Susan Ruth Mahabir

Susan Ruth Mahabir, 50, passed on March 26, 2017 at Montefiore Medical Center. Susan spent her early life in Trinidad attending the University of West Indies earning a Bachelors in Sociology. Susan was an avid reader, lover of nature, and a great proponent of education. After immigrating to New York she remained a loving daughter to Ophelia Mahabir and elder sister to Esther and Tricia Mohair. Family is gathering from 10am until noon at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx NY. There will be a service at noon at the funeral home. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery to follow.

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Thelma Schwartz Auerbach

Thelma Auerbach passed away on March 24, 2017 at the age of 91. Thelma is the widow of the late Murray Schwartz. Loving mother of Jane Schwartz and Jeffrey Schwartz (his wife Marcy). The family will gather Monday March 27th at 11:30 am at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx, NY.  A chapel service will be conducted at 12:30 followed by the graveside committal at 2:00 pm at Cedar Park Cemetery, Emerson NJ.

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Irene Chew

Family and friends will gather at Riverdale on Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Avenue, Riverdale, NY 10471 on Saturday, March 18, 2017 from 11:00am to 2:00pm. Interment will follow in Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, NY. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to PETA or the SPCA of Briarcliff, NY.

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Sandra Hunter Grosin

Viewing will be held Thursday, March 16th, from 2 - 5 PM and 7 - 9 PM. Church services will be held on Friday, March 17th at 9:00AM at Riverdale Presbyterian Church,  4765 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx, NY 10471. Followed by the internment at Mount Hope Cemetery. Jackson Avenue & Saw Mill River Road, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706.  In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Sandra’s memory to Washington Heights Children’s Center.

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Conchita Roman

Reposing Sunday 2-5 pm and 7-9 pm at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Avenue. Mass will be held on Monday 10 am at St. Gabriel’s Church in Riverdale, 3250 Arlington Ave. Conchita will be laid to rest with her husband, Humberto, in Tampa, Florida.

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Rene Medina

The viewing will be held at the Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home on Wednesday, March 8th from 5 until 9 PM. The funeral Mass will be held at the St. Francis Xavier Church, NYC on Thursday, March 9th at 10AM. A reception will follow at The Gander, 15 West 18thSt.   His ashes will be buried with his parents at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Yonkers and in Cuba and Puerto Rico. In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated for the Marco Medina College Trust Fund.  Checks may be made payable to College America and forwarded to The Medina Family at 5900 Arlington Ave Apt 17T, Riverdale, NY10471.

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Dorothy Faraday

Reposing Friday 4-8pm at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Ave., Bx.  Mass of Christian Burial Saturday 10:45 am at St. Margaret of Cortona Church.  Committal private.  In lieu flowers, donations can be made to Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital or Wounded Warrior Project.  

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