Obituaries

Dec 26, 2012

John T. DeLawder, 65, a resident of Stormville for 36 years and formerly of Yonkers and Ossining, died on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at the Somers Manor Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Queens on July 18, 1947, he was the son of Gilbert and Agnes Erick DeLawder. John received his BSEE degree from CCNY and his Executive MBA...

Dec 25, 2012

Florence A. Case, 91, a resident of Ballston Spa for 8 years and formerly of Wappingers Falls and Hopewell Junction, died on Christmas Day, December 25, 2012 with her daughter at her side at the Wesley Health Care Center in Saratoga Springs. Born in Plattsburgh on March 22, 1921, she was the third of ten children of William and Mary...

Dec 25, 2012

Anthony D. Laino, 31, a lifelong area resident, died suddenly on Christmas Day, December 25, 2012 at St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie. Born in Yonkers on August 26, 1981, he was the son of Dale and Jo-Ann Prunella Laino. A graduate of John Jay High School, he was employed by Mid Hudson Fence, Inc. Anthony enjoyed paintballing, riding quads, cars,...

Dec 24, 2012

Erminia R. Adams, 91, a resident of Beacon for 85 years, died on Monday, December 24, 2012 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in New York City on April 23, 1921, she was the daughter of Dominick and Linda Cacchione Blasucci and graduated from Haldane High School in Cold Spring. Emily was employed as an administrative assistant for IBM, East...

Dec 24, 2012

Barbara Ann McGourty, 65, a resident of the Town of Beekman, died at her home on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2012. Born in Peekskill on June 25, 1947, she was the daughter of William R. and Marion L. Beiser Roake and was a graduate of Lakeland High School. She was employed as a secretary for IBM, East Fishkill and then...

Dec 24, 2012

Dec 22, 2012

Mukhtiar Singh, 94, a resident of Hyde Park since 1992 and formerly of India, died on Saturday, December 22, 2012 at his home. Born in Pakistan on May 1, 1918, he was the son of Thakur Singh and Gia Kaur. He was a self-employed farmer in India and attended the Mid Hudson Sikh Cultural Society. Mukhtiar was predeceased by his...

Dec 18, 2012

George McClure Gaston II, lovingly known by his family as "Butch" crossed over December 18, 2012 iin Pyallup, Washington. He was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia on October 26, 1943. The family moved to Fishkill, NY when he was a young child and he attended Fishkill Schools and Suffield Academy, Suffield, CT. He earned his associate degree from Dutchess Community...

Dec 17, 2012

John Edward Smith, a Beacon resident, died at St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh on Monday, December 17, 2012. He was 71. Born in Manhattan on April 21, 1941, he was the son of the late John J. and Gertrude Edwyna Smith. In 1961, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged in 1964. He worked many years...

Dec 16, 2012

WAPPINGERS FALLS - Charles A. "Chuck" Ropes, Jr., 80, a resident of Wappingers Falls and formerly of Euclid, OH, died on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center surrounded by his family. He was a devoted and loving husband, father and grandfather. Born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 30, 1931, he was the son of Charles A. "Charlie"...

Dec 15, 2012

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Dec 14, 2012

Fritz Werner Promnitz, 93, a resident of Rhinebeck since the 1950s, died on Friday, December 14, 2012 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Germany on October 21, 1919, Fritz was employed as a tool maker for Stamp, Inc. in Rhinebeck. Fritz was predeceased by his wife, Ruth (Swartz); and his children, Detlef Karl Promnitz and Evelyn Promnitz. He is...

Dec 14, 2012

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Dec 14, 2012

DEEARL JOSEPH SHIELDS was born in Saint Catherine, Jamaica on April 10, 1949 to Etta and Wilfred Shields. He was the sixth of ten children. He was an electrician by profession and also taught the trade for nine years at different schools in Jamaica. Upon migrating to the United States, he secured a job with Consolidated Edison Company, better known...

Dec 14, 2012

Stephen A. Modugno, 87, a resident of Hopewell Junction since 1979 and formerly of the Bronx, died on Friday, December 14, 2012 at the Renaissance Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center. Born in the Bronx on January 29, 1925, he was the son of Giacomo and Domenica Palladino Modugno. He proudly served our country in the US Army during World War...

Dec 13, 2012

Dec 12, 2012

MILLBROOK-Lynn Schneider, 62, a resident of Millbrook, New York since 1989, died in her home in the early morning of December 12, 2012. She had been living with stage IV lung cancer since July 2009. Born September 5, 1950, Lynn was the younger child of Shirlee Schneider and the late Hyman Schneider of Union, New Jersey. She earned a B.A....

Dec 12, 2012

HOPEWELL JUNCTION – Geraldine C. Geysen, a lifelong area resident, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at home. Born in Hyde Park, she was the daughter of the late John and Isabel (Danko) Kelly. On September 27, 1953 at Regina Coeli Church in Hyde Park, she married Ronald E. Geysen. Her beloved husband of 50 years predeceased her on...

Dec 9, 2012

R. Stephen Reilly, beloved and incredible husband and father and resident of Fishkill, died suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh. He was 42. Stephen was born in Queens, New York on January 11, 1970 and his family moved to Dutchess County in 1982. Steve graduated John Jay High School in 1988,...

Dec 8, 2012

Anna Sorrenti, 93, a resident of Hopewell Junction since 1995 and formerly of Queens, died on Saturday, December 08, 2012 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in New York City on July 7, 1919, she was the daughter of Pasquale and Filomena Micolupo DePergola. She was a parishioner of St. Columba Church, Hopewell Junction. On December 7, 1941 in Brooklyn,...