Obituaries
Marie Judie Desir
Jul 19, 2021
Marie "Judie" Desir of Yonkers, New York passed away on Monday, July 12th, 2021. She was 38 years old. Born in Brooklyn to Jean Desir and Marie Nivoze. Judie was one of 3 children. She was raised in Mount Vernon where she graduated from Mount Vernon High School in the Class of 2001. After graduating High School Judie attended Apex...
Candida "Candy" Pesco
Jul 16, 2021
Candida "Candy" Pesco of New Rochelle, NY passed away on July 16, 2021. She was 81 years old. Born in Bronx, NY to Walter and Verttie Di Diego, Candy was the eldest of four children. She was raised in the Bronx where she attended Evander Childs H.S.
After graduation Candy would work in the NYC financial district and Lilian Vernon. It...
Gumersindo Peta Carrera
Jul 14, 2021
Gumersindo Peta Carrera age 91, of New York, NY passed away July 14, 2021. He was born on March 10, 1930, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the son of Gumersindo Gustavo Carrera and Ana Constantinoff Gross. Peta was the 5th of 6 children. In his youth, Peta enjoyed playing many sports and excelled in basketball where he played at the national...
Mary K Colleran
Jul 10, 2021
Mary K. Colleran, known to all as "Mae" passed away on July 10th 2021. She was 74 years old. Born in Arigna Co. Roscommon, Ireland to Michael and Mary Walsh, Mae was the middle of three children. Mae was raised in Arigna and attended Glen National School. She emigrated to New York in 1965 to seek a better life for...
Kathleen A Kulick
Jul 6, 2021
Kathleen Ann Kulick of Pelham New York passed away on July 6th 2021. She was 74 years old. Born in Jamaica, Queens to Walter and Catherine Sinatra, Kathleen was the youngest of two children. She was raised in the Bronx before moving to Pelham with her family at the age of 10. Kathleen attended St Catharine's Elementary School before graduating...
Barbara Therese Murphy
Jun 30, 2021
It is with tremendous sorrow that we inform you of the passing of our beloved colleague, Barbara T. Murphy, MD, MB, BAO, BCh, FRCPI. A world-renowned and award-winning nephrologist and researcher, Dr. Murphy was also a trailblazer. In 2012, she became the first female Chair of a Department of Medicine at an academic medical center in New York City and,...
John Francis Bracken
Jun 27, 2021
John "Johnny" Bracken of Yonkers New York, formerly of Kilbeggan Co. Westmeath passed away suddenly on June 27th 2021. He was 68 years old. Born in Kilbeggan to Patrick and Nora Bracken, Johnny was the youngest of 5 children. 'Johnny attended Kilbeggan Boys National School and subsequently graduated from Tullamore College'Having graduated in 1971 Johnny would learn his trade as...
Elaine Bruzzese
Jun 23, 2021
Elaine Bruzzese of New Rochelle, NY passed away on June 23, 2021. She was 67 years old. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY to Maurice and Helen Schachter Zwang. Elaine was one of four children. During her 20's she met her soul mate Dominic Bruzzese. The couple met through a mutual friend and as they say the rest is history....
Ruth Wilhelmina Whyte
Jun 21, 2021
Ruth Whyte of the Bronx, New York, formerly of Jamaica and London, passed away on June 21, 2021. She was 84 years old. Born in St Elizabeth, Jamaica to Charles Hendricks and Clementina Powell, Ruth was one of six children. She was raised in St. Elizabeth where she attended elementary school. After graduating elementary school, Ruth went to work at...
Richard David Wingate
Jun 13, 2021
Richard David Wingate Sr. of Yonkers, New York passed away on June 13th 2021. He was 73 years old. Born in the Bronx to Albert and Alice Wingate, Richie was the eldest child. He was raised in the Bronx and attended Evander Childs High School. As a boy, Richie loved the outdoors and especially fishing on City Island and the...
Katherine LeSane
Jun 8, 2021
Katherine Fayretta Lesane - fondly called Kitty was born March 3, 1948 in Seneca, South Carolina. She was the first born to the late James and Zetherine Carson. Kitty attended Prospect Height High School. As a child she loved art.In 1964 Kitty married the late Samuel Lesane Sr. She had three children - Marcella "aka" Lisa, Samuel Jr. "aka" Popa...
Donald D Soules
Jun 7, 2021
Donald D. Soules age 95, of Mount Vernon, NY passed away June 7, 2021, in Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital, New York. He was born on January 11, 1926, in Forestburg, NY, the son of David and Claribel Spry Soules.Donald married his loving wife, Rosemary, on December 10, 1964. They were married for 32 years before her passing. During His life...
Joan C. Murphy
Jun 4, 2021
Joan Clemens Murphy of New Rochelle, formerly of Pelham Manor, passed away on June 4th, 2021. She was 89 years old. Born in the Bronx to Frank and Susan Clemens, Joan was the middle child with two siblings. Joan was raised in Pelham Manor and graduated from Pelham Memorial High School in the class of 1949. Joan would then attend...
Mercedes Valera
Jun 1, 2021
On the morning of Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Mercedes Valera, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother was called home at the age of 79. Mercedes was born on September 26, 1941 in the Dominican Republic to Norma and Rafael Hernandez. Mercedes was the eldest of 10, where she was more than a sister, she was a second mother to all of...
Gerald "Jerry" M Therrien
May 24, 2021
Gerald "Jerry" Martin Therrien age 78, of South Salem, NY passed away May 24, 2021 in North Westchester Hospital, New York. He was born on June 29, 1942 in New Rochelle, NY, the son of Joseph and Bridget Therrien. Jerry was raised and lived in Pelham, NY where he attended Siwanoy elementary school and graduated from Pelham Manor High School,...
Anna I Tirri
May 23, 2021
Anna Tirri died peacefully at Rosary Hill Home on May 23, 2021 just shy of her 88th birthday after a 2-month battle with late-stage bladder cancer.Anna was a resident of New Rochelle for the last several decades of her life, but she was born and raised in The Bronx, the 5th of 7 siblings, all of whom preceded her in...
Acela E Nieto
May 17, 2021
Acela was born on August 11, 1928 and passed away on Monday, May 17, 2021.Acela was a resident of New Rochelle, New York.
Lucille Scheffer
May 17, 2021
Dr. Lucille Scheffer of New Rochelle, NY, entered her eternal rest on May 17, 2021 from natural causes. Lucille was born in New York City, the family's firstborn child and grandchild. Her parents, Angela and Patrick Barbieri, moved from the Bronx to New Rochelle where she attended Holy Family School, graduated from The Ursuline School, and went on to earn...
Nicholas Krever
May 17, 2021
Nicholas was born on July 19, 1982 and passed away on Monday, May 17, 2021.Nicholas was a resident of Ossining, New York.
Frank Louis Donadio
May 16, 2021
Frank was born on December 8, 1934 and passed away on Sunday, May 16, 2021.Frank was a resident of Bronx, New York.