All Obituaries

Su­san Quaid Ayres Wey­burn — mother, sis­ter, grand­mother, cousin, aunt, friend, teacher — died from pan­cre­atic can­cer on July 21 at home in Tar­ry­town. Dot­ing mother to David and Jen­nifer and ador­ing grand­mother of Aedan, Louise, Vera, and Will, she also deeply loved her sib­lings, Mimi, Frank, and Chris, and their fam­i­lies. Su­san’s niece once called her the fam­i­ly’s...

Roberto Gabarro, a longtime Sleepy Hollow resident died September 18, 2021 at the age of 84. Roberto was born in Cuba on February 14, 1937 and he was the son of Robustiano and Maria Torres Gabarro. Roberto came to Tarrytown where he joined many of his fellow countrymen fleeing Cuba.  He adapted to life in the United States and had a long career working in Kraft General Foods in Tarrytown. Roberto is survived bu his wife Aida (Padilla), his son Roberto and his daughter Aida. He is...

Aleksandras (Alex) Sepkus, of Ossining died September 5, 2021 at the age of 67. Born in Lithuania on March 24, 1954, he was the son of Valerijonas and Jania Zabielskaite Sepkus. A well-known jewelry designer, he was “a profoundly talented artist and a long-standing pillar of the COUTURE community”. In Lithuania, Sepkus studied industrial design with the intention of following his father’s footsteps and becoming an architect. After some consideration, he determined that...

Eric Steven Weiss of Sleepy Hollow died quietly on September 7, 2021 after a valiant battle with cancer. He had just turned 71 the day before. Eric was born on September 6, 1950 in New York City and was the son of Jesse and Eva Semel Weiss. Over the years, he had lived in Wendell and Belmont, MA; Manhattan, Greenwich Village, Scarsdale, Sleepy Hollow and Denver, NC. Eric has been practicing exclusively in the field of tax certiorari law since 1982 and joined Tuchman Katz as a partner in...

Magdalena Kovacs of Ossining and formerly of Sleepy Hollow died September 7, 2021 at the age of 89. Magdalena was born and raised in Czechoslovakia. After coming to the United States, she gained employment at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown and worked her way up to a supervisory position before she retired. Magdalena was married to Bela Homolya who predeceased her in 2008. She is survived by her step-children Linda, Peter and William Homoyla and their families. She is also survived...

Nathan Weitman of Tarrytown and formerly of Long Island died peacefully on August 30, 2021 at the age of 94. Born in the Bronx on January 25, 1927, he was the son of Walter and Fannie Ditman Weitman. Nathan served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He went on to earn degrees in education and taught math and science for many years. He retired after a long career in education as an Assistant Principal in the Farmingdale School District. Nathan was an avid golfer and...

Victoria Kusmierz, 97, passed away on Sunday August 29, 2021. She was born in Lublin, Poland in 1924. During World War II, as a teenager, and an only child, she was forcibly taken from her home by the invading German Army and assigned to work on a farm in Germany. When the war was over, she and all the other young abducted workers were freed by the Allies and moved into deportation camps. It was there that she met and married her husband Walter in 1947. They emigrated to the US in 1951 and...

Juana Gil de Rojas born on August 21st 1934, a long time resident of Bronx, NY passed away on September 2nd 2021. Juana was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to Bronx, NY with her husband to give their  family a better life full of opportunities, and that they did.  She worked as an Healthcare Worker for Lindon B Johnson Home Care for 10 years, from which she retired. As the...

Edward J. Tully, Jr, a lifelong resident of Tarrytown died August 27, 2021 at the age of 82. Edward was born in Tarrytown, New York on January 30, 1939 to Edward J. Tully and Loretta (McGee). He was a member of the first graduating class of Transfiguration School and the last graduating class of Washington Irving High School. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Iona College and worked briefly as a sports writer for the Tarrytown Daily News. He served in the U.S. Air Force and was in...

Stefanie A. Vincek passed from this life on August 19, 2021 in Danbury, CT. She was born on May 4, 1967 to Margaret and Stephen Vincek. A native of Tarrytown, NY, she attended Transfiguration school before graduating from Sleepy Hollow High School in 1985. After graduating from Mercy College, Stefanie enjoyed a successful career in corporate relocation consulting services.  Stefanie knew how to live life to the fullest and she had a gift for making every room she walked into feel like...