Funeral/memorial services were held at the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture in the Bronx on July 11, 2025. The all-denominational program included music that was meaningful to him - "Amazing Grace" on bagpipes, John Lennon's "Imagine" and "Let it Be", Bob Dylan's "Forever Young", and Jerry Garcia's version of "I Shall be Released". Burial took place at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in White Plains, New York, where twenty red balloons were released at the conclusion.

A viewing will be held on Thursday, July 17, 2025, from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM at Riverdale-On-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx, NY. The funeral service will follow at 1:00 pmin the Woolworth Chapel at Woodlawn Cemetery, with interment immediately afterward. A reception will follow at the Davidson Family Residence in Manhattan.

Pauline’s family will receive friends on Monday, July 14th from 2-5pm at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, with a service starting at 4pm. Committal will be private.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations be made to the New York Botanical Garden in celebration of Pauline's love for plants.

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In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to WFUV

A gathering will be held on Wednesday, July 9th at 9:30 am. Services to follow at 10 am at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home. Ayesha will be buried with her deceased husband, to whom she was married 49 years before his passing, at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, NY.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Ayesha’s memory to Alzheimers' Association

Reposing Monday, July 7th from 4 - 8 pm at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx NY. (Parking provided at St. Margaret of Cortona) Mass of Christian Burial on Tuesday, July 8th at 10:30 am at St. Margaret of Cortona Church. Interment to follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne NY.

Reposing Wednesday, July 9th from 2 - 6 pm at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx NY. (Parking provided at St. Margaret of Cortona) Committal private.

Reposing Tuesday, June 24rd from 3-8 pm at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx NY. Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday 9:45 am at St. Joseph's Church, 15 Cedar Street, Bronxville, NY 10708. Interment to follow St. Raymond’s Cemetery Bronx, NY.

In lieu of flowers, donations in James’s honor may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Reposing Monday, June 23rd from 4-7 pm at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx NY. Mass of Christian Burial 10:00 am at Church of The Good Shepherd, 4967 Broadway, New York, NY 10034. Interment to follow St. Raymond’s Cemetery Bronx, NY.

Reposing Monday, June 9th from 8:30 - 10:30 am at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx NY.   Mass of Christian Burial 11:00 am at St. Brendan, 333 E 206th St, Bronx, NY 10467. Interment at St. Raymond’s Cemetery, Bronx, NY.

A wake will be held Thursday, June 5th at Riverdale on Hudson Funeral Home at 6110 Riverdale Ave, Bronx, NY 10571, from 4pm to 8pm.  Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday at St. Margaret of Cortona, 6000 Riverdale Ave, Bronx NY 10571, at 10:00 am. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne NY.

Reposing Tuesday, June 3rd from 3 - 7 pm at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx NY.   Mass of Christian Burial 10:00 am at St. Margaret's of Cortona, Riverdale, NY.   Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Valhalla, NY.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to  Autism Science Foundation (autismsciencefoundation.org) and/or Doylestown Hospice “In House”, 4259 West Swamp Road, Suite 204, Doylestown, PA 18902.  

A wake will be held on Wednesday, June 4, from 4-7pm at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Ave. Committal will be private.