All Obituaries

Phoenicia- Shirley L. Perpetua, 74 of Woodland Valley died Thursday November 19, 2020 at the Kingston Hospital after a recent hip surgery. She was a lifelong area resident who was born February 28, 1946 the daughter of the late August and Verna Grey May. Shirley was deeply connected to a "sense-of-community". She led by example, and could be counted on to provide a meal of home baked ziti for every local need that would arise. Helping others brought her...

Phoenicia- Shirley L. Perpetua, 74 of Woodland Valley died Thursday November 19, 2020 at the Kingston Hospital after a recent hip surgery. She was a lifelong area resident who was born...

Jean Gaede Woodstock

Jean Lasher Gaede February 9, 1925 – November 14, 2020 SHE WALKED… * In the 20’s and 30’s as a girl she walked the hills of Bearsville bringing home the cows or visiting her friends and neighbors. * In the 40’s, the only time she lived away from her beloved Woodstock, she never drove, kept walking and even did some marching in the Army. * In the early 50’s she thought she would try flying but got discouraged on her solo flight when...

Jean Lasher Gaede February 9, 1925 – November 14, 2020 SHE WALKED… * In the 20’s and 30’s as a girl she walked the hills of Bearsville bringing home the cows or...

Dolores Fredericks West Hurley

West Hurley- Dolores L. Fredericks, 93, of West Hurley died Tuesday November 10, 2020 at her residence with her family at her side. She was born August 28, 1927 in Philadelphia, daughter of the late John and Alice Cardenti Soldatich. A long time resident of the West Hurley area, she was a former member of the Lion’s Club and was one of the original Ombudsman for the Ulster County Office of the Aging. Dolores and her husband Charles enjoyed extensive worldwide travels....

West Hurley- Dolores L. Fredericks, 93, of West Hurley died Tuesday November 10, 2020 at her residence with her family at her side. She was born August 28, 1927 in Philadelphia, daughter of...

Faustina Cameron Boiceville

Boiceville- Faustina (Tina) Cameron, 82, formerly of Deerfield Rd, Rt.42, Shandaken, and Bayshore L.I., died Tuesday November 10, 2020 at the Thompson House in Rhinebeck. Tina was born November 15, 1937 in Beeville Texas, daughter of the late Sireldo and Gila Castillo Martinez. An area resident since 1975 with late husband Charles Cameron, homemaker until the death of her husband, Tina became well known as staff at Brio's in Phoenicia, later a familiar smiling face...

Boiceville- Faustina (Tina) Cameron, 82, formerly of Deerfield Rd, Rt.42, Shandaken, and Bayshore L.I., died Tuesday November 10, 2020 at the Thompson House in Rhinebeck. Tina...

Suzanne Colp Phoenicia

PHOENICIA – Suzanne Charlotte Festag Colp, a longtime Phoenicia resident, died Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, from injuries sustained in a fall at her home last July. A native Californian, Suzanne was born on Apr. 8, 1953 and raised in Claremont, CA. She graduated from Claremont High School in 1970 and attended Chaffey Community College. After a few years in the Colorado Rockies, Suzanne found herself in New Jersey where she met her future husband, Dwayne, a...

PHOENICIA – Suzanne Charlotte Festag Colp, a longtime Phoenicia resident, died Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, from injuries sustained in a fall at her home last July....

Alfred Rose Shokan

Shokan- Alfred W. Rose, 80, of Shokan died peacefully Tuesday November 3, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Kingston on June 13, 1940 son of the late Alfred and Anita Rose Sr. For over twenty-five years, he owned and operated Business Machines Sales & Service on Broadway in Kingston having retired approximately 15 years ago. He was a former bowling team member, and had been active in the local softball league. ...

Shokan- Alfred W. Rose, 80, of Shokan died peacefully Tuesday November 3, 2020 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Kingston on June 13, 1940 son of...

Benson Caswell Phoenicia

Phoenicia- Benson B. Caswell, 71 of Main Street died Thursday October 22, 2020 at Golden Hill Rehabilitation Center. An area resident since 2004, he formerly made his home in Woodstock. Ben was born February 20, 1949 in Poughkeepsie and grew up in the central New York town of Rome. He was an alumnus of Rochester Institute of Technology's photography program. Ben was a people person who had a keen eye to capture creative moments of folks on the street. ...

Phoenicia- Benson B. Caswell, 71 of Main Street died Thursday October 22, 2020 at Golden Hill Rehabilitation Center. An area resident since 2004, he formerly made his home in...

Eleanor Mulligan Kingston

Kingston- Eleanor Mulligan, 97, a resident of Ten Broeck Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lake Katrine, NY, passed away on October 21, 2020. Eleanor was born at home on West 20st in the borough of Manhattan in New York, NY on January 14, 1923. She was the fourth of five children born to Margaret Cummings Mulligan and John Mulligan. As an adolescent, Eleanor moved with her family to Astoria, Queens, where she graduated from William Cullen Bryant High School...

Kingston- Eleanor Mulligan, 97, a resident of Ten Broeck Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lake Katrine, NY, passed away on October 21, 2020. Eleanor was born at home on...

Ruth Kelder Halcott Center

Halcott Center- Ruth Kelder, 91, of Turk Hollow Road in Halcott Center died peacefully surrounded by her family at her residence Friday October 16, 2020. She was born October 29, 1928 in Windham, daughter of the late Jacob and H. Gertrude Alle. Ruth was a telephone operator, then a Supervisor for N.Y.Bell while in Windham. A Halcott resident since 1953, she was employed by the Margaretville Central School for twenty-five years, having retired in 1993. Ruth...

Halcott Center- Ruth Kelder, 91, of Turk Hollow Road in Halcott Center died peacefully surrounded by her family at her residence Friday October 16, 2020. She was born October 29,...

Muriel Stone Highmount

Highmount- Muriel Stone: She enjoyed a 75 year love affair with the Catskills On the 30th day of September Muriel Stone of Highmount passed away. She was 92 years old. Born in the Bensonhust section of Brooklyn on July 5th, 1928, Muriel Stone was the very unexpected fifth child of Abraham and Ester Kaplan, the former being an emigrant from Russia, or thereabouts, depending on when the Eastern European map was printed. The age difference between Muriel, who wasn’t gifted with a middle...

Highmount- Muriel Stone: She enjoyed a 75 year love affair with the Catskills On the 30th day of September Muriel Stone of Highmount passed away. She was 92 years old. Born in the Bensonhust...

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