OBITUARIES

Brother Michael George Stonebraker

Brother Michael George Stonebraker

Jun 10, 2008

. Brother Michael George Stonebraker, OHC, 78, of Ferncliffe Nursing Home, Rhinebeck, NY, died Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at Benedictine Hospital, Kingston, NY. He was born December 16, 1929 in Washington, DC to the late George and Lillian (Price) Stonebraker. Brother Michael entered the Novitiate of the Order of the Hoy Cross in 1949. While under annual Vow...

Nan M. Owitz

Nan M. Owitz

Jun 6, 2008

Nan M. (Bernstein) Owitz, 66, of Shokan, NY, died Friday, June 6, 2008 at Benedictine Hospital, Kingston, NY, after a long battle with many health ills. A resident of Shokan for five years, she previously lived in Atlanta Georgia, Kingston New York, and Olmsted Falls Ohio. An animal enthusiast, she was a dog groomer by trade and also...

Shelly Lea Murdock

Shelly Lea Murdock

May 31, 2008

Shelly Lea Murdock died Saturday, May 31, 2008 at Ten Broeck Commons Nursing Home. She was 30. She was born December 27, 1977 in Edgewater, FL the daughter of Jean Myrtle Murdock and the late William W. Murdock Jr. Shelly was a graduate of the Brookside School and attended programs at Ulster-Greene ARC. She had a big smile, loved music...

Brenda L. Werkheiser

Brenda L. Werkheiser

May 31, 2008

Brenda L. Werkheiser of Glenerie Lane, Saugerties died Saturday, May 31, 2008. She was 45. She was born April 21, 1963 a daughter of the late William Foster. She worked in administration at the Hudson Correctional Facility in Hudson. Surviving are her son, Jerome Werkheiser, her daughter, Jessica Werkheiser, both of Elmira and her companion, James Rick Polacco of Saugerties....

Katrina R. Bunce

Katrina R. Bunce

May 31, 2008

Katrina R. (Dudek) Bunce, 42, of Kingston, NY, died Saturday, May 31, 2008 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, after a courageous 2 year battle with cancer. She was born October 25, 1965 in Kingston, NY to Susan M. (Haber) and John "Jack" P. Dudek. She was married to John Mark Bunce. They were married at...

Warren Scott Bruce

Warren Scott Bruce

May 30, 2008

Warren Scott Bruce, Sr., 66, of Whittier, died Friday, May 30, 2008 at his residence after a short illness. He was born January 19, 1942 in NYC, to the late Warren E. Sr. and Mary Markos Bruce. For 40 years he had worked at the Waldorf - Astoria Hotel in NYC, he moved to the Catskill region and...

Gay Sammons

Gay Sammons

May 30, 2008

Gay Sammons, 66, of Port Ewen, NY, died Friday, May 30, 2008 at Kingston Hospital, Kingston, NY. She was born January 21, 1942 in Kingston, NY. She was the daughter of the late Howard Galbreth and was raised by her step father the late William A. McCabe and her mother the late Harriet Gavit McCabe She was married...

Frank R. White

Frank R. White

May 29, 2008

Frank "Whitey'' R. White, Sr., 68, of Salem St., Port Ewen, NY, died Thursday, May 29, 2008 at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY. He was born December 24, 1939 in Kingston, NY to the late Leonard D. and Mildred Haley White. He was married to Joan M. ORielly White, they wed at Presentation RC Church, Port Ewen on...

Anna K. Clark

Anna K. Clark

May 28, 2008

Anna K. (Irwin) Clark, 68, of Hyde Park, NY, formerly of Port Ewen, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at Victory Lake Nursing Home, Hyde Park, NY. She was born July 18, 1939 in Albany, NY to the late William H. and Bernice M. Baker Irwin. Anna had been a communicant of Presentation RC Church, a member of the...

Marcello Della Ruffa

Marcello Della Ruffa

May 22, 2008

Marcello Della Ruffa of Sherman Road, Zena died Thursday, May 22, 2008 at Benedictine Hospital. He was 82. He was born in Tempagnano di Valdottavo, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy on February 3, 1926, a son of the late Italo and Genevra Bachini Della Ruffa. Mr. Della Ruffa moved to the United States in 1949 and settled in the Bronx. He married...

Andrew F. Delaney

Andrew F. Delaney

May 22, 2008

He was married to Nancy (Anderson) Delaney on September 13, 1969. Graduate of John Marshall High School, Rochester, MN, he was a National Merit Scholarship winner and was a graduate of University of Connecticut. He was a veteran of the US Army, serving during Vietnam, he was stationed in Fort Meade, MD. Andy had been employed by IBM...

Joseph L. DeCicco

Joseph L. DeCicco

May 21, 2008

Joseph L. DeCicco of Brewster St., Kingston died Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at Benedictine Hospital. He was 84. He was born in Kingston on March 15, 1924 a son of the late James and Josephine Tucci DeCicco. Mr. DeCicco was raised in East Kingston. He married Angelina Pagliaro on January 26, 1947. A US Army veteran of WW II, he...

Rosalie Ridzi Viafore

Rosalie Ridzi Viafore

May 20, 2008

Rosalie Ridzi Viafore of Lawrenceville St. died Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at Benedictine Hospital. She was 82. She was born November 13, 1925 in Shalgovce, Slovakia the youngest of four children to the late John B. and Veronica Bezek Ridzi. She moved with her family to the United States when she was 4 years old, landing at Ellis Island on...

Sarah E. Closi

Sarah E. Closi

May 19, 2008

Sarah E. Closi, of Leggs Mills Road, Lake Katrine died Monday, May 19, 2008 at Kingston Hospital. She was 73. She was born in Ellenville on May 21, 1934, a daughter of the late Chauncey Walker and Eva Caswell Walker Wilber. Mrs. Closi was raised in Lake Hill and moved to Lake Katrine in 1951. For many years she co-owned,...

Judge Francis J. Vogt

Judge Francis J. Vogt

May 19, 2008

He was a veteran of the US Navy having served during WW II , Pacific Theater of Operations haaving been stationed out of Pearl Harbor Judge Vogt was a graduate of the University of Detroit, after graduation he served in the FBI from 1951 to 1958; in 1958 he graduated from St. John's University with his Jurist Doctorate....

Patricia A. Sapp

Patricia A. Sapp

May 18, 2008

Patricia A. Sapp formerly of Clinton Ave., Kingston died Sunday, May 18, 2008 at Our Lady of Mercy Life Center in Guilderland. She was 81. She was born June 2, 1926 in Kingston a daughter of the late Francis and Nancy Carroll Oulton. A parishioner of St. Joseph's Church, Kingston, Mrs. Sapp served as Eucharistic Minister and was on several...

Eve Sales

Eve Sales

May 17, 2008

Eve Sales of Plainfield St., Kingston died Saturday, May 17, 2008 at the Baptist Home in Rhinebeck. She was 95. She was born April 13, 1913 in New York City, a daughter of the late Hyman and Mae Hymen Schaeffer. A housewife and artist, she enjoyed working with acrylic paints, sculpting, sewing and making dolls. She took an acting class...

Philis Deen

Philis Deen

May 15, 2008

Philis Barbara Deen of Florence Street, Kingston died Thursday, May 15, 2008 at Kingston Hospital. She was 75. She was born in Jamaica, West Indies on September 11, 1932, a daughter of the late Moses Carter and Doris Maud Porter. Formerly of Jamaica, England and West Africa, for thirty years Philis resided in Spring Valley. She was a certified nurse...

Bertha Popowich

Bertha Popowich

May 15, 2008

Bertha Popowich, 90, of 1st Street, Connelly, NY, died Thursday, May 15, 2008 at Fern cliff Nursing Home, Rhinebeck, NY. She was born April 22, 1918 at Manhattan, NY to the late Erich and Sophie Yonke Kraatz. She was married to George R. Popowich who died on Sept. 17, 1983. She had been an Inspector for Hercules Powder...

Cathleen M. DeCicco

Cathleen M. DeCicco

May 12, 2008

Cathleen M. Cathie DeCicco, age 46, of Ulster Ave, Lake Katrine died Monday, May 12, 2008 at Golden Hill Health Care Center, Kingston after lengthy illness. Ms. DeCicco was born January 11, 1962 at Kingston, NY the daughter of the late Linda Blood Plumstead and was the granddaughter of the late Charles F. & Anna "Mel" Blood who...