Obituaries

Frances Montemorra

Frances Montemorra

Dec 13, 2024

Frances Montemorra  passed away on December 13, 2024, at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, at the age of 80. Born on June 9, 1944, in Scotland, to the late Alex and Gertrude (Wilson) Keith. Frances dedicated many years to her career as a bookkeeper for Home Depot in Agawam, Massachusetts. Her meticulous attention to detail and commitment to her...

Betty Belliveau

Betty Belliveau

Dec 9, 2024

Betty Marie (McGhee) Belliveau, 89, passed away Monday, December 9th. She was a resident of Noble Horizons Nursing Facility in Salisbury, Connecticut in the care of the Wagner unit staff. She formerly lived in Stanfordville and Amenia, New York. Born March 9, 1935 to Mildred (Wirehouse) and Collins S. McGhee, Sr. in Bethel (Pine Plains, NY). She attended Pine Plains...

Louis F. Ginocchio

Louis F. Ginocchio

Dec 9, 2024

Louis (Buddy) Ford Ginocchio, 83, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, December 9, 2024 in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. He was born on August 29, 1941, in Sharon, CT to the late Louis and Elizabeth (Ford) Ginocchio. 

Buddy was a Navy veteran who was raised in Pine Plains and lived there until retiring part-time to Florida. Buddy was the founder and operator...

Herbert M. Dam

Herbert M. Dam

Dec 1, 2024

Herbert (Herbie) Medfield Dam 81, of Pine Plains, New York, passed away on December 1st, 2024 after a long illness. He was born on May 24, 1943 in Sharon, Connecticut to the late Herbert and Alice Dam. Herbie grew up on the family property and remained there until his passing. He served our country in the United States Navy and...

Richard B. Coleman Jr.

Richard B. Coleman Jr.

Nov 27, 2024

Richard B. Coleman, Jr., 67, of Millerton, NY passed away at home on November 27, 2024. Richard was born on March 13, 1957 in Panama, the son of Richard B. Coleman, Sr. and Carole Anne (Metz) Coleman. Richard graduated from Pleasantville High School in 1975 and attended Westchester Community College. He was a lover of all music, particularly the Beatles...

Karen A. Martel

Karen A. Martel

Nov 26, 2024

Karen A. Martel, 69, of Ancram, passed away on November 26, 2024 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. She was born on October 25, 1955 in Plattsburgh, to the late Erwin and Theresa (Brunell) Lyon. Karen worked at Wassaic Developmental Center as a house supervisor for 37 years until her retirement. On June 14, 1980 she married Frank Martel,...

David W. Silvernail

David W. Silvernail

Nov 25, 2024

David W. Silvernail, of Copake Falls, passed away comfortably at Fairview Hospital on November 25, 2024 with his wife by his side. He was born on September 29, 1939 to the late Wallace and Helen (Campbell) Silvernail.

He served our country in the Air Force from 1956 until he was honorably discharged in 1960. He was very proud of his service...

Helen Gertrude Knickerbocker

Helen Gertrude Knickerbocker

Nov 22, 2024

Helen Gertrude Knickerbocker, Clinton Corners, NY, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 22, 2024, at the age of 106, at The Baptist Home in Rhinebeck, NY. The daughter of Paul and Sophie Germond, she was born in the family home in Clinton Corners, NY on April 15, 1918. She graduated from Pine Plains High School in Pine Plains, NY in...

Raymond Wendover

Raymond Wendover

Nov 16, 2024

Raymond Wendover, 80, of Gallatin, passed away at home on November 16, 2024 with his loving wife by his side. He was born in Poughkeepsie on December 2, 1943. Ray was one of six children to the late John and Ruth (Sherman) Wendover. He grew up in Pine Plains and truly never left. On April 16, 1965, in...

Brendan T. Sullivan

Brendan T. Sullivan

Nov 10, 2024

Brendan T. Sullivan, 78, of Pine Plains, passed away unexpectedly on November 10, 2024 at Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck. He was born in Queens, New York on December 17, 1945 to the late Thomas and Elvira (McGann) Sullivan. During the Vietnam War, Brendan did 2 tours of duty with the United States Navy. He returned to the...

Marguerite Garrison

Marguerite Garrison

Nov 8, 2024

Marguerite Garrison, 90, formerly of Hillsdale, passed away comfortably on November 8, 2024 at Greene Meadows Nursing Home in Catskill. She was born in Hillsdale on November 16, 1933, the daughter of Arthur and Livina (Winters) Garrison. After graduating from Roeliff Jansen School, Marguerite worked for Pine Line Poultry Farm in Hillsdale and was also a caretaker for...

David H. Wheeler Jr.

David H. Wheeler Jr.

Nov 8, 2024

David H. Wheeler Jr., 66, of Craryville, passed away on November 8, 2024 at Albany Medical Center. He was born in Sharon, Connecticut on June 29, 1958 to the late David H. Wheeler Sr. and Lorraine (Greene) Wheeler. He spent most of his life in and around the Harlem Valley area where he attended trade school to become...

Robert Taylor Dodd Jr.

Robert Taylor Dodd Jr.

Nov 3, 2024

Robert Taylor Dodd Jr. was born on Fordham Road in the Bronx, July 11, 1936, to Edith Gwendolyn Dodd, homemaker, and Robert T. Dodd Sr., engineer. The small family moved to Teaneck, New Jersey when Bob was four years old. A talented student and musician as a child, Bob was a valedictorian of his high school class of...

Anga L. Nielsen

Anga L. Nielsen

Oct 18, 2024

Anga L. Nielsen, 85, passed away on October 18, 2024 at her home at the Fountains of Millbrook. She was born October 16, 1939 on the family farm in Neelyville, Missouri to Ollie Mae (Trentelman) and Paul Ferguson.  She came to New York as a child and was raised in Larchmont when her mother married into the Keresey...

Nancy Hathaway

Nancy Hathaway

Oct 16, 2024

On October 16, 2024, Nancy ( McHenry) Hathaway was called home to a family reunion in Heaven to be with her father Martin and mother Ada Mary (Watrous) McHenry. In attendance were her 15 older brothers and sisters and waiting most of all, her loving husband Dexter Hathaway who preceded her in death in 2018.

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Edwin D. Mcghee

Edwin D. Mcghee

Oct 14, 2024

Edwin McGhee, 92, of Millerton, NY passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving wife and three daughters Monday, October 14, 2024. Edwin was born June 30, 1932 to Edwin and Agnes. He was raised in Millerton, NY alongside his siblings James and Henry. He graduated from Millerton Union Free, attended SUNY Cobleskill and SUNY New Paltz,...

Mary Jane (Cornelius)  Gelsomino

Mary Jane (Cornelius) Gelsomino

Oct 13, 2024

Mary Jane Cornelius Gelsomino, 85, died Sunday, October 13, 2024, at Tryon Estates, Columbus, North Carolina. Born in Orange, NJ, she was the daughter of Eugene Sackett Cornelius and Helena (Wheeler) Cornelius (both deceased) and the sister of Virginia Garrison (deceased). As a teenager, Jane simultaneously attended Roxbury High School in Succasunna, NJ and Stuart High School in...

Mary A. Farnham

Mary A. Farnham

Sep 25, 2024

Mary Ann Farnham, 80, of Pine Plains, passed away comfortably with her family by her side at home, on September 25, 2024. She was born in Pleasant Valley, on November 08, 1943, the daughter of John and Mildred (Thorpe) Gardner. Mary worked in banking and was a teller for many years. Starting out at Dutchess Bank on Main...

Gemma Maurina

Gemma Maurina

Sep 22, 2024

Gemma Maurina, 94, of Pine Plains, NY passed away peacefully at Noble Horizons on September 22, 2024.  She was born on February 17, 1930 in Brooklyn, NY the daughter of the late John and Victoria (Rauzi) Rizzi.  Gemma worked in sales at Betesh, a high-end children’s clothing store before moving to Pine Plains to retire with the love...

Herman E. Stickles Sr.

Herman E. Stickles Sr.

Sep 20, 2024

Herman E. Stickles Sr., 86, of Hudson, NY passed away on Friday, September 20, 2024, at Albany Medical Center. He was born on December 22, 1937, in Rhinebeck, NY, and was the son of the late Raymond E. Stickles Sr. and Sylvia Dubois Scism Stickles.

In Herman’s younger years, he was a farmer (for...