Obituaries

Jul 21, 2011

Dorothy M. Skidgell, 90, a resident of Hopewell Junction since 1989 and formerly of Yonkers, died on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Yonkers on November 17, 1920, she was the daughter of Leonard and Mary Traver Morechurch. Dorothy was employed as a school secretary for the White Plains Board of Education for 20 years...

Jul 20, 2011

Margaret W. Briggs, 88, of Armonk, died on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at the Wingate at Dutchess. Born in Scotland on August 28, 1922, she was the daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Maxwell. She worked for many years for the Byram Hills High School. She is survived by her daughters, Bonnie Morris and her husband Robert of Hopewell Junction and...

Jul 20, 2011

Jul 17, 2011

Anna M. Scarchilli, 83, a lifelong area resident, died peacefully at home on Sunday, July 17, 2011. Born in Poughkeepsie on June 18, 1928, she was the daughter of Lawrence and Anna Hayes White. She was employed as a computer programmer for IBM, Poughkeepsie until her retirement in 1986. Anna was a parishioner of St. Mary's, Our Lady of the...

Jul 16, 2011

Steven J. Shaver, Land Surveyor, 52, raised in Yorktown, settled in Dutchess County in 1980 and died on Saturday, July 16, 2011 at his home. He was the owner and operator of Steven J. Shaver Land Surveying in East Fishkill for 30 years and was a member of the Surveyors Union. Besides being an all a round nice guy, he...

Jul 14, 2011

Erich G. Tollner, 64, of the Town of Poughkeepsie, died on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at his home. Born on April 30, 1947, he was the son of the late Erich and Margaret Tollner. He was employed as a psychology professor in Garrison and then as a greeter for Walmart. Erich was well liked by everyone. He will be missed...

Jul 13, 2011

Ashley Elizabeth White, 15, a lifelong resident of Hopewell Junction, died on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 in Islamorada, FL while vacationing with her family. Born in Mount Kisco on August 20, 1995, she was the daughter of Steven and Janine Wade White. She would have been a junior in the fall at Carmel High School. She attended St. Columba Church...

Jul 12, 2011

Dorothee Amalia Wagner, 85, of Rexford, NY, died on July 12, 2011 at the Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, NY. Born on March 27, 1926 in Danbury, CT, she was the daughter of John George and Anna Emilia Stietzel Wagner. She grew up in Danbury and also lived in Natchez and Jackson, MS and New York City. She graduated as a...

Jul 12, 2011

EAST FISHKILL-Deanna H. Adams, 54, a resident of East Fishkill for 21 years, and formerly of Nashua, NH, and Plano, IL, died unexpectedly in her home on Tuesday, Jul 12, 2011. Born in Sandwich, IL, on July 6, 1957, she was the daughter of the late Donald Maier and Dorothy Wright Maier. Dorothy resides in East Fishkill. On May 21,...

Jul 11, 2011

Helen C. Brooks, 96, a resident of Ridgefield, CT for the past 5 years and formerly of Topton, PA, Southbury, CT and Scarsdale, died on Monday, July 11, at Danbury Hospital. Born in Wilkensburg, PA on July 31, 1914, she was the daughter of Clyde and Hulda McQuiston Campbell. She worked as a Dental Receptionist for her husband, Dr. Joseph...

Jul 8, 2011

Arthur Edward Hoffman, Jr., 72, a resident of Shelton, CT since 1996 and formerly of Yorktown Heights, died on Friday, July 8, 2011 at Bridgeport Hospital. Born in New Rochelle on July 2, 1939, he was the son of Arthur and Florence Greers Hoffman. He was employed as a Civil Engineer for Malcolm Pirnie in White Plains until his retirement...

Jul 7, 2011

Anna M. Hollis, 76, a resident of Wappingers Falls, NY since 1962 and formerly of Gibbstown, NJ, died on Thursday, July 7, 2011 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Woodbury, NJ on January 11, 1935, she was the daughter of Marcella Pitman DiFeterici of Paulsboro, NJ and the late Vincent DiFeterici. She was a certified nurse's aide. Anna was...

Jul 7, 2011

Louis Joseph Bosch, 77, passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2011, at Florida Hospital, Flagler, Palm Coast, Fla. Lou resided in Hopewell Junction for 46 years and was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Fishkill, NY. Born October 17, 1933, in Yonkers, NY, Lou grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. In 1951, he joined the Navy. He served in the...

Jul 6, 2011

Anthony Charles Tsigonis died at the age of 92 on July 6, 2011 at Reading Hospital, Reading, PA. Anthony was born on June 22, 1919 in the city of New York to Amy and Emmanuel Tsigonis. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Ann; his son, Robert and his wife Jean Tsigonis; daughter, Anita Malizzi and husband...

Jul 5, 2011

Jul 4, 2011

Jul 2, 2011

WAPPINGERS FALLS – Kathleen Walsh Haw, a Wappingers Falls resident since 2001, formerly of Eatontown, NJ and Rockland County died at home on Saturday, July 2, 2011 surrounded by her family and friends. She was 41. Born in Suffern on February 12, 1970, Kathleen was a 1988 graduate of North Rockland High School and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in...

Jul 2, 2011

HOPEWELL JUNCTION—Irene C. Keyes, 62, of Hopewell Junction, died at Vassar Brothers Medical Center on Saturday, July 2, 2011 following complications from a sudden brain hemorrhage. She was born March 7, 1949 in Middletown, N.Y., the daughter of Edward C. and the late Mary Rotter Lukach. Irene was a graduate of Middletown High School in 1967, SUNY Brockport in 1971,...

Jul 1, 2011

Jun 29, 2011

Jeffrey Thomas Nicholas died suddenly on June 29, 2011 following a massive stroke at St. Francis Hospital. Born in Cleveland Ohio on May 24, 1950, he was the eldest son of the late Santo Nicholas & Theresa Aprile Nicholas. He served his country during the Vietnam War in the U.S. Armed Forces stationed in Korea. After his honorable discharge from...