Tarrytown Daily News from Tarrytown, New York (2024)

November 25, 1997

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Tarrytown Daily Newsi

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Tuesday, November 25, 1997

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8 A Tuesday November 25 1997 Obituaries Gannett Newspapers Raymond Oddo 56: retired special education teacher Raymond Oddo a retired special education teacher and long time Mahopac resident died Sun day Nov 23 1997 at Northern Westchester Hospital Center in Mount Kisco He was 56 He was born eb 17 1941 to Dominick and Mary Leto Oddo in the Bronx His family moved to Eastchester when he was a boy Mr Oddo graduated from Arch bishop Stepinac High School in White Plains He received his and degrees in special education from Southern Connecticut State College in New Haven On May 30 1963 he married Mary Rodriguez in Hampton Conn A former Mamaroneck resident Mr Oddo had lived in Mahopac for 26 years A special education teacher with Southern Westchester Board of Cooperative Educational Services for 34 years Mr Oddo taught in Valhalla until his retirement in 1996 He was a member of the amily Motor Coach Association and en joyed traveling in his motor home Mr Oddo was a parishioner of St John the Evangelist Church in Mahopac He was an advocate for the National Bone Marrow Donor Pro gram which encourages people to get tested for possible bone mar row donations and explains what it means to be a bone marrow donor In addition to his wife of Maho pac he is survived by two sons Dominick of Mahopac and Christo pher of San rancisco two broth ers Ronald of Huntington Conn and Dennis of Salem SC a sister Marilyn Keehan of Chadds ord Pa and two grandchildren Calling hours will be riday afternoon and night at Cargain uneral Home Route 6 Mahopac A funeral Mass will be at 10 am Saturday at St John the Evan gelist Church Memorial contributions may be made to the Arkansas Cancer Re search Center oundation 4301 Markham St Slot 623 Little Rock Ark 72205 and the Mahopac Chamber of Commerce park pro ject Checks should be made paya ble to the Open Space Institute and sent to the Mahopac Chamber of Commerce PO Box 160 Maho pac NY 10541 The family also encourages people to call 800 MARR0W2 to inquire about the National Bone Marrow Donor Pro gram Henriette McClelland 77: piano teacher concert series organizer Henriette Bassi McClelland a former New Rochelle resident who taught piano for 60 years and guided the Artists of New concert series died Sun day Nov 23 1997 at Horizon House a retirement residence in Seattle She was 77 She was born July 30 1920 in New Rochelle to Charles and Hen rietta Helmrich Bassi A New Rochelle High School graduate she was a scholarship piano student of Hans Barth at the National oundation for Musical Education in New York City and she later studied concert piano with Henrietta Michaelson Ra phael DaSilva Hedy Spielter and others She married George McClel land in 1943 in New Rochelle He died in 1983 Mrs McClelland began teaching piano at age 17 and continued until she moved to Seattle last summer She taught students in lower West chester particularly in Mamaro neck Larchmont Tuckahoe Pel ham and New Rochelle She enjoyed performing the works of Debussy Liszt Chopin and Brahms and gave piano reci tals throughout Westchester and in New York City She also played classical guitar and recorder Mrs McClelland was past presi dent of the Westchester Musicians Guild She was dedicated to pro moting outstanding young talent and was chairwoman of the Artists of New concert series at the New Rochelle Public Library for many years She wrote poetry and prose for most of her life Several of her mystery stories were published in Ellery Mystery Magazine and one was featured on the televi sion show Hitchco*ck Pre Other stories were broad cast on German radio and rench television will miss her ener gy her piano playing her teaching and her said her son Keith of Seattle Mrs McClelland also is survived by a daughter Yvonne Leafgreen of Mentor Ohio a sister Beatrice Lister of Gladwyne Pa a brother Charles Bassi of Rocky River Ohio and a grandson Memorial contributions may be made to the Westchester Musicians Guild Artists of New Ro care of Jean Lazarides 659 James St Pelham Manor NY 10803 Butterworth Mortuary of Seattle handled the arrangements Carlton A Stewart 49: state bank examiner Grace Roskam Booy 99: retired seamstress Grace Roskam Boov of Mount Pleasant a retired seamstress fessionally and volunteer at the Ruth Taylor Geriatric and Rehabilitation Institute in Valhalla died Sun day Nov 23 1997 at White Plains Hospital Center She was Carlton A Stewart a longtime Westchester resident died Satur day Nov 22 1997 at White Plains Hospital Center He was 49 Mr Stewart was born Sept 24 1948 in New York City to Winston A and Eileen Stewart He attended Mount Vernon schools and graduated from Howard University in Washing ton DC In both high school and college he was a member of the ROTC Mr Stewart lived in Mount Vernon for about 20 years before moving to White Plains He was a senior bank examiner for New York state for 15 years He belonged to St Ola A Noel a Silver Lake homemaker died Monday Nov 24 1997 at White Plains Hospi tal Center She was 93 She was born June 20 1904 in Nova Scotia Canada to Sidney and Ida Hiltz Barkhouse She was educated in Point Novia Scotia She moved to White Plains in 1923 and to the Silver Lake section of Harrison 40 years ago She married Linwood Sawler in 1923 in Canada He died eb 20 1947 She married Wilfred Noel in May 1949 in Connecticut She was a member of St Bar Church in White Esther Burlone Morabito a Port Chester resident and retired ac count clerk died of cancer Mon day Nov 24 1997 at her home She was 77 She was born Nov 8 1920 in Yatesville Pa to Amedeo and Irene Marfisi Burlone She and her family moved to Port Chester and she graduated from Port Chester High School in 1937 She married Bruno Morabito on April 25 1943 at Corpus Christi Church in Port Chester A parishioner of Corpus Christi Church she also was a charter member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Port Chester Knights of Colum bus Council 503 Mrs Morabito worked as a book keeper for Muliwitz urniture Co from 1937 through 1944 She then was an account clerk for the Port Chester school district from 1964 until 1972 and for the White Plains school district from 1972 until 1987 She retired in October Christ Rezinas 91: retired restaurateur Episcopal Church in Mount Ver non His interests included cooking chess bowling fishing and mar bles Mr family said he was a devoted family man In addition to his mother of Mount Vernon and his father of Los Angeles Mr Stewart is sur vived by his wife Diane of White Plains a daughter Dana Stewart of Greenburgh a son Ethan of White Plains a sister Juliet Blidge of Manhattan a brother Roger of Connecticut three grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews Camelot uneral Home in Mount Vernon is handling the arrangements Plains Mrs Noel was a home maker and a member of a church sewing circle She is survived by two sons Stirling Sawler of Jenson Beach la and George Sawler of Cort landt Manor two daughters Vi vian of White Plains and Joan Swartz of Bedford a sister Ruby Swinimer of Halifax Nova Scotia 11 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren Visitation will be today at the Ballard Durand uneral Home in White Plains The funeral service will be tomorrow at 10 am at St Church 1987 Mrs Morabito was active in the Port Chester public school PTAs as an officer and committee mem ber and served on many of the school committees She was a member of the na tional and local chapters of the American Association of Retired Persons and of the White Plains Retired Teachers Association In addition to her husband Mrs Morabito is survived by three daughters Andrea Ragusa of Wil ton Conn Celeste Morabito of Suffern and Elissa Morabito of Middletown NY a son Christo pher of Cortlandt Manor and two grandsons Visitation is today at Craft Me morial Home in Port Chester which is handling arrangements A funeral Mass is set for noon tomor row at Corpus Christi Church South Regent Street Port Chester Memorial donations may be made to the Susan Komen Breast Cancer oundation PO Box 224523 Dallas Texas 75222 9836 99 She was born Oct 6 1898 in Reewijk the Netherlands to Arie and Anna Weenszeen Ros kam She was raised and educat ed in the Netherlands On April 18 1921 she married Cornelius Booy in Manhattan Mr Booy died in 1952 Mrs Booy lived in Thompson ville Conn and Springfield Mass before moving to New York in 1940 In 1954 she moved to Mount Pleasant where she lived with her daughter Petro nella Ball her son in law Raymond Ball Jr and her grandchildren Deborah Wein and Gail Macleod Ball Mrs Booy took great pride in her ability as a seamstress her family said She made many of Sister Marie Liguori Colliton of the Sisters of St rancis in Hastings on Hudson died Sun day Nov 23 1997 at the infir mary of Immaculate Conception Motherhouse on the Hastings on HudsonGreenburgh border af ter a long illness She was 77 Sister Marie Liguori was born Oct 12 1920 in Staten Island to John Michael Colliton and Emma Margaret McCallum Colliton She was raised in Staten Island and graduated from St High School She went on to ordham University and earned her nurs ing diploma from St Vincent Hospital in Manhattan in 1947 She also took post graduate courses in operating room nurs ing at St Hospital in Rochester Minn In 1975 she trained as a purchasing agent at the Kellogg Center at Michigan State University She entered the Community of the Sisters of St rancis on July 16 1938 She took her first vows on July 14 1941 and took her final vows three years later Over her career she worked in many different capacities She began as a teacher at St Rosalie School in Brooklyn in 1941 and went on to teach at St Catha School in Pelham from 1942 to 1944 She was a staff nurse and op erating room supervisor at St rancis Hospital in Poughkeep her own clothes and sewed pro for Shop in White Plains and Mead department store in Scarsdale After her retirement in 1970 she was a volunteer at the Ruth Taylor Geriatric and Rehabilita tion Institute in the occupational therapy department and the mobile library Mrs Booy was affectionately known as She was a member of the Mount Pleasant Seniors In addition to her daughter of Mount Pleasant Mrs Booy is survived by three grandchildren and four great grandchildren uneral services are scheduled for noon Wednesday at the Bal lard Durand uneral Home in White Plains Memorial donations can be made to Ridgeview Congrega tional Church 12 Ridgeview Ave White Plains NY 10606 or the Valhalla Ambulance Corp 1 Westlake Drive Valhalla NY 10595 sie from 1947 to 1951 then again from 1957 to 1959 In between she supervised the operating room at St Hospital in Orange NJ from 1951 to 1957 Sister Marie Liguori worked as a nurse at the Department of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin or Mount Loretto from 1959 through 1962 She later worked as a purchas ing agent for St Agnes Hospital in White Plains St rancis Hos pital in Poughkeepsie and also for the Immaculate Conception Motherhouse She also super vised the Motherhouse at one time At St Agnes she also worked as a dietary aide and ray department clerk She retired in 1990 Survivors include her twin brother Ellsworth Michael Colli ton of Vero Beach la and her sister rances McGrath of East Syracuse NY Visiting hours will be today at the Motherhouse 49 Jackson Ave near the Hastings on Hud sonGreenburgh border A funeral Mass will be at 7 this evening at Our Lady of Angels Chapel in Immaculate Concep tion Motherhouse Hastings on Hudson Assumma Shankey uneral Home of Pearl River is handling the arrangements Death oticesPaid Listings Ola A Noel 93: Silver Lake homemaker Esther Morabito 77: retired account clerk Sister Marie Liguori Colliton 77: nurse supervisor purchasing agent teacher Albert Schwartz 84: luggage store owner Albert Schwartz a longtime Hartsdale resident died Satur day Nov 22 1997 at Columbia Aventura Hospital in Aventura la He was 84 Mr Schwartz a retired phar macist owned Luxor a retail luggage store in midtown Man hattan He maintained a winter residence in Aventura for about 30 years Mr family said he enjoyed playing golf and loved to watch baseball He was born Nov 21 1913 in New York City to Jacob and Lena Schwartz He graduated from ordham University Mr Schwartz married Sylvia Goldman on May 30 1937 in New York City In addition to his wife Mr Schwartz is survived by a son Joel of New Rochelle a daugh ter Carol Greene of New Ro chelle a brother Harry of West Palm Beach la a sister Es telle Raiffa of Belmont Mass four grandchildren and four great grandchildren uneral services are at noon today at Riverside Memorial Chapel in Mount Vernon Christ Rezinas a retired own er of the Cross County Diner in Yonkers died of heart failure on Sunday Nov 23 1997 at St Riverside Hospital in Yon kers He was 91 Mr Rezinas owned the diner on Yonkers Avenue from 1955 to 1965 He then became a restaurant consultant for various Greek American restaurants in Westches ter County until retiring in 1979 Mr Rezinas was born eb 28 1906 to Peter and Helen Tsironis Retsinas in Sparta Greece He immigrated to New York City in 1920 In 1940 Mr Rezinas married Theresa Constantinakos in New York City The couple had lived in Yonkers since 1957 He was a parishioner of Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Yonkers In addition to his wife he is survived by three daughters Helen Zacharkis of Spring Valley Peggy Hoff of Pittsford NY and Irene Henn of Hopewell Junction NY a sister Olga Tsonis of Greece six grandchildren and five great grandchildren Two brothers Thomas and George and two sisters Stella Le hares and Petroula Koumoutseas died earlier A wake will be held today at lower uneral Home 714 Yon kers Ave Yonkers The funeral will be tomorrow at 10 am at Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church 15 Leroy Ave followed by burial at Mount Hope Cemetery in Hastings on Hudson Memorial donations may be made to the Prophet Elias Build ing und 15 Leroy Ave Yonkers NY 10705 Obituary policy Gannett Suburban Newspa pers publishes the obituaries of people 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BARAGWANATH Joan Shea ormerly of Larchmont died October 15th in Al exandria VA Daughter of Albert and the Eileen Baragwanath She is survived by two sons Dennis and Timothy Shaw fiance William ish er Jr of Alexandria brother John and sisters Janice and Patricia Memori al contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society BARRESI JOHN DAVID Suddenly on November 22 1997 of Thornwood NY at age 19 Son of John and Patricia (Izzo) Barresi Brother of April Barresi Maternal grandson of rances Izzo and fraternal grandson of Theresa Barresi Reposing at HAWTHORNE UNERAL HOME 21 Stevens Ave Hawthorne NY on Monday 7 9PM and uesday 2 4 and 7 9PM uneral Mass Holy Rosary Church Hawthorne Wednes day 10AM Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery Hawthorne Donations to Westlake High School in his memory would be appreciated BOOY Grace on Nov 23 1997 Beloved wife of the late Cornelius Booy Cher ished mother of Petronella Ball Loving grandmother of three and great grand mother of four A memorial service will be held 12 noon on Wed Nov 26 1997 at BALLARD DURAND UNERAL HOME 2 Maple Ave White Plains NY COLLITON Sister Marie Liguori OS died Sunday November 23 1997 after a long illness She was 77 years old (ormerly Edith Colliton) Daughter of John Michael Colliton and Emma Mar garet McCallum Colliton Sister of Ells worth Michael Colliton of Vero Beach (her twin brother) and rances McGrath of East Syracuse NY Visiting will be held at the Sisters of St rancis Immaculate Conception Motherhouse Hastings On Hudson NY on Tuesday November 25 2 7 pm A uneral Mass will be held at Our Lady of Angels Cha pel Immaculate Conception Mother house on Tuesday November 25 at 7:00 pm Burial on Wednesday Novem ber 26 at Resurrection Cemetery Stat en Island NY Arrangements handled through ASSUMMA SHANKEY NERAL HOME Pearl River NY D'ALESSANDRO Louis on November 24 1997 of New Rochelle Beloved son of the late George 8 Angela D' Alessandro Dear brother of Rose D'Alessandro 8 the late Rocco Arthur John 8 annie D'Alessandro Nieces 8 nephews sur vive Reposing at the CANCRO INC UNERAL HOME 104 4th St New Ro chelle NY Mass of Christian Burial St Gabriel's Church on riday 10AM In terment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Vis iting hours Tuesday 8 Wednesday 2 4 8 7 9PM uneral home will be closed on Thanksgiving Day HUNTER Bernice of New Rochelle on November 20 1997 Viewing Monday November 24 at Bethesda Baptist Church uneral services will be held Tuesday 10AM at the Church Interment Calverton National Cemetery Arrangements GRANBY UNERAL SERVICE INC Bronx NY MORABITO Esther of Port Chester NY on November 24 1997 Visitation at CRAT MEMORIAL HOME INC to day 4 8 PM uneral Mass Wednes day 12 noon at Corpus Christi Church Entombment Saint Mary's Cemetery Rye Brook NY NOEL Ola on November 24 1997 Beloved wife of the late Wilfred Noel and the late Linwood Sawler Cherished mother of Stirling Sawler Vivian O'Reilly George Sawler and Joan Swartz Loving grandmother of eleven and great grandmother of eighteen amily will receive friends Tuesday 2 4 and 7 9 PM BALLARD DURAND UNERAL HOME INC 2 Maple Ave White Plains NY uneral service 10 AM Wednesday St Bartholomew's Episcopal Church Interment White Plains Rural Cemetery RAPPAPORT Dorothy of Sunrise la formerly of Mt Vernon 8 Bronxville on Nov 22 1997 Wife of the late Harry mother of Robert and his wife Miriam (Bunny) and the late Charles Sister of the late red 8 Howard Grandmother of Susan of Eastchester and David of Virginia The family will recieve friends at WESTCHESTER UNERAL HOME INC Eastchester Tuesday from 7 9 Service at the funeral home Wednes day November 26 at 11am Interment Beth Moses Cemetery riends who wish may contribute to the Eastchester Youth Council 40 Mill Rd Eastchester NY 10709 REYMAN Lorraine Beloved wife of the late Edward Devoted mother of Elaine and Robert ier 8 Stuart and Meryl Reyman Cherished Nana of Steven and Susan ier Debbie ier Philip and roma ier Edward and Jonathan Reyman Loving Gigi of Keith Joanna Reyna Jordan and Sofie Graveside service Tuesday 11 am at Sharon Gar dens Cemetery Valhalla NY or addi tional information call IJ MORRIS INC 1 800 624 8282 REZINAS Christ of Yonkers on 112397 Beloved husband of Theresa Dear father of Helen Zacharakis Peggy Hoff 8 Irene Henn Brother in law of Christina Constantinakos Brother of Olga Tsonis Survived by 6 grandchil dren 5 great grandchildren 8 several nieces 8 nephews Reposing at LOW ER UNERAL HOME 714 Yonkers Ave uneral Mass Wed at Profit Elias Church Visitation Tuesday 2 4 8 7 9pm TUTERA JOSEPH uneral Director on November 21 1997 of Port Chester NY Mass Wednesday Corpus Christi Church Visiting hours 5 9PM Tuesday Entombment erndlff Cemetery Hartsdale New York VALENTINE Mary of Port Chester NY on November 23 1997 Visitation at CRAT MEMORIAL HOME INC to day 5 9 PM uneral Mass Wednes day 11 AM at Corpus Christi Church Entombment Saint Mary's Cemetery Rye Brook NY IN MEMORIAM ALSTON Bertha Lue 6th Anniversary Always in my thoughts and prayers Miss you Betty BROOKS William Anderson 31 YEARS IN HEAVEN You are never to be forgotten Love you then love you still and always will Your Wife (Betty) Elizabeth Minnie and our our Children DAVE Shanta 1 st Year in Heaven You are always in our prayers Miss you very much Your daughter Jai Dave and family SPECIAL NOTICES BRONSON Edith of Elizabeth City NC formerly of Briarcliff Manor died on September 26 1997 Beloved wife of Charles Bronson and mother of Mar garet Blackburn Barbara Gasparik and Kathryn Browning Also survived by sisters Margaret Broudy and Jane Loudermilk seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren A Memorial Service will be held at 11 AM on Satur day November 29 1997 at the Briarcliff Congregational Church 30 South State Road in Briarcliff Manor NY THANK YOU Sacred Heart for an swering my prayer GA The Sacred Heart Of Jesus Blessed Mother Padro Pio St Jude St Antho ny and St Pegrine for answering my prayers Please continue CP GANNETT SUBURBAN NEWSPAPERS DEATH NOTICE HOLIDAY 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