Obituaries

BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. - John B. Curra Sr. of Bedford Hills died May 16, 2013. He was 83.

Curra was born Dec. 12, 1929, in Reggio, Calabria Italy, to Bernard and Rosina Curra. He has been a resident of Bedford Hills for over 60 years. He was a foreman at the Bedford Bus Co. and he was a member of Bedford Hills Fire Department for over 50 years.

Curra is survived ...

BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. - William L. Carroll of Bedford Hills died May 5.  He was 89.

Carroll was born June 26, 1923, at home on the Grand Concourse, Bronx, to William V. and Agnes McMorrow ...

POUND RIDGE, N.Y. - Ingrid D. Climis, a longtime resident of Pound Ridge, died April 18. She was 80.

Climis was born July 11, 1932, in Teaneck N.J. She was a member of St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in Bedford for more than 46 years, serving as a liturgical and Eucharistic minister and as a member of the choir. She was a student of the Catholic Church and ...

BEDFORD, N.Y. - Eleanor S. Lane of Bedford died Monday, April 8. She was 79.

Lane graduated from Vassar College and taught for a period of time at the Four Winds School in Cross River. She was a volunteer at St. Patrick's Church and School in Bedford where she also served on the parish council. Eleanor was also a member of the Conservative Party of New York State ...

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. - Henry A. Davidson, of Mt. Kisco and a former Bedford resident for 55 years, died Wednesday, March 20. He was 83.

Davidson was born March 2, 1930, son of Henry Arthur and Blanche (Guskie) Davidson. He was the owner of Towne Upholstery in Chappaqua for 49 years.

He served his country in Korea as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force in ...

BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. - Giuseppe (Joe) Papalia of Bedford Hills died March 11. He was 73.

Papalia was born June 7, 1940, in Solano, Italy.

He is survived by his wife, Rita; children, Angela (Carmelo) Luppino, Frances (Frank) Raco; five grandchildren; brothers, Pasquale (Concetta), Fortunato (Annunciata); sister, Concetta (Rocco); sister in law Teresa Papalia. He ...

SOMERS, N.Y. – Julia Taft Jonathan, a former Somers and Katonah area resident, died Jan. 26. She was 54.

She was born Julia Wilson Taft on May 13, 1958, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Lloyd Bowers Taft ...

BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. – John DiRago, a longtime Bedford Hills resident, died Jan. 22 surrounded by family after a six-month battle with cancer. He was 71.

Born March 3, 1941, in Brooklyn, N.Y., ...

BEDFORD, N.Y. – James Mortimer, formerly of Katonah, died Jan. 5 in Iowa City, Iowa. He was 95.

He was born March 6, 1917, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Douglas and Grace Allaire. He received a ...