Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Orange County & throughout New York.
Larry Grochowsky
Jul 25, 2018
Larry M. Grochowsky of Middletown, N.Y. died on July 25, 2018 at his home. He was 64. The son of the late Gary and Mary Grochowsky, he was born on April 1, 1954 in Wichita, Kansas. Larry was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp. Survivors include his wife Patricia and his daughter Amanda and granddaughter Naryah Harrison. His...
Charles Raffier
Jul 25, 2018
Charles Michael Raffier, a backflow inspector for the State of Illinois, and a longtime resident of the Middletown area, died on July 25, 2018 at his home. He was 44. The son of Michael and Gail Farrell Raffier, he was born on August 17, 1973 in Middletown, New York. Charles was an avid NASCAR fan, especially Dale Earnhardt. He...
Joseph Kleber
Jul 25, 2018
Joseph H. Kleber of Greenwood Lake, N.Y., a retired laborer with the Village of Greenwood Lake and a longtime resident of the area, died on July 25, 2018 in St. Anthony’s Hospital in Warwick. He was 73. The son of the late Martin and Helen Kleber, he was born on October 19, 1944 in Bronx, N.Y. He was a...
Beverly Pollender
Jul 21, 2018
Beverly J. Pollender of Middletown, a homemaker and longtime resident of the area, died on July 21, 2018 in Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 91. The daughter of the late Frank and Susan Kirby Griffith, she was born on June 24, 1927 in Richford, Vermont. She was the widow of Freeman H. Pollender. Survivors include her children Duwayne...
Peter Mangano
Jul 17, 2018
Peter Mangano III of Middletown, a truck driver with Enterprise in Rockland County and longtime resident of the area, died on July 17, 2018 in Georgia. He was 58. The son of the late Peter Mangano Jr. and Dorothy Stefanello, he was born on February 9, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York. Survivors include his loving family including his mother...
Ronald Mortensen
Jul 15, 2018
Ronald Mortensen of Middleton, a retired Nurse from the Middletown State Hospital and a longtime resident of the area, died on July 15, 2018 at the Highland Rehab in Middletown. He was 80. The son of Sigvardt and Maria Mortensen he was born on June 11, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York. Ronald was divorced from his first wife Deanna...
Constance Ford
Jul 12, 2018
Constance Ford of Lackawaxen, a homemaker and previous resident of Goshen and Warwick, N.Y., died on July 12, 2018 at her home. She was 88. The daughter of the late Josiah and Charlotte Marshall Sherwood, she was born on July 8, 1930 in Ossining, N. Y. Survivors include her children Deborah Evans of Ellenville, N.Y.; George Ford III and...
Noreen Murphy
Jul 5, 2018
Noreen Murphy of Goshen, a retired elevator operator in the Bronx, N.Y., died on July 5, 2018 in Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 92. The daughter of the late Daniel and Bridget O’Connor, she was born on December 4, 1925 in Ireland. She was the widow of Bartholomew Murphy. Survivors include her daughters Barbara DeGroat and Rosemarie O’Gorman...
Barbara Alvarez
Jun 30, 2018
Barbara J. Alvarez of Middletown, retired from Verizon in Valhalla, N.Y. died on June 30, 2018 in Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown. She was 67. The daughter of the late Angelo and Carmen Velez, she was born on February 26, 1951 in Bronx, N.Y. Barbara was a member of St. Joseph Church in Middletown. President of the Town...
Jacqueline Skerrett
Jun 29, 2018
Jacqueline, a lifelong resident of Goshen entered into eternal rest Friday June 29, 2018 with her loving family by her bedside at Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 70. The daughter of the late David and Margret Brown, she was born on November 3, 1947 in Lancaster, PA. She was a graduate of McCaskey High School and attended Franklin...
Marjorie Youngman
Jun 29, 2018
Marjorie Wilbur Youngman Dec. 1, 1919-June 29, 2018 Middletown, NY and formerly Andes, N.Y. Marjorie was born on December 1, 1919 in Andes, N.Y. to Emily Catherine Elwood and Harry Wilbur. Marjorie received her nurses training and RN license at Middletown State Hospital where she met her husband William H. Youngman. She worked at the Middletown State Hospital ,...
Josephine Mann
Jun 24, 2018
Josephine Jennings Mann of Campbell Hall, a homemaker and longtime resident of the area, died on June 24, 2018 in Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown. She was 80. The daughter of the late James Elwood Jennings and Blanche Mann she was born on January 5, 1938 in Hackensack, N.J. She is survived by her daughter Stephanie Moore and...
Geraldine Dorosky
Jun 21, 2018
Geraldine M. Dorosky of Greenville, a CNA at the Montgomery Nursing Home and a lifelong resident of the area, died on June 21, 2018 at ORMC in Middletown. She was 57. Geraldine was born on October 16, 1960 in Suffern, New York. Survivors include her husband Brian Dorosky at home. Her children Julie Riglioni and her husband Julius; Gwen...
John Hall
Jun 15, 2018
John Joseph Hall passed on June 15, 2018 surrounded by his family. He was 79 years old. Born in Manhattan on August 12, 1938 to parents John Hall and Annie Roche Hall. John attended Good Shepherd School in the Inwood section of Manhattan. He was an exceptionally bright, young man who wrote for the school newspaper and became class...
Dennis Fedorsky
Jun 12, 2018
Dennis J. Fedorsky of Greenwood Lake, N.Y., passed away on June 12, 2018. The son of the late Walter and Sonya Stanislow Fedorsky, he was born on November 27, 1951 in New York City. Dennis matriculated at La Guardia Community College and graduated from Pace University with a BBA in accounting in 1982 and was a graduate of Berean...
Rodney Batista
Jun 11, 2018
Rodney S. Batista, a lifelong resident of the area, passed away Monday June 11, 2018 at Westchester Medical Center after a ten year battle with leukemia. He was 36. The son of Obed and Lisa King Batista, he was born on May 11, 1982 in Middletown, New York. Survivors include his parents: Obed Batista Sr and Lisa King-Batista; his...
Joseph Murgo
Jun 10, 2018
Joseph Murgo Jr. the son of Joseph Murgo Sr. and Ronnie Sue Palmer-Murgo was born at West Point Military Hospital. He is now reunited with his brother Christopher Ryan Murgo, his great grandmother Helen I. Doolittle, his grandfathers Elmer F. Palmer Jr., Salvatore Murgo and his grandmother Doriis Quillen Murgo. He leaves behind many memories with his fiancé and...
Loretta Patterson
Jun 10, 2018
Loretta A. Patterson, a retired employee for Orange County DSS and lifelong resident of the area, passed away Sunday June 10, 2018 at Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 80. The daughter of the late John and Esther Cushing Purgatorio, she was born November 15, 1937 in Middletown, New York. She was an avid golfer and a #1 Tiger...
George Michaels
Jun 7, 2018
George T. Michaels of Chester the owner of Orange County Wheels in Chester, died on June 7, 2018 at Wingate at Beacon. He was 81. The son of the late George and Eleanore Michaels, he was born on June 20, 1936. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Navy having served in Japan. The family is thankful for the...
Joan Devine
Jun 6, 2018
Joan Mary Devine of Greenwood Lake, a forty-five-year resident of the area, died on June 6, 2018 in Calvary Hospice in Bronx, NY. She was 77. Joan was the widow of Vincent J. Devine. They made Greenwood Lake home in December 1973. Survivors include her three children (Joanne, Dawn and Daniel) along with four grandchildren, a brother and nieces/nephews....
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