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Leah Ann Waldron, 48, Wyckoff Resident
WYCKOFF, N.J. – Leah Ann Waldron, of Wyckoff, died Thursday, June 16, at the Eastern Christian Children’s Retreat, Wyckoff. She was 48.
She was born in Red Bank and had lived in Point Pleasant before becoming a resident of the Children’s Retreat in 1985.
She is survived by her mother, Marjorie Waldron, of Aberdeen; a brother, John C. Waldron, of New Egypt; and her sister-in-law, Gail Waldron, of Cream Ridge; three nieces and two nephews; and her extended family of the Eastern Christian Children’s Retreat, who cared for her.
Her father, the Rev. John Waldron, died in 2013; and a brother, …
Loretta M. Donohue, 84, Peekskill Resident
PEEKSKILL, N.Y. – Loretta M. "Mamami" Donohue, a lifelong resident of Peekskill, died June 18. She was 84.
A homemaker, she was born Sept. 4, 1931, in Peekskill, to John and Mary Powers Keenan. She graduated from Peekskill High School in 1950. On May 12, 1951, she married John H. "Peewee" Donohue at Eternal Father of the Sea Chapel at the Naval Base in Charleston, S.C.
She is survived by her husband, John H. Donohue, of Peekskill; six children, Kathleen Fytros of Peekskill, Nancy (Roy) Scott of Peekskill, Kelly Donohue of Peekskill, John H. (Gail) Donohue of Plattsburg,…
Joseph Sciortino, 78, Brewster Resident
BREWSTER, N.Y. – Joseph (Giuseppe) Sciortino, of Brewster, died Friday, May 6 at Hope Hospice in Cape Coral, Fla. He was 78.
He was born Oct. 27, 1937, in Sicily to Antonio and Giuseppa Sciortino.
He was the owner and operator of Sciortino’s Restaurant in Brewster.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Sciortino; four children, Susan O’Keefe and her husband, David, of Salem, Joseph Sciortino and his wife, Shannon, of Danbury, Conn., Joanna Giordano and her husband, Joseph, of Granger, Ind. and Anthony Sciortino and his fiancé, Maureen Sheridan, of Valley Cottage; eight grandchildren; and two…