OBITUARIES | The Recorder News 10/11

October 11, 2024

Nan Walsh, painter, sculptor and political spouse

Nan (Ann Eva Heinl) Walsh, an American artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker and political spouse, died of complications related to...

October 4, 2024

Bridget Mary Callaghan of Katonah, 98, was a longtime nurse's aid and nanny

Bridget Mary (“Bea”) Callaghan (Farley) died Oct. 1, not long after celebrating her 98th birthday. Callaghan had dementia in her final...

October 4, 2024

Deborah S. Harper, musician and author of book on corgis

Deborah S. Harper of Pound Ridge, who sang around the world in her younger years and wrote what her family said is the definitive book on...

September 27, 2024

Susan O’Connor, who ran Katonah Publishing with her husband

Susan O’Connor of Katonah died Sept. 19 at Northern Westchester Hospital. She was 97. O’Connor was born Dec. 4, 1926, in Oneonta, to the...

September 27, 2024

Miriam Fredicksen, led church music ministries

Miriam Fredricksen (née Christian) died Sept. 19 at home. She was 101. She was born Nov. 9, 1922, in Prosser, Wash. She grew up on the...

September 28, 2024

David F. Brown dies at 88, lifelong community leader, entrepreneur

David F. Brown, beloved family member, community leader, devoted public servant, and cherished friend to many, died Sept. 20. Born in...

September 19, 2024

Rudd Rowan, skilled carpenter, Sunday school teacher

Russell C. “Rudd” Rowan III, a carpenter who owned a remodeling business and was a well- loved Sunday school teacher at Stevens Memorial...

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,...

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