All Obituaries

 Framingham - Elsie Mae Borden DeGarmo-Smith of Framingham, MA died January 25 at the age of 91 at Saint Patricks Manor, where she had been living since 2018. Widowed twice by the age of 38, Elsie raised five children in Pine Plains, NY while building a successful sales business during an era when women still generally worked in the home. A woman of deep religious faith, upon retirement she cared for developmentally challenged adults in her home in Pine Plains for nearly 20 years. She...

Stanfordville, NY – Marie L. Hall, 89, passed away on Friday, April 3, 2020. She was born on December 15, 1930 in Stanfordville, NY the daughter of Stephen and Agnus (Weimann) Arata. Marie was a loving and working Mother, but put her career on hold during the summer months to spend time with her young sons. After they were older she resumed her career at IBM in Poughkeepsie as a registrar for IBM Education where she worked until her retirement in 1987. After retirement, she and her...

Pine Plains, NY - John Simmons, 75, he was born on June 4, 1944 passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on March 27, 2020 at Columbia Memorial Hospital from natural causes. John was a tractor-trailer driver and loved what he did. He loved to work on anything with a motor and had a love for riding horses. John grew up in Pine Plains where he attended school and later started a family of his own. John had many friends and family who he adored. He is survived by his three...

Arnold T. “Arnie” Anderson Sr., 70 of Ancramdale, NY passed away in the comfort of his home with his family by his side on Thursday March 26, 2020.   He was born on February 7, 1950 in Norwich, NY to Albert and Elizabeth (Arnold) Anderson.   Arnie attended Webutuck High School in Amenia, NY.   He enlisted in the United States Army in 1968 and served with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam from 1969 – 1970. At the end of his Vietnam tour he was...

Stanfordville, NY – Antoinette M. Gent, 69, passed away at home on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. She was born on September 17, 1950 in Brooklyn, NY the daughter of Thomas and Filomena (DeCarlo) Magliocca. Antoinette (aka Ann, Annie, Toni, Tone) loved crafting, shopping, playing board games and above all, she loved spending time with her family and friends more than anything. On June 17, 1972 in Hyde Park, NY she married Gary B. Gent. He survives her at home. Other survivors include her...

Richard V Christiana, 89, of North Hillsdale NY passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 27th, 2020 after a short illness.   He was born in Hudson, NY in 1930 to Margaret and Joseph Christiana of Craryville.   He milked cows on the family farm while growing up, and played football at the Roeliff Jansen school where he graduated from in 1949.  He later worked in the excavation business as the founder of Christiana Brothers located in...

Keith Wallace Hawver Jr., better known as Peanut passed away on February 17th, 2020 at age 60 in his home in Millerton, NY. Keith was preceded in death by his father Keith Sr and is survived by his mother Barbara, brothers Perry, Scott and Kevin and sisters Amanda and Angela.  Along with his children Chad, Briana and Jordan [with ex-wife Theresa Hawver] , Courtney [with Dale Lilley (deceased)] and Trinity and Nicholas [with Crystal Venturino] and his grandchildren Gregory and Austin...

Dorothy Jean Hoffman of Hillsdale, NY passed away peacefully on February 22, 2020.   Dorothy was born July 4th, 1927, the daughter of Harold and Helen DeWitt of North Chatham.   She married Warren George Hoffman, Sr. of Hillsdale on October 6th, 1947.  She worked for a local company for a time.   Together they have five sons, Warren G. Hoffman, Jr. (Donna VanAllen), Dale A. Hoffman (Denise), Bruce D. Hoffman (Patricia), Ned C. Hoffman (Terri), and Gary L. Hoffman...

Pine Plains – Barbara J. ‘Mike’ Remsburger, 82, passed away Monday, February 24, 2020, at her home in Pine Plains. Born January 7, 1938 in Poughkeepsie, she was the daughter of David M.  and Harriet E. (McGhee) Remsburger. Mike graduated from Pine Plains Central School in 1956.  She was an outstanding athlete and was recognized in 2007 at the inaugural induction to the Pine Plains Sports Wall of Fame.   She worked for many years at Control...

June H. Laverack, 86 of Copake, NY passed peacefully on February 19, 2020 at Fairview Hospital in Gt. Barrington, MA.   She was born on July 3, 1933 in Bronx, NY  to the late Herbert G. and Hilda (Taylor) Schmeichel.   June moved to North Hillsdale, NY in 1934 to the Gustave and Gertrude Schmeichel Farm. She graduated from Roeliff Jansen Central School in Hillsdale in 1952 and proudly served her country with the Women’s Army Corp from 1953 – 1954. She worked...