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

Edith Dill
Feb 5, 2013
Edith E. Dill of Goshen, a homemaker and longtime resident of the area died Tuesday February 5, 2013 at Elant in Goshen. She was 93. The daughter of the late Clarence and Bessie Sturges Shaffer, she was born on April 23, 1919 in Danbury, Connecticut. She was the widow of John Dill. Edith was a member of the Goshen...

Nancy Laperna
Feb 3, 2013
Nancy LaPerna New Hampton, New York Nancy LaPerna of New Hampton, a former seamstress for the International Ladies Garment Workers in New York and longtime resident of the area, died Sunday February 3, 2013 at Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 99. The daughter of the late Manuel and Josephine DeStefano Mazzasalma, she was born on November 19, 1913...

Thomas Weeden
Jan 25, 2013
Thomas William Weeden of Englewood, TN., formerly of Middletown, a former tree trimmer and storm worker, died on January 25, 2013 in Tennessee. He was 62. The son of William Weeden and the late Pearl Mae Weeden, he was born on August 7, 1950 in Middletown, N.Y. Survivors include his sons Thomas Weeden of Maybrook, N.Y. and Matthew Weeden...

Kathleen Fields
Jan 23, 2013
Kathleen M. Fields Greenwood Lake, New York Kathleen M. Fields, a lifelong resident of Greenwood Lake, entered into rest on Wednesday January 23, 2013 at Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 68. Kathy was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, who touched the lives of many. She will be dearly missed. She was an Elections...

Abigail Oriani
Jan 22, 2013
Abigail Elizabeth Oriani, infant daughter of Jonathan and Christine Oriani, died on January 22, 2013 in Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown. Survivors include her parents Jonathan and Christine Oriani and her sister Emmalee Oriani at home. Her paternal grandparents Melissa Cluney and Chris Hanna of Wurtsboro and Alan and Kelly Oriani of Middletown. Maternal grandparents Nadine Williams of...

Louis Acampora
Jan 22, 2013
Louis A. "Gigi" Acampora Bloomingburg, New York Louis A. Acampora, a former driver for Continental Bakery Company and longtime resident of the area, died Tuesday January 22, 2013 at home. He was 79. The son of the late Louis & Gloria DiIanni Acampora, he was born on August 6, 1933 in Bronx, New York. He was a U.S. ARMY...

Elaine Decker
Jan 21, 2013
Elaine A. Decker Middletown, New York Elaine A. Decker, a former housekeeper at the Holiday Inn and lifelong resident of the area, died Monday January 21, 2013 at Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 75. The daughter of the late Blanche Holt, she was born on October 10, 1937 in Middletown, New York. Survivors include her nieces: Deborah Wallace...

Lloyd Creeden
Jan 21, 2013
Lloyd A. Creeden of Middletown, a former upholster at Princeton Upholstery and a lifelong resident of the area, died on Monday January 21, 2013 in Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown. He was 66. The son of the late Lloyd B. and Elsie Turner Creeden, he was born on January 14, 1947 in Middletown, New York. He was a...

Elizabeth Napolitano
Jan 19, 2013
Elizabeth A. "Betty" Candito Napolitano Middletown, New York Elizabeth A. Napolitano of Middletown, a former employee at St. Teresa's Nursing Home in Middletown and a lifelong resident of the area, died on January 19, 2013 in Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown. She was 72. The daughter of the late Antonio and Laura Candito, she was born on September...

Debra Aponte
Jan 18, 2013
Debra Lyn Salter-Aponte Middletown, New York Debra Lyn Salter-Aponte, of Middletown, a paralegal for the Gurda Law Office in Middletown and the LoBiondo Law Office in Newburgh, entered into rest suddenly on Friday January 18, 2013. She was 52. The daughter of Keith and Sheila Salter, she was born on September 8, 1960 in Newark, Connecticut. She was an...

Iluminada Marrero
Jan 18, 2013
Iluminada Marrero, a homemaker and longtime resident of the area, passed away Friday January 18, 2013 at Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 82. The daughter of the late Domingo and Maria Cuevas Martinez, she was born on April 12, 1930 in Mayaquez, Puerto Rico. She was a member of the Rock of Refuge Church. Iluminada is survived by...

Linda Vanhouten-Mortensen
Jan 18, 2013
Linda Van Houten-Mortensen Middletown, New York Linda Van Houten-Mortensen, born August 12, 1942 in Cornwall, New York, lived most of her life in New Hampton and Middletown, NY, quietly passed on at Kaplan Family Hospice Residence in Newburgh on January 18, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Homer Van Houten and Alice Van-Houten- Galletly. A family statement...

Helen Kelly
Jan 15, 2013
Helen Kelly of Greenwood Lake, a longtime resident of the area, died on January 15, 2013 in Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown. She was 95. The daughter of the late Morris and Florence Cohen Oken she was born in Manhattan, N.Y. on October 17, 1917. Helen was the widow of William D. Kelly. She was very active in...

Della Franklin
Jan 14, 2013
Della "Jean" Franklin Greenwood Lake, N.Y. Della "Jean" Franklin of Greenwood Lake, an executive secretary for the Director of Avionics at ITT in Nutley, N.J., died on January 14, 2013 in Golden Hill Health Care Center. She was 91. The daughter of the late William and Della Ryerson Larlham, she was born on June 8, 1921 in Greenwood Lake,...

Rose Benton
Jan 13, 2013
Rose Cortese Benton of Middletown, a retired employee of Calvert Coat in Middletown and a lifelong resident of the area, died on January 13, 2013 in Middletown Park Manor. She was 82. The daughter of the late Anthony Cortese and the late Mary Catizone Elia, she was born on July 27, 1930 in Girardville, PA. She was the widow...

Rosemarie Kassel
Jan 11, 2013
Rosemarie B. Kassel Greenville, New York Rosemarie B. Kassel,a former resident of Long Island and Rockland County, NY, and a resident of Greenville, NY passed away Friday January 11, 2013 at Orange Regional Medical Center. She was a retired bookkeeper/controller in the Garment District in New York City, where she had worked for many years. The daughter of the...

William Wildeman
Jan 11, 2013
Rev. William W. Wildeman "Loving Pastor", "Good Neighbor", retired Presbyterian Minister at the Ridgebury Presbyterian Church and the Denton Presbyterian Church and a longtime resident of the area, died on January 11, 2013 in Bon Secours Hospital in Port Jervis. He was 94. The son of the late Robert Karl and Ann Fleig Wildeman, he was born on November...

Thomas Smith
Jan 6, 2013
Thomas A. Smith, a former roofer and lifelong resident of the area, passed away Sunday January 6, 2013 at Orange Regional Medical Center. He was 54. The son of the late Joseph Smith and Jeanette Lewis Freeman, he was born on May 5, 1958 in Middletown, NY. Thomas was a former member of the Waalkill Engine Co. #6. He...

Eleanor Prystowski
Jan 4, 2013
Eleanor Prystowski of Middletown, a former sales clerk at J.J. Newberry and Woolworth's in Middletown, died on Friday January 4, 2013 at her home. She was 85. The daughter of the late Chester and Alice Gibbs Lindsay, she was born on April 24, 1927 in Wurtsboro, N.Y. She was the widow of Harry Prystowski. Survivors include her sister Ruth...

Kim Kehlenbeck
Jan 4, 2013
Kim T. Morris Kehlenbeck of Middletown, died on January 4, 2013 at her home. She was 52. The daughter of Clyde and Sally Raynor Morris, she was born on October 23, 1959 in Middletown, N.Y. Survivors include her mother Sally Morris of Middletown, N.Y. Her son David Adam Kehlenbeck of Texas. Her fiancé Richard VanDeBerkt of Cuddebackville. Her sisters...