OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Dutchess County and Surrounding Areas
David H Hutches
May 13, 2016
David H. Hutches, of Poughkeepsie, NY, passed on Friday, May 13, 2016. Born on August 23, 1962 in Bad Axe, MI to Richard and Joan Hutches. After high school in South Dakota, David enlisted in the US Navy. Upon leaving, he worked construction in Dallas, TX. He was relocated to Poughkeepsie in the late 1980's where he was self...
Leonard O Kistner
May 9, 2016
Leonard O. Kistner, 76, of Walton, NY, passed away at home on May 9, 2016. He was born January 14, 1940 in Poughkeepsie, NY to the late Otto S. Kistner Jr. and the late Dorothy E. Dimick. He graduated from Arlington High School and served in the US Army receiving an honorable discharge. He was the proprietor of L...
Anthony Lawrence
May 4, 2016
Anthony "Tony" Lawrence, 58, of Poughkeepsie, NY, passed away at NY Presbyterian Hospital on May 4, 2016. He was born April 16, 1959 in Poughkeepsie, NY to Vernell McClinton and Mary Whitaker. He graduated Poughkeepsie High School and attended Dutchess Community College, then went on to be the Assistant Manager of KFC in Fishkill, NY.
He was...
Samuel Whitted
May 1, 2016
Samuel (Sammy) Whitted, 78, of Poughkeepsie, NY, passed away at Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital of WMC on Sunday, May 1, 2016. He was born on July 11, 1937 in Fayetteville, NC to the late Matthew (Mack) and Lorene (Avery) Whitted. In 1953, at the age of 16, Sammy moved to Poughkeepsie, NY. He married Geraldine (Nicholas) Whitted, who predeceased him...
Mary Ann Williams
Apr 30, 2016
Mary Ann Williams, 71, of Poughkeepsie, died peacefully at home surrounded by loving family members on Saturday, April 30. Born in Manhattan on January 23, 1945, she delighted in sharing that her birth date is 12345. She was the first child of the late John and Helen (Begley) Duane. She moved to Dutchess County in 1970, and relocated to...
Francis Adam Vantassell
Apr 25, 2016
Francis Adam VanTassell, 73, a lifelong resident of Pleasant Valley, NY passed away on April 25, 2016 at Mid Hudson Regional Hospital of Westchester Medical Center. He was born on June 15, 1942 in Poughkeepsie and was the son of the late Anna VanTassell. On November 30, 1963 in Poughkeepsie he married Colleen B. VanTassell for 49 years before...
Elizabeth S. Oakes
Apr 25, 2016
Elizabeth S. Oakes, 88, a lifelong resident of Poughkeepsie, NY passed away April 25, 2016 at The Pines at Poughkeepsie. She was born in Poughkeepsie, NY on August 13, 1927 to the late Myron and Frances Doyl. In1947, she married Wilson Shultis. Then in 1952 she married Frederick Oakes. Elizabeth was a Control Floor Operator for IBM retiring in...
Rosa Brooks
Apr 22, 2016
Rosa Brooks, 65, of Poughkeepsie, NY passed away on April 22, 2016 at home with her loving family by her side. Born on June 9, 1950, in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, she was the daughter of the late Hedley Brooks and Lola Garcia. Rosa received her Nursing degree in Nicaragua. She was employed by the Hyde Park Nursing Home for...
Edmee Brideau
Apr 19, 2016
"The tears we shed at a mother's passing are the first tears we cry without her." It is with great sadness that David and Denise announce the death of their mother Edmee Brideau who passed away in Rhinebeck, NY on April 19, 2016. She was 84 years old. Edmee was born in Kedgwick New Brunswick Canada to David and...
Mary B. Meisner
Apr 19, 2016
Mary B. Meisner, 78, of Poughkeepsie, NY passed away at the Pines of Poughkeepsie Nursing Home on April 19, 2016. She was born in Poughkeepsie, NY on November 9, 1937 to the late Harry Beatty and Helena Marden. Mary worked as a dispatcher at Hammond Security in Poughkeepsie for over 20 years and was of the Episcopalian faith. She...
Andrew J. Kilbride
Apr 15, 2016
Andrew J. Kilbride, 74, Hyde Park, NY, passed away at the Renaissance Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on April 15, 2016. He was born to the late John Kilbride and Gertrude Ceiber.
Andrew was a U.S Postal Service carrier. After retiring in 1995, he worked in food service at a deli.
He is survived by his...
Elma Carlson
Apr 14, 2016
In loving memory of Elma T Carlson
Passed away peacefully Thursday morning at The Baptist Home Brookmeade in Rhinebeck New York, April 14, 2016.
Born in Poughkeepsie New York June 12, 1928 the daughter of Leonard and Myrtle Travis.
She graduated Arlington schools,
The US Cadet Nurses Corps RN at Westchester...
Catherine M. Gorman
Apr 14, 2016
Catherine M. "Cody" Gorman, 87 Poughkeepsie NY passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her loved ones on April 14, 2016. Catherine was born August 12, 1928 in Bronx. NY. She was the daughter of the late Peter B Cody and Agnes Newcombe. On December 30, 1950 she married the one and only "love of her life" John...
Evella Harrell
Apr 13, 2016
Evella "Sis" Harrell took her well-deserved place in Heaven on April 13, 2016.
Born on February 6, 1934 in Waverly, Florida she was the daughter of the late Dolly Cook and Noble Gary Sr.
Upon being graduated from high school, Evella enlisted in the United States Army where she was stationed at Valley Forge Army...
Clinton Leroy Elting Jr.
Mar 31, 2016
Clinton Leroy Elting Jr., 66, of Poughkeepsie, NY, passed away March 31, 2016, at Hudson Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Facility, surrounded by his loved ones.
Clinton was born on October 30, 1948, in Poughkeepsie, NY, to the late Clinton Leroy Elting and Gloria Sprow. He was of the Christian faith and a drug counselor in Poughkeepsie for...
Rev. Sonia Elizabeth Taylor-Brown
Mar 30, 2016
Reverend Sonia Elizabeth Taylor-Brown, 56, of LaGrangeville, NY, passed away suddenly in her home on March 30, 2016. She was born in Richmond Saint Mary, Jamaica, WI, November 24, 1959 to the late Hubert Taylor and Enid Rankine-Taylor.
She received her degree in Theology, and then joined Church of God in Jamaica as their Pastor.
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Jacqueline Bradford
Mar 26, 2016
Jacqueline Bradford, 59, of Poughkeepsie NY, passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 26, 2016. Born June 6, 1956 in Augusta, Georgia, she is pre-deceased by her parents Maria Herrington and Eleaza Herrington, and her brother Kenneth Herrington of Brooklyn NY. Jackie as she was called was a loving, caring, and supportive mother and an adoring and bubbly...
Katherine L Green
Mar 25, 2016
Katherine L. Green, 67, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior on March 25, 2016. She was a lifelong resident of Poughkeepsie, NY. She was born December 28, 1948 to the late Charles W. Green Sr. and the late Gladys B. Green at Vassar Brothers Hospital, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Katherine received her education on the...
Darlene Louise Chambers - Grizzard
Mar 17, 2016
Darlene Louise Grizzard- Chambers, a 26 year resident of Poughkeepsie, New York went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 17, 2016 in her home surrounded by family. She was 49 years old. Darlene was born July 31, 1966 in Bronx, NY to elder Cynthia Chambers and the late John Chambers. This year would have made her...
Lee O (Givens) Mastin
Mar 16, 2016
Lee O. Mastin a longtime Poughkeepsie resident has peacefully entered into eternal rest, on March 16, 2016 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Lee was born on December 8, 1921 in Charleston, SC to the late Garfield J. Givens and Frances Bowles. Lee is preceded in death by her beloved and devoted husband, of 54 years, Willie L. Mastin, Jr.,...
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