Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Orange County & throughout New York.
Frances Smart
Aug 13, 2018
Frances A. Smart of Middletown, a retired nurse and longtime resident of the area, passed away on Monday August 13, 2018 in Wayne, N.J. She was 96. The daughter of the late Hanford and Fannie Garrison DeGroat, she was born on March 20, 1922 in Sussex, N.J. She was a member of the St. John’s AME Zion Church in...
Alice Jackson
Aug 12, 2018
Alice L. Jackson of Westbrookville, a retired administrative assistant to the Principal at Middletown High School and a lifelong resident of the area, passed away on August 12, 2018. She was 79. The daughter of the late Henry and Ethel Miller Mason, she was born on August 23, 1938 in Middletown, New York. She was the widow of Percy...
Milagros Ocasio
Aug 3, 2018
Milagros Ocasio of Middletown, N.Y., a homemaker and longtime resident of the area, died on August 3, 2018 in Goshen. She was 84. Milagros was born on November 1, 1933 in Puerto Rico. She was the widow of Julio Ocasio. Survivors include her children Uziel Perales of Bronx, N.Y.; Maria Carabello of New City, N.Y.; Peter Ocasio and Evelyn...
Keisharn Hodge
Aug 1, 2018
Keisharn Hodge, a manager at Walmart in Middletown and longtime resident of the area, passed away Wednesday August 1, 2018 at Orange Regional Medical Center. He was 37. The son of Craig Hodge Sr. and Priscilla Clark, he was born October 4, 1980 in Brooklyn, New York. Survivors include his wife: Vivian DiStefano of Port Jervis; his father: Craig...
Samantha Schwartz
Aug 1, 2018
Samantha Ann Schwartz of Middletown, N.Y., a employee of FedEx and a lifelong resident of the area, died on August 1, 2018 in Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown, N.Y. She was 36. Samantha was born in Middletown, New York on May 12, 1982. Survivors include her parents Michael Schwartz of Middletown and Judith Larkin of Middletown. Her children...
Robert Stiesi
Jul 29, 2018
Robert J. Stiesi, a retired Route man for Standard Exterminator in Astoria, NY and long time resident of the area, passed away Sunday July 29, 2018 at Highland Rehab in Middletown, NY. He was 80. The son of the late Gustav and Anna Stiesi, he was born November 7, 1937 in Brooklyn, NY. He was a veteran of the...
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...
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