Obituaries

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...

Dec 1, 2011

Emily A. Duran, 75, a resident of Stormville for 15 years and formerly of Mount Vernon, died on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at Putnam Hospital Center. Born in Mount Vernon on October 23, 1936, she was the daughter of the late August and Lucy Violino Corrado. She was a parishioner of St. Columba Church and a member of the East...

Nov 29, 2011

John B. Busacca, Jr., 72, a resident of the Town of Poughkeepsie for 38 years and formerly of Staten Island, died on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at St. Francis Hospital. Born in Brooklyn on September 28, 1939, he was the son of John B. Busacca Sr. and Jeanne Vicino. John was a parishioner of St. Martin de Porres Church and...

Nov 29, 2011

Lucille Marion Johnson, 74, a local area resident for over 50 years, died at The Elant at Fishkill on Tuesday, November 29, 2011. Born on November 18, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Lodia Dolbeck Martel. Lucille was raised in West Springfield, MA. She had retired as a Corrections Officer at Downstate Correctional Facility, where she...

Nov 25, 2011

Anthony James Palmieri, 82, a resident of Dutchess County for 25 years, died on Friday, November 25, 2011 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Yonkers on February 21, 1929, he was the son of Ferdinand and Anna D'Amato Palmieri. He served in the US Army 503rd Military Police at Fort Bragg during the Korean War and was a captain...

Nov 25, 2011

SAUGERTIES – Joseph C. Lopez, 69, a resident of Saugerties for 4 years and formerly of Dutchess County since 1969, died on Friday, November 25, 2011 at Albany Medical Center. He fought a valiant battle against Leukemia for six months. Born in Sotaquira, Colombia on November 9, 1942, he was the son of Rita Vazquez. He immigrated to the United...

Nov 24, 2011

FISHKILL – Dennis Eugene Fiederlein, Jr. , 80, a resident of Fishkill and Pawleys Island, SC, and formerly of Westchester County, died on Thursday, November 24, 2011 at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow. Born in New York City on May 19, 1931, he was the son of the late Dennis Eugene and Florence Muller Fiederlein. On July 14,...