Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Orange County & throughout New York.

Jefrey Furman
Jan 27, 2015
Jefrey Burleigh Furman Bloomingburg, New York Jefrey Burleigh Furman, a former chemist for PFW in Middletown and Texaco in Beacon, former employee of Met Life and owner of Berkshire Financial Strategies and longtime resident of the area, died Tuesday January 27, 2015 at home. He was 52. The son of Maxine Furman Krohn and the late Rolf Krohn, he...

Marcus Potter
Jan 26, 2015
Marcus S. Potter Jr. of Westtown, a retired mechanic with American Silk Label in Unionville, and a lifelong resident of the area, died on January 26, 2015 in Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown. He was 86. The son of the late Marcus S. and Mary Alice Cortwright Potter Sr., he was born on April 9, 1928 in Johnson,...

Jeanette Freeman
Jan 25, 2015
Jeanette Freeman Middletown, New York Jeanette Freeman, of Middletown, a retired employee of Middletown Psychiatric Center, died on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at Middletown Park Manor Nursing Home. She was 87. The daughter of the late Stanley and Martha Scott Lewis, she was born on October 16, 1927 in Middletown, NY. She was the widow of Floyd H. Freeman...

Jan Greenfield
Jan 24, 2015
On Saturday January, 24th 2015, Jan Greenfield passed from our sight. Jan was a loving, dedicated and active husband to Gunnel Greenfield and father of 3, Sahar, Daniel and Hanna. He also leaves behind 2 grandsons, 1 older brother Alan and older sister Barbara, who loved him dearly as he did them. Jan lived life with passion and commitment...

Winifred Hoye
Jan 23, 2015
Winifred "Winnie" A. Hoye, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed away unexpectedly on Friday January 23, 2015. She was 89. Winnie was born in Goshen and lived the majority of her life in Middletown, N.Y. She was a homemaker who devoted her life to her family. Winifred was predeceased in death by her husband, George C. Hoye, her parents,...

Angela Gareri
Jan 17, 2015
Angela Gareri, of Silver Spring, Maryland and formerly of Hastings on Hudson and Middletown, N.Y., a homemaker, died on January 17, 2015 in Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. She was 97. The daughter of the late Eugenio and Maria Generoso, she was born on August 19, 1917 in Catanzaro, Italy. She was the widow of Domenico Gareri Survivors...

Joseph Montelione
Jan 17, 2015
Joseph C. Montelione of Middletown, a retired employee of the N.Y. City Department of Public Works and a longtime resident of the area, died on January 17, 2015 at his home. He was 90. The son of the late Joseph and Anna Lucia Pomis Montelione, he was born on April 19, 1924 in New York, New York. He was...

Marie King
Jan 16, 2015
Marie J. King of Middletown, a retired nurse at Arden Hill Hospital in Goshen, and a longtime resident of the area, died on January 16, 2015 at Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown. She was 83. The daughter of the late George and Johanna Hoekstra Hoogenhuis, she was born on November 9, 1931 in Midland Park, New Jersey. She...

Thomas Scott
Jan 15, 2015
Thomas M.Scott August 19, 1947 - January 15 2015 Thomas Scott of Scotchtown, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away on January 15, 2015 surrounded by his loving family. He was 67 years old. Thomas was born August 19, 1947 to Pamela Dupperon and Patrick Scott in Hartford, CT. In 1967 he joined the Marine Corps.He served inVietnam...

Frederick Bramich
Jan 13, 2015
Frederick W. Bramich Jr. of Greenwood Lake, a retired police officer in the Town of Warwick and a longtime resident of the area, died on January 13, 2015 at St. Anthony's Hospital. He was 71. The son of the late Frederick W. and Harriet Schaeffer Bramich, he was born on June 23, 1943 in Williamsburg, VA. He was a...

Louis Clemente
Jan 10, 2015
Louis S. Clemente, a retired mechanic for H.L. Ayres and Carrol Bus Co. and longtime resident of the area went to be with the Lord on Saturday January 10, 2015 at home. He was 88. The son of the late Vincenzo and Josephine Clemente, he was born December 15, 1926 in New York, NY. Louis was a former Sgt....

Teresa Craft
Jan 9, 2015
Teresa Craft of Middletown, a retired Senior Library Clerk at Thrall Library in Middletown and a lifelong resident of the area, died on January 9, 2015 in Middletown. She was 71. The daughter of the late Joseph and Della Cosco Fotino, she was born on December 28, 1943 in Middletown, New York. Survivors include her daughters Cyndee Lawrence of...

Raymond Coleman
Jan 2, 2015
Raymond R. Coleman, a former Chef and lifelong resident of the area died on January 2, 2015 at his home. He was 51. The son of the late Raymond F. Coleman and Josephine McGuire Coleman, he was born on April 9, 1963 in Goshen, N.Y. He was a member of the New Hampton Fire Company. He was a chef...

Stella Wildschut
Jan 1, 2015
Stella A. Wildschut Middletown, New York Stella A. Wildschut, a former chiropractor, avid organist and former teacher, passed away Thursday January 1, 2015 at home with her loving family by her side. She was 97. The daughter of the late John and Martha Petroelje DeJonge , she was born July 1, 1917 in Zeeland, Michigan. She was a very...

Bridget Krawczyk
Dec 31, 2014
BRIDGET "BRIDIE" KRAWCZYK May 11, 1936 - December 31, 2014 Middletown, NY Bridget "Bridie" Krawczyk, (Nee Donaghy) passed peacefully at home on December 31, 2014, surrounded by her family. Born May 11, 1936 in Ballymone, Dungiven. County Derry, Northern Ireland. Bridget is one of ten children, five brothers and four sisters born to Henry James Donaghey and Margaret Donaghey....

Sheila Pollender
Dec 30, 2014
Sheila M. Pollender of Middletown, a driver with Hunter Panels in Montgomery and a lifelong resident of the area, died December 30, 2014. She was 60. The daughter of the late Freeman H. Pollender and Beverly Griffith Pollender, she was born on May 13, 1954 in Franklin, New Jersey. Survivors include her mother Beverly Pollender of Middletown. Her siblings...

Junior Wilson
Dec 29, 2014
Junior A. Wilson Bronx, NY Formerly of Orange County Junior A. Wilson, passed away at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital on Monday December 29, 2014. He was 65. The son of the late Dennis Wilson and Ivy Ormbsy, he was born December 30, 1948 in Jamaica, West Indies. Junior was a US Marine Veteran during Vietnam. Survivors include his sister: Yvonne Wilson;...

Gail Smith
Dec 29, 2014
Gail D. Smith Middletown, New York Gail D. Smith of Middletown, New York, a homemaker and lifelong resident of the area, died on December 29, 2014 in Westchester Medical Center. She was 55. The daughter of the late Walter W. and Inez Babcock Simpson, she was born on May 16, 1959 in Middletown, New York. Survivors include her son...

Thomas Fields
Dec 28, 2014
Thomas D. Fields Greenwood Lake, N.Y. Thomas D. Fields of Greenwood Lake, N.Y. a former industrial roofer with Mark Olley Construction in Mahwah, N.J., died on December 28, 2014. He was 46. The son of William Fields Sr. and the late Kathleen M. Donald Fields, he was born on January 8, 1968 in Suffern, N.Y. He was the salutatorian...

Amalia Raponi
Dec 23, 2014
Amalia J. Raponi, a former seamstress at Playtogs in Middletown and longtime resident of the area passed away December 23, 2014 at Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 100. The daughter of the late Domenic and Marianne Bello, she was born January 12, 1914 in Malden on Hudson, NY. She was the widow of Alfred Raponi. She was a...