Obituaries
Joseph Pisanelli
May 22, 2012
HOPEWELL JUNCTION - Joseph A. Pisanelli, 69, a lifelong area resident, died on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Poughkeepsie on November 6, 1942, he was the son of Anthony and Lena (Angelo) Pisanelli. Joe proudly served our country in the US Navy. He was employed as a carpenter with Local #323 and Local #19...
Tiffany Waters
May 19, 2012
Tiffany Leigh Waters, 24, a lifelong area resident, died on Saturday, May 19, 2012 with her mother at her side at New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center following a short illness. Born in Poughkeepsie on January 19, 1988, she was the beloved daughter of Debra Presti Waters who survives at home. Tiffany was a 2002 graduate of St. Denis-St....
Louise Lombardi
May 19, 2012
Louise Lombardi, 50, a resident of Hopewell Junction for 30 years and formerly of Mahopac, died on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family. Born in Newburgh on June 6, 1961, she was the daughter of Louis Paesano of Poughquag and the late Angela Bernabei Paesano. Louise was the owner and operator of Dutchess Beauty Supply...
Michael Virga
May 19, 2012
Michael Gandolfo Virga, 60, a resident of the Hudson Valley area for over 40 years and previously of Woodcliffe Lake, NJ, died at home, in peace, surrounded by his loved ones on Saturday, May 19, 2012. Born in New York City on September 24, 1951, he was the son of Gandolfo and Elizabeth (Cleary) Virga. On November 3, 1973 at...
Clarence Russell, Sr.
May 18, 2012
Clarence V. Russell, Sr., 88, a resident of Stormville since 1964 and formerly of Mount Vernon, died on Friday, May 18, 2012 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Mount Vernon on September 15, 1923, he was the son of William P. and Helen Sabo Russell. Clarence proudly served our country in the US Navy during World War II. He...
Kristin Campanella-Lufker
May 18, 2012
Kristin Rose Campanella Lufker, 30, a lifelong area resident, died unexpectedly on Friday, May 18, 2012. Born in Beacon on May 16, 1982, she was the beloved daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth Pelish Campanella of Hopewell Junction. Kristy Rose was a graduate of Carmel High School and Westchester Community College. In 2011, she received her Masters Degree in Elementary Education...
Albert Lennon
May 17, 2012
Albert A. Lennon, 81, a resident of Poughquag since 1955 and formerly of Yonkers, died suddenly on Thursday, May 17, 2012 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Yonkers on July 16, 1930, he was the son of Albert A. Lennon, Sr. and Doris Horne. Albert proudly served our country in the US Air Force during the Korean War as...
Lorraine Rosenthal
May 17, 2012
WAPPINGERS FALLS – Lorraine Rosenthal, 61, a resident of Wappingers Falls for 38 years and previously of White Plains, passed away at home on Thursday, May 17, 2012. Born in the Bronx on January 24, 1951, she was the daughter of Richard Durnack and Margaret (Day) Whiteford. On September 27, 1969 at St. John's Church in the Bronx, she married...
Jerome Iorizzo
May 16, 2012
Jerome J. Iorizzo, 94, a resident of Ludingtonville, NY for 52 years and formerly of Mt. Vernon, NY, died peacefully on May 16, 2012. Born in Tuckahoe, NY on March 21, 1918, he was son of late Alphonse Iorizzo of Avellino, Italy & Francesca Scuri of Bari, Italy. He graduated from Eastchester High School in 1937 and excelled in sports....
Robert Agar
May 15, 2012
Robert Anthony Agar was born to Edna Beatrice and Oliver Agar on August 6, 1921 in Mt. Standfast St. James, Barbados, West Indies. He passed away on May 15, 2012. Robert emigrated to New York in 1944 and met his now deceased wife, Agnes Lee Walker in 1946. The couple married on October 23, 1948. He was a dedicated employee...
Louis Ferretti
May 12, 2012
Louis Robert Ferretti, 85, passed away at home on May 12, 2012. Louis was born as a first generation American on September 5, 1926 in New York City to the late Mary Salvatore and Robert Louis Ferretti who originated from Pignolla, Italy. He grew up in Queens, working in the family grocery store. Lou married the love of his life...
Robert Cleary
May 11, 2012
FLAGLER BEACH, FLORIDA – Robert Cleary, 73, a resident of Flagler Beach, Florida since 1998 and formerly of Hyde Park, died on Friday, May 11, 2012 at Memorial Hospital in Flagler Beach, Florida. Born in the Bronx on August 4, 1938, he was the son of Joseph and Irene (Dunleavy) Cleary. On January 30, 1987 in Poughkeepsie, he married Marlene...
Frances Ventura
May 9, 2012
Frances A. "Nancy" Ventura (also known to many as "Granny"), of Fishkill, lost her long and courageous battle with cancer on May 9, 2012 in Orlando, FL. She was 87. Born in Chatham, NY on February 13, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Jim and Peg Hoffman. On September 30, 1945, Nancy married the love of her life,...
Michael De Lorenzo, M.D.
May 5, 2012
FISHKILL –Michael De Lorenzo, M.D., 80, an area resident since 1963, died on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at the Wingate at Dutchess. Born in Brooklyn on June 12, 1931, he was the son of the late Anthony and Mary (Pechillo) De Lorenzo. On July 9, 1976 in Brooklyn, he married Patricia Coon. His beloved wife predeceased him on September 26,...
Pilar Siekierski
May 5, 2012
Pilar Siekierski, 71, a resident of Wappingers Falls since 2007 and formerly of Sunnyside, Queens, died on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at her home following a long illness. Born in Santorce, Puerto Rico on October 12, 1940, she was the daughter of Ramon Matos and Basilia Marcial. On September 7, 1963 in the Bronx, Pilar married Stanley E. Siekierski who...
Michael Schultz
May 4, 2012
Michael C. Schultz, a lifelong resident of the Hudson Valley, died at home surrounded by his family and friends on Friday, May 4, 2012 after a courageous three-year battle with stomach cancer. He was 57. Born in West Point on September 19, 1954, he was the son of John and Grace Morgese Schultz. For many years up until his death,...
Alfio Zirilli
May 4, 2012
Alfio Zirilli, 92, a Fishkill resident, formerly of Newburgh, Argentina and Sicily, died at The Elant at Wappingers Falls on Friday, May 4, 2012. Born in Sicily, Italy on January 6, 1920, he was the son of the late Francesco and Santa Contarino Zirilli. While in Italy, Alfio served in the Italian Army during World War II and worked in...
Betty Englishby
May 3, 2012
HOPEWELL JUNCTION –Betty J. Englishby, 72, a resident of Dutchess County since 1972 who most recently resided in Hopewell Junction and Melbourne Beach, FL, died unexpectedly on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Sayre, PA on April 2, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Neil and Hazel (Seeley) Barton. On May 20, 1961...
Theresa Dirusso
May 3, 2012
Theresa DiRusso, 99, an area resident since 1978 and formerly of Yonkers and the Bronx, died on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at the Wingate at Dutchess. Born in the Bronx on October 23, 1912, she was the daughter of Guiseppe and Pasqualina Laura Macri. Theresa lived in the Old Post Mall for many years and was a parishioner of St....
Aida Miriam Vega Rodriquez Pabon
May 3, 2012
Beloved Daughter, Mother, Sister, Grandmother, and Great Grandma. Aida Miriam Vega Rodriquez Pabón, wife of the late Heriberto Pabón, died on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Born in Guanica, Puerto Rico on August 22, 1938, she was the daughter of Ana Rodriguez Acevedo and the late Daniel Vega. She is survived by her three daughters, Sylvia...


