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By Rick Pezzullo— Elizabeth Theiler Martin, a local landscape designer and active environmentalist, died Nov. 19. She was 85. She grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, the only child of Lillian Graham and Max Theiler, a medical researcher who won the Nobel Prize for ... More »
Beloved mother and grandmother, Nancy Colean Howard of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., and Salisbury, Connecticut, passed away peacefully on November 9, 2024, at Harbor Point, Centerville, MA where she received wonderful care for the last several years. Born on November 25... More »
By Rick Pezzullo— Funeral services will be held this week for the wife and daughter-in-law of Greenburgh Councilman Francis Sheehan who were killed in a fiery car crash September 16 in White Plains. Family and friends will have the chance to pay their respects... More »
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Gopal Narasimhan on Sunday, June 16, 2024, at the age of 49. Gopal was born on August 11, 1974, to Melatur and Sudarshan Narasimhan in Queens, NY. After he graduated from Bronx Science in 1992, he we... More »
Gertie M. Cooper passed away on September 3 at the age of 93. The daughter of Justin and Beate (Wortsmann) Maier, she was born on February 23, 1931 in Augsburg, Germany. She immigrated to the United States to escape Nazi persecution, arriving in New York on th... More »
HOPKINS, Barbara Ann, age 93 of Sleepy Hollow, NY passed on Monday, August 19, 2024. Barbara was born in 1931 in Providence, RI to the late Thomas Joseph and Jane (Feely) Shortle. She attended Classical High School and Pembroke College of Brown University, bot... More »
Mavis B. Cain, née Collins, a pioneering advertising executive in New York City and the longstanding President of the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct, died at her home in Dobbs Ferry, NY, on August 23 at the age of 96, surrounded by family and friends. Mavi... More »
AGNES M. SINKÓ (1941-2024) passed away on March 2. She was one of seven children, grew up in Irvington, NY, and lived and worked in the New York City area for most of her life. She married Josef Sinkó (deceased 2023) in 1966 and brought her in-laws to live wi... More »
Born and raised in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Linda attended the Berkeley Carroll School in Park Slope before attending C.W. Post College on Long Island. It was there that she met Arthur Leary, also from Bay Ridge, whom she would marry. In the late 1960s they moved ... More »
By Rick Pezzullo—- Eileen Patricia Pilla, the first female mayor of Tarrytown, died peacefully Dec. 18 at Cabrini of Westchester. She was 91. A Tarrytown native, Pilla proudly served for four years as a village trustee (1984-1987) before being elected mayor, a... More »
Hildegard Hoffmann Lawrence died peacefully on October 23, 2023 in Alexandria, Virginia at the age of 85. Hilde is survived by her daughter, Rebecca Lawrence (David Soles) and grandson James Soles Lawrence of Arlington, Virginia. She is preceded in death by he... More »
Edward Anthony Apuzzo, 76, died on September 19, 2023, after three years of treatment for a rare sarcoma. He was at home in Irvington, New York surrounded by his family. He was a gentle, kind, and caring husband, father, and friend, valued colleague, and cheri... More »
Life long resident and one of Irvington Historical Society’s Legacies has passed away on August 19th 2023. Frank X Gilligan II lived in Irvington for 85 years and was born in the Dobbs Ferry Hospital on May 13th 1938 and is the son of Frank X Gilligan (1885-19... More »
TV Commercial Director Anthony Ficalora was acclaimed for his still photography and national TV commercials. Anthony enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1942 to 1946, where he served as Photographer’s Mate First Class on the USS Curtiss, AV 4, ... More »
Janet L. Graham of Pocantico Hills passed away peacefully on June 9, 2023. Janet was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and attended Erasmus Hall High School. After relocating to Westchester and marrying her husband, Bill, they moved to Pocantico Hills where they... More »
Paul Maccabee, beloved husband and father, passed away on July 24. He was 79. Paul was born to Rachel and Samuel Maccabee in Brooklyn, NY on April 13, 1944, three years ahead of his brother George. The boys lost their dad in 1951. After attending Albion Colleg... More »
Carlos Alberto Simbana, of Irvington, passed away peacefully on June 25 at his home in Mount Pleasant, SC, surrounded by family after a long battle with cancer. He was 52. Carlos was born February 15, 1971, in Cuenca, Ecuador, to Manuel and Elvira (Pinos) Simb... More »
Renee Diane Rahilly of Paso Robles, CA died May 16th at the age of 80 years surrounded by her four sons and her husband of 62 years. Renee was born in Tarrytown, NY on October 24, 1942 to Mary and George Phenix the youngest of three children. She was preceded... More »
Ruth Berelson, born on September 7, 1924, passed away in her Irvington, NY, home, June 14, 2023. She spent her childhood in Hollis, Queens, graduated from Queens College, then attended the University of Chicago. Art and ceramic sculpting became the focal point... More »
Mary Anasta Anderson, known as Anne, age 79, of Dobbs Ferry, NY and Vero Beach, FL, died peacefully in her home on June 23, 2023 after a six-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1944, Anne spent her early years in a rural communi... More »
