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Earl A. Newell

Earl A. Newell

Oct 18, 2005

Earl A. Newell passed away on October 18, 2005 in Columbus, Ohio where he had moved to be near his only child, Carol Newell Kipfer. Earl had been a life long resident of Kingston, NY where he was born on March 4, 1917. He was the child of Avery Newell and Edna Weed Newell. He was the husband of Rose...

Gary Etter

Gary Etter

Oct 17, 2005

Gary Etter died Monday, October 17, 2005 at Vassar Bros. Medical Center in Poughkeepsie following a long illness. He was 69. He was born June 25, 1937 in Brooklyn, a son of the late Ben and Evelyn Lefkowitz Etter. A 1954 graduate of Ellenville High School, he studied engineering at Hartwick College and Marist College. He retired from IBM after...

Meyer Shapiro

Meyer Shapiro

Oct 17, 2005

Meyer Shapiro of Gina Court, Hurley and formerly of Brooklyn and Coconut Creek, Fl died Monday, October 17, 2005 at Benedictine Hospital. He was 88. He was born May 22, 1917 in New York City, a son of the late Adolph and Sarah Shapiro. For many years, Mr. Shapiro owned and operated a coffee shop in Brooklyn. He retired in...

Joel Kobran

Joel Kobran

Oct 17, 2005

Joel Kobran, of Schuler La., Town of Ulster died Monday, October 17, 2005. Joel was born in Brooklyn on July 10, 1944, a son of Shirley Weisbrot Kobran and the late Richard Kobran. He received a Bachelors Degree from SUNY Stony Brook in mathamatics. An area resident since 1980, Joel was the financial aide officer and general manager of the...

Ordonio De La Pena

Ordonio De La Pena

Oct 16, 2005

ORDONIO DE LA PENA, of E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, Philippines died October 16, 2005 at 1:15am Philippine time in Riverside Medical Center, Bacolod City, due to congestive heart failure and stroke after struggle of long illnes of the enlargement of the heart. It was on the birthday of his brother, Fr. Rick De La Pena of St. Joseph’s Church, Kingston,...

Ida Kaplan

Ida Kaplan

Oct 15, 2005

Ida Kaplan of the Town of Ulster died Saturday, October 15, 2005 at Kingston Hospital. She was 84. Ida was born in the Bronx on January 8, 1921, a daughter of the late Joseph and Minnie Yutkowitz Frankel. She moved to this area in 1949. For many years Ida delighted in being involved in the 'Foster Grandparent' program. She also...

Hermine Pleshette

Hermine Pleshette

Oct 10, 2005

Hermine Pleshette, of Commons Drive, Lake Katrine died Monday, October 10, 2005 at TenBroeck Commons Nursing Home. She was 66. She was born on April 3, 1939, a daughter of the late Norman and Ruth Wallach Mindlin. A former resident of White Plains and Rye Brook, Mrs. Pleshette worked as an office manager at her husband's medical practice in Jackson...

Thomas G. Kavanagh

Thomas G. Kavanagh

Oct 9, 2005

New Hartford, NY – Thomas G. Kavanagh, 77, died after a long illess on Sunday, October 16, 2005 at the NorthEast Center for Special Care, Lake Katrine. Born on November 20, 1927 in Gloversville, he was a son of the late Harold and Mary Kavanagh. He attended Gloversville schools and Rome State School. He was a Roman Catholic. For several...

Teresa Mary Schlanger

Teresa Mary Schlanger

Oct 9, 2005

Teresa M. Schlanger of Yosman Towers, Broadway, Kingston died Sunday, October 10, 2005 at Benedictine Hospital. She was 69. She was born in East Kingston on July 6, 1936, a daughter of the late Thomas F. and Catherine Natale Gallo. Teresa was raised in East Kingston and for many years worked in area garment factories. Formerly of Rifton and Ponchockie,...

Sandra E. Wood

Sandra E. Wood

Sep 27, 2005

Sandra Ellen “Sandy” Wood, a lifelong Rosendale area resident, entered into rest September 27, 2005 ath the Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, NY. She was 53. She was born to Louis F. and Eunice L. Wiegert on September 5, 1952, both of whom predeceased her, Louis on August 11, 2000 and her mother in May 1999. An avid reader who counted...

Ernest M. Guido

Ernest M. Guido

Sep 25, 2005

Ernest M. Guido of Route 213, Rosendale died Sunday, September 25, 2005 at Benedicitine Hospital. He was 43. Ernie was born in Kingston on May 4, 1962, a son of Anna Mae Betley Guido and the late Ernest J. Guido. A lifelong area resident, Ernie previously owned 'Uncle Ernie's Restaruant' on Broadway, Kingston. His partner Kenneth C. Charter died in...

Alain L. Petit

Alain L. Petit

Sep 25, 2005

Alain L. 'Frenchie' Petit of New Salem Road, Port Ewen died Sunday, September 25, 2005 at Benedictine Hospital. He was 51. Alain was born in Longuil, Quebec on January 29, 1954, a son of Monique Belleveau and the late Renee Petit. A longtime area resident, he worked as a floor installer for Local #2287. Alain was a parishioner of Presentation...

Eleanor I. Wilson

Eleanor I. Wilson

Sep 23, 2005

Eleanor I. Wilson of Valentine Avenue, Kingston died Friday, September 23, 2005 at Benedictine Hospital. She was 84. She was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on April 11, 1921, a daughter of the late Archibald and Rose Brolly Darragh. Mrs. Wilson immigrated to this country in 1946 and settled in Huntington. She then lived in Southampton for 35 years and...

Kenneth C. Handschin

Kenneth C. Handschin

Sep 23, 2005

Kenneth C. Handschin of Neighborhood Rd., Lake Katrine, died September 23, 2005 at his home. He was 57. Ken was born in Jackson Heights, Queens on September 28, 1948, a son of Charles G. and Elizabeth J. Quinn Handschin. He was a Poughkeepsie High School graduate and then received a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering at Clarkson College in Pottsdam....

Norma Mae Wendell

Norma Mae Wendell

Sep 20, 2005

Norma Mae Wendell formerly of Hurley, NY died Tuesday, September 20, 2005 at St. John's Home in Rochester. She was 90. She was born in Binghampton on May 31, 1915, a daughter of the late Walter Francis and Fannie Wiley Hennessey. Mrs. Wendell was raised on Euclid Ave., Binghampton. Mrs. Wendell then lived in Vestal, NY and from 1955 -...

Sherry Pinkus

Sherry Pinkus

Sep 19, 2005

Sherry Pinkus formerly of Main St., Kingston died Monday, September 19, 2005 at her residence in West Hartford. She was 92. She was born in Poland on August 15, 1913, a daughter of the late Isidor and Rachel Blut Shames. A longtime Kingston resident, for 26 years Mrs. Pinkus was a business partner at Kingston Modern Service with her husband,...

Harold E. McDonough

Harold E. McDonough

Sep 17, 2005

Harold E. McDonough of Route 300 in Newburgh, died Saturday, September 17, 2005 at home. He was 83. He was born in Kingston on February 18, 1922, a son of the late Edward P. and Kathryn Harney McDonough. Mr. McDonough served in the US Navy during WW II on the USS Hilary P. Jones in the Mediterranean and Pacific. After...

Leo R. Notari

Leo R. Notari

Sep 14, 2005

Leo R. Notari of DeWitt Mills Road, Hurley, NY died Wednesday morning at the Benedictine Hospital. He was 81. Leo was born in Old Forge, PA on August 13, 1924, a son of the late Frank and Candida Mancia Notari. A Class of '42 graduate of Old Forge High School, he then received an Electrical Engineering degree from Penn State....

Joseph G. Bailey

Joseph G. Bailey

Sep 12, 2005

Lomontville – Rev. Joseph G. Bailey, retired minister of Clinton Avenue Methodist Church, of Lapla Road died Monday, September 12, 2005. He was 81. Born in Bluefield, Virginia on March 22, 1924, he was a son of the late William Tracey and Mae Chandler Bailey. He received a B.A. degree from Emory and Henry College in Emory, VA and a...

Rose A. Modica

Rose A. Modica

Sep 2, 2005

Rose A. Modica of Sandy Road, Town of Ulster died Friday, September 2, 2005 at Golden Hill Health Care Facility. She was 94. She was born in Brown Station on May 18, 1911, a daughter of the late Nicolo and Maria Magistro Elia. An area resident for the past 72 years she previously worked at Bach's Cigar Factory and then...

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