Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Orange County & throughout New York.
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...
Carol Haakmeester
Jan 4, 2014
CAROL J. HAAKMEESTER September 17, 1942 - January 4, 2014 Loch Sheldrake, NY Carol J. Haakmeester, a former LPN and a former longtime resident of Middletown, died on January 4, 2014 at her home. She was 71. The daughter of the late Henry and Sophie Hannema Haakmeester, she was born on September 17, 1942 in Goshen, NY. The family...
Carolyn Harmon
Jan 1, 2014
Carolyn P. Harmon of Middletown, a homemaker, died on January 1, 2014 in Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 74. The daughter of the late Willie B. and Marylee Gilliard Jackson, she was born on November 27, 1939 in Columbia, South Carolina. She was the widow of Charles Harmon. She was a member of the Greater Upperroom Apostolic Church...
Grace Lafrance
Dec 27, 2013
Grace "Joanne" LaFrance Formerly of Washingtonville, New York Grace "Joanne" LaFrance, a homemaker and former resident of Washingtonville, NY, went to be with the Lord on Friday December 27, 2013. She was 85. The daughter of the late Theodore and Esther Crabb, she was born October 18, 1928 in Alamo, Texas. She was the widow of LeRoy LaFrance and...
Ida Stitt
Dec 26, 2013
Ida Mae Stitt Walden, New York September 27, 1938-December 26, 2013 Ida passed away on Dec.26th at ORMC Middletown after a long illness. She was surrounded by her family. She was 75. The daughter of the late Paul & Catherine Miller Baggatta, she was born Sept.27,1938 in Middletown NY. Ida was a retired head waitress at Holiday Inn, Middletown,...
Stephen Leahy
Dec 25, 2013
Stephen F. Leahy Greenwood Lake, New York Stephen F. Leahy of Greenwood Lake, a retired Glazier in the Bronx, N.Y., died on December 25, 2013 at St. Anthony's Community Hospital in Warwick. Mr. Leahy passed peacefully in the company of his three children. He was 82. The eldest son of the late Patrick F. and Helen C. Mackin Leahy,...
Jean Murray
Dec 19, 2013
Jean D. Pingotti Murray Middletown, New York Jean D. Pingotti Murray, a former RN at Horton Hospital and lifelong resident of the area, passed away Thursday December 19, 2013 at home. She was 50. The daughter of Frederick and Dolores Edsall Pingotti, she was born on May 23, 1963 in Middletown, NY. Jean was a graduate of St. Joseph...
David Lewis
Dec 16, 2013
David M. Lewis Sr. Schenectady, New York Formerly of Middletown, New York David M. Lewis Sr. a children's counselor for Pius XII in Chester, NY and a former resident of Middletown, died Monday December 16, 2013 in Ellis Hospital. He was 75. The son of the late James and Viola DeGroat Lewis, he was born on November 14, 1938...
Ruth Clifford
Dec 12, 2013
Ruth Evelyn Clifford of Middletown, and a former longtime resident of Washingtonville, a retired employee of the N.Y. State Department of Labor, died on Thursday December 12, 2013 at home, with her family at her side. She was 88. The daughter of the late Carl and Alberta Olsen Newberg, she was born on January 30, 1925 in Brooklyn, New...
Betty Carrick
Dec 10, 2013
Betty L. Carrick Middletown, New York Betty L. Carrick of Middletown, retired employee of the credit and service departments of Sears in Middletown, died on December 10, 2013 in Orange Regional Medical Center. She was 87. The daughter of the late Peter H. and Anna Ibohm Rasmussen, she was born on December 16, 1925 in Pine Island, New York....
Evelyn Martin
Dec 8, 2013
Evelyn Ruth Martin Middletown, New York Evelyn Ruth Martin, a former floor supervisor at the Middletown Psychiatric Center and longtime resident of the area, died Sunday December 8, 2013 at Middletown Park Manor. She was 90. The daughter of the late William and Florence Schwager Morris, she was born August 9, 1923 in Franklin, New Jersey. Evelyn is survived...
Katharine Farrar
Dec 7, 2013
Katharine G. Farrar, 71, of Middletown NY and long time resident of the area, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, December 7, 2013. The Daughter of Edward James and Antoinette Maiorino Farrar She was born on July 17, 1942 in Queens NY. Kathy worked most of her life as a supervisor for RECAP Weatherization, Elant Nursing Home in Fishkill, and...
John Rose
Dec 6, 2013
John H. Rose of North Las Vegas, Nevada, a retired cook from the Middletown Psychiatric Center and a former longtime resident of Middletown, N.Y., died on December 6, 2013 in Las Vegas. He was 74. The son of the late Clarence and Lula Coon Rose, he was born on October 29, 1939 in Stone Ridge, New York. He was...
Laura Castronuovo
Dec 4, 2013
Laura Castronuovo of Elant at Goshen, formerly of New York City, passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at Orange Regional Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Laura was 89 years old. Born in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Charles Troisi and Maria (Vella) Troisi, and the loving wife to the late Thomas Castronuovo,...
David Warren
Nov 29, 2013
David Jerome Warren, 76, a long-time Goshen resident, passed away on November 29, 2013. He was born in the Bronx, New York to the late Betty and Nathan Weinstock on September 4, 1937. He graduated from Curry College in Milton, Mass., and received a Master of Arts in English Education from Hofstra University. He married Susan Kruger on June...
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