Visitation and services to be held in Cold Spring

Helen (O’Neil) Santos of Cold Spring, died Saturday, May 10, 2014, at Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital (St. Francis Hospital) in Poughkeepsie, New York. She was 65.

Born October 12, 1948, in the Bronx, New York, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Helen (Juusela) O’Neil.

Mrs. Santos was employed in the finance office of Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut.

She is survived by her husband, Michael A. Santos, of Cold Spring, two sons, Joseph J. and Debbie Montalto of Rye, New York, Darrin M. and Melissa Santos of Cold Spring, two daughters, Claudine and Matthew Beachak of Cold Spring, and Andrea and Scott Bunker of Beacon; two brothers, William and Monica O’Neil of Stony Point, New York, and Joseph and Ginger O’Neil of Stony Point, one sister, Maureen Spofford of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 14 grandchildren and a sister-in-law, Mary O’Neil. She was predeceased by one brother, Thomas O’Neil.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 16, at Our Lady of Loretto Church, 24 Fair St., Cold Spring, followed by interment in Assumption Cemetery in Cortlandt Manor, New York. Friends may call at Clinton Funeral Home, 21 Parrott St. (Corner of Parrott and Pine Streets), Cold Spring, NY 10516, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, May 15.

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2 replies on “Helen Santos (1948-2014)”

  1. Separated by years but not memories and I have many fond ones. Will always cherish our time spent together as teens growing up in the projects. Honey remains in my thoughts and prayers. Maureen and Bill my heartfelt sympathy.

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