Obituaries

Barbara J. Thiemann
Jan 25, 2012
Hillsdale, NY - Barbara J. Thiemann, 84, passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington, MA. Ms. Thiemann was born on August 22, 1927 on Long Island, NY the daughter of the late Otto and Margaret (Gehrig) Thiemann. After graduating from Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, NY, she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts...

Elaine J. Slater
Jan 25, 2012
Elaine J. "Nana" Slater, 74 of Ancram, NY passed away on Wednesday January 25, 2012 at her residence. She was born on August 27, 1937 in Montville, NJ a daughter of Henry G. and Frances A. (Werner) Burghardt. She had previously been employed by Taconic Orchards. A lover of animals, Elaine was well known locally for raising and nurturing many...

Eileen V. Abrams
Jan 23, 2012
Eileen V. Abrams, 95, a former resident of Copake, NY passed away on Monday January 23, 2012 at the home of her daughter in Old Forge, PA. Mrs. Abrams was born on April 25, 1916 in Brooklyn, NY. She had been a member of Our Lady of Hope Parish in Copake Falls. Friends are invited an may call on Saturday...

Peter R. Stapf Sr
Jan 17, 2012
Pine Plains, NY - Peter R. Stapf Sr. 88, passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at Sharon Health Care Center in Sharon, CT. He was born in Tuckahoe, NY the son of the late Joseph and Otilya (Guies) Stapf. Mr. Stapf was a machine operator for the Town of Pine Plains Highway Department. He proudly served his country with...

Robert Raycraft
Jan 14, 2012
Copake - Robert C. Raycraft, 70, a longtime resident of Copake died on Saturday, January 14, 2012. He was born on May 2, 1941 in Ossining, NY, the son of the late Frank K. and Irene (Bigelow) Raycraft. He attended Dover Plains Schools. Mr. Raycraft honorably served in the United States Army from 1963 until 1965. In 1965, he became...

Theresa Borgolte
Jan 14, 2012
Copake - Theresa Borgolte, 78, a longtime resident of Copake, NY, passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2012 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born on August 13, 1933 in the Bronx NY, the daughter of the late James and Carmela (Accetta) Allocco. On October 14, 1956, she married William B. Borgolte in the Bronx, NY....
John E. Blakeley
Jan 10, 2012
Red Hook, NY - John E. Blakeley, 60, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck surrounded by family and friends after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on May 26, 1951 in Brooklyn, NY the son of the late John F. and Eleanor Blakeley. John worked for the Hudson River Psychiatric Center...

Beatrice K. Baxter
Jan 8, 2012
Beatrice K. Baxter, 98 of Copake, NY died Sunday January 8, 2012 at Livingston Hills Nursing Home in Livingston, NY. She was born on April 11, 1913 in Manhattan the daughter of the late Dicran and Kate (Frampton) Kasbar. "Bea" was a graduate of Julia Richman High School in Manhattan, She retired from the New York Public Library in July...

Gerald James Brusie
Jan 8, 2012
Gerald James Brusie, 71 of Hillsdale, NY passed away on Sunday January 8, 2012 at Fairview Hospital in Gt. Barrington, MA. He was born on April 9, 1940 in Hillsdale, a son of the late John H. and Minnie (Pedell) Brusie. A lifelong area resident, Mr. Brusie had been employed as a maintenance supervisor with the Pfizer Corp./Specialty Minerals in...
Leif Erickson
Jan 6, 2012
The Reverend Leif Erickson, age 74, of Millbrook, NY passed away on January 6, 2012. He was born December 25, 1937 in Poughkeepsie, NY to Carl Eugene Theoren Erickson and Florence Newman Erickson. Leif received his BA from the University of Minnesota in 1960, and Master of Divinity from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY in June 1963. He...

Donald E. Papineau
Jan 3, 2012
Donald E. Papineau, 70 of Taconic Shores in Copake, NY and a former longtime resident of Poughkeepsie, NY passed away suddenly on Tuesday January 3, 2012 at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, NY. He was born on December 8, 1941 in Poughkeepsie to the late Oswald and Florence (Hepworth) Papineau. He was a graduate of Poughkeepsie High School and Dutchess...
William George Schnackenberg
Jan 2, 2012
William George Schnackenberg, 74 a longtime resident of Claverack, NY passed away on Monday January 2, 2012 at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, NY. He was born on March 3, 1937 in Hudson, the son of the late Claus and Berta (Luhrs) Schnackenberg. Mr. Schnackenberg had been employed as physical education teacher with the Taconic Hills Central School where he...

Dorothy A. Vincent Jr
Jan 2, 2012
Amenia, NY - Dorothy A. Vincent Jr., 53, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2012 at Sharon Hospital in Sharon, CT. She was born in Poughkeepsie, NY on February 26, 1958 the daughter of Dorothy A. (Dorn) Vincent and the late Jerry Vincent Sr. Dorothy was a homemaker. In addition to her mother survivors include a son, Charles Savory; three...

Anthony A. Perrino
Dec 28, 2011
Anthony A. "Tony" Perrino, 62 of Route 23 in Hillsdale, NY passed away on Wednesday December 28, 2011 at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, NY. He was born on August 3, 1949 in New Rochelle, NY the son of the late Anthony J. and Anne (Toften) Perrino. Tony had been a local resident since 1974 previously residing in New Rochelle....

Gail M. Killmer
Dec 27, 2011
Hillsdale - Gail M. Killmer, 62, a longtime resident of Hillsdale, NY, and formerly of Millerton, NY passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born on June 26, 1949 in Mahopac, NY, the daughter of Freda (Houghtaling) Harpp of Millerton, NY and the late William Harpp. On December 22, 1969...

Thomas Lee Bishop
Dec 26, 2011
Thomas Lee Bishop, 64, a wonderful husband and loving father of Hudson, NY passed away on Monday December 26, 2011 at Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck, NY. He was born on June 1, 1947 in Ticonderoga, NY, a son of the late Laverne and Laura (Diedrick) Bishop. Mr. Bishop had resided in Hudson for the past six years and along...

Gerda K. Westpfal
Dec 14, 2011
Millsboro, DE - Gerda K. Westpfal, 71, and formerly of Pine Plains, NY passed away on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. Gerda was born in Germany on November 11, 1940 the daughter of the late Josef and Elizabeth (Heibel) Krichbaum. She came to the United States in 1960. Gerda met her husband John...

Susan F. Berry
Dec 9, 2011
Susan F. Berry, 63 of Troy, NY died on December 9, 2011 Ms. Berry had retired after a career with the New York State Department of Health. Survivors include her sisters Dorothy (John Lind) and Janet (Donald Richardson) and her brother Michael (Ruth). She also leaves her nephews, Andrew and Scott. Funeral arrangements are private but a memorial service will...

Marcella M. Wilson
Dec 6, 2011
Millerton - Marcella M. Wilson, 71, a resident of Millerton, NY, died on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at the Livingston Hills Nursing Home in Livingston, NY. She was born on August 24, 1940 in Sharon, CT, the daughter of the late Ellwood and Daisy (Davis) Cade. Marcella worked for many years at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, CT and for...
Harold B. Hill Sr
Dec 2, 2011
Pine Plains - Harold B. Hill Sr., 82, passed away on Friday, December 2, 2011 at the Pine Haven Nursing Home in Philmont, New York. He was born on May 9, 1929 in Gallatin, NY, the son of the late Robert and Laura (Kilmer) Hill. On September 5, 1948 in Gallatin, he married Kathaleen O'Grady. She survives him at home....
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