Obituaries

Dec 7, 2022

Mary Catherine Hargraves went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 7, 2022. She was surrounded by her family who she loved dearly. Mary Kay, the name she was known by, was fifty - seven years old at the time of her death. She was the second youngest of eight children of Richard and Florence Hargraves. Mary Kay...

Dec 6, 2022

Dec 6, 2022

William Bryant Rawls Jr., a life-long resident of Pleasant Valley NY, passed away on December 6, 2022 at the age of 81. Bryant was born in New York City on January 16, 1941. He would spend his childhood traveling back and forth from NYC to the family farm in Pleasant Valley. The family farm, Bilmar Nurseries, named after his dad...

Dec 6, 2022

Jasumati Patel of LaGrange, GA, formerly of Dhamdod, India and Nausori, Fiji, passed away on December 6, 2022 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, New York with her family by her side. She was 92 years old. She is the Daughter of the late Nathubhai P. Patel & Kuvarben N. Patel. She was born in Dhamdod, India on April...

Dec 5, 2022

Joseph (Joe) Incoronato, 89, a Wappinger resident since 1962, died on December 5, 2022 at home from bone cancer. He was born in East Harlem, Manhattan on April 20, 1933 to Nicolas and Theresa (Ferri) Incoronato. Joe attended Manhattan's Stuyvesant High School and subsequently served in the US Army from 1954 until 1956 in Austria and the United States. After...

Dec 5, 2022

"Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord; And let perpetual light shine upon her. May she rest in peace. Amen" Rita Ann Muller (nee Fitzgerald) passed away peacefully at her home in Ocala Florida on Dec 5th 2022 after a good ride of 84 times around the sun. She enjoyed retirement as a resident of Ocala, Florida since 2004 and...

Dec 5, 2022

Florence "Florie" Bryant, 82, a resident of Stormville since 2017 and formerly of Liberty and Monticello, died unexpectedly on December 5, 2022 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Born in Manhattan on August 5, 1940, she was the daughter of David and Sylvia (Seigel) Leider. Florie enjoyed reading, knitting, sitting on her porch enjoying the quiet outdoors, and spending time with...

Dec 4, 2022

FISHKILL – J. William Murray, a local area resident for over 50 years, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, December 4, 2022. He was 94. Son of the late John and Veronica (Furst) Murray, he was born in Staten Island on July 25, 1928. Bill was raised in Manhattan and graduated from Cardinal Hayes High School, later attending New...

Dec 3, 2022

Kathleen M. Brownell, a lifelong local area resident, passed away following a brief illness on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. She was 67. Daughter of the late John and Genevieve (Schulte) Malloy, she was born in White Plains on September 7, 1955. Kathy attended local schools and graduated from Our Lady of Lourdes High School...

Dec 3, 2022

Hopewell Junction – Anna Borsody (Panna), age 88 passed away at home surrounded by her loving family on December 3, 2022. She was born in Baja, Hungary on November 22, 1934 to parents Miklos Csanko and Terez Simity. On July 1, 1961 she married the love of her life, Istvan Borsody in Yonkers, NY. Anna was a devoted homemaker and...

Dec 3, 2022

EAST FISHKILL -Denise Marie Burlingame,58, and area resident since 1973 and formerly of the Bronx, died on December 3, 2022 at Westchester Medical Center following a long illness. Born in the Bronx on April 1, 1964, she was the daughter of Marie (Perrino) Lettieri and the late Ralph Lettieri. Denise had worked in the cafeteria at Noxon Road Elementary School....

Dec 2, 2022

Wappingers Falls – Frieda Walters, an area resident for more than 50 years and most recently of Leland, NC, died in Bolivia, NC on December 2, 2022. She was 96. Daughter of the late Josef Hirsch and Ida Frise, she was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany on May 3, 1926. Frieda married Francis Walters on July 31, 1949 in the Bronx,...

Dec 1, 2022

Poughquag - Douglas Lee a resident of Poughquag, NY passed away on December 1, 2022, at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. He was 74 years old. Douglas was born on January 4, 1948, in Washington, D.C. the son of On Bow and Nancy (Rios) Lee. During his education he proudly obtained a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering and two Masters Degrees...

Nov 30, 2022

CHELSEA – Kathleen Turco, a lifelong local area resident, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, surrounded by her husband and children. She was 72. Daughter of the late John J. and Ada (Weyant) Beahan, she was born in Poughkeepsie on April 8, 1950. Kathy was a graduate of Roy C. Ketcham High School (Class of 1968)...

Nov 30, 2022

POUGHQUAG - Charles A. Zekus, 83, an area resident for 22 years and formerly of Carmel and Tarrytown, died on November 30, 2022 at Putnam Hospital Center. Born in Elmsford on January 2, 1939, he was the son of William and Marion (Lockwood) Zekus. Charles was employed as a heavy equipment operator for the Town of New Castle. He was...

Nov 30, 2022

Nov 29, 2022

FISHKILL- Lorraine Pasquale, a local area resident since 1999, formerly of Yonkers and Scarsdale, died at her home at the Regency at Fishkill on November 30, 2022. She was 83 years old. Daughter of the late Louis and Sophie (Rozycki) Czerwinski, she was born in Yonkers on November 8, 1939. Lorraine graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Yonkers in...

Nov 29, 2022

Ruth Schwartz, age 87, a long time resident of Yonkers, NY and recently of Wappingers Falls, NY, passed away on November 29, 2022 at the Pines at Poughkeepsie. She was born in Brooklyn, NY on September 23, 1935 to parents Louis and Molly (Geller) Lowatsky. On October 16, 1955, she married her loving husband Sherman Schwartz in Farmingdale, Long Island....

Nov 28, 2022

MYRTLE BEACH, SC – Cleon Josiah Sawyer, 93, a resident of Myrtle Beach, SC, died on November 28, 2022. He previously lived in Hopewell Junction, NY. Born on October 4, 1929 in Yonkers, NY, Cleon was the son of the late Harold and Bridget (Tobin) Sawyer. He proudly served in the US Army in Austria during the Korean War. On...

Nov 27, 2022

Walter E Kurkela, Jr., 93, a resident of Poughquag, NY, passed away on November 27th, 2022 at home. Born on November 26, 1929 in Chester, PA, the son of the late Walter E. and Anna B (Pardee). He grew up in New York City and then moved to Ardsley, NY. After graduating Ardsley High School in 1947, Walter attended the...