Obituaries

Sep 2, 2024

Sep 1, 2024

On Sunday, September 1st, 2024, at precisely 6:22pm, Bruce Cawsey Waite, the inventor of Frankie Frank’s Flat Frank®, America’s first flat hot dog, finally passed away after an 80-year battle against himself. His first act as a child was ruining Christmas Eve dinner when he arrived in White Plains, NY, on the evening of December 24th, 1943. He was the...

Aug 31, 2024

Antonio Martino, 88, passed away peacefully on August 31, 2024 at Schervier Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born on July 18, 1936 in San Sosti, Italy, to Ciriaco and Francesca Martino. Antonio came to New York in 1956 and then returned to Italy for one year to serve in the Italian Selective Service at the age of 22. Shortly...

Aug 26, 2024

Jane was born in New York City to Harmon (1891-1954) and Edna Lichtenstein (1893-1985). She shared the same birthday with her maternal grandmother Jennie Silberstein (1867-1941) and they often celebrated it together. Jane was preceded in death by her brother Robert and husband John. She is survived by her children Simeon and Jeremy, as well as Jeremy's children Rose and...

Aug 26, 2024

Giuseppe Errico, residing in Hawthorne, NY, passed away peacefully on August 26th, 2024 at age 83. Giuseppe Errico was born November 18th, 1940 in Sannicandro di Bari, Italy to Angelina and Vito Errico. He leaves behind 2 brothers and 3 sisters, Frank, John, Maria, Vincenza, Rosa and meets a sister, Lina, in heaven. Giuseppe leaves behind a spouse Anna Errico,...

Aug 25, 2024

Aug 24, 2024

Tony Casale, residing in White Plains, NY, passed away peacefully on August 24th, 2024 at age 84. Tony Casale was born December 17th, 1939 to Marietta and Tarquinio Casale. He leaves behind a brother & sister, and meets a brother in heaven. Tony leaves behind a spouse Carol Casale, and 5 children, 7 grandchildren, and 1 great grandchild. Tony Casale...

Aug 24, 2024

Aug 23, 2024

Dr. Morton Bender, 89, passed away surrounded by loved ones on August 23, 2024, in Rye Brook, NY.

Beloved husband of Linda Weiss Sachs Bender of White Plains, NY and the late Evelyn Solomon Bender, he is survived by Linda, sister Velma Hirsch (Stuart) of Pittsburgh, PA, son Andrew Bender of Santa Monica, CA, daughter Renée Bender-Cohn (Michael) of Natick,...

Aug 22, 2024

On the 22nd day of August, 2024, Lee Sokoloff peacefully passed away in the morning hours at the Cedar Manor Nursing Home in Ossining, NY. Preceded in death by her parents Ann and Louis

Sokoloff she is survived by her sister Marion, brother Harry and her many nieces and nephews. In recent years the family all have come to refer...

Aug 18, 2024

"End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take. The gray rain of this world rolls back and all turns to silver glass and then you see it... white shores. And beyond? A far green country under a swift sunrise." 

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Aug 18, 2024

Michael F. Miller, 57, of Tuxedo Park, New York, passed away peacefully on August 18, 2024 after a brief illness. He was born on February 11, 1967 in Brooklyn, New York, to Barbara and LeRoy Miller. Mike is survived by his beloved sister, Karen, and her partner, John; both of whom made sure he had everything he needed every day...

Aug 15, 2024

Celeste, Marie Bernard-Lovett (Pedgie) was born on 18 September, 1965 in Yonkers, New York at Yonkers General Hospital to her father Benjamin Gustave Bernard and her mother Brenda Joyce Bernard.

Raised in Yonkers, Celeste graduated from Yonkers High School and pursued her passion for beauty at Robert Fiance Beauty School in the Bronx, New York. 

Celeste’s career included serving as an Assistant...

Aug 15, 2024

Brandon Chance Plunkett, 39, of Ringgold, Louisiana, passed away on August 15, 2024. He is survived by his wife, Lilliana Ferreira, who was the love of his life, and his children: Anthony, Lola, and Layla Mae. He is also survived by his father, Steven Plunkett (Karen) and his brothers, James Plunkett (Denise) and Steven Plunkett, and many nieces and nephews,...

Aug 15, 2024

Aug 15, 2024

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Uma Mukund Iyengar, beloved wife of Mukund Iyengar, adored mother of Neil and Ravi Iyengar, and cherished grandmother of Aadhi and August Iyengar. She entered this world in Mysore, India, married in 1979, emigrated to the US in 1980 where she completed her Masters in computer engineering at the Illinois Institute...

Aug 15, 2024

Aug 13, 2024

Aug 13, 2024

Freddy Runne, 81, of Briarcliff Manor, New York, passed away on August 13, 2024, surrounded by loved ones.

He was born on December 24, 1942, in Manhattan, New York, to Laine and Avo Runne. Fred grew up in the Bronx, New York and attended the Bronx High School of Science. He went on to later further his education at Iona College....

Aug 13, 2024

Leatrice Marilyn Palmer, or Lee as she was called, was born on August 26,1924 in Brooklyn, NY and passed away August 13, 2024, two weeks shy of her 100th birthday. She was a devoted friend, wife and mother and loved by all who met her. 

She was the loving wife of Ralph J. Palmer who died in 2013, and the loving...