Lisina M. Hoch, 89, Adventurer and Philanthropist Lisina M. Hoch, an adventurer and philanthropist, died peacefully at her home in Irvington on February 15. She was 89. Born in Switzerland, she was the eldest of three daughters. Her father, Fritz von Schulthes... More »
Angelo Jurcic, 80 Angelo Jurcic, a longtime resident of Tarrytown and North Tarrytown (now Sleepy Hollow), died in his native country of Croatia January 3. He was 80. Born in the city of Senj, Croatia, he came to the United States in the early 1960s, married a... More »
Morey Storck, Vice President of The Hudson Independent’s parent company, Hudson Valley News Corporation, a member of this newspaper’s Editorial Board, and a regular contributor of arts and entertainment articles to its pages, died January 18 following a long i... More »
Donald Moffat, 87 Veteran Broadway, film and TV actor Donald Moffat, who lived at Kendal on Hudson in Sleepy Hollow, died December 20. He was 87. Mr. Moffat, whose career spanned five decades. was a familiar face to movie and theatergoers. He played a corrupt ... More »
Sister Brigid Driscoll, 84 Sister Brigid Driscoll, RSHM, died October 29 at Marymount Convent in Tarrytown. She was 84. Born in New York City to Daniel and Delia Duffy Driscoll, she entered the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary in 1954. Sister Brigid taugh... More »
Gordon Ferguson, 67 Gordon F. Ferguson, a former longtime resident of Sleepy Hollow, died October 15. He was 67. He was born in Tarrytown on September 11, 1951 and graduated from St. Theresa’s School and Sleepy Hollow High School. Mr. Ferguson was a retired po... More »
John B. Vlacancich, 99 John B. Vlacancich, a longtime resident of Sleepy Hollow, died September 10. He was 99. Born in Sitvan, Cres, Croatia, he married Carolina Benvin in Croatia and the couple came to the United States in 1959 and eventually settled in Sleep... More »
Charles Elliott, Jr., 85 Charles Kindred Elliott, Jr., formerly of Dobbs Ferry and Irvington, and a summer resident of Madison, Connecticut, died July 15. He was 85. Mr. Elliott was a graduate of Berkshire School in Sheffield, MA, Williams College, and Harvard... More »
Bernardo Navarro, 79 Bernardo Navarro, a resident of Tarrytown, died July 2. He was 79. Born in Cuba in 1939, he was a graduate of the Cuban Naval Academy and a proud officer in the Cuban merchant marine until his opposition to the Castro regime forced him to ... More »
Cathy Dennis, 83 Cathy Dennis (Bucci) a lifelong resident of Tarrytown, died peacefully June 5 at home surrounded by her family. She was 83. Born in Tarrytown on November 26, 1934, she was a graduate of North Tarrytown High School. She had a long career with t... More »
Raffaela Calvitto, 95 Raffaela Calvitto 95, a resident of Tarrytown, died peacefully May 2. She was 95. She was bornin Foggia, Italy. She worked as a seamstress for Geoffrey Beene in NYC. She was chosen as the seamstress for some of Nancy Reagan’s wardrobe. Sh... More »
“Jacy” Joan Dobson, 87 Jacy” Joan Catherine Dobson, a devoted community resident (60 years) of Tarrytown, and loving wife of Chauncey Dobson, M.D. (66 years), died peacefully March 20, surrounded by her four daughters, Stephanie, Cynthia, Valerie and Deirdre, ... More »
