Obituaries

Mar 27, 2013

EAST FISHKILL-Gerald C. "Jerry" Reiners, 76, an area resident for over 50 years and formerly of Staten Island, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Staten Island on November 13, 1936, he was the son of the late Joseph C. and Dorothy (Scudder) Reiners. He was a graduate of Tottenville High School in...

Mar 27, 2013

FISHKILL-Mary B. Burt, 86, an area resident for 30 years and formerly of Peekskill, died on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at the Wingate at Dutchess. Born in Manhattan on September 4, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Mike and Wanda (Kowaleska) Kaplish. She was employed as a bookkeeper for Reader's Digest in Chappaqua for many years until her...

Mar 26, 2013

Charles Hunter "Chip" Hoagland, a Dutchess County resident since 1984, died on Tuesday, March 26, 2013, from a rare progressive-degenerative neurological disease. He was 62. Son of Elizabeth Jo Hunter and Charles B. Hoagland, he was born on October 1, 1950, and grew up in Bath, NY. He is survived by his wife, Vicky Pittman; his mother, three daughters, two...

Mar 25, 2013

Mar 25, 2013

Frank Michael Cernuto, a resident of Hopewell Junction since 1995 and formerly of Thornwood and the Bronx, died on Monday, March 25, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in the Bronx, he was the son of the late Philip and Agnes (Calvi) Cernuto. On January 11, 1959 at St. Theresa's Church in the Bronx, he married Rose Girardi. His...

Mar 22, 2013

HOPEWELL JUNCTION – Lorraine Carol Trotta, 66, of the Four Corners Development of Hopewell Junction and formerly of Mount Vernon, died unexpectedly on Friday, March 22, 2013 at St. Luke's Hospital in Newburgh. Born in Mount Vernon on February 28, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Armand and Angelina D'Alessio Alberto. She was employed as an Executive Assistant...

Mar 22, 2013

WAPPINGERS FALLS-Gurdial Kaur Bhatti, 100, a resident of Wappingers Falls since 2004 and formerly of India, died on Friday, March 22, 2013. She was a member of the Mid Hudson Sikh Cultural Society. Born in India on February 4, 1913, she was the daughter of Mal Singh and Nand Kaur. Mrs. Bhatti was predeceased by her husband, Chanchal Bhatti on...

Mar 18, 2013

Alice May Horton, 83, a resident of Wappingers Falls since 1958 and formerly of Staatsburg, died on Monday, March 18, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Alice was also affectionately known as Sissy, Mom, Nana, Gramma and Gramma Bean to those who loved her. Born in the Bronx on October 18, 1929, she was the daughter of William and May...

Mar 18, 2013

George Beringer Schaeffer, Jr., of the Town of LaGrange, died Monday, March 18, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. He was 86. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Alice, his children: Susan (Craig), Alice Marie, Diane, George B. III (Helene), Janet, Christine (Robert) and by eight grandchildren: Matthew, Jeffrey, Eric (Coleen), Laura, Christian, Michael, Emma,...

Mar 17, 2013

Lorraine J. Tyrrell, a resident of Fishkill since 1969 and formerly of Yonkers, died on Sunday, March 17, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. She was 81. Daughter of the late John and Anna Tabacher Fenyo, she was born in Yonkers on June 21, 1931. Lorraine worked for many years as a Bus Monitor for the Beacon City...

Mar 15, 2013

HOPEWELL JUNCTION-Mary Salzillo, 89, a resident of Hopewell Junction for 34 years and formerly of the Bronx, died on Friday, March 15, 2013 at the Pines at Poughkeepsie. Born in Manhattan on January 25, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Mary (Manasseri) Sarrica. On November 25, 1945 at St. Ann's Church in Manhattan, she married Ralph...

Mar 15, 2013

Mar 14, 2013

Hugh Hanratty, 76, of Hillside Lake and formerly of Brooklyn, died on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Brooklyn on January 15, 1937, he was the son of Hugh and Mary Kelly Hanratty. Hugh proudly served our country in the US Army and was employed as a mechanic for Con Edison in Buchanan. He was...

Mar 14, 2013

Robert Thomas Scannell, Jr., known to all as "Tom", passed away in the early hours of March 14, 2013. He is survived by the love of his life, his wife of 62 years, Cynthia Scannell; his children, Deborah Scannell, Linda Bailey (husband Chris), Pam Pedlow (husband Chris), and Robert Thomas Scannell III, "Bob" (wife Andrea); grandchildren, Richard Bailey (wife Brianne),...

Mar 12, 2013

William W. Sutter, III, 63, a resident of Holmes and formerly of Carmel, died on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Putnam Hospital Center. Born in Mahopac on July 25, 1949, he was the son of William W. Sutter Jr. and the late Edith Vallillio Sutter. Bill was employed for more than 30 years by the Carmel School District, retiring as...

Mar 11, 2013

Edward Charles Supranowicz, a lifelong resident of Southern Dutchess, died at his home in Fishkill on Monday, March 11, 2013. He was 91. Son of the late Charles and Mary Rudzinski Supranowicz, he was born in Beacon on January 6, 1922. Edward served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He retired from I.B.M after working at their Poughkeepsie...

Mar 10, 2013

Fred R. Tucciarone, 83, a resident of Union Vale since 1989 and formerly of New Rochelle, died peacefully on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at his home with his family at his side. Born in New Rochelle on May 1, 1930, he was the son of Angelo and Ernestina Mazzucco Tucciarone. He proudly served our country in the US Army during...

Mar 8, 2013

Stephen D. Auresto, a 28 year resident of Stormville, died on Friday, March 8, 2013 with his family by his side at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. He was 57. Son of John and Janet Myers Auresto, he was born in Yonkers on April 21, 1955. On May 14, 1977, he married Theresa Gati in Yonkers. Stephen worked for...

Mar 5, 2013

Mary L. Greco, a three-year resident of Fishkill and formerly of White Plains, died at the Wingate at Beacon on Tuesday, March 05, 2013. She was 90. Daughter of the late Antonio and Felicia Lotesto Mastromarino, she was born in New York City on August 29, 1922. Mary was a member of St. Mary, Mother of the Church in Fishkill....

Mar 4, 2013

Narda Questel, a Dutchess County resident since 1972, died at St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh on Monday, March 4, 2013. She was 64. Daughter of the late Edward and Fortunata Pudia Curtis, she was born in Brooklyn on November 9, 1948. On November 9, 1968, she married James Questel at St. Agatha's Church in Brooklyn. Narda spent her career...