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Paul Doctor, 42, Nyack Resident
NYACK, N.J. – Paul Doctor, husband, son, brother, uncle, educator and colleague, died Wednesday, Jan. 20, following a brief and unexpected illness. He was 42.
He was born and raised in Mount Vernon. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pace University and a master’s from the College of New Rochelle. He embarked on a teaching career in the South Orangetown school dDistrict, where he met his wife, Patricia Cardenas.
He enjoyed cooking, fine wine and treating family and friends to many meals and happy memories. He was also a vocal, enthusiastic Yankees and Giants fan. He was equally at e…
Father Alfonso Pagliara, 90, Beacon Resident
BEACON, N.Y. – Father Alfonso Pagliara, Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, died Tuesday, Jan. 19, at St. Luke’s Hospital, Newburgh, New York. He was 90.
He was born in Chatham, N.J., on July 27, 1925, the son of the late Alfonso and Henrietta Mari Pagliara. He made his first profession of vows Aug. 21, 1977, at St. Lawrence Friary, Beacon. He was ordained on May 16, 1981, at St. Francis Church in Hackensack, N.J., by Bishop Frank Rodimer. He served in the parishes of St. Francis, Hackensack; Most Holy Redeemer, Tampa, Fla.; and Immaculate Conception, Hendersonville, N.C. He spent the remaining…
Palma Sudo, 87, Stamford Resident
STAMFORD, Conn. – Stamford resident Palma Catherine Sudo died Thursday, Jan. 14. She was 87.
She was born in Stamford on Palm Sunday, April 1, 1928, the daughter of Domenic and Catherine Annetta. She worked in her family's small grocery store until her marriage to Stanley (Stash) Sudo in 1955, when she moved to Greenwich. Known as Pam to her friends, she and Stash were avid gardeners of vegetables, flowers and a grape vine. Each season, crops were shared with friends and family. She also sold real estate in Greenwich and had been an active member of the Ladies Auxiliaries of the Richmond Par…
Milagros Morales, 90, Wappingers Falls Resident
WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. – Milagros Morales of Wappingers Falls died Wednesday, Jan. 20. She was 90.
Visitation will be held Saturday, Jan. 22, from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at the Straub, Catalano & Halvey Funeral Home, 55 East Main St., Wappingers Falls. A funeral service will take place Sunday, Jan. 23, at 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment will take place Sunday at Wappingers Rural Cemetery, West Main Street, Wappingers Falls.
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Catherine Mary Culkin, 61, Millbrook Resident
MILLBROOK, N.Y. – Catherine Mary Culkin, of Millbrook, died Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the Hospice of Orange and Sullivan Counties. She was 61.
She was born Feb. 12, 1954, to the late Henry Dermott Culkin and Naomi Leith Culkin of Lexington, Va. She became part of the Millbrook community in elementary school. A 1972 graduate of Millbrook High School, she became a successful small-business owner, opening Microsoft Systems Specialists Inc. along with business partner Dawn Roeller, a computer company committed to meeting the operating needs for newspapers around the country. She was a photographer, b…
Mary Grace Foerch, 92, Englewood Cliffs Resident
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. – Mary Grace Foerch, of Englewood Cliffs, died Wednesday, Jan. 20. She was 92.
She loved her family and cooking for them. She was the wife of John P. Foerch Jr.; mother of John S. Foerch and his wife, Toni Lee; grandmother of John and his wife, Summer, Christopher and his wife, Angie, and Christina; great-grandmother of Jack, Tierney and Reilly; and sister of Ross Corio and his wife, Marie Rose.
Family and friends are invited to visit from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Sunday at the Volk Leber Funeral Home, 789 Teaneck Road, Teaneck. A funeral service will take place at 9 a.m. Mo…
Wladyslawa Cwikla (Kolodziej), 96, Wallington Resident
WALLINGTON, N.J. – Wladyslawa Cwikla (Kolodziej), of Wallington, died Wednesday, Jan. 20. She was 96.
Born in Kraszkowice, Poland, she lived there and in Germany before coming to the United States in 1956. She was a World War II survivor. She was a seamstress for Val Mode Company in Passaic for 25 years and retired in 1983. She was a parishioner of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, Wallington and a member of the Wallington Senior Citizens.
She was the mother of Marian Cwikla, and his wife, Arlene, of Wayne; and Christine Badura, and her husband Jan, of Mahwah; grandmother of…
John Monaco, 86, Former Lyndhurst Fire Chief
LYNDHURTS, N.J. – John Monaco, former fire chief of the Lyndhurst Fire Department and Engine Co. No. 3, the “Hill Company” died Tuesday, Jan. 19. He was 86.
He was born in his Valley Brook Avenue home, where he had been a lifelong resident. He was the owner of Plaid Motors, which he established in 1968, along with his wife, Hilda. For more than 48 years, he worked in the shop with his sons Frank, John and Robert and later, his grandson, John III.
He joined the Lyndhurst Volunteer Fire Department, Hill Co. No. 3 in 1952 when he was 24. Monaco was fire chief from 1966-67, fire commissioner …
