Obituaries

ARMONK, N.Y. ‒ Erling J. "Bumpy" Taylor, of Armonk, died Dec. 21, 2012, at home. He was 96.

Taylor, an Armonk native, was the son of William J. Taylor and Viola Carpenter Taylor. He attended Armonk and Pleasantville schools.

He served in World War II from 1941 to 1945, primarily in Hollandia, New Guinea, in the South Pacific. Taylor married Alberta ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Judith B. Buckley Morse of Pleasantville died Nov. 28 at her home of pancreatic cancer. She was 70.

Born in New York City, Morse was raised in Chappaqua. She briefly attended Antioch College and earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University. A a student, she worked at the main branch of the New York Public Library and for the ...

OSSINING, N.Y. – Jesse Arnold Thomas of Ossining died suddenly on Oct. 13 from a massive heart attack. He was 59. 

Thomas was born Jan. 24, 1953, in Ossining to Jesse Alston and Carrie Thomas. Known as Jake to his friends and family, he graduated from Ossining High School and attended SUNY Farmingdale. He worked for Whalen Movers in Pleasantville. 

He is ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Ruth Hammond Bell, a lifelong Pleasantville resident, died Sept. 15. She was 98. 

Bell was born Sept. 14, 1914, in Pleasantville to Frank and Inez Hammond Bell. She graduated from Pleasantville High School 1933 and worked as a clerical worker for Reader's Digest for 42 years, until retiring in 1979. 

She was a lifelong member of ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Catherine Gannon Kocur of Pleasantville died Saturday, Sept. 1, after a prolonged illness. She was 73.

Born July 14, 1939, in Yonkers, she was the daughter of Anthony and Agnes Gannon. She graduated from Cochran School of Nursing in Yonkers, where she was later worked as a professor and administrator for more than 30 ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Lenny John Joyner, a Pleasantville native, died July 24, in a hiking accident in Colorado. He was 31.

Joyner was born April 17, 1981, to Alice Lucille and Leonard E. Joyner. Most recently of New York City, he worked as a medic for the New York Fire Department, out of Station 7 in Manhattan. Joyner was hiking the Maroon Bells mountain range in ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Mary V. Moran, a lifelong resident of Pleasantville, died Aug. 10. She was 80.  

Moran was born April 11, 1932, in Pleasantville to Thomas and Margaret Molinaro Papa. She was a member of the ladies auxiliary of the American Legion Gilbert Rauh Post  1574 in Thornwood, Clinton Street Center in Pleasantville, Carpenters Union Retirees ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Jean Lee, a former Pleasantville resident, died July 12 at Glens Falls Hospital in Glens Falls, N.Y. She was 64. 

Lee was born June 6, 1948, in Mount Kisco. She previously lived in Pleasantville before moving to Glens Falls 20 years ago. Lee enjoyed reading, gardening, crafts and watching movies. 

She was predeceased by her father, ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. – Antoinette "Toni" Henry of Valhalla and Pleasantville died July 11. She was 85. 

Henry was born May 20, 1927, in White Plains to Joseph and Anna DiSanto Frango. She worked as a catering manager for Peter Pastor at Westchester County Airport.

Henry also volunteered for the PTA, Rosary Altar Society, St. Agnes Hospital Auxiliary, Women's ...