Wendy Warnecke, a retired Katonah-Lewisboro School District elementary teacher, died at the Meadow Ridge Senior Living in Redding, Conn., on May 15. She was 76. She was born on Jan. 23, 1950, in Mamaroneck, to Warren and Mildred Warnecke. She taught first grade and some second grade at Lewisboro Elementary School under her then-married name, Wendy White, for over 20 years. She had been diagnosed with inoperable bile duct cancer just two and a half months earlier, and decided to forego the...

Paul W. Mlinar, Jr., a longtime Pound Ridge resident, died on May 3. He was 80. He was born on Dec. 27, 1945, in York, Pa., to Paul W. Mlinar and Mildred Mlinar. He attended the University of Massachusetts, where he earned a degree in restaurant and hotel management. He was a commercial pilot, flying for Seaboard World Airlines, Flying Tigers and Federal Express over a span of more than 44 years. He loved flying, his family said, and had an adventurous spirit. He completed the 10-day,...

Andrea (“Drea”) Russo, Recreation Department superintendent for the Town of Pound Ridge, died on Friday, May 15, in Hartsdale. She was 41. Her death was announced Monday, May 18, by Pound Ridge Town Supervisor Kevin Hansan. Visitation was held Tuesday and Wednesday, May 19 and 20, at Edwards Dowdle Funeral Home in Dobbs Ferry. Mass of Christian Burial was held Thursday, May 21, at 10 a.m. at the Church of the Sacred Heart, 10 Lawton Ave., Hartsdale. She was born on May 12, 1985, in...

Francis Patrick Riordan died at his home in Pound Ridge at the age of 88. He was born in Bellmore, N.Y., on Aug. 13, 1937, to the late Thomas Riordan and Roseanne Tomany Riordan. He grew up in Lawrence, N.Y., with four siblings, John, Tom, Rosemarie and Pat. Riordan was the first in his family to attend college and graduated from St. John’s University in Queens, and began a career in publishing. He worked at Chilton Company and ABC Publishing before starting his own business, which he ran...

Noel Martin Douglas Rae, acclaimed historian, author and former Reader’s Digest executive, died April 16 in Cross River at the age of 93, a victim of the fire that destroyed the Rae family home. He was born in London, England, on Nov. 21, 1932, the second son of Douglas Rae, a journalist, and Loretta Ardizzone Rae. His mother and her brother, Edward, were born in Haiphong, Vietnam, then known as French Indochina. To escape the chaos of World War I, they were moved to England and were raised...

Holly Peppe, of Manhattan and South Salem, New York, died peacefully on April 27 at her home in South Salem at the age of 75. She was surrounded by love, after a courageous battle with Leptomeningeal Disease, a brain and spinal cord cancer as a progression of breast cancer. Born in Sharon, Connecticut, on December 21, 1950, Holly was the second of five children of Dr Vincent Peppe, DVM and his wife Shirley of Canaan, Connecticut. She grew up in a close-knit family that nurtured her lifelong...

Peter Chryssos of Katonah, New York, passed peacefully on Sunday, May 10th, 2026 at Regional Hospice in Danbury, Connecticut. Peter was born June 21st, 1957, in Queens, New York, to the late Mary and Alexander Chryssos. He graduated from the University of Rochester in 1979 and the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University in 1987. Outside of brief stints as a hospital orderly, fry cook, and roller rink DJ, Peter made a living as a financial maestro and small-business owner....

April 27, 1931 – April 8, 2026 Thomas Bundrick, Sr., known to all as Tom, passed away peacefully on April 8, 2026, just nineteen days shy of his 95th birthday. A brooklyn boy shaped by The Depression, Tom grew up understanding the value of hard work, a good book, and a dollar well saved. In his younger days he also enjoyed sharing a cold drink with friends. He was the first in his family to attend college, earning that opportunity the hard way — by enlisting in the Marines during the Korean...

Selby Brown Ehrlich, born Selby Newell Brown, a beloved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, great-grandmother, and longtime resident of Bedford, N.Y., passed away peacefully on April 23, 2026, at the age of 95. Born Nov. 11, 1930, to Lois Newell Brown and McLary H. Brown of Rochester. Selby lived a life defined by warmth, grace, and an enduring commitment to family and community. She graduated from the Columbia School for Girls (now Allendale Columbia School) in Rochester and Wheelock College...

Frances “Francie” Drexel Cheston Train, a longtime resident of Bedford, died Feb. 26, in Islesboro, Maine, at the age of 99. She was born July 22, 1926, in Philadelphia, Pa., and within days made her first trip to Islesboro by steamship, where she spent most of every summer for the rest of her life. She attended Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Va., and briefly attended Bryn Mawr College. She married Whitney Tower in 1947, and had four children, Alix Tower Thorne, Whitney Tower Jr., Frances...

Emilio Luigi Sironi, born Aug. 2, 1938, in Monza, Italy, son to Paolo and Pierina Sironi, and brother to Gabriele Sironi, died on April 19, 2026. He lived a life defined by intellectual curiosity, deep relationships, and an unwavering commitment to what mattered most — his family and the pursuit of meaning.Emilio was the husband of Suzanne Doty Sironi and father to Claudia Sironi Biernacki (Peter) and Sylvia Sironi Rowe (Ian). He was a proud and adoring grandfather to Sophie and Nicolas...

Holly Peppe, of Manhattan and South Salem, New York, died peacefully on April 27 at her home in South Salem at the age of 75. She was surrounded by love, after a courageous battle with Leptomeningeal Disease, a brain and spinal cord cancer as a progression of breast cancer. Born in Sharon, Connecticut, on December 21, 1950, Holly was the second of five children of Dr Vincent Peppe, DVM and his wife Shirley of Canaan, Connecticut. She grew up in a close-knit family that nurtured her lifelong...