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Frank H. Van Bramer

Frank H. Van Bramer

Oct 2, 2011

Frank H. Van Bramer, of Kingston, died Sunday, October 2, 2011 at the Kingston Hospital after a short illness. He was born December 25, 1934 in Mt Tremper, NY, the son of the Carl E and the late Alda (Thompson) Van Bramer, Sr. Frank had served in the US Army. He had been employed by Home Delivery News...

Laura Marie Secreto

Laura Marie Secreto

Sep 30, 2011

Laura Marie Secreto of Burlison Ave., Ellenville died Friday, September 30, 2011 at Albany Medical Center. She was 49. She was born in Kingston, a daughter of the late Victor P. and Carmelina Garofalo Secreto. Laura attended the Ulster Cerebral Palsy Dayhab program in Lake Katrine. Surviving are three brothers, Michael Secreto of Poughkeepsie; Angelo Secreto and his wife Ellen...

Martha L. Curley

Martha L. Curley

Sep 28, 2011

Martha (Wilhelm) Curley, 67, of Port Ewen, NY, died Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at Benedictine Hospital in Kingston. She was born June 19, 1944 in Coventry, CT to the late John Wilhelm and Gladys (Palmer) Wilhelm. She was married to her loving husband William H. Curley Sr., they wed on August 28th 1965. In addition to her husband...

Kathryn L. Heavey

Kathryn L. Heavey

Sep 27, 2011

Kathryn L. Heavey, 99, of Kingston, died Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at Kingston Hospital. She was born August 18, 1912 in Kingston, the daughter of the late James S. and Mary Young Heavey. Miss Heavey graduated as Salutatorian of Kingston High School, and went on to earn her Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College in New York...

William Blue

William Blue

Sep 27, 2011

William "Bird/Blue'' Blue, 60, of Kingston, NY, died Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at the Kingston Hospital. He was born September 24, 1951 in Buena Vista, GA to the late Mary (Wright) Dassie. William grew up in Kingston, NY and spent time living in Poughkeepsie, NY and most recently, Las Vegas, Nevada. William was employed as a Mover for...

Elsie Marie Nessel

Elsie Marie Nessel

Sep 27, 2011

Elsie Marie Nessel of Old Kings Highway, Lake Katrine died Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at her home. She was 95. She was born in the Bronx, a daughter of the late John and Mary Ahlback Smedman. Elsie married William G. Nessel on June 26, 1938 in the Congregational Church in the Bronx. They moved to this area in 1950. For...

Theresa M. Simon

Theresa M. Simon

Sep 27, 2011

Theresa M. Simon of Gage Street, Kingston died Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at Kingston Hospital. She was 76. A native and lifelong Kingston resident she was a daughter of the late Kenneth and Mary Mitchell Boughton. Theresa married Joseph Simon on October 24, 1953. For 29 years Theresa worked as a crossing guard for Kingston Police Department. She retired in...

William Eng

William Eng

Sep 26, 2011

William Eng, formerly of Kingston died Monday, September 26, 2011 in Flushing, NY at the age of 76. He was born in 1935 at Nai Chung village near Taishan City, Guangdong Province, China, to the late Bing and Gam Yook Eng. In 1948, at the age of 13, William and his mother immigrated to the USA to join his father...

Doris M. Hicking

Doris M. Hicking

Sep 24, 2011

Doris M. Hicking, 87, of the Town of Ulster, died Sturday, September 24, 2011 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Born on August 11, 1924, on Staten Island, NY, she was the daughter of Harold L. Wanzer, Sr., and Tilly Jacquin Wanzer. Doris graduated from New Dorp High School, and the Staten Island Hospital School of...

Evelyn E. Izdebski

Evelyn E. Izdebski

Sep 21, 2011

Evelyn E. Izdebski, of Kingston, died Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at Kingston Hospital. She was born in New Bedford, MA, a daughter of the late Ignacy and Mary Biernacki Malita. In 1944 she married Walter P. Izdebski. They moved to So. Weymouth, MA in 1945 and Evelyn worked at South Shore Hospital and for Stetson Shoe Co. In 1984 they...

Alma Ruth McGowan

Alma Ruth McGowan

Sep 21, 2011

Alma Ruth "Mama Ruth" McGowan of Old Stage Rd., Town of Ulster died Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at Golden Hill Health Care Facility. She was 92. She was born in Union, SC, a daughter of the late James Thomas and Thaddie Horne Morris. Ruth moved to New York in 1960. She worked at Ferroxcube and later as the head of...

Edward L. Zimolzak

Edward L. Zimolzak

Sep 18, 2011

Edward L. Zimolzak, 85, of Kingston, NY died Sunday, September 18, 2011 at Kingston Hospital. He was born in Glen Lyon, PA, a son of the late Stanley and Lucy Kovaleski Zimolzak. Ed received a Masters Degree in Biology and Education from New Paltz University. He served in the US Navy during WW II on the USS Kenneth M. Willet...

David Roy Gavitt

David Roy Gavitt

Sep 16, 2011

DAVID ROY GAVITT, 73, of Rumford, RI and Craigville, MA, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family on September 16, 2011 at Roger Williams Medical Center. Dave was an engaging and nurturing man who excelled as an educator, coach, mentor, leader, and visionary. His credo was faith, family and friends. He was a gifted storyteller with a wonderful sense of...

The Rev'd. William H Hunter, OSL

The Rev'd. William H Hunter, OSL

Sep 11, 2011

The Rev'd William H. Hunter, OSL, passed to the Risen Lord on the 11th day of September 2011. A minister of Jesus Christ, he was called to ministry in 1951, professed in The Order of St. Luke in 1956, was ordained by The New York Conference, The United Methodist Church as Deacon in 1957 and Elder in 1959. A parish...

Richard A. Alexander

Richard A. Alexander

Sep 10, 2011

Richard A. Alexander, Sr., 71, of Kingston, NY, died Saturday, September 10, surrounded by his loving family at the Kingston Hospital. He was born November 28, 1939 in Ellenville, the son of Dorothy Churchwell Alexander of Kingston and the late Percy Alexander. He was the husband of the late Lois Embree Alexander, they wed on July 22, 1972...

Timothy J. Benton

Timothy J. Benton

Sep 10, 2011

Timothy John Benton, 54 of Port Ewen died Saturday September 10, 2011 at the Kingston Hospital. Born March 19, 1957 in Kingston, NY. He was the son of the late John H. and Barbara E. Webster Benton. Timothy was a lifelong resident of Port Ewen. He was employed by Dyno Nobel for over 25 years and for several...

Clare Holland

Clare Holland

Sep 7, 2011

Clare Holland died on Wednesday, September 7, 2011. She was 66 years old. She was born in London, England in 1945 and was the daughter of Terry and Jean Delaney. She was the loving wife and partner of David Holland and the loving mother to her daughter Louise Holland and her late son Jacob Holland and a devoted grandmother to...

Brian P. Carroll

Brian P. Carroll

Sep 6, 2011

Brian Peter Carroll died September 6th, in his beautiful, summer home in Laclede, Idaho, He was 77 and a resident of Boulder City, NV for 38 years. Born in Teaneck, NJ Brian would bicycle from Teaneck to the Teterboro Airfield, where he washed planes to earn flight time. Brian had earned his commercial pilot's license before he graduated high school....

Clark Henry Bonesteel

Clark Henry Bonesteel

Sep 5, 2011

Clark Henry "Bub" Bonesteel, 77, formerly of Port Ewen, died Monday, September 5, 2011 at the Highland Nursing Home in Massena, NY. He was born August 23, 1934 in Kingston, NY to the late Clark Bonesteel and Beatrice (Polhemus) Bonesteel. He attended Kingston High School and then went on to work for Montella's Fruit Farm in Ulster Park...

Manuel F. Ortiz

Manuel F. Ortiz

Sep 3, 2011

Manuel F. Ortiz of Wrentham St., Kingston died Saturday, September 3, 2011 in Town of Ulster. He was 24. Manuel was born in Brooklyn where he attended school. Beloved son of Manuel J. Ortiz and Dora Castro Ortiz, loving brother of Gary Ortiz, Anna Valle and Jacqueline Osio. Many aunts, uncles and cousins survive. Reposing at the Simpson - Gaus...

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