Obituaries

Jul 28, 2024

Stephen Thomas Timpone, a resident of the VA Hudson Valley Healthcare Facility - Montrose Campus, died on Sunday, July 28, 2024 at the New York Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Corttlandt Manor, NY; at the age of 71 years old. He was born on February 2, 1953 in Long Island, New York, son of the late Isabela Timpone.

Stephen proudly...

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Jul 12, 2024

Angela Peña, a longtime resident of Washington Heights, New York City, passed away peacefully at her home on July 12, 2024; at the age of 92. She was born in Bani, Dominican Republic on May 7, 1932, daughter of the late Manuel Peña and Isabel Peña Brea. Angela immigrated to the United States in the early 1960s; she settled into...

Jul 10, 2024

George R. Oxley, a resident of Peekskill, NY, passed away on July 10, 2024 at the VA Hudson Valley Healthcare Facility in Montrose, NY; at the age of 82. He was born on June 21, 1942 in Panama City, Panama, son of the late Sam & Esther (Richards) Oxley.

George served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War from...

Jul 6, 2024

James A. Bopp, a lifelong Beacon resident, passed away on Saturday July 6, 2024 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, after a brief battle with cancer.

Jim was born on March 15, 1948 in Beacon, NY, son of the late Henry and Gladys (Stecher) Bopp. 

After graduating Beacon High School in 1966, he served in the United States Airforce where he...

Jun 30, 2024

Jun 28, 2024

Nelson Ocasio, Sr., a longtime Beacon and Fishkill resident, passed away peacefully on June 28, 2024 at his home in Fishkill, NY; at the age of 89. He was born in San Germán, Puerto Rico on September 22, 1934, son of the late Telesforo Ocasio and Margarita Vega.

On March 4, 1978 at St. Jerome Church in The Bronx, NY, he...

Jun 26, 2024

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Jun 20, 2024

Lillian Ann Rousseau, a longtime Beacon resident, passed away on June 20, 2024 at the Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, NY; at the age of 72. She was born on October 24, 1951 in The Bronx, NY, daughter of the late Robert Killough and Dorothy McKinstry.

Lillian attended Beacon City Schools, and graduated from Beacon High School, class of 1969....

Jun 16, 2024

Nancy Ann Musacchio, a longtime Beacon resident, passed away peacefully on June 16, 2024 at the Kaplan Family Hospice in Newburgh; she was 88-years old. She was born in Peabody, MA on March 30, 1936, daughter of the late Charles & Sylvia (Trojanowska) Whitmore.

On June 24, 1956 at St. Joseph Church in Lynn, MA, she married Anthony J. Musacchio ‘Chubs’,...

Jun 11, 2024

Joseph E. Powers, a longtime Beacon resident, a proud veteran of the U.S. Army, entered into rest on June 11, 2024, at his home. He was 94. He was born on August 22, 1929, in Elmira, NY, son of the late Michael and Anna (Malloy) Powers.  Joseph was a member of St. Mary, Mother of the Church, Fishkill, NY.

Joseph E....

Jun 7, 2024

I have a place that waits for me

A place I love, called Calvary

Where angels sing and rejoice all day

Here God holds my hand

As we walk through Heaven’s land.

This is the place I’ve dreamed of for so long

So beautiful, so heavenly like the angel’s song

May 27, 2024

Charles B. Secore, a lifelong Beacon resident, recent years of Wappingers Falls, passed away on May 27, 2024 at the Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh; at the age of 94 years old. He was born in Beacon, NY on November 14, 1929, son of the late Charles H. & Bertha (Rogers) Secore.

On July 26, 1952 at the First...

May 24, 2024

May 21, 2024

Margaret A. Ireland, ‘Peggy’, a life-long Cold Spring resident, recent years of Beacon and Wappingers Falls, passed away suddenly on May 21, 2024; at the age of 92 years old. She was born in Cold Spring, NY on July 11, 1931, daughter of the late Emerson James & Alice Louise (Myatt) Pierce. Peggy attended and graduated from Haldane Central School...

May 18, 2024

May 8, 2024

Marlene G. Grube, a resident of Wappingers Falls; formerly of Highland, NY, passed away peacefully on Wednesday evening, May 8, 2024 at the Fishkill Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing in Beacon, NY; at the age of 77. She was born in Poughkeepsie, NY on February 17, 1947, daughter of the late Joseph C. & Laura E. (nee Wager) Grube.

Along with...

May 3, 2024

John Eric Galloway Sr., a life-long Beacon resident, passed away suddenly at the Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, NY on May 3, 2024 at the age of 53. He was born on May 27, 1970 in Beacon, NY, son of the late Joan M. Galloway. John attended Beacon City Schools, and graduated from Beacon High School, class of 1987.

John...