Obituaries
Mary Jacques
Jul 9, 2013
Mary Jacques, 83, an area resident since January, died on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. She formerly lived in Amawalk, NY, Longmeadow, MA, Southborough, MA, Sudbury, MA and Dorchester, MA. Born in Dorchester, MA on August 9, 1929, she was the daughter of Nicholas and Thea Dimitrakis Cosmopulos. She grew up in Dorchester, graduated from Dorchester...
Brian Lankester
Jul 8, 2013
Wappingers Falls – Brian Scott Lankester, 42, a lifelong area resident, died on July 8, 2013 at home. Born in Yonkers on January 19, 1971, he was the son of Leslie and Patricia (McLean) Lankester. His parents survive at home. Brian was a graduate of John Jay High School in Hopewell Junction and had attended classes at Dutchess Community College....
Mary Budd
Jul 8, 2013
POUGHKEEPSIE – Mary H. Budd, 74, died on Monday, July 8, 2013 at home. A native of New York, she had also lived in Homosassa, FL for 14 years. Born in the Bronx on October 20, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Jeremiah and Margaret (Feeney) Sullivan. On September 6, 1958 at St. Anthony’s Church in the Bronx,...
Michael Bergmann
Jul 7, 2013
Michael Paul Bergmann, a lifelong resident of Fishkill, died at St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh on Sunday, July 7, 2013 following a six month battle with brain cancer. He was 66. He was born in Poughkeepsie on November 19, 1946. He graduated from the Florida Institute of Technology and later received his Professional Engineer License from New York State....
Michael O'Toole
Jul 5, 2013
Michael L. O'Toole, 59, of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, died July 5, 2013 at Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, New Jersey. Born September 22, 1953, Michael was the son of the late Helen and John O'Toole. He is survived by his loving family: sister and brother-in-law, Maryann and Richard Martini; brother and sister-in-law, John and Lucy O'Toole; brother and sister-in-law Patrick...
Lorraine Tiger
Jul 4, 2013
Lorraine A. Tiger, a Fishkill resident since 1984, formerly of the Bronx, died at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie on Thursday, July 4, 2013. She was 72. Daughter of the late Henry and Helen (Clarke) Williams, she was born in the Bronx on October 24, 1940. Lorraine worked at the front desk for Somers Orthopedic in Carmel and was...
Marion Holz
Jul 4, 2013
Marion P. Holz, 81, a resident of Hopewell Junction since 1979 and formerly of the Bronx, died on Thursday, July 4, 2013 at the Pines of Poughkeepsie. Born in the Bronx on April 17, 1932, she was the daughter of John and Beatrice Donnelly Flynn. Pat was married to Robert J. Holz who predeceased her on February 15, 1994. Pat...
Dolores Cleary
Jul 1, 2013
Dolores Cleary, 95, of Fishkill passed away at Elant of Fishkill on Monday, July 1, 2013. She was born on October 29, 1917 in Philadelphia, Pa. She grew up in Northeast Philly, enjoying frequent visits to Ocean City, NJ. On Sept 3, 1966 she married Tom Cleary. In 1972 they retired to Ocean City, NJ where Tom passed away Feb...
Julie Falcone
Jun 25, 2013
FISHKILL- Julie Falcone, 72, died on Tuesday, June 25, 2013 after a long but courageous battle with cancer at St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital surrounded by her family. A resident of Fishkill since 2005 and formerly of Hopewell Junction since 1968, she grew up in the Bronx and Manhattan. Born in New York City on November 12, 1940, she was the...
Antone Davis
Jun 24, 2013
POUGHKEEPSIE – Antone “Sonny” Davis, 68, died on Monday, June 24, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital. He was raised in the Bronx. He attended Dewitt Clinton High School. In 1962, he met and married his wife Sheila McCormack. They were married for 50 years. Together they raised 3 sons, Antonio, Andre, and Quentin. He served for four years in the...
Doreen Gabio
Jun 23, 2013
LAGRANGEVILLE – Doreen Lynn King Gabio, 49, a lifelong area resident, died on June 23, 2013 at home. Born in Beacon on September 8, 1963, she was the daughter of Wayne and Sharon (Loffay) King of Seymour, TN. In addition to her parents, Doreen is survived by her daughter, Brianne Knapp Hirsch and her wife Monica Hirsch of Wallingford, CT...
Christos Paul
Jun 22, 2013
One week shy of his 70th birthday, the Lord gained an incredible soul, while family and friends lost a beautiful person that was filled with life, love, and a hilarious sense of humor. Christos Constantinos "Dino" Paul was a very knowledgeable man and his intelligence was admirable, but as he would say, "he was a dictionary full of useless information."...
Patricia Costello
Jun 22, 2013
Patricia A. Costello, a five-year Beacon resident, died at home on Saturday, June 22, 2013. She was 72. Daughter of the late Henry & Marguerite (Morganstern) Randolph, she was born in Brooklyn on January 9, 1940. In 1963, she married Cornelius "Richard" Costello. She was predeceased by him in 1982. In 2003, Patricia retired as a phone operator for Kingsbrook...
John Brookhouse
Jun 21, 2013
John Brookhouse, 84, a resident of Lagrangeville for 16 years and formerly of the Bronx, died on June 21, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Manhattan on April 11, 1929, he was the son of the late John and Josephine (DeCicco) Brookhouse. On December 14, 1957 in Manhattan, he married Lucille Comparone who survives at home. John proudly...
Michael Lovett
Jun 21, 2013
HOPEWELL JUNCTION – Michael Patrick Lovett, 66, an area resident for 24 years and formerly of Brooklyn, died on Friday, June 21, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Manhattan on January 14, 1947, he was the son of the late Michael F. Lovett and Hannah Riordan. His mother survives in Mattituck, LI. On October 5, 1981 in Manhattan,...
Robert Ringdahl
Jun 19, 2013
Robert E. Ringdahl, a resident of the Ocean Reef Club, Key Largo, FL and Wappingers Falls, NY, entered into rest on June 19, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. Born and raised in LaCrosse, WI, he was the son of the late Carl and Frances Moznet Ringdahl. He is survived by his wife, Ginger Knapp Ringdahl, whom he...
Thomas Kirchner
Jun 18, 2013
Thomas F. Kirchner, 61, a resident of Poughkeepsie for 25 years and formerly of the Bronx, died on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in the Bronx on July 5, 1951, he was the son of Thomas and Harriet Grimm Kirchner. Tom was employed as an electrician with Local #3 in Queens for 25 years. He...
Frederick Tuttle
Jun 15, 2013
Frederick G. "Butch" Tuttle, an eleven year New Windsor resident, formerly of Glenham and Peekskill, entered into Eternal Rest on Saturday, June 15, 2013 after a very valiant and courageous battle. He was 70. Son of the late Frederick and Dorothy (Dick) Tuttle, he was born in Peekskill on March 11, 1943. He was a retired Police Officer with the...
Nicholas Vizzini
Jun 14, 2013
Nicholas Peter Vizzini, a local area resident for over 40 years and formerly of Brooklyn, died at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie on Friday, June 14, 2013. He was 82. Son of the late Carmelo and Concetta Agro Vizzini, he was born in Manhattan on December 27, 1930. He was U.S. Army Veteran, and in 1995 retired from I.B.M....
Eileen Hynes
Jun 13, 2013
Eileen P. Hynes, 75, a resident of Poughkeepsie for 17 years and formerly of Wappingers Falls and the Bronx, died on Thursday, June 13, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in the Bronx on March 19, 1938, she was the daughter of James and Mary O'Connor Sheehy. She was employed by the Poughkeepsie Savings Bank until her retirement in...


