Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Orange County & throughout New York.
Catherine A. Panaro
Mar 19, 2022
Catherine A. Panaro of Middletown, N.Y., a retired baker at Shop-Rite in Middletown, N.Y. and a lifelong resident of the area, passed away on March 19, 2022 in Jack D. Weiler Hospital in Bronx, N.Y. She was 75. The daughter of the late Andrew and Helen Mikulski, she was born on June 30, 1946 in Warwick, New York. Survivors...
Hazel E. Barnes
Mar 15, 2022
Hazel E. Barnes of Middletown, N.Y. a former kitchen employee at the Orange County Home for Aged Women in Middletown, N.Y. passed away on March 15, 2022 at Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown. She was 101. The daughter of the late Ralph and Mary Horton, she was born on June 13, 1920 in Middletown, N.Y. She was the...
Rachel Barry
Mar 13, 2022
Our beloved mother, Rachel Barry, entered heaven peacefully on March 13, 2022 at the age of 88 with her loving family by her side at the Valley View Center in Goshen, NY. Mom dedicated her life to serving her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and to raising her children in a loving, Christian, home. As a longtime active member...
Joseph Lopresti
Mar 9, 2022
Joseph Thomas LoPresti a lifelong resident of the area passed away peacefully on March 9,2022. Joseph was born April 18,1936 in Passaic New Jersey. The son of the late Joseph and Josephine LoPresti he was 86 years old. Joseph grew up in Middletown New York and graduated from Middletown High School where he met and married the love of...
Rita C. Pritchard
Mar 8, 2022
Rita C. Pritchard of Greenwood Lake, N.Y. passed away on March 8, 2022 at her home. She was 86. The daughter of the late Charles and Rose Campbell Churchwell, she was born on August 23, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York. Rita was retired from Seiko Watch Company in Mahwah, N.J. where she worked as the Warehouse Supervisor. She was...
David A. Nielsen
Feb 25, 2022
David Nielsen of Middletown, N.Y. entered into rest on February 25, 2022 at his home. He was 52. It is never easy to say good-bye to someone who is loved and will be greatly missed by all. David was a graduate of Middletown High School and was employed by Travel America in Montgomery as a cook. He was the...
Shirley A. Murray
Feb 24, 2022
Shirley Murray of Middletown, N.Y., a retired electron microscopy technician at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. and a lifelong resident of the area, passed away on Thursday February 24, 2022 in Garnet Health Medical Center. She was 75. The daughter of the late Robert and Shirley Leidy Murray, she was born on December 24, 1946 in Middletown, N.Y....
Patrick C. O'Neill
Feb 24, 2022
Patrick C. O'Neill of Middletown, N.Y., retired firefighter with FDNY Engine 82 and Ladder 31 in Bronx, N.Y. passed away on February 24, 2022 in Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown, N.Y. He was 82. The son of the late Jeremiah and Sadie McParland O'Neill, he was born on October 24, 1939 in Bronx, N.Y. Patrick was a veteran...
Michael S. Banta
Feb 17, 2022
Michael S. Banta of Greenwood Lake, N.Y. a lifelong resident of the area and a former Iron Worker with Banta Iron Works, passed away on February 17, 2022 in Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown, N.Y. He was 81. The son of the late Joseph and Mariam O'Dell Banta, he was born on May 8, 1940 in West Milford,...
Janet Sutherland
Feb 12, 2022
Janet E. Sutherland of Middletown, N.Y. a lifelong resident of the area, passed away on February 12, 2022 at the Joe Raso Hospice Residence in New City, N.Y. She was 77. The daughter of the late Andrew and Hylah McCombs House, she was born on December 11, 1944 in Goshen, N.Y. Janet worked in the Insurance field for many...
Ruth C. Knospe
Feb 4, 2022
Ruth C. Knospe of Middletown, N.Y., retired as a District Library Clerk for the Middletown School District and a lifelong resident of the area, passed away on February 4, 2022 at the Fishkill Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. She was 90. The daughter of the late Chester and Alice Gibbs Lindsay, she was born on August 25, 1931 in...
David T. Masi
Feb 2, 2022
David T. Masi of Middletown, New York, a master electrician having worked at Kandel Brothers in Middletown, N.Y. and Jones Plumbing and Heating in Florida, N.Y. and a lifelong resident of the area, passed away on February 2, 2022 in Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown, N.Y. He was 63. David was born on July 2, 1958 in Cornwall,...
Patricia B. Gilchrest
Feb 1, 2022
Patricia B. Gilchrest, affectionately known as Pat, died peacefully on February 1, 2022. She was 85. Pat, loving wife of the late J. Kent Gilchrest, was born November 14, 1936, in Tappan, NY. She was the daughter of Blanche McGuinness Brown and John J. Brown and had two siblings, Robert J. Brown (deceased) and Judith Blauvelt Lodato of Lafayette...
Lorraine M. Damiano
Jan 29, 2022
On January 29, 2022, Heaven gained another angel. Lorraine M. Damiano joined her loving husband, Peter J. Damiano, Sr., of whom they shared 63 years of marriage until his passing on September 30, 2010. Lorraine, a longtime resident of Middletown, NY entered eternal rest at her home surrounded by her devoted, loving family. She was 93 years old. Lorraine...
Chi Lung Lee
Jan 28, 2022
Chi Lung Lee passed at the age of 84 on January 28, 2022 at home in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. First son of the late Pang Chow Lee and Ngai Ching Cheung, and the third of eight siblings, he was born on Jan 18, 1938 in Yunnan Province, China. Excelling in school, he attended the prestigious Guangdong Guangya High School,...
Todd A. Hill
Jan 28, 2022
Todd A. Hill of Middletown, N.Y. a Auto Cad 3 Operator for Actalent/Fellenzer Consulting in Middletown, N.Y. and a longtime resident of the area, passed away on January 28, 2022 in Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown, N.Y. He was 61. The son of James and Arleen Cook Hill, he was born on December 23, 1960 in Brooklyn, N.Y....
Dolores D. Moran
Jan 28, 2022
Dolores Moran of Middletown, N.Y. a lifelong resident of the area, passed away on January 28, 2022 in the Fishkill Center for Rehab and Nursing. She was 82. The daughter of the late George and Mabel Matthew Doty, she was born on September 29, 1939 in Middletown, N.Y. Survivors include her daughters Veronica Long of Arizona, Mable Saldana of...
Angelina R. Greco
Jan 27, 2022
Angelina R. Greco of Kannapolis, NC (formally of Orange County, NY), a retired School Aide at the Chester Union Free School District with over 25 years of service, died Thursday, January 27, 2022 at Atrium Health Cabarrus in North Carolina. She was 74. Angelina, daughter of the late Lewis and Alfina Grecco, was born March 9, 1947 in Woodbury,...
Alexander M Archer
Jan 21, 2022
Alexander M. Archer of Greenwood Lake, N.Y., a retired tool and dye maker and a longtime resident of the area, passed away on January 21, 2022 at his home. He was 93. The son of the late Edward and Isabella McNiece Archer, he was born on April 14, 1928 in Belfast, Ireland. He was a veteran of the U....
Richard L. Blose
Jan 18, 2022
Richard L. Blose of Westtown, N.Y., a retired teacher with the Minisink Valley School District and a longtime area resident, passed away on January 18, 2022, in Goshen, N.Y. He was 88. The son of the late Tilghman and Alice Markel Blose, Richard was born on April 11, 1933, in Palmerton, Pennsylvania. Richard was an active member of the...