, died at the Elant at Fishkill Nursing Home on October 12, 2013. Ethel, formally of Irvington-on-Hudson, NY had been a resident in LaGrangeville, NY since 1993 where she resided with her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren. One of 17 children, Ethel was born in Esztergom, Hungary on March 31, 1930. She was employed as a Nurses...

Oct 12, 2013

Oct 11, 2013

POUGHQUAG - William E. Harnish, Jr., 76, area resident since 1963 and formerly of the Bronx passed away at home with his family by his side on October 11, 2013 after a brave battle with esophageal cancer. Born in the Bronx on September 1, 1937, he was the only child of William E. and Gladys Klepper Harnish. William was employed...