OBITUARIES

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...

Robert C. Miller

Robert C. Miller

Mar 24, 2008

Robert C. Miller, Jr., age 83, of Van Drive, Grahamsville died Monday, March 24, 2008 at Sullivan County Adult Home, Liberty. Mr. Miller was born June 16, 1924 at Lansing, Michigan the son of the late Robert C. and the late Marvel (McCracken) Miller, Sr. He married Helen J.Swanson June 30, 1949 at Wheaton, Illinois. He served in...

Joan Beilman

Joan Beilman

Mar 22, 2008

Joan Beilman of Downs St., Kingston died Saturday, March 22, 2008 at her home. She was 59. She was born January 3, 1949 in Ellenville, the daughter of the late John and Catherine Lynott Daiczok. A housewife, she also attended programs at Gateway. Surviving is her son, Robert of Ellenville and many friends at Gateway. Funeral services will be conducted...

Lucille Kline Kalish

Lucille Kline Kalish

Mar 19, 2008

Lucille Kline Kalish, of Juniper Lane, Woodstock died Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at Surburban Hospital, Bethesda, MD. She was 85. She was born in Kingston, NY on May 22, 1922, a daughter of the late Samuel (Shimon ben David) and Fannie (Ruchel Freyda bat Shurah) Fried Kline. She married Irving Kalish on October 12, 1947. An elementary school teacher, in...

Jacqueline P Fitzgerald-Shavers

Jacqueline P Fitzgerald-Shavers

Mar 19, 2008

Jacqueline P Fitzgerald-Shavers, age 47, of Horton Ln, Port Ewen died Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at Benedictine Hospital, Kingston. Mrs. Fitzgerald-Shavers was born May 24, 1960 at Kingston, NY The daughter of the late James P and Jeanette (Johnson) Fitzgerald, Jr.. She married Northern L.Shavers Sept. 19, 1999 at Poughkeepsie, NY. She was employed by Ulster County Social...

Jean Ellen May

Jean Ellen May

Mar 18, 2008

Jean Ellen May of Downs Street, Kingston died Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at Kingston Hospital. She was 89. A native and lifelong Kingston resident, she was born on November 29, 1918, a daughter of the late Howard S. and Olga L. Jackson Eaton. For 20 years Mrs. May co-owned with her husband, the former May's Superette on O'Neil St., Kingston....

Frank A. Brogden

Frank A. Brogden

Mar 17, 2008

Frank A. Brogden, of Sawkill Road, Town of Kingston, died Monday, March 17, 2008 at Benedictine Hospital. He was 60. He was born in New York City on September 26, 1947, a son of the late William David and Henrietta McGoey Brogden. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. Formerly of the Bronx, he worked at the...

Patricia Ann Matthies

Patricia Ann Matthies

Mar 15, 2008

Patricia Ann Matthies, age 36, of Broadway, Kingston died Saturday, March 15, 2008 at Kingston Hospital, Ms. Matthies was born August 28, 1971 at Hoboken, NJ the daughter of Henry and Noreen Matthies of Port Ewen. She loved computers, music, and in high school she competed in many twirling competitions, and was a member of the U.S. Twirling...

Chiara Lubich

Chiara Lubich

Mar 14, 2008

Chiara Lubich, who became one of the most influential women in the Roman Catholic Church as the founder of the Focolare lay movement, which works to improve ties among faiths, died on Friday, March 14, 2008 at her home south of Rome. She was 88. As a measure of her stature, Pope Benedict XVI, sent the movement a telegram of...

Valarie Davis

Valarie Davis

Mar 14, 2008

Valarie Val Davis, age 57, of Greenkill Ave, Kingston died Friday, March 14, 2008 at Benedictine Hospital, Kingston. Mrs. Davis was born February 28, 1951 at Manhattan, NY the daughter of the late Pearl Hunter Hill and her late step father David Hill. Val graduate from Kingston High School and went to work for the Benedictine Hospital, working...

Dr. Fred A. Fritz

Dr. Fred A. Fritz

Mar 10, 2008

Dr. Fred A. Fritz, age 83, of Greenbriar Village, Dallas, Pennsylvania died Monday, March 10, 2008 at Greenbriar Village. Dr. Fritz was born May 19, 1924 at Wyoming, PA the son of the late Arthur and Anna Jones Fritz. Husband of the late Lillian Ewel Fritz who died August 7, 2006. He served in the Army during World...

Nevada Williams

Nevada Williams

Mar 10, 2008

Nevada Williams, age 86, of Albany Ave. Kingston died Monday, March 10, 2008 at her residence after a short illness. Mrs. Williams was born July 27, 1921 at Emporia, VA the daughter of the late Neuitt and Lilly Royal Garner. She married her loving husband Le Roy J. Williams February 15, 1975 in Kingston, NY. She was educated...

Ann K. Zoda

Ann K. Zoda

Mar 8, 2008

Ann K. Zoda, age 91, of Valley Street, Kingston died Saturday, March 8, 2008 at Benedictine Hospital, Kingston. She was born May 22, 1916 at Kingston, NY the daughter of the late Joseph and Josephine Orefice Zoda. She had attended Kingston High School, was a communicant of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, and enjoyed cooking and making many...