OBITUARIES

Dec 31, 2012

Joan K. Wiands, 81, of Hurley, died Monday, December 31, 2012 at Kingston Hospital. Born in Kingston, she was the daughter of the late William & Frances Thomas. She was a lifelong member of St. Peter's Church. She is survived by her husband Theodore L. Wiands of Hurley, whom she married in 1953, a daughter, Deborah F. Mapes and her...

Dec 29, 2012

Rose Aprea, 89, of Kingston, formerly of New Paltz, died Saturday, December 29, 2012 at Ferncliff Nursing Home. Rose had spent the last 8 months of her life living very happily with her granddaughter, Christine Roosa and her two great grandchildren, Anjelena and Dezha with the help of her fianc James King. Born in the Province of Naples, Italy, she...

Dec 28, 2012

John ''Jack'' Mecca, 65, of Melissa Road, Kingston, passed Friday, December 28, 2012 at Kingston Hospital. He was born July 12, 1947 in the Bronx, the son Ruth Pello of Manahawkin, NJ and the late Daniel Mecca. Jack was a graduate of Rutgers University; he had been employed as a manager by Applied Materials, Hopewell Junction for over...

Dec 27, 2012

Theodore G. Barten, 90, WWII Army veteran, NY Telephone employee, life-long Kingston resident. He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Joan (Henry) Barten, his sons, Ted Barten and his wife Iris of Bolton, MA, Gary Barten and his partner Katherine Meyer of Alameda, CA, Paul Barten and his wife Donna of West Suffield, CT, and...

Dec 26, 2012

John J. McGinnis of Garrison St., Kingston died Wednesday, December 26, 2012. He was 70. A native and lifelong Kingston resident, John was a son of the late John McGinnis, Jr. and Frances Torrisi. He married Louise Rota on June 18, 1966. John worked as a driver for UPS from 1972 2000 and was a member of Teamsters Local 294,...

Dec 26, 2012

Seymour Meyers, 82, of Lake Katrine, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Ten Broeck Commons Nursing Home. Born in Chicago, IL, he was the son of the late Samuel & Bertha Weingarden Meyers. In the 1960's, Seymour was active and generous to the civil rights cause, a true altruist. He appears under a pseudonym in the Bill Zimmerman book "Troublemaker"....

Dec 24, 2012

Leila Ruth Ellison, 100, in recent years a resident of Phoenicia, NY, died Monday, December 24, 2012, at Northern Dutchess Residential Care Facility (Thompson House), in Rhinebeck, NY. Born in Perth Amboy, NJ, she was the daughter of Theodore and Leila Jones Degenring. She was a graduate of Beaver College, Jenkintown, PA, and Newark State Teacher's College, and for many...

Dec 24, 2012

Nicholas "Nick" Bortugno, 90, of Kingston, passed Monday morning at the Benedictine Hospital. He was born February 21, 1922 in Deerfield, MA the son of the late Joseph and Josephine Bortugno. He served in the US Army during World War II, European Theater of Operations. He had been employed by Met Life Insurance, Parkchester, NY as a plumber...

Dec 23, 2012

Joseph D. Aivaz of Port Ewen died Sunday, Dec., 23, 2012 at Benedictine Hospital. He was 77. He was born Nov. 3, 1935 in the Bronx, a son of the late Michael and Mary Wagner Aivaz. Mr. Aivaz was retired from the Air Force as a captain, serving in Korea and Viet Nam. Following his military service, he...

Dec 23, 2012

Joli Fletcher Tlalka of New Paltz, died unexpectedly on Sunday, December 23, 2012. She was 40. She was born in Madison, WI and graduated Onteora High School, class of 1990. Joli loved music and dancing. Joli worked with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities. She was employed by the Taconic Developmental Disability Service Office (DDSO.) Joli thoroughly enjoyed her...

Dec 21, 2012

Sandra Lewis, 74, of Craryville, died December 21, 2012 at Livingston Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Born in Chicago, IL, she was the daughter of the late Albert A. & Gertrude Glasser Lewis and Brother Irving "Bud" Lewis. Sandy had a great wit and sense of humor and enjoyed creating laughter with her original stories. Her letters were magnificent little...

Dec 20, 2012

Dec 18, 2012

Darryl Lang, 75, of Connelly, passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at Hudson Valley Nursing Center in Highland. He was born September 9, 1937 in Kingston to the late Kenneth and Emma Lang. Darryl was married to his loving wife of 44 years, Sharon (Winchell) Lang. He worked as a truck driver for Met Life in Kingston for...

Dec 17, 2012

Richard N. Amato, 75, of Kingston, passed peacefully Monday morning at the Kingston Hospital. He was born December 9, 1937, in Kingston, the son of the late James and Julia Nardi Amato. He had been employed by the U.S. Postal Service until his retirement in 1992. He was a graduate of Kingston High School, class of 1955. He...

Dec 16, 2012

Isidore Weinstein, of Kingston New York and Boynton Beach Florida, died peacefully Sunday, December 16, 2012 at the age of 93 near his son's home in Annapolis Maryland. Mr. Weinstein, a long-term resident of Kingston was born in Brooklyn New York on February 28, 1919. Mr. Weinstein served in the Infantry and the Army Air Corp. during the second World...

Dec 16, 2012

Dec 16, 2012

Shelley M. Baulsir, 50, of Saugerties, passed peacefully on Sunday evening, after her valiant five year battle with breast cancer, at the Hospice Inn, St. Peter's Hospital, Albany. She was born March 28, 1962 in Kingston, the daughter of Frances Sgroi Ostrander and the late Frank Ostrander. She was the wife of Howard E. Baulsir; they wed on...

Dec 13, 2012

Dec 12, 2012

Helen Fitzsimmons Stall, 89, a lifelong resident of Kingston and Hurley, died on Thursday, December 12, 2012 with her family by her side after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's disease. Born January 16, 1923, Helen was the daughter of George and Helen Madden Fitzsimmons. A graduate of Kingston High School and Moran's School of business, Helen was employed by Central...

Dec 9, 2012

Mary M. Spangenberg, 82, of Kingston, died Sunday, December 9, 2012 at Kingston Hospital. Born in Miami, Florida, she was the daughter of the late Carl Henry & Lily May Spangenberg (Pettijohn). She attended Miami Edison High School, and the University of Miami. In the 1950's, Mary was a stewardess with Pan American World Airways and National Airlines. She was...