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News for Philipstown (Cold Spring, Nelsonville, Garrison) and Beacon, New York

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Obituaries

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Joan Ladue Vercruse (1956-2016)

by Staff July 17, 2016June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Longtime Cold Spring resident had “boundless energy”

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Joseph Luchetta Jr. (1952-2016)

by Staff July 16, 2016August 19, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Funeral service scheduled for July 23

Posted inObituaries

Norman Alan Brown (1946-2016)

by Staff July 14, 2016June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Memorial service scheduled for Saturday, July 16

Posted inObituaries

Marcia A. DiCastro (1947-2016)

by Staff July 3, 2016June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Visitation on July 5 and mass on July 6

Posted inObituaries

Patricia Sexton (1947-2016)

by Staff June 17, 2016June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Critical care nurse was former Haldane school board head

Posted inObituaries

Nena Merando Stellefson (1925-2016)

by Staff June 10, 2016June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Lifelong resident was devoted wife and mother

Posted inObituaries

James C. Cannon

by Staff May 31, 2016June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Funeral for Garrison resident scheduled for June 1 in Somers

Posted inObituaries

Deborah Radich (1958-2016)

by Staff May 20, 2016June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Former Cold Spring resident often seen with dog, Penny Lane

Posted inObituaries

Evelyn Byrnes-Mast

by Staff April 15, 2016June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Former Garrison resident was longtime volunteer

Posted inObituaries

Germaine Keller (1938-2016)

by Staff March 19, 2016June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Artist and gallery owner was former resident of Garrison Landing

Posted inObituaries

Patricia Ewing Richter (1926-2016)

by Staff March 8, 2016June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Music and Yankees fan found joy in three sons

Posted inObituaries

Charles Byrnes (1937-2016)

by Staff March 1, 2016June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Visitation scheduled for March 3 and 4

Posted inObituaries

Roy Alan Hammond (1946-2016)

by Staff February 15, 2016June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Former Texas resident was longtime television production editor

Posted inObituaries

Frank C. Bowers, Jr. (1925-2016)

by Staff January 5, 2016June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Former Putnam County judge and assistant D.A.

Posted inObituaries

Daniel Solit (1959-2015)

by Staff December 30, 2015June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Memorial gathering scheduled for Jan. 2 in Montrose

Posted inObituaries

Lucille Justine Roth Meltzer (1926-2015)

by Staff December 14, 2015June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Flushing native moved to Cold Spring in 2002

Posted inObituaries

Josephine Prentice Sawyer (1949-2015)

by Staff November 26, 2015July 18, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Garrison native was longtime human resources executive

Posted inObituaries

Matthew Harris (1992–2015)

by Staff August 24, 2015June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Services Thursday, Aug. 27, at Our Lady of Loretto Church

Posted inObituaries

Leroy Markey (1937–2015)

by Staff August 13, 2015June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Funeral services in Cold Spring on Aug. 14

Posted inObituaries

William ‘Billy’ Bruce Scherer (1942–2015)

by Staff August 13, 2015June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Veteran wrote songs in protest of Vietnam War

Posted inObituaries

Gloria Young (1934–2015)

by Staff August 5, 2015June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Memorial service scheduled for Aug. 30

Posted inObituaries

Joseph Frisenda (1933–2015)

by Staff July 15, 2015June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Mass scheduled for July 17

Posted inObituaries

Mary Schlich (1941–2015)

by Staff July 6, 2015June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Mass of Christian Burial will be held on July 9

Posted inObituaries

Francis Joseph Schatzle

by Staff June 14, 2015July 10, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Eldest of five boys was a retired Navy captain

Posted inObituaries

Sue C. Blair

by Staff June 11, 2015June 30, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Call for memorial information

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