OBITUARIES

Jun 4, 2022

 

Barbara A. Muscat ( Scarola) passed away peacefully on June 4, 2022 surrounded by her loving family.  She was 56.

Barbara was born on May 11, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Salvatore and Mary Scarola.

Barbara was a graduate of SUNY Oneonta and Pace University where she earned her degrees in History and Political Science. 

She...

May 20, 2022

Chester Warren a lifelong resident of Nelsonville passed away on May 20, 2022 at Hudson Valley Hospital. He was 79.

Born on February 12, 1943, in Cold Spring to the late Chester and Helen Warren.

Chester was retired from IBM as a Quality Control Inspector, where he worked for 30 years in East Fishkill. He enjoyed the great outdoors, hunting,...

May 18, 2022

Robert John Appleton of the Bronx, passed away suddenly on May 18, 2022.  He was 55.

Born on October 26, 1966 in Aspen, Colorado to Robert Floyd Appleton and Patricia Haas Johnson.

Robert was raised in Aspen, Colorado and Lake Bluff, Illinois.  He spent his teen years in  Minneapolis, MN, and later moved to San...

May 2, 2022

Mary E. Scarola, Formerly of Cold Spring, NY and Clermont, Florida passed away on May 2, 2022 at her home.

Born on December 31, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York and raised by loving parents late Joseph and Mary Doran Taylor.

Mary graduated from St. Francis Xavier Academy High School in 1957, Saint Catherine Hospital School...

May 1, 2022

Joseph Lawrence Nelson (1938 – 2022)

Born 5/22/1938 in Staten Island, NY to Gustav and Sheila (Wilson) Nelson, he attended Ralph R. McKee Career and Technical Education High School in Staten Island, NY. In 1959, he married Carmella Venturini who gave him 2 children, Sandra and Joseph. They moved to Rockland County - first to Nanuet in...

Apr 24, 2022

Edward Thomas James Griffiths of Cold Spring, New York formerly of the Bronx, passed away on Sunday April 24, 2022 at his home surrounded by his family.  He was 81 years old. Born on December 16, 1940 in the Bronx, to the late Francis and Emma Marie HvastaGriffiths.

Ed grew up in the Bronx where he worked...

Apr 23, 2022

Stephen Gould Rose

July 11, 1950 - April 23, 2022

Stephen loved Cold Spring since the day he got off the Metro North Train from Manhattan, early in 1993, having read a “Thinking of Moving to Cold Spring” article in the New York Times. He was undaunted by the Superfund site, and loved...

Apr 12, 2022

Thomas C. Merrigan passed away on Tuesday April 12, 2022 at the age of 75 at Saint Luke’s Hospital in Newburgh, NY.

Tom was a veteran of the United States Army where he learned his trade of Automobile Mechanics. He worked as an Auto Mechanic for many years in various garages. The last garage he worked for...

Mar 22, 2022

Noreen Holyoake Keese of Wappingers Falls, formerly of Cold Spring  and County Kerry, Ireland, passed away peacefully on March 22, 2022 at her home surrounded by her loving family.  She was aged  65.

Born on November 14, 1956 in Ireland to Bernard and Margaret Holyoake.  Noreen immigrated to the United States in the early 1980’s to Houston,...

Mar 20, 2022

Josephine B. Gromer of Paul Smith's, New York passed away peacefully on March 20,2022 at her daughters home in Garrison.  She was 83,

Funeral Services will be private.

Mar 15, 2022

Kenneth S. Sapeta of Cold Spring passed away suddenly on March 15, 2022, at the age of 67.

Kenn was born on July 26, 1954, in Mineola, NY to the late Edmund and Mary Drysielski Sapeta. He grew up in Nassau County.  At age 10, he played the accordion at the New York World’s...

Mar 13, 2022

 

Christina Krawciw died peacefully at her home in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia on March 13, 2022. She was born on October 21, 1938 to parents Roman Kwasowsky and Stephanie Kwasowska-Okalita, in Lviv, Ukraine. As a very young child, in 1943 Christina fled Ukraine with her family who were under threat of imprisonment by the Russian secret police (the NKVD) for defending...

Mar 8, 2022

George A. Weise Sr. of Cold Spring passed away on Tuesday March 8, 2022 at home surrounded by his loving family.  He was 93.

Born on December 31, 1928 in Verplanck to the late Frank and Lena Weise.

George started working for New York Central Railroad prior to being drafted into the United States Army,...

Mar 4, 2022

Frank Angelo Colasurdo of Cold Spring, former long-time resident of Garrison, passed away on March 4, 2022 at the age of 91. He was born in the Bronx on September 30, 1930. He was the loving son of Altibano and Helen (nee Belotti) Colasurdo. Frank graduated from The Mount St. Michael Academy and then went on to graduate with...

Feb 17, 2022

Lars I Kulleseid

The Kulleseid family mourns and celebrates the remarkable life of Lars Ivar Kulleseid, who died on February 17, 2022 at his home in Garrison, New York, aged 86 years. He was a husband, father, patent attorney and fanatical athlete, outdoorsman and fox trotter.

Lars was born June 5, 1935, in Lakewood, Ohio,...

Feb 15, 2022

Alberta A. Nelson of Cold Spring formerly of Peekskill passed away peacefully on February 15, 2022 at NYP Hudson Valley Hospital.  She was 88.

Born on June 9, 1933 in Peekskill, NY to the late Albert W. Nelson Jr and Ann Marie Topaceski Nelson.

Alberta grew up in Peekskill and moved to Cold Spring over...

Feb 13, 2022

Catherine (Cathy) Isler

December 25, 1940-February 13, 2022

Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, Cousin, friend.

Cold Spring resident since 1976.

A Christmas baby, Catherine was born to Thomas and Dorothy Barca in Yonkers, New York on December 25, 1940. Catherine was the eldest child, and enjoyed life with her younger...

Feb 11, 2022

Danka Ilieva Lambova a resident of Cold Spring since 2015 passed away peacefully on February 11, 2022 at home surrounded by her daughter.  She was 91.

Born on January 23, 1931 in Bulgaria to the late Ilia and Maria Danov, she lived in Bulgaria until 2007 when she immigrated to the United States to be closer to...

Jan 31, 2022

Robert Emerick was born on April 14, 1934 in Ardsley, NY. On January 31, 2022, he passed away with his family by his side in Cold Spring, NY. He was 87 years old.

If you asked anyone who “Mr. E” was, you would get many replies - little league coach, building inspector, craftsman, Yankees & Giants fan....

Jan 25, 2022

Elizabeth Calandra of Kapolei Hawaii, formerly of Cortlandt Manor, New York passed away peacefully on January 25, 2022 at Ilima @ Leihano, surrounded by her loving daughters.  She was 100.

Survivors include her loving children Melodia Calandra, Robin Schmitz and her husband Jerry, Cherished grandchildren Thayer Schmitz and his wife Sarah and Gracyn Schmitz.  Funeral Services will...