All Obituaries

This is the story of Antoinette (Farnese) Ossman.  The youngest of six siblings, she was born in Avellino, Italy, and emigrated with her family by boat when she was 5 years old.  Antoinette was a wonderful woman. “Noni,” as she liked to be called by her grandchildren, “Donette” as she was called when she was little, and “Toni”, “Ant”, or Antoinette as her family and friends knew her, was an amazing wife, mother, grandmother, and...

George Henri Levasseur passed peacefully from this life on October 11th, 2018 at the age of 102 years.  Born in 1916 in West Hoboken(currently Union City), New Jersey where he lived with parents, George V. and Jeanne Levasseur and sisters, Jeanne and Henriette. In 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force and served for 3 years until the end of WWII attaining the rank of Master Sargent. He held a manufacturing career for several decades and later in life started his second career...

Glenn B Weiser of Pearl River, NY passed peacefully a­­­­nd painlessly at home on October 10, 2018, contrary to the way he lived. Born on November 21, 1955 in Manhattan to Matthew and Anna Mae Weiser, Glenn studied culinary arts at BOCES and SUNY Cobleskill and at a very young age helped him achieve his dream of owning his own business, Mollie McGuire’s restaurant in Rockland County, NY.  He went on to successfully own the Nanuet Holiday Florist, known as The...

Dolores Alice Jochum of St. Augustine, FL, formerly of Pearl River, NY died on Tuesday, October 9, 2018.  She was 84. Dolores was a RN and worked at Dominican Convent, Dominican Sisters of Sparkill in Sparkill, NY until her retirement in 1989. Dolores was born January, 1934 in Bronx, NY to Adolf and Alice (Donnelly) Backoff. She attended Rockland Community College and graduated with an Associates Degree in Nursing. Dolores lived and raised her family in Pearl River until moving to St....

Theresa DiGennaro of Pearl River, NY passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 6, 2018.  She was 80. Theresa was born March 27, 1938 in Bronx, NY to Ralph and Angelina Mosca. She is predeceased by her beloved husband, Dominick.  Theresa is survived by her son, Dominick (JoAnn) of Bardonia, NY; daughter, Joann Kost (Ron) of Millburn, NJ;  loving grandchildren, Joseph (Ashley), Natalie, Tara,  Peter and Kate and her great grandchildren, Lydia and Nellie. Theresa so...

  Marilyn Ann Angley,85 of Pearl River, NY passed away at Joe Raso Hospice Residence on September 27th, 2018. Marilyn worked for the New York Telephone Co and was a teaching assistant for the Pearl River School District before retiring in 1999. She was a member and volunteer for the All Girls Band in Edgewater Park, NY and served on the ladies auxiliary. She was a member and chaplain of the PR Senior ”A” Club, parishioner of St. Margaret’s Church for 43 years and...

Catherine (Kay) Ellen Healy, nee Comer, a resident of Pearl River, NY passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, September 27, 2018. Kay was born in the Bronx, NY on December 6, 1922. Her devoted husband of 61 years, Vernon Vincent Healy, predeceased her on April 20, 2007. She will always be highly respected and remembered by her family.Kay is survived by her seven loving and proud children; her daughter Eileen and husband John Murphy of Clifton Park, NY, her daughter Patricia Mocerino of...

Patricia A. Conklin of Pearl River, NY passed away Wednesday September 26, 2018. She was 85. Patricia Conklin worked as a teaching assistant for the Pearl River School District. She was with the district for 23 years before retiring in June 1995. Patricia was born March 12, 1933 in Congers, NY to Edward and Edith Gleason. Locally, she was active in the Nauraushaun Presbyterian Church. She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. Being a native of Rockland County,...

Father Matthew Bradley Passed away peacefully at Massachusetts General Hospital on Monday September 24, 2018. Father Bradley was born on June 3, 1944 in New York City, the first of three children to Matthew and Margaret (Riordan) Bradley. Father Bradley graduated from Bergen Catholic High School in Oradell, New Jersey and Iona College. Following his priestly studies, Father was ordained on June 24, 1972 in Fribourg, Switzerland at the Cistercian Abby of Hauterive. After several years of...

Edward J. DiGiacomo (Eddie Joe) of Nanuet, NY formerly of Pearl River, NY passed away on Friday, September 21, 2018. He was 55. Eddie Joe worked as a granite installation technician for Passoni Marble and Granite in Pomona, NY. He was born January 18, 1963 in Bronx, NY to Edward and Marie DiGiacomo. Eddie Joe was educated in Pearl River and graduated from Pearl River HS in 1981. Eddie Joe will be remembered for being loving and caring and his adventuress zeal for life. He is survived by his...