Obituaries

Jun 23, 2011

Mario Parrinello, 84, a resident of Hopewell Junction for 26 years and formerly of the Bronx, died on Thursday, June 23, 2011 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in New York City on March 3, 1927, he was the son of Frank and Nancy Anselmo Parrinello. He served in the US Army during World War II and was employed as...

Jun 23, 2011

Hopewell Junction- Ruth Hunter passed away on June 23, 2011. She was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 2, 1916 to Frances and Lester Thompson. She attended school in Brooklyn and married Charles Ahmes in 1940. Charles Ahmes passed away in 1955. After many years as a full-time mother to Charles and Richard (deceased) she returned to the workplace...

Jun 23, 2011

Josephine G. Doucette, 49, of Hopewell Junction since 2005 and formerly of Yonkers, died unexpectedly on Thursday, June 23, 2011 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Mount Vernon on November 27, 1961, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Carmela Nisco Colarusso. Josephine had worked as a Dietician Assistant at Mount Vernon Hospital and as a Medical...

Jun 22, 2011

Eleanor Hayes Zanfordino, 75, of Hopewell Junction, NY and formerly of Mount Vernon,NY passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 after a long illness with cancer at the Wingate at Dutchess in Fishkill. Born in Mount Vernon on May 17, 1936, she was the daughter of the late James and Ethel Brown Hayes. A 1953 graduate of A. B. Davis...

Jun 21, 2011

Jun 21, 2011

William J. Girardi, 89, of Katonah, New York died on June 21, 2011 at his son's home in Poughquag, New York after a long illness. Bill was born on January 5, 1922 in New Rochelle, New York to Madeline and Joseph I. Girardi. He graduated from New Rochelle High School and attended Cornell University before entering the Army. He served...

Jun 20, 2011

Francis W. Conboy, 65, a resident of Wappingers Falls for 21 years and formerly of Pelham, died on Monday, June 20, 2011 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in the Bronx on September 27, 1945, he was the son of Francis and Jane Moran Conboy, of County Leitrim, Ireland. Frank proudly served in the U. S. Army, 1st Cavalry in...

Jun 17, 2011

Michael A. Galdiero, Sr., 91, a resident of Dutchess County since 1994 and formerly of Florida, Yorktown Heights and the Bronx, died on Friday, June 17, 2011 at the Hudson Valley Hospital Center. Born in the Bronx on April 10, 1920, he was the son of Vincent and Constance Fugaro Galdiero. He proudly served our country in the US Army...

Jun 17, 2011

Jun 16, 2011

Thomas Joseph Collier, 72, of Pleasant Valley, died peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on Thursday, June 16, 2011. Born in Sharon, CT on March 9, 1939, he was the son of Francis J. Collier and Gertrude E. Murphy Collier Culver. A long time resident of Dutchess County, he was a graduate of Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School...

Jun 14, 2011

Helen C. Rosati, 85, a resident of Hopewell Junction for 47 years and formerly of the Bronx, died on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at the Victory Lake Nursing Center. Born in Manhattan on February 7, 1926, she was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Martish Martinka. She was a parishioner of St. Columba Church in Hopewell Junction. On March 7,...

Jun 10, 2011

LaGrangeville. Edwin S. Redkey, 79, died peacefully on June 10th at Saint Francis Hospital due to complications from Parkinson's Disease, surrounded by family and friends. Born in Washington, D.C. he earned his B.A. from the University of Washington in Seattle, a Master of Divinity Degree from Princeton University, and a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University. In his academic...

Jun 9, 2011

Mary Agnes Leczinski, 91, a resident of Fishkill since 1983 and formerly of Yonkers, died on Thursday, June 9, 2011 at the Wingate at Dutchess. Born in Czechoslovakia on November 8, 1919, she was one of five children of George and Angela Soltis Seman. Mary was a parishioner of St. Mary, Mother of the Church and enjoyed gardening and knitting....

Jun 8, 2011

Lillian Vrouvas, 80, a resident of Hopewell Junction since 1956 and formerly of Flushing, died on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at her home. Born on June 26, 1930, she was the daughter of Ignace Joseph and Margaret Melanie DeBersaques. She volunteered with the Girl Scouts for 35 years and was a member of the Adirondack Hiking Club. She also worked...

Jun 7, 2011

MYRTLE BEACH, SC – Marian M. Cole, 85, of Myrtle Beach, S.C. and formerly of Poughquag, died on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at her daughter Kelly's residence in Myrtle Beach after a long illness, with her daughters Kelly and Cindy by her side. Born on October 22, 1925 in Fairfield, CT, she was the daughter of Granville (Jack) and Marian...

Jun 7, 2011

MOORESVILLE, NC - Jane Lown Cronin, 77, of Mooresville, North Carolina and a former resident of Hopewell Junction, passed away on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at the Serenity House in Mooresville. She was born on August 10, 1933, in Sharon, Connecticut to the late George and Mary Partington Lown. She was a member of St. Therese Catholic Church in Mooresville....

Jun 7, 2011

Nancy Maria Taravella, 58, of Hopewell Junction since 1996 and formerly of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and Woodhaven, Queens, died on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. She was at home surrounded by her family following a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Brooklyn on May 19, 1953, she was the daughter of Lucia Montella and the late Nicola Montella. She had been employed...

Jun 6, 2011

Jun 6, 2011

As the sun rose on Monday June 6th, surrounded by those who loved her, Maureen T. Munisteri passed on to a better place following a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Maureen was born October 25, 1966 in Freeport to Christopher H. Munisteri and Maureen V. Hammel. In 1980, she moved to Millbrook. She was a graduate of Millbrook High...

Jun 6, 2011