OBITUARIES | The Recorder News 10/10

September 19, 2024

Ronald Atkins, Mianus River Gorge ex-chair

Ronald Raymond Atkins, of Salt Point, N.Y., died Sept. 1, 2024. He was 91. Born March 8, 1933, in Kingston, he was married 68 years to...

September 13, 2024

George W. Pouder, 101, horticulturist and local historian

George Washington Pouder, 101, of New Milford, Conn., died Friday morning, Sept. 6. His family said at the time of his death he was...

September 5, 2024

Hugh T. McGowan, Navy vet and longtime dentist, dies at 98

Hugh T. McGowan of Katonah, a Navy vet and longtime dentist, died at home with family by his side on Aug. 28. He was 98. McGowan was born...

August 30, 2024

Ruth J. Ragonese, who grew up on Pound Ridge Reservation, dies at 98

Ruth “Ruthie” Ragonese, 98, died Aug. 17 at her daughter’s home in Tucson, Ariz. She was 98. She was born April 20, 1926, in Port...

August 22, 2024

Thomas Molito, who made his mark in entertainment industry, dies at 79

Thomas Molito, 79, of Pound Ridge, a first-generation college graduate who went on to a successful corporate and entertainment career,...

July 25, 2025

James Wood of Bedford, a ‘living legend,' was 97

James (Jim) Wood, a prominent former Bedford resident, community leader and preservation advocate whose family has lived in the area...

August 15, 2024

Doris Karas built dream home in Pound Ridge half-century ago

Doris Karas of Pound Ridge died July 31 at Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Conn. She was 99. She was born Jan. 16, 1925, in New York to...

August 7, 2024

Robert Strasser, 92, Pound Ridge Fire Department volunteer for 18 years

Robert William Strasser, 92, a former Pound Ridge resident and fire chief, died July 5 in Lenoir, N.C. Born in New York City to the late...

August 7, 2024

Ross M. Weale, 32-year resident of South Salem and former banking executive

Ross M. Weale, 85, a 32-year resident of South Salem, died July 19 at his home on Lake Waccabuc. The cause of death was cancer. He was...

July 23, 2024

Eleanor R. Caucci of Katonah,102, survived by three grandchildren

Eleanor Rita Caucci, 102, of Katonah, died July 13 with her family by her side. She was born in the Bronx on Jan. 22, 1922, to Louis and...

Houses of Worship

BAPTIST

Antioch Baptist Church

3 Church Street, Bedford Hills

theantiochchurch.net

BUDDHIST

Wellspring Zen Monastery

93 Lower Shad Road, Pound Ridge

wellspringzen.com

CATHOLIC

St. Mary of the Assumption Church

55 Valley Road, Katonah

stmarykatonah.com

St. Joseph’s Church

95 Plum Brook Road, Somers

stjosephsomers.org

St. Patrick’s Church

7 Pound Ridge Road, Bedford

stpatricksbedford.org

St. Matthias Church

107 Babbitt Road, Bedford Hills

discovermass.com/church/st-matthias

COMMUNITY CHURCH

Bedford Community Church

160 Bedford Center Road, Bedford Hills

bedfordcommunitychurch.org

Pound Ridge Community Church

3 Pound Ridge Road, Pound Ridge

poundridgecommunitychurch.org

EPISCOPAL

St. Francis Episcopal Church

503 Old Long Ridge Road, Stamford, Conn.

stfrancisstamford.org

St. John’s Episcopal Church

82 Spring St., South Salem

stjohnschurchonline.net

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

68 Bedford Road, Katonah

stlukeskatonah.org

St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church

382 Cantitoe Street, Bedford

stmatthewsbedford.org

METHODIST

Katonah United Methodist Church

5 Bedford Road, Katonah

katonahumc.org

PRESBYTERIAN

Bedford Presbyterian Church

44 Village Green, Bedford

bedfordpreschurch.org

Katonah Presbyterian Church

31 Bedford Road, Katonah

katonahpresbyterian.org

South Salem Presbyterian Church

111 Spring St., South Salem

southsalempc.org.

Trinity Presbyterian Church

325 West Patent Road, Mount Kisco

trinitychurchny.com

UNITARIAN

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
of Northern Westchester

236 South Bedford Road, Mount Kisco

uufellowship.org

Unitarian Universalist Congregation

20 Forest Street, Stamford, Conn.

uusis.org

TEMPLES & SYNAGOGUES

Bet Torah

60 Smith Ave, Mt Kisco

bettorah.org

Chabad of Bedford

220 South Bedford Road, Bedford Corners

chabadbedford.com

Congregation B’nai Yisrael

2 Banksville Road, Armonk

cbyarmonk.org

Congregation Shir Shalom of Westchester and Fairfield Counties

46 Peaceable Street, Ridgefield, Conn.

ourshirshalom.org

Mount Kisco Hebrew Congregation

15 Stewart Place, Mount Kisco

mkhc.org

Pleasantville Community Synagogue

219 Bedford Road, Pleasantville

shalompcs.com

Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester

220 South Bedford Road, Chappaqua

bethelnw.org

Temple Shaaray Tefila

89 Baldwin Road, Bedford Corners

shaaraytefila.org