Death Notice - Victoria Ficarrotto passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 27 at the age of 80. Beloved wife of Dominick and loving mother of Laura Arena (John) and Donna Palermo (Tony). Devoted grandmother of Samantha Arena. Vicky worked for Horace Mann High School for 34 years and was cherished by all. The family will gather Thursday, October 29 from 5 to 8 PM and Friday, October 30 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx NY. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Margaret of Cortona Church at 9:45 AM on Saturday, October 31. Burial to follow at Kensico Cemetery.
Martin Kelly
Death Notice - Kelly, Martin on October 23, 2015 at the age of 84. Native of Ennis, County Clare, Ireland. Retired from New York Telephone Company after 36 years of service. Proud Army Veteran and member of the American Legion Post 1525 of Riverdale. Beloved husband of Mary Ellen (nee Grier). Loving father of Patrick, Mary and Eileen. Cherished grandfather to Michael & Kelly Feeney. Reposing Sunday, October 25th from 2-4 and 7-9pm at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx NY. Mass of Christian Burial Monday 10am at St.Gabriel's Church, 3250 Arlington Avenue, Bronx, NY. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne NY.
Catherine Veronica Gilheany
Death Notice - Catherine Veronica Gilheany on October 11, 2015 at the age of 90. Dear wife of the late Patrick. Cherished mother of Tommy and Patrick and grandmother of Doyle (Elsa). Loving sister of Philomena, Bernadette, Gabriel and Brendan of Ireland. Reposing Thursday 4-8 pm at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial Friday, 9:45 am at St. Margaret of Cortona Church. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations to the Leukemia Society would be greatly appreciated.
Leonore Lipka
Death Notice - Leonore Lipka passed away peacefully on September 30th, 2015, at the age of 80. She is survived by her daughter, Hilary, her husband, Michael, their daughter, Anya, her step-son, Jordan, her step-daughter, Susan, her husband, Howard, their children, Marlee and Michael, and a host of family and friends. Leonore worked at the N.Y. State Employment Service and then at the N.Y. State Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. She was office manager of the Bronx Office of OVR when she retired in 1990. After retirement she kept busy with travel, going to the theatre, and dining out with friends. She will be greatly missed. There will be a memorial service celebrating Leonore’s life on October 10th at 10:00 AM at the Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Planned Parenthood, the Humane Society, or the cat welfare charity of your choice.
Joseph P. Noonan
Death Notice - Joseph P. Noonan passed away peacefully on September 24, 2015 at the age of 86. Beloved husband to the late Josephine Noonan. Loving father to Kevin Noonan, Patricia Jakimowicz, Micki Sweeney and the late Brian Noonan. Cherished grandfather to Joseph, James and Dennis Sweeney, Alexandra Jakimowicz and Marilyn and Peter Noonan. Devoted great grandfather to Joseph and Dylan Sweeney. Also a dear brother to AnnaMay Ullrich and the late Mary Defelice. Joseph served in the United States Army as a Military Police Officer. He is a retired member of Continental Trailways Bus Co and MABSTOA where he worked a a Busdriver. Visiting to be held at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home on Sunday, September 27,2015, from 7-9pm. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Margaret of Cortona Church, Monday September 28,2015, at 9:45am. Burial to follow at St Raymond's Cemetery.
Vincent A. Iannucci
A Beautiful Life
Vincent A. Iannucci died at 9:01 AM, Friday September 18. Vince was a lifelong resident and prominent contributor to the community of Yonkers.
At ninety four years of age, his life was not defined by its length but by how he lived and what he accomplished. He graduated Theodore Roosevelt High School and shortly after, became a soldier in the US Army. With others of his “greatest generation,” he fought and won a war to preserve our way of life.
When he came home he married Jeanette, his beautiful bride of sixty seven years. Together they raised a large and loving family. He enrolled and graduated from New York University, started a successful accounting practice, and built his ‘retreat on the lake” in Highland Lakes New Jersey.
Vince was an officer and prominent member of the Exchange Club where he took a particular interest in programs assisting children. He was a soldier, a businessman, a community leader. Most importantly he was a husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, a man who loved his family and taught each of us to love the preciousness of life itself, every day. He lived not just a full, but a meaningful life, a beautiful life, and we will strive to live by his example.
The wake will be held on Tuesday September 22, 2015 from 5-9 pm at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx NY. Mass of Christian Burial is Wednesday September 23, 2015 at 9:45am at St. Margaret of Cortona Church, 6000 Riverdale Avenue next to the funeral home. Entombment will follow at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum located at 280 Secor Road in Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York.
Janet Page Kessler
Janet Page Kessler, fiber artist, photographer and designer passed away peacefully on September 13, 2015.
A true New Yorker, Janet was raised in a boarding house on 34th street, owned by her German immigrant grandparents. It was the 1930s, and many of the boarders were indigent. She grew up quickly, hearing many of their stories. It was no doubt that her love for New York City—as a place of both struggle and opportunity --began at that time.
At an early age, she became interested in needle arts and explored every aspect, from crochet to painting her own needlepoint canvases. Her first experience with fiber art was based on traditional English paper-piecing, learned from her grandmother. She studied art at Parsons. By the 1980s, her passion for fiber art became her livelihood. She began designing quilts for all the major home-sewing fabric manufacturers. In the years that followed, she designed and wrote directions for over 1,000 original quilts. These instructions were printed and distributed to home-sewers throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and Japan.
Her own fiber art was quite different than the commercial patterns she wrote. A free, independent spirit, her early art quilts explored optical illusions created by color and space. She soon developed her own unique style, with organic shapes, layers and intricate textures created by thread and fabrics.
Her passion for art extended to sharing it with others: over the years she taught art and design classes for every level of ability from beginner to master classes. Her children and grandchildren also knew that any conversation with their Nana could quickly segue into an opportunity to discuss art, music, literature or politics.
She and Nancy Crow created the New York Art Quilts Network. An early advocate of women’s rights, many of her later art quilts explored domestic violence, rape, and verbal abuse as their themes. Her fiber art won awards at Quilt National, and many of her pieces were solicited by museums and private collectors.
Janet continued designing until the year before her passing. When she was not able to use a sewing machine, she began creating unique paper collage, and returned to her early love of drawing.
A most unusual and creative woman, Janet’s passion for learning, art and reading was reflected in her work, and passed on to her children—Cia, Adrienne and Susan—and her grandchildren—Drury, Sean Michael, Sara and Billy. She was always full of surprises. We will miss her free spirit and inquiring mind.
A memorial service will be held at Christ Church, 17 Sagamore Road, Bronxville, NY on October 17 at 2 pm.
Sarah J. Benjamin
Death Notice - Sarah J. Benjamin (Virginia Preuss-Howard) died peacefully August 29, 2015. She was preceded in death by parents John Karl Preuss and Virginia Louise English-Preuss, Sister Jualianne Preuss, S.S.J., and Brother John A. Preuss. She is survived by her sisters Mary Szwerluga, (Shalimar, FL) and Emma Preuss-Thompson, (Ocala, FL). A private cremation was held and Sarah will be placed in a Niche at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY, Chapel B, mausoleum West Foyer, Niche - NGQ, Level 9. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
Diane Moravec
Death Notice - Diane Moravec passed away on August 27, 2015. Loving wife of Greg. Devoted mother of Lauren, Jessica, and Greg. Cherished grandmother of Brianna and Layla. Dear sister of Mark Silverman. Reposing Monday 3 - 8pm at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Ave., Bronx. Mass of Christian Burial Tuesday 10 am at Our Lady of Angels Church. Committal Ferncliff Cemetery.
Elena Savino
Death Notice - Elena Savino died peacefully on August 26, 2015. She is survived by her children, Richard Landi (wife Patricia) and Sr. Jane Iannucelli, SC; her granddaughter Kathryn Hoffman (husband Christopher); her great grandsons (C.J. and Tim Hoffman); and the Savino Family. Visitation will be Friday, Aug. 28 at the Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home from 2–4 & 7–9 pm. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Aug. 29 at 9:30 am in Sacred Heart Church, Yonkers, NY. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Sisters of Charity Development Fund. Burial will be private.
Mary Haggerty
Death Notice - Mary Haggerty (nee Somers). Beloved widow of Joseph C. Devoted mother of Christine and Robert. Cherished sister to Kathleen O’Brien and aunt to many. Retired NY Telephone Co. Reposing Thursday 2-4 & 7-9 pm at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Ave., Bx. Mass of Christian Burial Friday 10:45 am at St. Margaret of Cortona Church. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
Virginia Rose Fay Enright
Death Notice - Virginia Rose Fay Enright, 90 years old, passed away peacefully surrounded by the love of her family at Schervier Nursing Care Center in the Bronx on August 22, 2015. She was born on May 11, 1925 in NYC to the late Alice and Patrick Fay. Virginia was predeceased by her two sisters, Marion Gannon and Ethel Searles. She married the great love of her life, the late John J. Enright, on May 17, 1947. For thirty one years she was the evening clerical supervisor of the Emergency Room at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center before her retirement in 1993.
Virginia Rose is survived by her four deeply grateful children, Joy McCrosson (Matthew), John (Annie), Patrick (Lori Ann) and Mark (Lynda). She leaves behind her greatest joys in 12 grandchildren, Matthew R. McCrosson (Suzanne), Melissa Cybulski (Mark), Patrick McCrosson, Daniel McCrosson (Felicia), Christopher Enright (Elizabeth), Lucianne Enright, John Enright, Rachel Enright, Maxwell Enright, Schuyler Enright, Emma, and Eliana Enright. She was also the much loved great grandmother “GG” of Brendan, Madeline, Millie, Ben, Rebekah, and Ethan.
Virginia Rose was a woman of great faith! She lived her life with dignity and grace even during these final years as she suffered through dementia. She leaves a legacy of love and asked only that we make God’s world a better place!
Family will receive friends at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home at 6110 Riverdale Avenue Bronx, NY on Monday August 24th from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The funeral Mass will be held Tuesday August 25th at 9:45 a.m. at St. Margaret of Cortona Church, 6000 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx, NY. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, NY.
Susan McCrossan
Death Notice - McCrossan, Susan on August 18, 2015 at the age of 80. Loving daughter of the late Sarah and John. Dearest and loved sister of Patricia Sheridan, Margaret Sheridan, John, Bernard, Josephine Simpson, Thomas and the late Mary Brennan. Beloved aunt to many. Reposing Friday 4-9 pm at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Ave, Bx. Mass of Christian Burial Saturday 9:45 am at St. Margaret of Cortona Church. Bronx, NY. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
Scott K. DeGarmo
Death Notice - DeGarmo, K. Scott passed away on August 15 at his home in Riverdale, N.Y., surrounded by wife, Barbara, and beloved daughters Madden Manion(Terrance) and Julie DeGarmo (Douglas Dietrich). He is also survived by four precious grandchildren, Jack and Tommy Manion and Anika and Graydon Dietrich; his brother, John DeGarmo, and sister, Mary Toof. Scott had a long and varied career in newspapers, magazines and, most recently, as owner of magazine and trade show company Broadband Communities. A memorial service celebrating Scott’s life will be held Friday, August 21, 2015 at 12:30 p.m. at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Ave., Bronx, N.Y. Donations can be made to curepc.org.
Patricia M. O'Keefe
Death Notice - O’Keefe, Patricia M., (nee Dunn). Beloved wife of 44 years of Kevin and devoted mother of Christopher (Kate Sullivan) and Kate (Casey Yarger). Loving sister to Kathleen and Kevin Dunn. Pre-deceased by her parents, James and Mary, her brother Tommy and her aunt Nora Spillane. Pat was a dedicated teacher and good and loyal friend to many. Pat taught kindergarten and first grade for over thirty-five years at St. Paul School in East Harlem and at Incarnation School in Washington Heights where she also served as Principal from 2004 to 2009. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Pat’s memory for scholarships and tuition assistance to: Incarnation School Development, c/o Pat Cronin, 570 West 175th Street, New York, NY10033 or go to the web site, www.incarnationnyc.org, and click the "Donate" button on the left to use PayPal. Please designate "In Memory of Pat O'Keefe" and "For tuition assistance" on the check or on the donation page.
The wake will be on Thursday, August 20th from 2-5 and 7-9pm at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx, NY 10471. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10am on Friday, August 21st at Incarnation Church, 1290 St. Nicholas Avenue (West 175th St) New York, NY 10033 phone (212) 927-7474.
Yakov Veynblat
Chapel Service - Yakov Veynblat - The family is gathering Sunday at 10 am at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Avenue Bronx NY. The chapel service will be held at 10:30 am in the memorial chapel. The interment will follow at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Hawthorne, NY.