Obituaries

Dec 30, 2011

Beatrice J. Wells, a resident of Hyde Park died on Friday, December 30, 2011 at the Renaissance Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Hyde Park. She was born on December 30, 1931 and died on her 80th birthday. She is survived by her son, Lee Arthur Wells; and was predeceased by her sons, William Wells and Fabian Mark Wells. A graveside...

Dec 27, 2011

Charles Matthew Blacknick, 92, a resident of Wappingers Falls since June 1, 2011 and formerly of Manhattan , died on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at his home. He has a summer home in Hopewell Junction for more than 50 years. Born in New York City on February 25, 1919 , he was the son of Charles Blacknick Sr. and Mary...

Dec 26, 2011

FISHKILL – Satwinder "Laddi" Singh, 37, died unexpectedly on Monday, December 26, 2011 at home. He was born in India on October 23, 1974. Laddi moved to the United Sates in 1997, and has been a resident of Dutchess County since then. He is survived by many loving family members and friends in the United States and India. He was...

Dec 21, 2011

Rev. James Francis Heffernan, 86, Retired Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, died on Wednesday, December 21, 2011, at Sunrise of Woodcliff Lake. He formerly resided in Poughkeepsie. Born in Brooklyn on February 25, 1925, he was the son of Michael and Kathleen Garvey Heffernan. He attended Immaculate Conception Seminary and was ordained on June 3, 1950 in the Brooklyn Diocese...

Dec 21, 2011

POUGHQUAG - James "Jim" Renato Condina, 85, a resident of Poughquag since 2008 and formerly of Yonkers, died on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at Putnam Hospital Center in Carmel. Born in New York City on October 31, 1926, he was the son of the late Valentino and Magdalena Rava Condina. Jim received his MBA from Columbia University and was a...

Dec 20, 2011

LAGRANGEVILLE – Erma Catherine Paul, 69, a resident of LaGrangeville since 1969 and formerly of Stony Point, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. Born in Mount Vernon on June 12, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Charlotte Schoen Eisler. On June 3,...

Dec 19, 2011

Martin S. Kunitz, 48, a resident of Hopewell Junction since 1998 and formerly of Pine Plains, died peacefully on Monday, December 19, 2011 at his home surrounded by his family. Martin showed tremendous dignity and grace while courageously battling ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) for ten years. Born in Hudson on July 16, 1963, he was the son of Sylvia Kunitz...

Dec 18, 2011

Mary Lyttle, 83, of LaGrangeville and formerly of Yonkers, died on December 18, 2011 at The Pines of Poughkeepsie. Born in Yonkers on May 19, 1928, she was the daughter of John and Bessie Paraska Lysun. She was employed as an Assistant Manager for Bank of New York in Yonkers until her retirement in 1989 and was a member of...

Dec 16, 2011

Patricia A. Smith, 78, a resident of Hopewell Junction since 1962 and formerly of upstate New York, died on Friday, December 16, 2011 at the Hudson Valley Rehabilitation Center in Highland. Born in Bennington, VT on November 26, 1933, she was the daughter of John and Mary Morrissey Kelly. Patricia was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of Hopewell Hose...

Dec 15, 2011

Michelina Donofrio, 84, a resident of Stormville for 5 years and formerly of Garden City and the Bronx, died on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at Putnam Hospital Center. Born in Hoboken, NJ on June 7, 1927, she was the daughter of Carmelo and Concetta Ferrauto Giordano. Michelina was employed as a bookkeeper for Belldock Industries in West Hempstead for 10...

Dec 15, 2011

Dec 14, 2011

Dec 13, 2011

Octavia T. Seabring, 88, a resident of Wappingers Falls for 20 years and formerly of the Bronx, died on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at the Somers Manor Nursing Home. Born in Manhattan on August 1, 1923, she was the daughter of William and Marion Carfagno Hart. She was employed as a receptionist for Chemical Bank in the Bronx for 23...

Dec 10, 2011

Paul Anthony Baldovin, Sr., 82, a resident of East Fishkill for 51 years, originally from the Bronx, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at Wingate at Dutchess in Fishkill. Born in the Bronx on March 21, 1929, he was the son of the late Orlando and Rose Sacco Baldovin. He was a parishioner of St. Columba Church in Hopewell...

Dec 7, 2011

Marceline D. "Marcy" Majcher, 80, a resident of Hopewell Junction for 38 years and formerly of Yonkers, passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. The daughter of the late John and Catherine Bricker, she was born on March 19, 1931 in Yonkers. On November 22, 1958, she married Edward "Moe" Majcher, her best friend. Together,...

Dec 5, 2011

Joseph P. Mercurio, 87, a resident of Hopewell Junction for 5 years and formerly of New Rochelle, died on Monday, December 05, 2011 on his way to Daily Mass. Born in New Rochelle on May 20, 1924, he was the son of August and Margaret Palmisano Mercurio. He proudly served our country in the US Air Force during World War...

Dec 5, 2011

Dec 4, 2011

Anne T. McCallum, 95, a resident of Dutchess County since 1979 and formerly of Queens, died on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at home surrounded by her family. Born in New York City on March 18, 1916, she was the daughter of the late John and Anna Hannigan Hackett. She attended Holy Family School in Brooklyn, Bishop McDonnell High School in...

Dec 4, 2011

EAST FISHKILL – Regina M. Heck, 85, of Hopewell Junction for 19 years and formerly of Queens, died on Sunday, December 4, 2011 at home. Born in Manhattan on March 2, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Terrence and Margaret Heshman Reilly. On April 18, 1945 in New York City, she married Michael Heck. After he returned from...

Dec 2, 2011

HOPEWELL JUNCTION – Peter Christie, 82, of Hopewell Junction for the past 7 years and formerly of Ossining and Yonkers, died on Friday, December 2, 2011 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in the Bronx on February 28, 1929, he was the son of the late Stephen and Bessie Jordan Christie. On October 21, 1949, he married Irene Scheer in...