All Obituaries

Philip C. Selvaggio passed away Saturday August 17, 2019. He was 73.   Visiting will be held Thursday August 22, 2019 from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Wyman-Fisher Funeral Home Inc.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:00 AM Friday August 23, 2019 at St. Margaret R.C. Church 115 West Central Ave. Pearl River, NY. Entombment will follow at Ferncliff Cemetery 250 Secor Rd. Hartsdale, NY.  

John Archibald Keahon, longtime resident of Nanuet, NY passed away on August 11, 2019 at The Joe Raso Hospice Residence, surrounded by family.  John was 95 years old. Mr. Keahon worked as a letter carrier for the U.S. Post Office in Pearl River, NY.  He was a carrier for over 30 years before retiring on February 1, 1985. Mr. Keahon was born on May 30, 1924 in Harrington Park, NJ to John J. and Gertrude (Conklin) Keahon.  By the age of two his family moved to Pearl River,...

Betty Caton, a resident of Pearl River, NY for over 50 years, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 10, 2019.  She was 77.  Betty worked as a New Construction Senior Account Coordinator for Orange & Rockland Utilities in Mahwah, NJ.  She was a dedicated employee and loved her ORU family. Betty was born on January 30,1942 in Buffalo, NY to Wayne & Dorothy Hughes. She graduated from Miami-Dade HS.  Betty eventually moved to Pearl River with her family where...

Msgr. Joseph P. Penna J.C.D. a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York, died Monday, August 5, 2019.  Msgr. Penna was the son of the late Theresa and Joseph Penna. Msgr. Penna was ordained a priest on May 27, 1967 at St. Patrick Cathedral and was given the following assignments throughout his priesthood, St. Stephen Church, Warwick, NY 1967-1968; Catholic University: Doctor of Canon Law 1968-1971; staff member of the Metropolitan Tribunal 1971-1973; Blessed Sacrament Church, NYC...

Elmer (Pete) R. Jensen of Nanuet, NY passed away on Sunday, August 4, 2019.  He was 95. Mr. Jensen worked as a research chemist for Lederle Laboratories in Pearl River, NY for 39 years before retiring in 1986.  Pete was born December 20, 1923 in Hoboken, NJ to Jacob and Christine (Pedersen) Jensen.  He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during WW II and in the U.S. Navy during the  Korean War.  On October 1, 1949 he married Ruth Nagel in North Bergen, NJ. Locally, he was...

Kathleen (née McCarthy) Ryan passed away peacefully at the Joe Raso Hospice Residence in New City, NY on August 1, 2019, at the age of 56.  Kathleen was born October 1962 in the Bronx, NY.  She graduated from Pearl River High School in 1980 and St. Thomas Aquinas in 1984.  Locally she was a paralegal for the Legal Aid Society of Rockland County and for many years a waitress at Mahwah Bar and Grill where she made lifelong friends. Kathleen is survived by her mother...

Wing Goon Ng of Pearl River, NY passed away peacefully in her sleep at Sunrise of Woodcliff Lake, NJ on Wednesday, July 17, 2019.   She was 86. Locally, she was a member of the Clarkstown Senior Center. Wing will be remembered as a friendly, polite person with a good sense of humor. Visiting is Saturday from 8:30 to 9:30 am at Wyman-Fisher Funeral Home Inc. In lieu of flowers friends may send memorial donations to the National Kidney Foundation  www.kidney.org

Mary E. Quinn formerly of Pearl River, NY passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at Glen Arden Adult Community in Goshen, NY.  She was 74. Mary was born February 20, 1945 in Bronx, NY to James and Norah Hyde and grew up in the Highbridge Section of the Bronx. Locally, she was a teacher aide for the Pearl River School District. She is the loving mother, of Brian and wife Kerry of Monroe, NY and Erin and husband Bill Stamp of Chester, NY; doting grandmother of TJ and Brenna Quinn and...

    Walter U.  Andrews Fairport - Died May 26, 2019. Survived by his wife of 48 years Susan, nee Evans, daughters Amy L. Andrews (Matthew Mendler) and Karen L. Andrews (Corin Skidds), grandchildren Nathan and Audrey Mendler, brother Ralph (Hetty), brother-in-law David G. Evans (Kimberley), many nephews and nieces. Predeceased by brother Harold (Ellen) and sister Helga. Walter was an Army veteran, received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Rochester...

John T. Moran, a 41 year resident of Pearl River, NY passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday July 10, 2019.  John was born April 11,1936 in his beloved Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, the 3rd of 9 children born to John and Elizabeth Moran.  After emigrating to NY in 1958, John served 2 terms in the United States Army attaining the rank of corporal.  On April 24, 1965, he married his beloved Mary (Maureen) née Richardson at the Holy...