Obituaries

Aug 4, 2012

HOPEWELL JUNCTION - Anne M. Petrera, 49, an area resident since 1991 and formerly of Mahopac, died on Saturday, August 4, 2012. Born in Mount Kisco on May 9, 1963, she was the daughter of John and Violet Snow Topf. Anne was employed as a Systems Programmer for IBM, Yorktown for 22 years. In 2010, she opened a consignment store...

Aug 2, 2012

Aug 1, 2012

Robert J. Dwyer, 76, of Hopewell Junction, died suddenly on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 while vacationing with his family. Born in Buffalo on October 29, 1935, he was the son of the late Judge John F. and Sarah Weaver Dwyer. He graduated from St. Bonaventure University and then proudly served our country in the US Navy. He received his Masters...

Jul 31, 2012

BEEKMAN – Deacon Theodore J. Van De Ven, 67, died on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at home after a courageous battle with cancer. Deacon Ted previously lived in Malverne, Long Island and College Point, Queens. He and his family vacationed in the Sylvan Lake area for 45 years before moving there permanently 4 years ago. Born in Brooklyn on April...

Jul 30, 2012

Theresa D'Amato, 60, an area resident since 1978 and formerly of the Bronx, died on Monday, July 30, 2012 at her home following a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Manhattan on August 16, 1951, she was the daughter of Angelina Sollectio Baldinucci and the late Alfred Baldinucci. Theresa was a secretary in the main office at Arlington High where...

Jul 30, 2012

Diane Digit was born May 18, 1959 in New York City. She was adopted from the New York Foundling Hospital by Frank (aka Bud) and Agnes Digit and joined older brother Joseph and a warm and loving extended family of Digits and McEvoys. Diane loved her Irish – Italian heritage and was a proud New Yorker. Diane was raised in...

Jul 29, 2012

BEEKMAN - Margrit Keller Garson, 90, a resident of Beekman since 2010 and formerly of Westchester County, died on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at the Putnam Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Zurich, Switzerland on June 30, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Marguerite (Graf) Keller. Margrit was an avid skier, and above all, loved spending...

Jul 28, 2012

Cono J. Simonetti, 87, an area resident since 1994 formerly of Islip Terrace, Long Island, died on Saturday, July 28, 2012 at his home. Born in Brooklyn on April 15, 1925, he was the son of Emelio and Philomena (Brando) Simonetti. Cono proudly served our country as a Corporal in the US Army Air Corps during WWII and was employed...

Jul 27, 2012

Josephine "Jo" Fogarty, 63, left this world on Friday, July 27, 2012 to join her parents and 2 brothers. Josephine was born in Manhattan on December 17, 1948, the daughter of Vincent and Anna Barbara. Jo had been a resident of Fishkill since 1976 and was formerly from the Bronx. She was employed as the School Secretary at Sheafe Road...

Jul 27, 2012

Catherine A. Sweeney, of Poughquag, a resident of Dutchess County for 15 years and formerly of Plant City, FL, died on Friday, July 27, 2012. Born in Lawrence on August 4, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Helen (McCaffrey) Share. On April 30, 1966 in Hempstead, she married John J. Sweeney, who predeceased her in 1986....

Jul 27, 2012

Anita Ruth Tompkins, 65, a resident of Dutchess County since 1974 and formerly of the Bronx, died unexpectedly on Friday, July 27, 2012 at her home. Born in the Bronx on April 6, 1947, she was the daughter of Gilbert and Lillian Erickson Tompkins. Anita was employed by New York State for 30 years as a Developmental Assistant for Taconic...

Jul 27, 2012

Jul 26, 2012

HOPEWELL JUNCTION – Holly Margaret Arnold-Sedita, 27, a resident of Hopewell Junction for 20 years and formerly of the Bronx, died unexpectedly on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in the Bronx on October 31, 1984, she was the daughter of Jack and Lisa (Arnold) Sedita. In addition to her parents, Holly is survived by her...

Jul 25, 2012

Rosemarie Silvestri Amico D'Antoni, 81, a resident of Yonkers and formerly of Wappingers Falls and the Bronx, died on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at Westchester Medical Center. Born in Manhattan on April 21, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Pasquale and Anna Rappo Silvestri. She was a parishioner of St. Columba Church in Hopewell Junction and was a...

Jul 21, 2012

Sarah Hopper Harvie, a local area resident for nearly 60 years, died at the Wingate at Beacon on Saturday, July 21, 2012. She was 88. Born in Leaksville (now Eden), NC on December 30, 1923, she was the daughter of the late James W. and Lottie J. Saunders Hopper. In 1946, she received her degree in Library Science from Louisiana...

Jul 21, 2012

Josephine R. Giannico, 82, died at the Wingate at Beacon on Saturday, July 21, 2012. She was predeceased in death by her husband, Dominic Giannico. She is survived by her daughter, Cheryl Mancuso & her husband Greg of Wappingers Falls; two grandchildren; and many other loving relatives and friends. A graveside service will take place at 11 a.m. on Tuesday,...

Jul 20, 2012

Laurel Jane Wiley, 80, a lifelong Beacon resident, died at St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh on Friday, July 20, 2012. Born in Beacon on January 21, 1932, she was the daughter of the late George R. and Elizabeth J. Hunt Smith. On July 26, 1953, she married George R. Wiley in Beacon. Laurel was predeceased in death by her...

Jul 19, 2012

Dorothy M. Dyer, a resident of Fishkill since 1962, died at the River Valley Care Center in Poughkeepsie on Wednesday, July 18, 2012. She was 95. Born in Manhattan on January 25, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Della Winkle Dexter. On July 1, 1950, she married Robert A. Dyer in Clifton, NJ. In conjunction with...

Jul 18, 2012

Mary M. Murray, 86, a resident of Poughquag for 13 years and formerly of Westchester County, passed on to a better place on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie with her loving family at her side. Born in the Bronx on May 26, 1926, Mary was the daughter of the late Terrence and Lillian Reynolds...

Jul 18, 2012

Anna Carmela Masella, 89, a resident of Yonkers for 55 years and formerly of the Bronx, died on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at Wingate at Dutchess in Fishkill. Born in the Bronx on May 17, 1923, she was the daughter of Saverio and Margherita Sammartino Tangredi. She had a long career as a bookkeeper and was last employed at Caldor's...