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Mary Petraglia
Nov 8, 2022
Mary Petraglia of Bronxville, New York, passed away on November 8, 2022. She was 100 years old. Born in New York, New York, to Angelo and Anna Derrico, Mary was one of five children. Mary graduated from James Monroe High School, and she earned her bachelor’s degree at Hunter College. After college, she worked at Catholic Charities. Mary met the...
Zenun Djonbalic
Oct 31, 2022
Zenun Djonbalic of Yonkers, New York, passed away on October 31st, 2022. He was 60 years of age. Born in Guci, Montenegro, to Halil and Gjyka Djonbalaj, Zenun was the eldest of 6 children. Zenun lived in Montenegro and Italy until he was 12 years of age. He would immigrate to the Bronx with his family in 1973 where he...
Vera Rose Spencer
Oct 25, 2022
If there was ever a person you could say has lived through it all, it’s Vera Rose Spencer (née Duncan). The beloved matriarch was born to Uriah Duncan and Keziah Duncan (née Treasure) on August 22, 1924, in Linton Park, St. Ann, Jamaica. Vera received an early lesson in loss after the passing of her mother, which led to her,...
Xandra M. Schultz
Oct 23, 2022
Xandra M. (Sandy) Schultz, a long-time resident of Pelham, NY, died on October 23, 2022, at the age of 89. She was surrounded by her family at home and passed away peacefully after a long illness. Her daughter Barbara and her family cared for Xandra at home during her last few years with tender care. Xandra was born in Philadelphia,...
Frances F. Whelan
Oct 19, 2022
Frances Farley Whelan passed away peacefully in the company of her two sons on October 19, 2022, after a short illness. A resident of New Rochelle and parishioner of St. Catharine’s Church in Pelham for almost 60 years, Frances was born on December 1, 1930, to Anne Conboy Farley and Frank Michael Farley of Riverdale. Frances graduated high school from...
Eleanor Basso
Oct 18, 2022
Eleanor Miceli Basso
New Rochelle, New York
Eleanor (Miceli) Basso died peacefully at her home on Tuesday October 18, 2022, just shy of her 97th birthday. Eleanor was born, raised and lived her entire life in New Rochelle. Eleanor was born on November 15, 1925. She was the youngest of ten children born to Angelina and Francisco Miceli.
Eleanor...
Maria Serpe
Oct 16, 2022
Maria Rose Zema Serpe of New Rochelle, NY passed away on October 16, 2022.
Maria was born in Greenwich CT, on August 13, 1922, to Frank and Rose Zema, she lived a full and amazing life of 100 years. Maria was full of life until her last breath!
Maria met and married the love of her life, the late Alfred...
Trevor A. Hall
Oct 16, 2022
Trevor Anthony Hall, Son of Dudley and Lena Hall, born on August 23rd, 1961, in Kingston Jamaica, W.I. In Jamaica, Trevor attended Buff Bay Primary school. At the age of 13, with is family, Trevor migrated to New York City and resided in the borough of the Bronx. Trevor graduated High School in 1978, after graduation he sought his post-secondary...
Michael J. Halloran
Oct 13, 2022
Michael Halloran of the Bronx, New York, passed away on October 13, 2022. He was 93 years old. Born in New York, NY. He would later meet his wife Ann Danisi. The couple would marry and move to Seddon Street and later to Fowler Avenue where they raised their 3 daughters, Joan, Donna, and Janice.
Michael worked for the NYC Department of Sanitation in the Bronx for 28...
Larissa Acocella
Oct 11, 2022
Larissa Acocella, 38, of Manhattan and Pelham Manor, passed away on October 11, 2022, after a long illness which she fought courageously. She will be remembered for her loving heart, zest for life, brilliant mind, and charitable endeavors.
She graduated from Pelham Memorial High School in 2002 and from Fordham University in 2007. Larissa worked for J.P. Morgan Chase since...
Arthur Henry McMahon
Oct 10, 2022
Arthur Henry McMahon, age 76, of Anderson, SC, passed away Monday, October 10, 2022, at Richard M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home.
Born August 18, 1946, in White Plains, NY, he was the son of the late Gordon McMahon and Catherine Cobleigh McMahon.
Arthur received his undergraduate degree from Colgate University, his master’s degree from MercerUniversity, and his doctorate from the...
Margaret Slocum Bearn
Oct 9, 2022
Margaret Slocum Bearn, 98, died in New York City, on Sunday, October 9, 2022. She was born on June 20, 1924, at home in Fanwood, NJ, where her father, Clarence W. Slocum, a paint manufacturer, was for a while mayor, and her mother, Emma Elliot Slocum, was president of the Garden Club.
Educated at The Hartridge School in Plainfield,...
Myrtle Prisco
Oct 1, 2022
Myrtle Prisco passed away peacefully in her Pelham home on October 1, 2022,at the age of 97. She was born in 1924, the tenth of eleven children, to Catherine Eisch and Joseph Landwehr of Seymour, Wisconsin. While growing up on their dairy farm, Myrtle attended Plainview Elementary School, which was a one-room school house. After graduating, she moved with her...
Thomas David Kenny
Sep 29, 2022
Thomas David Kenny of New Rochelle, New York, passed away on September 29, 2022. He was 92 years old. Born in New York, NY to John and Helen Kenny, Thomas was one of four children. He joined the army when he was sixteen years old in 1946. After being honorably discharged he then joined the United States Marine Corp where...
John Marshall
Sep 26, 2022
John J. Marshall of New Rochelle, NY, passed away on September 26, 2022. He was 49 years old. Born in New Rochelle, NY to Alberta and Charles Marshall, he was one of 2 children. John graduated from Pelham Memorial High School. He would later move to South Carolina for a brief period, but return to Pelham, New York to live with his beloved mother until her passing in 2006.
John worked at the Italian Meateria on...
Patricia Lange
Sep 25, 2022
Patricia Lange of New Rochelle, New York, passed away on September 25, 2022. She was 85 years old. Born in New Rochelle, NY, to Edward and Catherine Lange, Patricia was one of five children. Patricia graduated from Pelham Memorial High School. Shortly after graduation, Patricia went to work for Prudential Bache, her career with them lasted over 45 years until she retired.
Patricia will be remembered as a loving sister, aunt, and a wonderful...
John T. Grandefeld
Sep 24, 2022
John Theodore Grandefeld of Eastchester, New York, passed away unexpectedly on September 24, 2022. He was 44 years old. John was born in New Rochelle, NY, to John Junius and Dian Grandefeld, and was a loving brother to Kristin and James.
John was an avid sailor and spent his childhood summers at the Larchmont Shore Club, a place he...
Mary D. McCarren
Sep 21, 2022
MARY D. MCCARREN of Eastchester NY, passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2022. She was 100 years old. Mary was born to parents Cecilia and John Donohue in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on May 23, 1922. She moved to New Rochelle, N.Y. where she attended Holy Family School, New Rochelle High School, the College of New Rochelle, and Katherine Gibbs. Mary went...
Centa Berger
Sep 19, 2022
Centa Berger (nee Mair) of Pelham Manor, New York passed away peacefully in her sleep on September 19, 2022. Centa was 93 years old, two weeks shy of her 94th birthday and had been living with Alzheimer’s for the last eight years. Born in Augsburg, Germany to Sebastian and Maria Mair; she was the youngest of six children.
After her training in childhood education, Centa emigrated to New...
Stephen D. Kappel
Sep 19, 2022
Stephen Kappel sadly departed this world on September 19th after a long and wonderful life. To sum up Steve’s life, it would be one of discovery and photography, and the opportunity to have seen all 50 U.S. states and over 30 countries making many friends along the way. A trip on Steve’s bucket list, but unfortunately not fulfilled, was a planned cruise...
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