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

Dale Gillis
Jun 20, 2013
Dale O. Gillis of Middletown, a retired staff sergeant for the U.S. Army and later a N.Y. State Corrections Officer at the Goshen Secure Center and a lifelong resident of the area, died on June 20, 2013 in Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y. He was 53. The son of the late Roland Gillis and Roberta Johnson Gillis Philpot,...

Ella Newell Stabler
Jun 12, 2013
Ella Louise Newell Stabler of Middletown, retired employee of St. Teresa's Nursing Home in Middletown, and a lifelong resident of the area, died on June 12, 2013. She was 92. The daughter of the late Charles and Eva Courter Lattimer, she was born on August 13, 1920 in Goshen, N.Y. She was the widow of Frank Newell and D....

Anna Palefsky
Jun 11, 2013
Anna A. Palefsky of Greenwood Lake, a homemaker and longtime resident of the area, died on June 11, 2013 in St. Anthony's Community Hospital in Warwick. She was 82. The daughter of the late Joseph and Louisa Romano, she was born on February 26, 1931 in New York, N.Y. She was the widow of Patrick Allen and Bernard Palefsky....

Kim Gessner
Jun 7, 2013
Kim A Gessner of Rock Hill, an individual care coordinator with Ulster County Mental Health, and a longtime resident of the area, died on June 7, 2013. She was 46. The daughter of the late Paul Gessner Sr. and Carolee Crawley Marcotte, she was born on February 1, 1967 in Red Bank, New Jersey. She was a graduate of...

Jay Brown
Jun 7, 2013
Jay A. Brown, 78, of Middletown, NY. The son of Sidney and Sydney Brown, Jay (also known as Jim) grew up in Manchester, CT. He graduated from Cal State in Los Angeles with a BA in journalism and served in the U.S. Navy from 1956-62 aboard the USS Northampton and the USS Iowa BB-61. Jim worked as an Assistant...

Gary Calta
Jun 7, 2013
Gary Edward Calta Springfield Center - Gary Edward Calta, born Staten Island, New York, March 31, 1944.Lost his courageous battle with cancer on June 7, 2013 at the Otsego Manor, Cooperstown. Son of Anita Viani Calta Grecco, Walden, NY. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Mary Ellen Ford Calta, Springfield Center, NY and sons, Scott Edward...

Fred Barnes
Jun 5, 2013
Fred H. Barnes of Middletown, a former Roller Operator for Yonkers Paving and Ward's Paving and a lifelong resident of the area, died on June 5, 2013 in Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown. He was 51. The son of Clinton S. and Joan Andryshak Barnes Jr., he was born on October 17, 1961 in Goshen, N.Y. He was...

Lois Williams
Jun 1, 2013
Lois Belle Williams of Slate Hill, a farmer's wife and lifelong resident of the area, died on June 1, 2013 at her home. She was 100. The daughter of the late Clarence E. and Harriet Smith Decker, she was born on May 12, 1913 in Pellittown, N.J. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church of Ridgebury. Lois...

Sylvia Salvesen
May 31, 2013
Sylvia Salvesen of Monroe, a homemaker and longtime resident of the area, died on May 31, 2013 at her home. She was 96. The daughter of the late Jens and Anna Jensen, she was born on February 14, 1917 in Luvern, Minnesota. She was the widow of Jack Salvesen. She was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church in...

Kylie Doolittle Strain
May 24, 2013
Kylie Marie Doolittle Strain Pine Bush, New York Kylie Marie Doolittle Strain, infant daughter of Bruce Strain Jr. and Megan Doolittle, died Saturday May 24, 2013 in Orange Regional Medical Center. She is survived by her parents: Bruce Strain Jr. and Megan Doolittle; her maternal grandparents: Andrew Doolittle and Rebecca Pellew; her paternal grandparents: Bruce Strain and Dawn Halstead;...

Barbara King
May 17, 2013
Barbara J. King of Middletown, a retired therapy aide at the Middletown Psychiatric Center and a longtime resident of the area, died on May 17, 2013 in Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 67. The daughter of the late Walter and Hilda Hull Sr. , she was born on February 5, 1946 in Charlotte, N.C. She was an avid...

Joan Kain
May 14, 2013
Joan Kain Middletown, New York Joan Kain of Middletown, retired Head Librarian for the New York City Office of the State Attorney General, and a lifelong resident of the area, died on May 14, 2013 in Schervier Pavilion in Warwick. She was 76. The daughter of the late William and Gertrude Hapke Kain, she was born on February 4,...

Brian Igoe
May 13, 2013
Brian J. Igoe, a security officer for the New York State Division of youth at the Goshen Secure Center and for PiusXII and longtime resident of the area, passed away on Monday May 13, 2013 at Valley View Center for Nursing Care and Rehabilitation, from complications of Parkinson's Disease that he has battled for the last 8 years. He...

James Sinclair
May 11, 2013
James Henry Sinclair (Jimbo) of Walker Valley, NY passed away on May 11th, 2013 after a five month battle with lung cancer. He was 76 years old. Born on June 16th, 1936 in Manhattan, NY, he was the son of the late Margaret T. Sinclair of Lawrence, Mass. He grew up in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and moved to Walker...

Helen Truschinskis
Apr 29, 2013
Helen M. Truschinskis of Warwick, the former owner of Betty Brite Laundry in Warwick, died on April 29, 2013 in St. Anthony's Community Hospital in Warwick. The daughter of the late James and Anne McDonald McBreen, she was born in Queens, New York. She was a member of the Society of St. Pius V. She was a charter member...

Anthony Imbimbo
Apr 28, 2013
Anthony "Tony" Imbimbo Winterton, New York Anthony "Tony" Imbimbo of Winterton, a former employee of the Times Herald Record, entered into rest at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was 62. The son of the late Anthony and Gloria Giacchi Imbimbo, he was born on July 18, 1950 in Jersey City, New Jersey. A family statement read:...

Patricia Boykins
Apr 23, 2013
Patricia Ann Boykins of Newburgh, a former home health Aide in Orange County and a lifelong resident of the area, died on April 23, 2013 in St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh. She was 75. The daughter of the late Edward and Edith Brown Green Sr., she was born on May 18, 1937 in Goshen, New York. She was...

Cindy Atkinson
Apr 11, 2013
Cindy D. Atkinson Middletown, New York Cindy D. Atkinson, an employee of Empire Blue Cross Insurance and longtime resident of the area, died Thursday April 11, 2013 at Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 56. The daughter of the late George and Lillian Kaetor Callihan, she was born December 31, 1956 in Monticello, New York. Survivors include her husband,...

Carolina Visca
Apr 10, 2013
Carolina Visca Middletown, New York Carolina Visca, a homemaker and longtime resident of the area, died Wednesday April 10, 2013 at Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 86. The daughter of the late Giuseppe and Columba Palleschi Raponi, she was born on July 17, 1926 in Italy. Carolina was a member of St. Joseph RC Church in Middletown, NY....

Margaret Hughes
Apr 8, 2013
Margaret C. Hughes Middletown, New York Margaret C. Hughes, a retired school teacher in the Middletown School District and a lifelong resident of the area, died Monday April 8, 2013 at Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 82. The daughter of the late Carmine and Rosalbina Ippolito, she was born on July 13, 1930 in Middletown, New York. She...