All Obituaries

          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...

Gail M. Parent NORTHFIELD — Gail M. Parent, 60, of Byam Hill passed away suddenly on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. She was affectionately recognized as a kind, generous and giving person; focused on helping others in any way she could. Born on Aug. 21, 1960, in Hudson, New York, she was the daughter of Margaret (Joyal) and Victor Parent Jr. Gail attended local elementary schools and graduated from high school in Millbrook, New...

Rhinebeck – Kenneth C. Russell, 72, passed away, Saturday, May 22, 2021, at his home in Rhinebeck surrounded by loved ones. Born October 9, 1948 in Bronxville, NY, he was the son of Charles H. and Elizabeth (Schimko) Russell. In addition to his mother, Ken is survived by his wife Brenda (Taylor) Russell of Rhinebeck; his children, Kaitlin Rodas (Byron), Jonathan Russell (Erin), Stacie Gogger (Michael Friedrich) and Steven Gogger (Becky); 9 grandchildren, Claire, Micah, and...

A flag was flown at half-staff at the beach in Fire Island, NY over the weekend to memorialize the life of Juan Villarreal who died tragically in a motorcycle accident on Thursday, May 20. He was 61.   Juan was born in Manila, Philippines to Jesús Morales Villarreal and Maria Teresa Palazon de Villarreal on October 3, 1959. After graduating from the esteemed International School, he moved to the United States to attend Ohio Wesleyan University where he would earn a...

Barbara (Bobbie) Carey May 8, 1933 – April 29, 2021 Loving wife, Mom, Grammy and Gigi, passed away quietly April 29, 2021 at The Meadows at Brookmeade, Rhinebeck NY. Bobbie grew up in Springfield, MA, graduated from Springfield High in 1951 and married her sailor man Sept 27, 1952, going where he went. After the Navy they settled in Wappingers Falls, NY, raising their family and making wonderful friends. In 1970 the family moved to the Town of Clinton, NY where Bobbie discovered the...

Rhinebeck – Walter “Wally” J. Palinski, 66, a resident of Rhinebeck, passed away at Vassar Brother’s Medical Center on April 21, 2021. Born in Rhinebeck on October 19, 1954, he was the son of the late William F. and Margaret (Zabrowski) Palinski. Wally attended Our Lady of Lords High School, Poughkeepsie NY, Carroll College, Helena MT, SUNY Canton, Canton NY. On (March 12, 1977) he married Eileen King in (Holy Cross Church Dewitt NY). Mrs. Palinski survives at...

  Town of Clinton – Gelletia E. Bartles, 96, passed away at her home on Saturday, April 3, 2021 after a long and wonderful life. Born on January 3, 1925 in Poughkeespie, NY, she was the daughter of the late Frederich G. and Mabel (Jennings) Tompkins. On May 30, 1942 at the Hedding ME Church in Poughkeepsie, she married the love of her life, Donald T. Bartles. Mr. Bartles predeceased her in 2013. Mrs. Bartles attended Poughkeespie Schools and relocated to the Town of Clinton to...