Obituaries

Mar 5, 2014

June A. Constant of Ellenville, NY passed away on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at home with her husband by her side. She was 89. She was the daughter of the late William and Edith Graham Caston, born on September 18, 1924 in Middletown, NY. June was an active member of her community. She was a member of St. John's Memorial...

Mar 3, 2014

Edmund Karl Kostka, a Soviet gulag survivor, expert on Schiller, scholar of comparative literature and possibly one of the last surviving veterans in the United States of General Anders’ “Polish Army in Exile” passed away peacefully at age 98 in New York City.   Edmund Kostka was born in Beuthen, Upper Silesia, then an eastern province of Germany (today Bytom,...

Feb 28, 2014

Theodore Angelo Neos of Ellenville, NY, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, February 28, 2014. He was 65 years old. Mr. Neos was born on April 24, 1948 in New York City; he was the son of the late John and Blanche (Consadori) Neos.

 

Theodore had retired from the Raleigh Hotel in South Fallsburg where he was the head of...

Feb 22, 2014

Doris E. Murdock of Ellenville, NY, passed away on Saturday, February 22, 2014. She was 89 years old. Doris was born on July 10, 1924 in Spring Valley, NY; she was the daughter of William and Marie (Ballard) Dailey.

 

Doris had worked as a medical secretary for Spring Valley General in Nanuet, NY. She married William Murdock on January...

Feb 20, 2014

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Feb 17, 2014

Jaime “Jimmy” Vargas Barbosa “Chef of the Catskills” of Ellenville, New York passed away on Monday, February 17, 2014 with his family by his side. Jaime was born on June 16, 1941 in Puerto Rico; he was the son of Angelito Barbosa and Jaime Vargas.

Jaime had worked as a chef for the Catskill Hotels. He was a loving...

Feb 15, 2014

Lila McAliece of Ellenville, NY, passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2014. She was 80 years old. Lila was born on November 2, 1933 in Middletown, NY; she was the daughter of Gladys Crossman Worden.

 

Lila had worked at the Tamarack Lodge as a chamber maid. Prior to this she worked at the Woodridge Steam Laundry and the Granit...

Feb 8, 2014

Ruth Cross of Grahamsville passed away on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Daughters of Sarah Nursing Home. She was 97.   She was the daughter of the late William and Alice Deviney Green born on December 24, 1916 in Liberty, NY.   Ruth attended St. Peters School and later graduated from Liberty High School in 1935. For many years she...

Jan 31, 2014

August A. Hull, Sr. of Ellenville passed away on Friday, January 31, 2014 at Montgomery Nursing Home. He was 89. He was the son of the late Chauncey and Vice Mae Purcell Hull, born on August 3, 1924 in Ellenville, NY.

Gus proudly served our Country in the National Guard during World War II. He worked as the Superintendent of...

Jan 27, 2014

  Verna Amundsen of Grahamsville passed away on Monday, January 27, 2014 at Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 76. She was the daughter of the late Leslie and Edna Mae Van Wagner Sheley, born on February 1, 1937 in Ellenville, NY. She was a retired nurse, home care aide and bus driver. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother,...

Jan 25, 2014

Raymond W. DePuy, “Pops” of Wurstboro, NY, passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2014, at Achieve Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was 86 years old. Raymond was born on April 27, 1927 in Ellenville, NY; he was the son of Andrew and Hulda (Sherman) DePuy.

 

Mr. DePuy served in the United States Army with the 9th Calvary Reconnaissance Mechanized Troop....

Jan 25, 2014

Jan 13, 2014

Carol E. Medenbach of Ellenville, NY, passed away on Monday, January 13, 2014, at the Ellenville Regional Hospital. She was 84 years old. Carol was born on October 23, 1929 in Wilmington, DE; she was the daughter of John and Emily (Holzhauer) Spaven and the widow of Charles W. Medenbach.

 

Carol was a supervisor for Criterion Candies in Ft....

Jan 12, 2014

Jan 9, 2014

Lorri Ann Nichols of Ellenville passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2014 at the Kaplan Hospice Residents. She was 50.

She was the daughter of William W. Winters Jr. and the late Lorraine Lievre, born on December 1, 1963 in Monticello, NY.

Lorri was a compassionate loving person which really showed through when she cared for many people as a...

Jan 7, 2014

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Dec 18, 2013

Matthew Faughnan of Ellenville, New York died December 18, 2013 at Achieve Rehab & Nursing Facility in Liberty, New York. He was 88. Matthew, born in the Village of Drumlish, North County Longford, Ireland, was the youngest of ten brothers and the last surviving member of the family.

He met his future wife, Annie Josephine Lavin, nearly 70 years ago...

Dec 16, 2013

Wilma J. Muller passed away on December 16, 2013 at the Sullivan County Adult Care Center in Liberty, NY at the age of 99. She was born November 9, 1914 in Debstedt, Germany, one of 11 children. She was the daughter of Johann and Gesine (Mehrens) Edebohls, and the widow of Albert Muller.

 

Wilma attended culinary school as a...