OBITUARIES

Becky Svirsky

Becky Svirsky

Apr 11, 2010

Becky Svirsky of Ulster Ave., Ulster Park died Sunday, April 11, 2010 at Benedictine Hospital. She was 73. She was born in Manhattan, a daughter of the late Richard and Edna Wheeler Bailey. A Kingston High School graduate, for many years she lived in Rosendale. A beautician and a hair stylist , Becky worked in this area for many years....

Ruth May Fickus

Ruth May Fickus

Apr 10, 2010

Ruth May Fickus of Longyear Road, Shokan died Saturday, April 10, 2010. She was 79. She was born and raised in Bangor, Maine, a daughter of the late Henry Joseph and Alice A. Randall Lizzotte. Her first husband George E. Perkins died February 23, 1991. Her second husband Thomas P. Fickus died May 22, 2000. Twelve brothers and sisters died...

Wayne F. Handschuh

Wayne F. Handschuh

Apr 9, 2010

Wayne F. Handschuh, 55, of Lucas Ave. Extension, Kingston, NY, died Friday, April 9, 2010 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born May 11, 1954 in Kingston to the late Wilhelm and Ann (Haller) Handschuh. He was the husband of Judith M. (Sutton) Handschuh they wed in June of 1975. They renewed their vows on...

Jerry Darnell Brown, Jr.

Jerry Darnell Brown, Jr.

Apr 9, 2010

Jerry Darnell Brown, Jr. of Vincent St., Town of Ulster died Friday, April 9, 2010 at Doctor's Hospital, Sarasota, FL. He was 38. He was born in Poughkeepsie a son of Jerry Brown Sr. and Phyllis Williams. He married Tammy Rao on February 1, 1997. For many years Jerry worked as a mechanic's assistant at Trailways, Kingston. Surviving in addition...

Anna L Whitbeck

Anna L Whitbeck

Apr 8, 2010

Anna L. Whitbeck, 96, a long time resident of Kingston N.Y. passed away on April 8th at the Sunrise Senior Living in Silver Spring, MD, of natural causes, where she lived for the past four years. She attended Kingston schools and graduated from New Paltz Normal (SUNY New Paltz) where she received both her Bachelor of Science and...

Doris Ethel Moore

Doris Ethel Moore

Apr 8, 2010

Doris Ethel Moore, 79, of Rhinebeck, NY, died Thursday, April 8, 2010 at Ferncliff Nursing Home, Rhinebeck, NY, formerly of Massachusetts. She was born October 26, 1930 in Cambridge, MA to the late Chester and Lucy (Horton) Young. She is survived by her children Donna Lawlor and her husband John, Brenda Secky and her husband Mirek, John and...

Lillian Lutzin

Lillian Lutzin

Apr 6, 2010

Lillian Lutzin of Virginia Beach, VA died Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at The Terrace at Beth Shalom, Virginia Beach. She was 93. She was born in Burlington, VT, a daughter of the late Abraham and Sarah Mazur Fleischmann. Mrs. Lutzin was an active member of Arlington Fairfax Jewish Congregation, now Etz Hayim of Arlington, VA, where she served on numerous...

Pauline Gannon

Pauline Gannon

Apr 4, 2010

Pauline Gannon of Boise, Idaho, daughter of Elizabeth Tietjen of Woodstock, died Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010 in Boise. She was 88. She was born in Perryopolis, PA a daughter of the late Martin and Anna Rush Kavulick. Mrs. Gannon, for many years, lived in New York City and Long Island. Her husband, John C. Gannon died October 12, 1999....

John J. Arold

John J. Arold

Apr 3, 2010

John J. Arold of Nicholas Ave. died Saturday, April 03, 2010 at Benedictine Hospital. He was 87. He was born in Kingston, a son of the late George F. and Laura Schulden Arold. Raised in Kingston, he was a Nicholas Ave. resident since the 1950's. A veteran of WW II, he served with the Marine Corps in the South Pacific....

Glenford P. Beesmer

Glenford P. Beesmer

Apr 1, 2010

Glenford "Glen" P. Beesmer Sr., 79, of West Hurley, NY, formerly of Stony Hallow, died Thursday, April 1, 2010 at home. He was born May 23, 1930 in Stony Hollow, NY to the late Henry and Naomi Baker Beesmer. Glen was a Private First Class in the United States Marine Corps, and served during the Korean War from...

Dorothy E. Smith

Dorothy E. Smith

Mar 31, 2010

Dorothy E. Smith, 100, of 99 Golden Hill Drive, Kingston, died Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at The Golden Hill Health Care Facility. She was born October 6, 1909 in Kingston, NY, to the late Abram and Bertha VanKleeck. She was married to the late Earl E. Smith. She is survived by her three children, Edward Smith and his...

Michael P. Benicase

Michael P. Benicase

Mar 31, 2010

Michael Benicase of Harwich St., Town of Ulster died Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at Golden Hill Health Care Center. He was 91. He was born in Kingston, a son of the late Frank and Susan Amato Benicase. Mr. Benicase married Genevieve Hutter on May 9, 1948. For over 25 years he worked at Schatz Federal Bearing in Poughkeepsie. Mike was...

Margaret Barth

Margaret Barth

Mar 31, 2010

Margaret Bedford Barth, formerly of Gage St., Kingston died Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at the Golden Hill Health Care Center. She was 90. She was born in Kingston, a daughter of the late Solomon and Elizabeth DeGroat Bedford. A home maker, she also did assembly work for WGB Oil in Kingston. Her husband Francis F. Barth died January 28, 1998....

Loretta Van Aken

Loretta Van Aken

Mar 28, 2010

Loretta Van Aken, 87, of Golden Hill Drive, Kingston, formerly of Port Ewen, died Sunday, March 28, at Golden Hill Health Care Center. She was born July 5, 1922 in the town of Ulster, to the late Harry and Reba (Van Kleeck) Shurter. She was the wife of the late Frank J. Van Aken; he died on May...

Ernst Richard Kirchner

Ernst Richard Kirchner

Mar 27, 2010

Ernst Richard Kirchner, 88, of Poughkeepsie, NY, died Saturday, March 27, 2010 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. He was born February 22, 1922 in Spokane, WA to the late George and Elsie (Harris) Kirchner. He was married to Frieda (Studt) Kirchner. Frieda died on January 9th 2001. He served in the United States Army. Ernst was...

Celestine M DeSanto

Celestine M DeSanto

Mar 27, 2010

Celestine ''Sally'' M. DeSanto, 100, of Fairway Drive, Hurley, NY, formerly of Brooklyn, died Saturday, March 27, 2010 at home. She was born March 21, 1910 in Brooklyn, NY to the late Frank and Theresa Calabrese DeSanto. Sally was a Secretary for LaRosa Macaroni Company in NYC, before retiring in 1965. She enjoyed walking and the company of...

Dorothy E Savaria

Dorothy E Savaria

Mar 19, 2010

Dorothy E Savaria, 86, of 315 Union Center Road, Ulster Park, NY, died Friday, March 19, 2010 at Wingate at Ulster in Highland, NY. She was born February 6, 1924 in Vails Gate, NY to the late Emory and Ester Barton Ball. She was married to the late Earl Henry Savaria who died in 1983. Dorothy was a...

Joseph James Cann

Joseph James Cann

Mar 19, 2010

Joseph J. Cann of Hull Road, Gallatin died Friday, March 19, 2010. He was 46. He was born in the Bronx, a son of the late Joan E. Zinkhan Cann. For many years Mr. Cann worked as a self-employed contractor. Surviving are his nine brothers Richard of Mississippi, George of New Jersey, Bruce of Missouri, John of California, Robert and...

Blanche Cartier

Blanche Cartier

Mar 18, 2010

Blanche Cartier of 80 Washington Avenue, Kingston died Thursday, March 18, 2010. She was 90. She was born in New Haven, CT, a daughter of the late Henry and Juliette J. Lupien Cartier. Blanche attended High School in Patterson N.J. and then moved to Indiana. She moved to Kingston in 1956 and lived on Groff Street for many years. She...

Soo Chul Lee

Soo Chul Lee

Mar 17, 2010

I wanted to say something that was complicated, sophisticated and fit for a king to describe my father. But as I remembered him, I remember him best as a simple man. Simple was his way of life. Each day like clockwork, he woke up, opened the store and with our mother at his side, they worked hard. At the store,...