Our Obituaries

Raymond L. Cirulli, age 90, of Cuddebackville, NY and Dunedin, Florida, passed away Wednesday, March 24, in Dunedin. He was born on March 3, 1920 in West New York, New Jersey, the son of the late Nicholas and Elizabeth Lukas Cirulli. He was a retired Electrician with Local 164, Electrical Workers Union Jersey City, NJ, and a member of the I.BE.W. for 69 years. Raymond married Carolyn Schiess Cirulli, who survives at home. He is also survived by his son, Raymond Cirulli and his wife Joyce of Cuddebackville, NY, his daughter, Joanne Nylund and her husband Jan of Dunedin, Florida, 3 grandchildren, Raymond Cirulli, Vicki Menzer and Juliane Nyland, 4 great-grandchildren, Nicholas, Joshua, Grace, and Addison, his step-brother, James Cirulli and his step-sister, Judy Koegel, his cousin, James Cirulli and several nieces and nephews. Raymond proudly served our country with the U.S. Navy during g WW II and was a member of the Sea Bees. He was a member of St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Bergenfield, NJ, member of the Bergenfield Chapter, A.A.R.P.; Member of Club 50, Senior Citizens, Bergenfield and a member of the Mayor's Committee for Seniors in Bergenfield.
Friends may call Wednesday March 31, from 2-4 and 7-9pm at the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 3 pm at the Funeral Home. Rev. Nancy Vonderhorst will officiate. Interment will take place on Thursday April 1, at 1 pm with Military Honors at George Washington Memorial Park, Paramus, New Jersey . Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of the Florida Sun coast, 5771 Roosevelt Blvd, Clearwater, Fla. 33760. Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. for information,directions or to send condolence note to the family, visit knight-auchmoody.com

Frank Joseph Somarelli, Sr., age 89, of Huguenot, NY passed away Saturday March 20, 2010 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, NY. He was born in Port Jervis, NY on May 13,1920, the son of the late Frank and Charlotte Kinney Somarelli. Frank proudly served our country with the U.S Army from 1944-1945. He received the Asiatic Pacific Service medal, a World War II Victory Medal ; an American Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. He served as a technician 5th grade with the 294th Anti Air Craft Searchlight Battalion in the Asiatic Pacific Theater. He was life member of Roosa-Fleming V.F.W. Post #161, Port Jervis, member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Society; member of the Neversink Valley Grange, the Huguenot Fire Dept. and St. Mary's R.C. Church, Port Jervis. Frank's first employment was working for his father as a beverage driver at Stegmier Beverage Co, located at 35 Pike St., in Port Jervis. He then worked for Port Jervis Trucking for many years and later for Rupp Southern Tier Trucking Co, in Middletown, NY. He also was the proprietor of The Evergreen Nursery in Huguenot, NY. Frank married Viola P. Clark Somarelli, his beloved wife, who pre-deceased him Nov. 16, 2006. He is survived by his daughter Janice Bullis and her husband John of Huguenot, NY, his daughter-in-law Nancy Somarelli and his former daughter-in-law, Kathy Somarelli; sisters-in-law Catherine Conklin of Port Jervis, and Viola G. Somarelli of Huguenot; grandchildren, Frank Somarelli, III, and his wife Sherri, and Michael Somarelli and his wife Marion, John Bullis, Jr. and hsi wife Mimi, Janine Shearer and her husband Tim, and Jennifer Morse and her husband Adam ; great grandchildren, Amanda, Tiffany, Amber, Michael and Kirsten Somarelli, Jessica, Crystal and Hanna Bullis, Timothy and Jillian Shearer, Andrew and Brandon Morse and several nieces and nephews and cousins. He was also pre-deceased by his son Frank Somarelli, Jr. and his brother Tom Somarelli
Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. Memorial donations may be made to a Charity of Donor's Choice or to the Port Jervis,-Deerpark Humane Society, Route 209, Port Jervis, NY 12771. Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. for information,directions or to send a condolence note to the family visit knight-auchmoody.com

Marie T. Felter age 74, of Sparrowbush, NY passed away Saturday,March 20, 2010 at her home, surrounded by her family, after a long courageous battle with cancer. She was born on December 25, 1935 in Bronx, NY. She was the daughter of the late Cornelius and Mary Harahan Sullivan. Marie was a retired Nurse's Aide for Doctor's Sunnyside Hospital, Port Jervis, and then retired from Bon Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis, as Computer Registrar. She married Harrison "Harry" Felter, who survives at home. Marie was a communicant of St. Mary's R.C. Church, Port Jervis; and a member of the National Red Hat Assoc. and the National Cancer Support Group. A family statement read " Marie loved spending time with her children and grandchildren and will be sadly missed by all who knew her. She always put others before herself and loved a good conversation with a "nice cup of tea."
In addition to her husband Marie is survived by her 3 sons, James Felter of Austin, Texas, Kevin Felter and his wife Diane of Riverview, Fla. and Brian Felter and his wife Sandy of Sparrowbush, NY; 6 grandchildren Eileen, Steven, Dylan, Lauren, Kyle and Danielle and several nieces and nephews. She was pre-deceased by her brother, Peter Sullivan. Friends may call Tuesday March 23, from 2-4 and 7-9pm at the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, March 24, at 10:30am at the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. Interment will take place at Pine Hill Cemetery, Sparrowbush, NY. Memorial contributions my be made to the American Cancer Society, 419 E. Main St., Suite 307 B, Middletown, NY 10940 Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main st., Port Jervis, NY. For information, directions or to send a condolence note to the family visit knight-auchmoody.com

Joseph E. Hartmann age 59 of Deerfield Beach, Florida and formerly of Sparrowbush, NY, passed away Sunday March 13, 2010 at his home. He was born in Middletown, NY on June 27, 1950, the son of the late Francis Hartmann and Betty Heater Hartmann, who survives. Joseph was long time Harness racing Publicist and Sports writer for the Times-Herald Record in Middletown, NY and the Tri-Sate Gazette in Port Jervis, NY. He was a member of St. Ambrose R.C. Church in Deerfield Beach, Florida. He was Past President and chairman of the U.S. Harness Writers Assoc and Past President of the American Harness Publicist's Assoc.
He is survived by his mother, Betty Heater Hartmann of Sparrowbush, NY, his daughter Jessica of Port Jervis, NY, his brother, Paul Hartmann of Port Jervis, his sister, Laura Lincoln of Midlothian, Virginia, his grand daughter Mackenzie and several nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Ambrose R.C. Church, in Deerfield Beach, Fla. Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. for information,directions or to send a condolence note to the family, visit knight-auchmoody.com

William H. Hendershot, Sr. , age 70,of Port Jervis, NY passed away Friday March 12, 2010 at his home surrounded by his family. He fought a long and courageous batttle with cancer. Bill was born in Newton, New jersey on August 31, 1939, the son of the late Walter and Ethel Sylcox Hendershot. He was a retired Mason and worked for Carl Schroeder of Montague, New Jersey. Bill enjoyed hunting and fishing. He loved to watch sports, including boxing and Nascar and his favorite teams,the NY Yankees and the NY Jets. Most of all he loved to watch his grandson play football and baseball.
He married Priscilla Bauer Hendershot on Oct. 7, 1961, who survives at home. He is also survived by his son William Hendshot, Jr. and his wife Vikki of Montague, NJ, his beloved grandson, Billy Hendershot, his brother, Robert Hendershot of Blairstown, NJ, and his sister Betty Jane Doyle of Candor, NY. Five sisters-in-law, Shelly Baumgardner of Port Jervis, Diane Sutke of San Diego, Calif., Jeanette Hendershot of Montague, NJ, Elaine Hendershot of Moorehaven, Fla. and Judith Bauer of Matamoras, Pa., and several nieces, nephews, and close friends. He was pre-deceased by 2 brothers, Richard and Frank Hendershot.
Friends may call Monday, March 15, from 2-4 and 7-9 pm at the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. Funeral services will be held Tuesday March 16, at 10:30am at the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Mian St., Port Jervis, NY. Rev. Stephen Huston will officiate. Interment will take place at Pine Hill Cemetery, Sparrowbush, NY. Memorial donations may be made to the Port Jervis- Deerpark Humane Society, Route 209, Port Jervis, NY 12771 or to the American Cancer Society, 407 East Main Street, Middletown, New York 10940. Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY for information, directions or to send a condolence note to the family visit knight-auchmoody.com

Jeannette Caputo age 66, of The Town of Greenville passed away Monday March 8th 2010 at her home. She was born on October 22, 1943 in The Bronx, NY, the daughter of the late Vincent and Antoinette Ibelli Guarino. Jeannette married Leonardo Caputo, who pre-deceased her. She is survived by her son, Michael Caputo and his wife Felicia of Westbrookville, NY, her daughter, Francine Trapani and her husband Paul of Bronx, NY; 2 brothers, Sebastian Guarino of Yorktown Heights, NY and James Guarino of Yonkers, NY, 3 grandchildren, Leonardo, Alexander and Rheanna, and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call Thursday, March 11th from 3-7pm at the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E.Main St, Port Jervis, NY. The Blessing Service will be held Thursday evening at 6:30 PM at the funeral home with Deacon Richard Trapani officiating. Interment will take place, Friday March 12, at 12 noon at the Orange County Veterans Cemetery, Goshen, NY. Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. for information, directions or to send a condolence note to the family visit knight-auchmoody.com

Marie T. Perkowski,"Aunt Re", better known and loved as Aunt Re, of Port Jervis, died at home surrounded by her loving family on March 7, 2010. She was 79.

Born in Port Jervis, New York on April 25, 1930, she was the daughter of John Goodfellow and Mary Russell Goodfellow. She was predeceased by her husband, Alexander (Al) Perkowski.

Marie graduated from Orange County Community College and the College at Cortland. She held a number of clerical positions in New York City, eventually becoming an administrative assistant at Barnard College. She was one of the original employees in the secretarial pool at Orange County Community College, and she retired from employment as a secretary for the County of Orange, Goshen, NY.

Although Marie didn’t have any children of her own, she was surrounded by generations of her nieces and nephews, including the grand and great-grand varieties, all of whom she doted on like they were her own. She was the grand master of Easter egg hunts, hosted the weekend before Christmas party (so all the kids could get presents a week early), and was at the head of the caravan of cars going to the Polar Bear for ice cream in the summertime. We could always rely on her for babysitting duty or as a chauffer, whether it was to or from school, picking up or dropping off. There were always Pepsi’s in the refrigerator, hot chocolate after sleigh riding down her hill, and Hess’ subs or pizza when you were sick or to celebrate something you did. She was the one who would make poor Uncle Al drive around to 20 shops and search for hours for “that” toy, whatever the latest fad was that the kids just had to have. The Super Bowl party just won’t be the same without her calling to tell us who won the total points pool at the end of the game.

She is survived by two sisters, Joan Donahue of Port Jervis, and Elizabeth (Betty) Lynch and her husband, Harry (Brud) Lynch of Port Jervis, and Sister-in-law, Betty Lou Goodfellow of Durham, North Carolina. She is further survived by a step-son, Joseph Perkowski of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and a step-daughter, Ann Marie Perkowski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Nephew, William Lynch and wife Sandy of Prunedale, California; Nieces, Susan Scully and husband Jack of Eldred, Mary Grace Carlton of Port Jervis, Patty Hess and husband Brendan of Port Jervis, and Melissa McCann and husband Michael of Port Jervis; Nephew, Thomas Donahue of Dallas, Texas; Nephews, William Goodfellow and wife Chris of Durham, North Carolina, and John Goodfellow III and his wife Luanne of Durham, North Carolina; Nieces, Kathy Goodfellow of Durham, North Carolina, Sharon Riddle and husband Tim of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Jackie Grover of Franklinton, North Carolina; Niece, Carol Lamoreaux and husband Abby of Port Jervis; Sister-in-law Edna Gurdziel and children of Nutley, New Jersey; her special assistant in charge of household affairs, Mary Ellen Predmore, and many beloved grand-nieces and nephews and great grand-nieces and nephews. Marie will be waiting for us with equally distributed bags of candy and chocolate chip cookies for all.

She was predeceased by two brothers, William Goodfellow and John Goodfellow, Jr,; by Sister-in-law, Lillian (Sis) Goodfellow; and by Nephew, Michael Carlton.

Marie was a member of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Port Jervis, and the Port Jervis Country Club.

Friends may call at Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, 154 East Main Street, Port Jervis, on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 from 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 p.m.

Prayers will be offered at Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home on Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 10:15 a.m. followed by a mass of Christian burial at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, with the Rev. George Hafferman, celebrant. Interment will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetary, Port Jervis.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Port Jervis Deerpark Humane Society, 202 Route 209, Port Jervis, New York, 12771.

Arrangements by Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 East Main Street, Port Jervis, New York.
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Thomas C. Heyburn age 70, of Matamoras, Pa. passed away Friday March 5, 2010 at Milford Senior Care, Westfall Township, Penna. He was born on August 14, 1939 in New York City, NY , the son of the late William and Thelma Toomey Heyburn. He married Patricia Kelly Heyburn, who survives at home. Thomas was a retired Floor Director, for the New York Stock Exchange, on Wall St., in New York City. He was a communicant of St. Joseph's R.C. Church, Matamoras, Pa., and a social member of the Tri-State Naval Ship, #7241, Port Jervis and Roosa-Fleming V.F.W. Post #161, Port Jervis. In addition to his wife he is survived by his son, Michael Heyburn of Matamoras, Pa, his 2 daughters, Eileen Heyburn of Matamoras and Lorraine Couturier and her husband John of Shohola, Pa., 2 brothers, Edward and Daniel Heyburn, both of New Jersey, his 2 sisters, Carol Farrell of Germantown, NY and Jackie Gillfoil of Westchester, NY, 2 grandsons, Michael and Christopher and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call Monday March 8th from 2-4 and 7-9pm at the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. Prayers will be offered on Tuesday March 9th at 10:15am at the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11am at St. Joseph's R.C. Church, Matamoras, Pa., with Rev. August Ricciardi as celebrant. Interment will take place at Pine Hill Cemetery, Sparrowbush, NY. Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc. 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. for information, directions or to send a condolence note to the family, visit knight-auchmoody.com

Carmella L. Talmadge age 73, of Port Jervis, NY passed away, Wednesday February 24, 2010 at Bon Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis, NY. She was born on May 16, 1936, at Port Jervis, NY, the daughter of the late Vito and Evelyn Clark Andriack. Carmella married Howard Talmadge, who pre-deceased her. She was a retired cook for the Pike County Correctional Facility, in Milford, Pennsylvania. Carmella is survived by her daughter, Cindy Talmadge and her companion Jeff Hulse of Port Jervis, 2 grandchildren, John Bullock and his fiance Melissa Hargadon, Jeffry Hulse and his companion Laura Ulrich and 2 great grandchildren, Camden and Donovan and seveal nieces and nephews. She was pre-deceased by her son Howard Talmadge. The Talmadge will receive friends for a celebration of Carmella's life at the home of Cindy Talmadge, 13 Thompson St., Port Jervis on Saturday March 6, at 6 PM. Interment will be private. Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc. 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY.

Margaret "Marge" E. Pichert 89 formerly life-long resident of Glen Spey, NY passed away Sunday February 28, 2010 at St. Paul, Minnesota. She was born on January 5, 1921 in Glen Spey, NY the daughter of the late Matthew T. and Elizabeth O'Sullivan Smith. Marge worked for Macklets Electronics in Stamford, Conn. and as a beautician in New Cannan, Conn. She married Jerome "Jerry" Pichert, who pre-deceased her. She is survived by her son, Jerome Pichert and his wife, Laurie of St. Paul, Minnesota, 3 grandchildren, Alexandra, Mathew and Christian, 1 nephew and 1 niece. She was pre-deceased by her daughter Cheryl Belmonte , her sister, Nora Weed and her brother John Smith. Marge was a member of the Sacred Heart R.C. Church, Pond Eddy, NY. Memorial services will be held in the Spring at the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E.. Main St., Port Jervis, NY and will be announced at a later date. Interment will take place at Glen Spey Cemetery, Glen Spey, NY with Rev. Nancy Vonderhorst officiating. Memorial donations may be made to a charity of donor's choice. Arrangements are by the Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY for information,directions or to send a condolence note to the family visit knight-auchmoody.com