Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Orange County & throughout New York.
Joan Deserto
Feb 19, 2014
Joan Deserto Middletown, New York Joan Deserto, a homemaker and lifelong resident of the area passed away Wednesday February 19, 2014 at Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 83. The daughter of the late Stanley and Jeanette McLean McDowell, she was born on October 31, 1930 in Otisville, New York. She was the widow of Vito Deserto. A family...
Frank Maurizzio
Feb 19, 2014
Frank Maurizzio Middletown, New York Frank Maurizzio of Middletown, a lifelong resident of the area, died on February 19, 2014 at the Bronx VA Medical Center. He was 70. The son of the late Thomas and Maude Hart Maurizzio, he was born on April 6, 1943 in Middletown, N.Y. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy during the...
William Mccarthy
Feb 18, 2014
William P. McCarthy of Middletown, the retired Postmaster of the U.S. Post Office in Spring Glen, and a lifelong resident of the area, died on February 18, 2014 in Middletown. He was 63. The son of the late William F. McCarthy and Geraldine Reilly McCarthy, he was born on April 10, 1950 in N.Y., N.Y. Survivors include his mother...
Robert Beck
Feb 17, 2014
Robert E. Beck Monroe, New York Robert E. Beck of Monroe, N.Y., a contractor and longtime resident of the area, died on February 17, 2014 in Westchester Medical Center. He was 55. The son of Clifford and Helga Kaiser Beck, he was born on August 11, 1958 in Queens, New York. He was a member of the Monroe-Chester Sportsmen...
Michael Morabito
Feb 16, 2014
Michael "Papa" Morabito Middletown, New York Michael "Papa" Morabito of Middletown, went to be with the Lord Jesus on February 16, 2014. He was 86. Michael was born on September 9, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York and moved to Middletown in 1962, where he worked as a Foreman for Middletown Footwear. He was the widower of Concetta Morabito. A...
Donald Ziter
Feb 15, 2014
Donald Ziter Middletown, New York There are four words which sum up what Donald loved most in his life. They are God, family, teaching and traveling. A devout Catholic, Don departed Park Rehabilitation and Care Facility of Middletown on February 15, 2014 to meet his God, undoubtedly with joy in his heart. He left behind a family whom he...
Sandra Hill
Feb 14, 2014
Sandra L. Hill Newburgh, New York Sandra L. Hill, a longtime resident of the area, died Friday February 14, 2014 at St. Luke's Hospital. She was 71. The daughter of the late Walter H. and Beatrice Smith Hill, she was born April 19, 1942 in Middletown, New York. Sandra was a client of Occupations, Inc. The family would like...
Arthur Owens
Feb 13, 2014
Arthur W. "Butch" Owens Jr. Greenwood Lake, New York Arthur W. Owens Jr. retired from Verizon and local 1107 in Nanuet, NY died February 13, 2014. He was 66. The son of the late Arthur and Florence Owens, he was born on July 2, 1947 in Brooklyn, NY. He was veteran of the US ARMY National Guard. A Family...
Ann Smith
Feb 13, 2014
Ann Marie Smith Cohoes, New York Ann Marie Smith, formerly of Middletown, passed away Thursday February 13, 2014 at Albany Medical Center. She was 35. The daughter of Daniel Smith Sr. and Kathleen Hock, she was born April 6, 1978 in Middletown, New York. Survivors include: her children: Jaquan Smith; Tylasia Watkins and Lee Watkins Jr. all of Cohoes,...
Sandra Riker
Feb 8, 2014
Sandra Lynn Riker Middletown, New York Sandra Lynn Riker, of Middletown, a former case manager at RSR in Middletown, died on February 8, 2014 in ORMC in Middletown. She was 52. The daughter of John Riker and Patricia Kimble Riker, she was born on March 31, 1961 in Sussex, New Jersey. Survivors include her companion Jose Quinones Ortiz at...
Dennis Gillian
Feb 4, 2014
Dennis R. Gillian Sr. of Middletown, a former employee of Occupations, Inc. in Newburgh and a longtime resident of the area, died on February 4, 2014 at his home. He was 64. He was born on January 9, 1950 in West Virginia. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served during Vietnam. Survivors include his children Damon...
Jean Griffiths
Jan 27, 2014
Jean M. Griffiths Middletown, New York Jean M. Griffiths, a farmer and longtime resident of the area , died Monday January 27, 2014 at home. She was 79. The daughter of the late William A. and Pearl Boyd Sullivan, she was born August 4, 1934 in Middletown, NY. She was the widow of Augustus A. Griffiths in 1971. Survivors...
James Atkinson
Jan 26, 2014
James R. Atkinson Bloomingburg, New York James R. Atkinson, a mechanic for Lee's Auto in Middletown, NY and resident for many years of Orange County, died Saturday January 26, 2014 at Orange Regional Medical Center. He was 61. The son of the late James H. Atkinson and Mae Laura Atkinson Dennis, he was born on November 12, 1952 in...
Agnes Beebe
Jan 24, 2014
Agnes Patricia Beebe Crossville, TN. Formerly of Middletown, N.Y. Agnes Patricia Beebe of Crossville, TN., formerly of Middletown, N.Y. a retired nurse's aide at the Middletown Psychiatric Center , died on January 24, 2014 in Corssville, TN. She was 89. The daughter of the late Michael and Petronilla Vesoloski Delong, she was born on June 21, 1924 in Middletown,...
Ezra Neysmith
Jan 22, 2014
Ezra E. Neysmith of Middletown, a former carpenter and six year resident of the area, died on January 22, 2014 in Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown. He was 68. He was born on December 20, 1945 in Jamaica. Survivors include his children Howard Neysmith of Middletown; Ezra E. Neysmith Jr. of N.J.; Monique Neysmith of Brooklyn and Sybil...
Helen Benjamin
Jan 18, 2014
Helen M. Benjamin of Middletown, a former housekeeper and companion for Mabel Horton Bull and a lifelong resident of the area, died on January 18, 2014 in Middletown Park Manor. She was 96. The daughter of the late Harry and Mary Ann Middleton Benjamin, she was born on June 7, 1917 in Port Jervis, New York. She was a...
Ronald Doolittle
Jan 14, 2014
Ronald Charles Doolittle Jr. of Campbell Hall, New York, a retired employee of the Times-Herald Record in Middletown and a lifelong resident of the area, died on January 14, 2014 in Orange Regional Medical Center. He was 59. The son of Ronald and Leona Doolittle, he was born on March 17, 1954 in Goshen, New York. He was the...
Stanley Burgess
Jan 14, 2014
Stanley F. Burgess Jr. of Greenwood Lake, a retired electrician and longtime resident of the area, died on January 14, 2014 in Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown. He was 75. The son of the late Stanley and Regina Burgess, he was born on June 26, 1938 in Paterson, New Jersey. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army....
Joseph Centamore
Jan 12, 2014
Joseph Centamore Bloomingburg, New York Joseph Centamore of Bloomingburg, retired from the U.S. Navy and the Middletown Psychiatric Center and a longtime resident of the area, died on January 12, 2014 in Orange Regional Medical Center. He was 92. The son of the late Vincenzo and Vincenza Centamore, he was born on January 14, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York....
Barbara Secor Seneca
Jan 4, 2014
Barbara Jean McDowell Secor Seneca, a lifetime resident of the area, passed away at Elant in Newburgh Saturday January 4, 2014 peacefully with her family by her side. She was 84. The daughter of the late William and Lillian Noxon McDowell she was born in Newburgh, NY. She attended NFA in Newburgh and after becoming a LPN, she worked...
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