All Obituaries

A Celebration of Life Open House honoring Denny Dempster, 10/28/32-5/7/20, will be held on Friday, 8/6/21, at the Beekman Arms in Rhinebeck, from 3-7 pm. Friends, colleagues, and any who knew Denny are invited to join us as we lift a glass to him and celebrate his life. You are invited to bring memories or stories to share. Beverages and light hors d’oeuvres will be served. For more information, please...

John R. Harrison, Jr., 65, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2021, at his home in Clinton Corners.   Funeral services are private. 

NEW PORT RICHEY - Horace (Jay) Augustus Braggins, Jr., 97, of New Port Richey, FL passed away at the Medical Center of Trinity on Sunday, June 27, 2021.  The cause of death was congestive heart failure, with pneumonia and complications from Covid-19.   Jay was born in Cleveland, OH to the late Horace and Helen (Koepp) Braggins Sr. on September 9, 1923.  He graduated from Lakewood High School (1941), Baldwin Wallace College, BA Economics (1948), Indiana State Teachers...

Rhinebeck - Barbara L. Kinnee passed away on July 21, 2021 at home in Rhinebeck, N.Y. at the age of 96.  She was born on December 25, 1924 at home in Harwood, N.D. to Henry Louis and Selma Julenne (Dovre) Grobey.  The second child of seven.  Moving to Washington State at age two.  She graduated from Everett High School in 1942.  She was an honor student and active in all major sports.  She was a three year letterman.   Barbara married Wayne Kinnee in...

RHINEBECK – Ellen (McCarthy) Hubbert, 79, passed away on July 12, 2021 at her home in Rhinebeck. She was born on October 26, 1941 in Woodside, Queens, NYC to parents Thomas McCarthy and Mildred (Melius) McCarthy (both deceased). In 1953 she and her family moved to the hamlet of Shultzville, NY. In 1956 they moved into the Village of Rhinebeck. She attended Rhinebeck High School where she was President of her Senior Class, graduating in 1959. She was accepted at SUNY Cortland where...

Virginia “Ginny” Armstrong, 92, passed away surrounded by loved ones on July 11, 2021 at the Manor at Woodside in Poughkeepsie.   Born on February 24, 1929 in Middletown, NY, she was the daughter of the late Lewis and Hazel Hull.   Ginny graduated from Middletown High School in 1947. Following graduation, she went to school for teaching in Oneonta, NY, later working for Hyde Park Central Schools. After completing her education, she married John Armstrong on December...

          Catherine G. Hall, 89, passed away at Northern Dutchess Hospital on September 13, 2020. Born on July 27, 1931, she was the daughter of Harry and Reta (Cookingham) Goldsmith and a lifelong resident of Rhinebeck. Catherine attended Miller’s one room school house for seven years and graduated from Rhinebeck High School in 1949. On March 25, 1951 she married Chauncey Langdon Hall and operated a dairy farm in Clinton and worked for the Finesse Bake Shop...

Victor J Parent Jr 94, of Northfield, VT, died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Wednesday, May 25, 2021. Born on April 2, 1927 in Colchester, VT, and at a young age, moving to NY where he lived the majority of his life in Dutchess County. He was the son of the late Victor J Parent Sr and Ruby (Cole), Victor left school and entered the Army in 1945, serving for three years in Germany during the reconstruction. He ultimately settled with his family in Millbrook, NY where he...

Virginia R. vonderLieth, 86 of Rhinebeck, NY passed away on Sunday, June 6th, 2021 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, NY.   Born on April 2nd, 1935 to Gordon E. Ross and Gladys (Morill) Ross in Pine Plains, NY, Virginia grew up in Rhinebeck, NY and graduated from Rhinebeck High School in 1952. Ten years later, she married the love of her life, Charles “Ted” vonderLieth.    For over 30 years, ‘Giny’ managed her father’s...

The Hill-Howe family would like to invite you to the Celebration of Life Memorial for Peggy Howe & Pam Howe June 5th at 3:00 at our family home.   Margaret C. Howe (Peggy), 94, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on April 23, 2021, at her home in Rhinebeck, NY. She was born and raised in Poughkeepsie where her father was a co-proprietor of the Nelson House Hotel. She would reminisce about how her father coordinated the communications for FDR’s...