Obituaries

John J McGalagly

John J McGalagly

Jul 28, 2021

John James McGalagly of Delaware, formerly of New City, passed away on July 28th, 2021 at the age of 81. He was born in the Bronx to Dominic and Marcella McGalagly and was the youngest of 4 children. He was raised in the Bronx before joining the Marist Brothers in his teens and relocating to Massachusetts, where he developed a...

Edward Pian

Edward Pian

Jul 27, 2021

Edward C. Pian of White Plains, New York passed away on July 27th 2021. He was 73 years old. Born in Astoria, Queens to Ettore and Frances Pian. Edward was the youngest of three children. Edward was raised in the Bronx where he attended PS 87, John Philip Souza and Salesian High School. After he graduated High School Edward went...

Lucille Borello

Lucille Borello

Jul 25, 2021

Lucille Borello of Mt. Vernon, formerly of Pelham, passed away on Sunday, July 25, 2021. She was 90 years old. Born in the Bronx on June 15, 1931 to Pedro and Ana Mirabal, Lucille was one of five children.

Lucille had a strong faith in her Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ and was a member of the Village Lutheran Church,...

Marie Judie Desir

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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