OBITUARIES

David E. Reilly

David E. Reilly

Apr 18, 2008

David E. Reilly, Jr., age 64, of Esopus died Friday, April 18, 2008 at Stratton VA Hospital, Albany after a lengthy illness. Mr. Reilly was born July 1, 1943 at Newburgh, N.Y. the son of the Ethel VanTassell Reilly Sutton of Kingston and the late David E. Reilly Sr. He was a graduate of Kingston High School, class...

Norman Gedney Lebhar

Norman Gedney Lebhar

Apr 17, 2008

Norman Gedney Lebhar, III, age 71, of Gedney farm, Hurley, died Thursday, April 17, 2008 at his residence after a brief illness. Mr. Lebhar was born August 5, 1936 at Yonkers, NY the son of the late Norman G. and Teresa DeMott Lebhar. He married Barbara Hill Lebhar on June 25, 1977 at West Park, NY. Mr. Lebhar...

Carman F. Milano Sr.

Carman F. Milano Sr.

Apr 16, 2008

Carman F. Milano, Sr. of East Chester St., Kingston died Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at the Victory Lake Nursing Center, Hyde Park. He was 77. A native an lifelong Kingston resident, he was born February 18, 1931, a son of the late John and Louise Costa Milano. Mr. Milano served in the US Navy from 1947 - 1951. He was...

Spencer Milgrim

Spencer Milgrim

Apr 15, 2008

Spencer Milgrim of Lucas Ave., Kingston died Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at his home. He was 1 1/2 years old. Spencer was born in Kingston on October 3, 2006, a son of John T. and Michele Ciccosanti Milgrim. Spencer is survived by his parents, his sisters Kira and Nina Milgrim; his maternal grandparents John and Maggie Ciccosanti of Brentwood; his...

Harold Pine

Harold Pine

Apr 14, 2008

Harold Pine, of Dunneman Ave., Kingston died Monday, April 14, 2008 at Golden Hill Health Care Facility. He was 90. A native and lifelong Kingston resident, he was born August 16, 1917, a son of the late Burt and Jane Eselby Pine. A graduate of Kingston High School, he lived in the fifth Binnewater until WW II. He married Sarah...

Walter Darryl Parham

Walter Darryl Parham

Apr 12, 2008

Walter "Darryl" Parham of Skytop Dr., Town of Ulster died Saturday, April 12, 2008 at Albany Medical Center. He was 61. He was born in Atlanta, GA on December 7, 1946, a son of the late Thad Less and Mary Belle Collins Parham Jr. Darryl was a very creative and spiritual person, a poet, and an accomplished musician. He devoted...

Marie G. Karabec

Marie G. Karabec

Apr 12, 2008

Marie G. Karabec, age 93, of Ulster Park, formerly of Monroe, NY and Wiltwyck Garden Apartments, Kingston died Saturday, April 12, 2008 at Golden Hill Health Care Center, Kingston. Mrs. Karabec was born May 20, 1914 at College Point, NY the daughter of the late Walter and Emilia Janke Gebauer. Wife of the late Edward J. Karabec, who...

Alan C. Mortensen

Alan C. Mortensen

Apr 12, 2008

Alan C. Mortensen, age 79, of DeWitt Lane, Woodstock, NY died suddenly Saturday, April 12, 2008 at Kingston Hospital, Kingston, NY as the result of an automobile accident. Mr. Mortensen was born July 7, 1928 in Staten Island, NY. The son of the late Christian and Astrid Jensen Mortensen. He was predeceased by his wife of 55 years,...

Blanche Markowitz

Blanche Markowitz

Apr 11, 2008

Blanche Levy Markowitz, formerly of Kingston and Liberty, NY, died Friday, April 11, 2008 at the Florida Medical Center. She was 84. She was born in Kingston, NY on July 7, 1923, a daughter of the late Isaac and Minnie Levine Levy. She married Seymour Markowitz on September 28, 1946. Mrs. Markowitz worked as a bookkeeper for Jonathan Logan Dress...

Edmund A. DeGasperis

Edmund A. DeGasperis

Apr 10, 2008

Edmund A. DeGasperis, formerly of Harding Ave., Kingston and also Ft. Pierce, FL., died Thursday, April 10, 2008 at his home in Wilmington, DE. He was 86. He was born in McKee's Rock, PA on May 5, 1921, the son of the late John and Lorraine Organtini DeGasperis. His family settled in Kingston, NY, where he met and married Elaine...

Ambrose Sylvester VanVoorhis

Ambrose Sylvester VanVoorhis

Apr 10, 2008

Ambrose S. Am VanVoorhis, age 96, of VanVoorhis Lane, New Salem, died Thursday, April 10, 2008 at Golden Hill Health Care Center, Kingston. Mr. VanVoorhis was born January 16, 1912 at Yonkers, NY the son of the late Charles and Cora Wolven VanVoorhis. Husband of the late Inda Comstock VanVoorhis, who died June 30, 1998. He had been...

Thomas Orr

Thomas Orr

Apr 9, 2008

formerly of Rifton, NY, died Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at The Alice Hyde Memorial Hospital, Malone, NY. Mr. Orr was born July 20, 1912 in Cornwall, NY, the son of the late William A. & Amelia (Cutler) Orr. Husband of the late Florence Orr who died February 19, 2008. He had been employed by Shults Paint, Kingston as...

Elizabeth Haggerty Tucker

Elizabeth Haggerty Tucker

Apr 7, 2008

Elizabeth Haggerty Tucker, EdD, 84, of Williams Lake, Rosendale, NY and Nantucket, MA died on Monday, April 7, 2008 at the Teresian House. Born on December 17, 1923 in Kingston, NY, she was the daughter of the late Joseph A. and Frances Caffery Haggerty. Her husband, Francis X. Tucker, a Kingston attorney and former Ulster County Surrogate, whom...

Roger Wallace Mabie

Roger Wallace Mabie

Apr 6, 2008

Roger Wallace Mabie, age 90, of River Road, Port Ewen, NY died Sunday, April 6, 2008 at Kingston Hospital of Kingston, NY. Mr. Mabie was born May 27, 1917 in Port Ewen, NY. The son of the late Wallace and the late Lillian Zimmerman Mabie. He married Margaret "Peggy" Scanlon on July 12, 1952 at NYC. A life...

Arthur R. Palmer Sr.

Arthur R. Palmer Sr.

Apr 4, 2008

Arthur R. Palmer, Sr. of Stony Run Apartments, Kingston died Friday, April 4, 2008 at Benedictine Hospital. He was 90. He was born in Brooklyn on January 6, 1918, a son of the late Margaret Montgomery Klenski. He served in WW II in the US Navy in both Atlantic and Pacific Theaters of Operation. He served on the USS Owl...

Donna R. Twigg

Donna R. Twigg

Apr 3, 2008

Donna R. Twigg of Skea Road, West Hurley died Thursday, April 3, 2008 at home. She was 77. She was born December 5, 1930 in Flint, MI a daughter of the late Frank and Blanche Gleasure Bylkas. For several years, she was employed in the sales department of Sears. Mrs. Twigg enjoyed traveling, tent camping, gardening, animals and cowboys. Her...

Mary Amato

Mary Amato

Apr 2, 2008

Mary Amato, a resident of the Hudson Valley Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center and formerly a long time resident of Huckleberry Turnpike in Plattekill died Wednesday, April 2, 2008 in St. Francis Hospital. She was 76. For many years, she worked at Pilot Industries. She enjoyed listening to music and watching TV and movies and being with her friends. She...

Sheldon Bob Harris Sr.

Sheldon Bob Harris Sr.

Mar 30, 2008

Sheldon Robert "Bob" Harris Sr. of Stuyvesant Charter Apartments, Sheehan Ct., Kingston, died Sunday, March 30, 2008 at Benedictine Hospital after a long illness. He was 61. He was born in New York City on January 27, 1947, a son of William Harris and the late Ruth Parker Harris who died in 1988. Mr. Harris was raised in the Bronx....

Philip J. Battaglia

Philip J. Battaglia

Mar 29, 2008

Philip J. Battaglia, 82, of Apple Hill Road, Hurley died Saturday, March 29, 2008 at Kingston Hospital. He was born February 11, 1926 in Yonkers, a son of the late Philip and Ernestine Dicaprio Battaglia. He served in the army from 1944-1946, participating in the Rhineland campaign. In 1952, he joined IBM and served in various management positions including the...

Gloria Juanita Repanti

Gloria Juanita Repanti

Mar 29, 2008

Gloria Woodard Repanti of Main St., Rosendale died Saturday, March 29, 2008 at the Whittier Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center, Ghent. She was 58. She was born in Brooklyn on May 28, 1949, a daughter of the late Marian and Bertha Sadou Woodard. A longtime resident of Rosendale, Gloria has lived in Ghent since 2007. She participated in the Pine...