All Obituaries

Clinton, NY – Barbara J. Dickett, 77, passed away Thursday, September 20, 2018, at her home in Clinton. Born May 2, 1941 in Yonkers she was the daughter of Edward and Gladys (King) Konrad. Barbara was a talented artist and painted folk art and nature scenes; many of her works have been sold in New York and Maine, and at local craft fairs and art shows.  A devoted mother, Barbara was a Boy Scout leader for her sons Billy, Mike and Brian; and a 4-H leader for Lisa and...

Red Hook  - Kathleen ‘Kathy’ Marie Aron, 69, passed away peacefully Tuesday , September 18, 2018, at her home in Red Hook. Kathy was a lifelong area resident.  She was born October 11, 1948 in Poughkeepsie and graduated from Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School.  Soon after she moved to Rhinebeck and began her 46 year career as a waitress at Foster’s Coach House.  Kathy was more than a waitress to many of her customers; she became a friend and...

“To love and live beloved is the soul’s paradise”   Our beloved Mother, Grandma, and Great-Grandma, Mary “Aprile” Puglisi, passed into paradise on September 8, 2018 in Rhinebeck, NY after 94 full years of life. She was born in North Rutherford, NJ on April 30, 1924 to Robert Chanfer and Filomena Silvestri, originally from Pacentro, Italy, the ninth of their 10 children. Mary worked for most of her life as an expert seamstress, for years employed in a...

Rhinebeck - Edwin Corning Faber, Jr., 86, passed away Thursday, September 6, 2018 at Archcare at Ferncliff Nursing Home. Born May 3, 1932 in Orange, NJ, he was the son of Edwin C. Faber, Sr. and Eleanor Van Nuyse Faber. Ed received his Mechanical Engineering degree from Cornell in 1955.  He worked for 2 years at Proctor & Gamble, then spent a year traveling around the world with a friend on $1.00/day.  On his return to the U.S., he came to Western Printing in...

Rhinebeck – William D. “Bill” Hollenback Jr., 85, a longtime resident of Rhinebeck, passed away peacefully at his home on August 16, 2018, with his daughter by his side. Born of humble but proud beginnings, the son of a coal miner, Bill grew up in Scranton, PA. A stellar athlete, he lettered in four sports, breaking a Pennsylvania state record for track and field, and earning a full football scholarship to Notre Dame. After spending one year with the Fighting Irish, family...

Joyce Carol Connelly Ghee passed away August 6, 2018 at Archcare at Ferncliff in Rhinebeck, New York.  Joyce was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, on March 11, 1931.  She was a loving wife, mother, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother. A lifelong resident of Dutchess County, Joyce was the first of Vera May and Raymond Lewis Connelly’s two beautiful daughters.  She was pre-deceased by her sister, Nancy Marinucci, who passed away on April 23, 2011.  On January 7,...

Rhinebeck – Gordon “Ike” Allen, 94,  a lifelong resident of the Town of Rhinebeck died Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Born in Rhinecliff on September 17, 1923, he was the son of Hattie Mae Dedrick and Oscar E. Allen.  Mr. Allen was an avid outdoorsman and baseball fan.  He was a founding member of the Neighbor’s Gun Club, serving as an officer for thirty three years; and a member of the Dutchess County Baseball old Timers Association and the Dutchess...

George-Anne H. Burke, 75, of Rhinebeck, passed away at her home on August 4, 2018, beside her loving daughter. Born on November 17, 1942, at the Brooklyn Naval Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of George and Dorothy Ackerland (Wright) Hoppock. Her father graduated from the United States Naval Academy and served honorably in the U.S. Navy during World War II. On November 26, 1966, at Annandale-on-Hudson, she married the love of her life Kenneth James Burke with the President of...

Rhinebeck – Ronald J. Hansen 72, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at his home in Clermont, NY. Ron graduated from Rhinebeck High School in 1964,  enlisted in the US Army and served during the Vietnam War. Following his service he began working for IBM as a computer programmer in Poughkeepsie and Kingston.   He worked for Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and FedEx after his retirement from IBM.  He was a member of Montgomery Post #429, Rhinebeck. Born April 7,...

  Rhinebeck- Audrey E. McLaughlin, 97, passed away on July 19, 2018 at Ferncliff Nursing Home. Born on November 8, 1920 in Poughkeepsie, NY, she was the daughter of the late Edward R. and Alice (Post) Brenner. Audrey graduated from Poughkeepsie High School in 1939 and in 1940 she graduated from Wood-Purinton Secretarial School. In 1941 she was employed by the War Department, first located in the Social Security building in Washington DC and then was relocated to the Pentagon while...