Obituaries
Serena Carney
Feb 16, 2023
Serena Carney tragically passed away on 16th February in an accident. She was born on 11th November 1993 and was 29 years old when she passed. Serena was the fourth child to Nancy and Sean Carney and was one of 5 siblings.
Serena attended primary school at Swinford National School and secondary school at Scoil Muire agus Padraig, Swinford. She completed a...
John Joel Gates Cameron
Feb 15, 2023
John Joel Gates Cameron passed away peacefully on February 15, 2023, at the age of 88 after suffering a stroke. A resident of Pelham Manor, New York for 51 years, he was born on March 13, 1934, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the only child of Robert Joel Cameron and Dorothea McConnell Sands Cameron. He is survived and lovingly remembered by...
Timothy Wigfall Sr.
Feb 11, 2023
Timothy Wigfall Sr. of Mount Vernon, NY passed away on February 11th, 2023. He was 80 years of age. Timothy was born in Jacksonville, Florida and was later raised in New York City. He graduated from George Washington High School in Manhattan. He worked for the Metropolitan Transit Authority of New York City in the maintenance department for many years...
Farah Philippeau
Feb 9, 2023
Farah Philippeau of New Rochelle, New York, passed away on February 9, 2023. She was 40 years old. Born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti to Andre and Marie Philippeau. Farah was one of 3 children. Farah graduated from New Rochelle High School. She would later meet herhusband Aufilo. The couple would marry and raise their two children.
Farah was an avid book reader and learner, she defied the rules of the norm by graduating as an LPN, two days before graduating high school. She was extremely intelligent and multilingual.
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Helen B. Gregoire
Feb 6, 2023
Helen Gregoire of City Island, New York passed away on February 6th 2023. She was 74 years old. Born in Greenock, Scotland to Thomas and Mary Hardie, Helen was one of nine children. She was raised in Greenock where she attended Captain Street primary school before graduating from St. Mary’s Loretta secondary school.
Helen worked many jobs after graduating...
Rose Eleanor Pla
Feb 1, 2023
Rose Pla, a resident of Pelham Manor, New York for over 65 years, passed away peacefully on Feb 1, 2023 at the age of 98 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.
She was born in Manhattan, NY on March 19, 1924 to Guiseppe and Desolina Marchini and had two brothers, Hector and Laurence. Rose attended New York City public schools...
Harry M. Wasilchak
Jan 30, 2023
After a battle with Dementia and Parkinsons, at the age of 76, the win went to the disease on January 30, 2023.
Survived by his wife Marlene of over 52 happy years of adventures and travel all around the world.
Harry was raised in his beloved Ithaca, NY by his predeceased mother, Paulyne, and his father, Myron. This...
Dorothy M Casa
Jan 14, 2023
Dorothy M. Casa of Pelham, New York, passed away on January 14, 2023. She was 90 years old. Born in New York, NY., to Richard and Helen Pavone, Dorothy was one of four children. Dorothy graduated from Christopher Columbus High School. Dorothy would later meet her husband, David, at the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co, where she asked him to teach her how to drive in exchange for dance lessons. The couple would marry...
Donovan A. Harvey
Jan 13, 2023
Donovan Anthony Harvey, late of Oceanside, NY, passed away on Friday, January 13th, 2023, following a lengthy battle with Diabetes and its resulting side effects.
Donovan was born in Kingston, Jamaica W. I. on March 3rd, 1959, to Curlene and Kaestner Harvey who both predeceased him.
Donovan is survived by his wife Arlene, sister Deborah, brother-in-law Thilo, brother George,...
Gloria Spiezio
Jan 13, 2023
Gloria Spiezio of Pelham Manor, New York, passed into the heavenly gates to our Lord, Jesus Christ on January 13, 2023, at the age of 95. She was born on September 13, 1927, in Pelham Bay, Bronx, NY, to Nicholas & Josephine Giamboi, Gloria was one of two children. Gloria graduated from Christopher Columbus High School and went on to earn her bachelor’s degree from New York University....
Rivelina E. Rodriguez
Jan 11, 2023
Rivelina E. Rodriguez of Mount Vernon, New York, passed away peacefully on January 11, 2023, surrounded by her family. She was 80 years old. She was born in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico to Julia Santiago Rodriguez and Joaquin Rivera Tricoche.
Rivelina shared her life with her husband of sixty two years, Angel L. Rodriguez. Rivelina and Angel raised three...
Jacqueline L. Grant
Jan 6, 2023
Jacqueline L. Grant of Mount Vernon, New York, passed away on January 5th, 2023. She was 93 years old. Born in West Virginia, to Robert Davidson & Regina Jacobs, Jacqueline was an only child. Jacqueline moved to Harlem, New York in the early thirties where she was raised by her mother, Regina, whom she called “Sister”.
Jacqueline graduated from...
Sheila G. Lamont
Dec 18, 2022
Sheila G. (nee McManus) Lamont passed away peacefully in Trumbull, CT at the age of 92 on December 18, 2022.
She was born in the Bronx, NY on October 14, 1930. After her education, she excelled as a private secretary, meeting Thomas F. Lamont, the love of her life, and marrying him on October 24, 1953. Together they raised...
Josephine Pavone
Dec 12, 2022
Josephine Pavone of New Rochelle, New York, passed away on Monday, December 12th, 2022. She was 93 years old. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Raphael and Carmella D’Amore, Josephine was one of eight children. Josephine was a graduate of New Rochelle High School. She would later meet her husband, Anthony, while working at Sanborn Map Company. The couple would marry and...
Nicholas Salerno
Dec 12, 2022
Nicholas “Nick” Salerno of City Island, New York, passed away on December 12, 2022. He was 84 years old. Born in New York City, NY to Nicholas and Dora Salerno, Nicholas was one of four children. Nick spent his childhood growing up in Greenwich Village. He worked for Daytop Village for 25 years as a counselor and worked his way up to Deputy Program Director. He met his wife Cherie...
Yvonne Quatroni
Dec 11, 2022
Yvonne Quatroni 63 years old born in NYC. Lived in Pelham, NY over 55 years. Then moved to Jewett NY where she had owned a home for over 20 years. Married to Tom Quatroni for 42 years. Daughter of Frank and Ingeburg Babuska of Pelham. Sister of Frank R. Babuska sister in law of Susan Babuska. Mother of T.J/Samantha, Rachel...
Patrick J. Riordan AKA Buddy
Dec 6, 2022
Patrick J Riordan
AKA Buddy
October 05, 1936 – December 6, 2022
Patrick “Buddy” Riordan, 86, of Pelham Manor, New York, passed away on December 6th, 2022.
Born in New York, NY to Patrick Riordan and Bridget Hynes, Buddy was the oldest of their four children. Raised in the Clason Point section of the Bronx, Buddy would frequently tell stories of the shenanigans he,...
Beverley L. Lindsay
Dec 3, 2022
Beverley Lorraine Lindsay of Mount Vernon, New York, passed away on December 03, 2022. She was 66 years old. Born on October 18th, 1956, in Kingston, Jamaica, to Bernice Deslandes and Percy Lindsay. Beverley graduated from Oberlin High School and would later migrate to the United States where she went to nursing school and eventually started her career as a Nurse.
In her spare time...
Joan Hopkins
Dec 2, 2022
Joan Whittington Hopkins passed away quietly on Friday, December 2, 2022, at Calvary Hospital, after being surrounded by members of her loving family for a week. She was 87.
A long time resident of Mount Vernon and Pelham, New York, Joan was born in the Bronx in 1935, the second of two girls born to Margaret Mary (Timmons) and Harry...