OBITUARIES

Robert H. Matthews

Robert H. Matthews

Mar 27, 2012

Robert H. Matthews, 84, of Stone Ridge, NY, died Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Kingston Hospital. He was born in Kingston, a son of the late George B. and the late Barbara Davis Matthews. He served in the army during the Korean conflict. Mr. Matthews was a salesman his entire life and was currently co-owner with his wife...

Anne Kovalcik

Anne Kovalcik

Mar 24, 2012

Anne Kovalcik, 84, of Elmwood Park, NJ, died Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Golden Hill Health Care Center, Kingston, NY. She was born in Czechoslovakia to the late John and Anna Handoga. She was the loving wife of the late Heliodor Kovalcik. Anne is survived by two daughters, Sandra Kelly and her husband Timothy of Allendale, NJ ;Bonnie...

Reginald E. Lawlis

Reginald E. Lawlis

Mar 24, 2012

Reginald ''Reggie'' E. Lawlis, Sr., 78, of Ulster Park, died Saturday afternoon, March 24, 2012 at Golden Hill Health Care Center, surrounded by his loving family. He was born December 23, 1933 in Merrill, Maine, the son of the late Preston and Alice Lawlis, Sr... He graduated from Oakfield High School in Maine, and then attended the University...

Anna D Snyder

Anna D Snyder

Mar 19, 2012

Anna D. Snyder, 87, of Kingston, died Monday, March 19, 2012 at Golden Hill Health Care Center, Kingston. Born November 13, 1924 in Olive Bridge, she was the daughter of the late Elson and Roena Kelder Oakley. Anna was the wife of Kenneth L Snyder. She was a graduate of Kingston High School, class of 1942. During WW...

Austin Avery

Austin Avery

Mar 18, 2012

Port Ewen Austin Martin Avery of Agnes St. died, Sunday, March 19, 2012. He was 92. He was born in Connelly, a son of the late Martin Francis and Helene Schriber Avery. Mr. Avery attended a one-room schoolhouse, graduating from eighth grade, went on to Kingston High School for two years, leaving school to help his family during the depression....

Darlene May White

Darlene May White

Mar 17, 2012

Kingston- Darlene May White of Garraghan Dr., died Saturday, March 17, 2012 at Kingston Hospital. She was 50. She was born in Kingston, a daughter of the late John L. and Lottie Cooper White Sr. Darlene had been employed as a housekeeper at the Skytop Motel. Surviving is her sister, Lottie Cooper of Saugerties, her brother John L....

Carmella Esposito

Carmella Esposito

Mar 16, 2012

Carmella Esposito, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and neighbor died peacefully of natural causes on March 16, 2012 in Concord, Massachusetts. She was 90. Until 2009 Mrs. Esposito was a long time resident of Ponckhockie in Kingston. Born in Calanna, Reggio Calabria, Italy in 1921 she came to America in 1929, settling in Watertown, NY with her parents, Sebastiano...

Louisa Chiarieri

Louisa Chiarieri

Mar 14, 2012

Kingston Louisa Chiarieri of Albany Ave. died Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at Ferncliff Nursing Home. She was 94. She was born in Addison, Ohio, a daughter of the late Amodeo and Filomena D'Anastasio. Louisa and her family moved to Pianella, Italy at age 2. Louisa married Antonio Chiarieri on January 1, 1938. They returned to the US in 1961 and...

George Svirsky

George Svirsky

Mar 14, 2012

George Svirsky of Ulster Park died Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at the Thompson House, Rhinebeck. He was 92. He was born in Muskegon, Michigan, a son of the late Morris and Minnie Lipman Svirsky. His family moved to Ulster Park when he was 2 years old. George worked at his family's "Esopus Lake Hotel," the site of his family's farm....

Richard James Varnum

Richard James Varnum

Mar 12, 2012

Richard J. Varnum, 63, of Kingston, died Monday, March 12, 2012 at Kingston Hospital, surrounded by his loving family, after a longtime and courageous battle with muscular dystrophy. He was born July 20, 1948 in Corinth, NY the son of the late Floyd and Adele Varnum. He was the husband of the late Gloria J. Mosher Varnum, she...

Bernard F. Cokeley

Bernard F. Cokeley

Mar 10, 2012

Bernard ''Apples'' F. Cokeley, 82 of Port Ewen, died Saturday, March 10, 2012 at The Kingston Hospital. He was born December 3, 1929 in Pelham Bay, NY to the late Harry and Marie (Baker) Cokeley. He was married to his wife of 57 years, Rosemary (Tarantino) Cokeley; they wed on June 12th 1954. Apples served his country in...

Flora D. Larson

Flora D. Larson

Mar 9, 2012

Flora (Moore) Larson, 90, of Kingston, died Friday, March 9, 2012 at Ten Broeck Commons in Lake Katrine. She was born September 8, 1921 in Brooklyn, to the late Frederick and Olga (Haffner) Moore. She was married to Thomas S. Larson; they wed on June 6th, 1948. In addition to her husband she is survived by her children;...

Marie Cooney

Marie Cooney

Mar 7, 2012

Marie Cooney of Hurley, NY was born in 1926 in Queens, the daughter of William and Catherine Hunt. She was the wife of the late Leroy Cooney. Marie had worked in accounting for several retailers and law firms on Long Island. Marie and Leroy raised their family in Merrick, Long Island and moved to Hurley in 1985. She...

Herbert Lloyd Shultz

Herbert Lloyd Shultz

Mar 5, 2012

Herbert L. Shultz, age 93, who headed several family-owned coal and oil companies based in Kingston during the mid 1900's and who later was a Vice President of both Vassar College and Storm King Art Center, died at home on March 5th, 2012. Shultz was president of Rodie Coal Company and North River Coal Company, distributors of bituminous...

Frances E. Bradley

Frances E. Bradley

Mar 5, 2012

Frances (Schroepfer) Bradley, 93, of Kingston, died Monday, March 5, 2012 at Mountain Valley Manor. She was born February 8, 1919 in Jersey City, NJ to the late Frank and Jane (Spencer) Schroepfer. She was married to the late Harold Bradley who passed away in 1967. Frances worked as an assembler for General Electric in Johnson City, NY,...

Edna Losco

Edna Losco

Mar 3, 2012

Edna Losco, 78, of Kingston, died, Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Kingston Hospital. Born in the Bronx, NY, she was the daughter of the late Giovanni & Michelina Amata Losco. She moved with her parents and two sisters Vera and Wanda to Italy when she was 5 years old and moved back to New York when she was 13. Edna...

John Norman Gaston

John Norman Gaston

Mar 3, 2012

John N. Gaston, 51, of Catskill died Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Columbia Memorial Hospital, Hudson. He was born July 10, 1960 in Kingston, the son of the late Charles and Rachel (Johnson) Gaston. John was a 1978 graduate of Kingston High School. He was employed by the Center for Development of Human Resources, Albany, NY. He is...

Camilla J. DeWitt

Camilla J. DeWitt

Mar 3, 2012

Camilla J. DeWitt, 84, of Hurley, died Saturday, March 3, 2012 at home. She was born December 3, 1927 in Kingston, to the late Harry F. and Ida (Bettenhausen) DeWitt. She attended the Northfield School for Girls and then graduated from Kingston High School, she received a Bachelors of Science from SUNY Geneseo and later attended Syracuse University...

Michael E. Smedes

Michael E. Smedes

Mar 3, 2012

Michael E. Smedes, 64, of Kingston, died Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Ferncliff Nursing Home, surrounded by his loving family and friends, after a courageous battle against cancer. Mike was a graduate of KHS, class of 1966 and had attended UCCC, he was a veteran of the US Air Force having served during the Viet Nam War from...

Lillian W. Shiels

Lillian W. Shiels

Feb 27, 2012

Lillian (Whitaker) Shiels, 93, of Kingston, died Monday, February 27, 2012 at Ten Broeck Commons in Lake Katrine, NY. She was born December 6, 1918 in Pittsfield, MA to the late Chaloner and Minnie (Langenbach) Whitaker. She was married to F. Willard Shiels who passed away on August 18th, 1957. She attended Berkshire Business College in Pittsfield, MA....