William Stafford Waller II, 70, of Vista, died Nov. 8. He was born Jan. 23, 1955, to Frances and Frank Waller. He graduated from John Jay High School in 1973 and went on to college where he studied car mechanics. His family said he will be remembered as a good guy with a great sense of humor and a deep love for family. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Barbara; his sons, David and Bryan; his daughter, Amanda; and many grandchildren. He was predeceased by two sons, Danny and Billy. A...

Marcia Baylock Randol Marcia B. Randol, who lived with her husband, William, in Bedford for 30 years, died in Southport, Conn., on Oct. 11, after a multi-year bout with dementia. She was 81. Randol was born in New Britain, Conn., on Oct. 4, 1944, to Victor and Vanja (Palmgren) Baylock. She graduated from the MacDuffie school in Granby, Mass., and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in Northampton, Mass. Randol’s family said she eschewed the trappings of an advantaged...

Laurie Ellen Keehn, a 42-year resident of Pound Ridge, died Oct. 5 from a short bout with AML leukemia. She was 73. Born in Brooklyn to Norman and Hilda Schwimmer, she attended Tilden High School, where she was captain of the twirlers, and graduated from Queens College with a degree in physical education.

April Hodges Herbert April Hodges Herbert, a writer and artist formerly of Mount Kisco and Pound Ridge, died at her home Sept. 13 in Hilton Head, S.C. She was 91. She was born on April 30, 1934, in New York City to Charles and Nora Hodges. She graduated from the Dalton School in New York City and attended Radcliffe College. She married Roy Herbert in 1953, and soon began her family, raising three children in Mount Kisco and later, Pound Ridge. Herbert wrote freelance articles and authored...

Marian H. Rose, Ph.D. of Bedford, a scientist and passionate advocate for environmental causes, died Aug. 20 after suffering a stroke. Born Marian Heineman on Oct. 11, 1920, in Brussels, Belgium, to American parents, she had been a Bedford resident since 1973. Rose was the founder, former president and president emeritus, and former board...

John Heller Freund died at his home in Pound Ridge on Sept. 4. He was 93. He was born in New York City to Dr. Meyer H. and Ruth (Heller) Freund, and grew up between Manhattan and Amawalk. He attended Horace Mann School and Dartmouth College pursuing a business degree at the Tuck School of Business before joining the U.S. Army, where he rose to first lieutenant.

Robert Gustave Ahrens died Aug. 13 at his home in Bedford. He was 74.
He was born Aug. 27, 1950, to Frances Hoffee Ahrens and William J. Ahrens. He grew up in Nyack, with his older brother, Billy. He attended St. Ann’s School where he played CYO basketball and was an altar boy.
Ahrens attended Albertus Magnus High School where he met his future wife...

Leonard Tow Leonard Tow, 97, died on Aug. 10. Born May 30, 1928, in Brooklyn, he was the son of the late Estelle and Louis Tow. Tow...

James E. McManus Jr. Was longtime resident of South Salem, Northern Westchester James Edward McManus Jr., a longtime resident of South...

Bette F. Bonné Bette Frankenfelder Bonné, 81, died of natural causes on July 26 in Windsor, Vt. Bette Jane Frankenfelder was born in New...

By JEFF MORRIS — When Michael Berardino died on Aug. 2 at the age of 73, he left a community that mourned his passing while acknowledging the indelible mark he left on Katonah. His retirement in 2022 after 40 years as Katonah’s State Farm Insurance agent brought out many of the same sentiments...

Michael P. Berardino FACEBOOK PHOTO Michael P. Berardino, a longtime State Farm Insurance agent who spent over 40 years volunteering and...