All Obituaries

Stefan M. Wilgermein, Jr., a longtime Tarrytown resident died June 21, 2021 after a long battle with lung disease. He was 65. Stefan was born in New York City on July 10, 1955 and was the son of Stefan M. and Alma Roehrig Wilgermein. He was a graduate of Mount St. Michael’s High School.  Stefan retired as a supervisor with the Westchester County Department of Environmental Facilities. He was a member of the Tarrytown Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Washington Engine Company #2 of...

Hearts across the country were broken on Sunday June 13, 2021 with the sudden passing of JP Hill. He is known as the kindest, friendliest, most thoughtful and fun loving person anyone could know. John P. (JP) Hill, Jr. was born in Amityville, NY on October 18, 1954 and was the son of John P. and Gloria Barry Hill. He graduated from St. John the Baptist High School in West Islip and received a BS in Management from Bryant College in Rhode Island where he met his future wife Terry McGowan....

Gisela E. Carlson passed away peacefully on June 2, 2021, at the age of 93 at Aynsley Place in Nashua, NH. Born on July 24,1927, in Wuppertal, Germany, Gisela was raised by her grandparents, August and Anna Dippel. As a student in Germany, she studied and worked in the textile industry. In 1947, Gisela was able to join and live with her mother, Hildegard Dippel, in the USA starting her new life in the Bronx, NY. In 1949 Gisela graduated as a Licensed Practical Nurse from the Hospital...

Emilia Rosa Martins Direitinho, 88, of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow died June 2, 2021. Emilia was born in Serafa͂o, Fafe, Portugal, on January 17, 1933 and was the daughter of Hilario and Albertina Rosa Fernandes Martins. She came to the United State as a young woman and settled in North Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow where she raised her family. She became the matriarch of the family assisting with her parents and siblings coming to settle in the area. Emilia worked hard her whole life first as a...

Barbara A. Blair, a lifelong resident of Tarrytown died May 30, 2021 at the age of 82. Barbara was born in Tarrytown on April 26, 1939 and was the daughter of Anthony and Pearl Elliott Nichols, Sr. Barbara was a parishioner of Transfiguration Church where she served as a Eucharistic Minister. She was also a member of the Tarrytown Seniors. She was a loving mother, grandmother and an especially adoring great grandmother who is survived by her children Janet Torchia, Ronald W. Blair, Jr and...

Joan Burns Levine of Sleepy Hollow died peacefully on May 23, 2021 at the age of 92.Joan was born in Rome, NY on December 23, 1928 and was the daughter of John Francis and Dorothy Wilson Burns.  Joan had been a Social Worker at Westchester Medical Center for many years. She is survived by her sons William and Ned and their families. No services are planned at this time.  

On May 9th, 2021 God received an angel. Stephen Russell Sr. was born to the late Aberdeen and Anna Russell on January 7th, 1957. Stephen was born at St. Luke’s Hospital in Manhattan and raised in The Bronx. There he attended and graduated from Columbus High School, and later went on to work as an interior demolitionist. He then went on to work at Debevoise and Plimpton where he met his beautiful wife, Donna. Stephen and Donna married on July 14, 1981. Through this union, two sons were...

Eva Centofanti passed away peacefully on May 6, 2021 at the age of 92.  Born Eva Del Monaco on September 24, 1928 in Pettorano Sul Gizio, Italy, she grew up in Italy, and survived WWII. She married the love of her life, Joseph A Centofanti on Nov 8, 1950.  Together they became US Citizens in the 50's and settled in Sleepy Hollow.  She self-taught to read and write in English. Later Eva designed her dream home that Joe built for her in Tarrytown where she's been living...

Catherine I. Dietz, resident of Milford, NH died on April 26, 2021 at her home. She was born in Valhalla, NY on March 24, 1924, a daughter of Charles and Roselean (Bray) Meissner.  She graduated from Irvington High School, Class of 1946 and made her home in Tarrytown, NY for over 60 years.  She had been employed by Eastern Aircraft and earned the Navy E as a Rosie the Riveter and had also worked for U.S. Gypsum Corporation for many years.  Catherine was a communicant of St....

Sr. Rosaleen (Sr. Kostka) Sheridan (88) died April 27, 2021, at Marymount Convent, Tarrytown, NY.  Born in Co. Cavan, Ireland, to Patrick and Annie McCannon Sheridan, she had been a member of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary for 71 years.    She taught at St. Anne’s School, Garden City, NY; Marymount School of New York; and Istituto Marymount, Rome, Italy. She taught and was a guidance counselor at Marymount International Schools in Rome, Italy and London,...