OBITUARIES | The Recorder News 7/10

February 7, 2025

Lisa Margaret Smith, was magistrate judge

Lisa Margaret Smith, who served as an assistant district attorney, and assistant attorney general and U.S. magistrate, and raised a...

February 7, 2025

Selma Ertegun of Katonah, involved in Bard College philanthropy

Selma Ertegun of Katonah died December 2024. Born in 1952 in Curitiba, Brazil, to a Turkish father and German mother, she grew up in...

January 31, 2025

Barbara Bruce Jackson, English teacher and advocate for immigrants.

Barbara Bruce Jackson, an English teacher who later became active in the group Neighbors Link, died Jan. 22 at Westchester Medical Center...

January 17, 2025

Allan Paul Ross of Waccabuc, musician and radio ad writer, was 83

Allan Paul Ross Allan Paul Ross (“Country Al”) of Waccabuc, a musician and award-winning radio ad writer, died Dec. 3 at Westchester...

January 17, 2025

Joan Silbersher, a local institution, dies at 95

The beloved Pound Ridge resident’s ‘true love’ was her community. Whether you knew her or not, Joan Silbersher made an indelible mark...

January 4, 2025

Frank J. Carnabuci III, 73, was Manhattan headmaster for more than 30 years

Frank J. Carnabuci III Frank J. Carnabuci III, of Mount Kisco, an administrator at private schools in Manhattan, died Dec. 24. He was 73....

January 1, 2025

Herbert Joseph Tinsley, spent career in banking

Herbert Joseph Tinsley Herbert Joseph Tinsley, 88, died at home in Somers on Dec. 18. Formerly of Bedford, he was born July 9, 1936, to...

January 1, 2025

Lore Ferro, 94, fashion industry design director

Lore Ferro Lore Ferro, (Gausmann), who fled World War II Germany and became a New York City fashion industry design director, died Nov....

January 3, 2025

Joseph Rocco Decaminada, 65, attorney, insurance exec

Joseph Rocco Decaminada Joseph Rocco Decaminada was born June 6, 1959, in Astoria, Queens, to Joseph Pio and Genevieve Decaminada. He was...

December 20, 2024

Orlando ‘Lonnie’ Ferentini, unofficial ‘mayor’ of Lower Salem Road, was 89

Orlando “Lonnie” Ferentini of South Salem died at his home on Dec. 17. He was 89. He was born Dec. 21, 1934, in Anagni, Italy, to the...

December 13, 2024

Daniel de Menocal, active in civic organizations and St. Matthew’s Church

Daniel de Menocal Daniel Crosby de Menocal Jr., 72, a longtime resident of Bedford, died of a heart attack Dec. 5, at his vacation home...

December 6, 2024

Waldie Gullen, fought in Ardennes, dies at 100

By JEFF MORRIS – John Waldie Gullen, a lifelong Waccabuc resident who attended a one-room schoolhouse and was awarded the Bronze Star ...

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