Obituaries

Marshall Asche of New Rochelle passed away on Dec. 9 at Calvary Hospice Care in the Bronx. He was 79. Marshall was born Dec. 16, 1941, in Mount Vernon to Leon Asche and Jeanette (Goldberg) Asche. He married Carol Jacobs

John J. Valentine, 67, of Lake Wylie, S.C. and formally of Pleasantville, passed away on Dec. 7 after a courageous battle with multiple sclerosis.  John was born May 3, 1954, in New York, N.Y. to Joan (Rice) Valentine and the

Lillian DeCarlo passed away on Dec. 6 in her home in Thornwood. She died one day before her 101st birthday with her son, Terrell Kolodzinski, by her side.  She was predeceased by her husband, Frank J. Kolodzinski, her second husband,

Peter Di Rubbo, a Peekskill resident, died Nov. 28 with his family at his side. He was 89. Di Rubbo was born Apr. 25, 1932, in Bellona, Italy to Joseph and Antonietta (Nosella) Di Rubbo. He came to New York with his

Francis (Frank) Malaspina, a Peekskill resident, died Nov. 28. He was 60.  Malaspina was born in Peekskill on June 29, 1961. He was a mason contractor by trade and spent many years working with his family at Peter Malaspina & Sons,

William J. Reilly, a longtime Katonah resident, died peacefully at home in the comfort of his family on Nov. 29. He was 101 years old. Bill’s life began in Pleasantville, one of two sons of the late Sarah (Bond) and

Marion T. Ruddy, a lifelong Pleasantville resident, died peacefully of natural causes on Nov. 19.  Marion was born Jan. 3, 1937, in the house which her father built in Pleasantville.  Her parents, Placido and Catherine Cundari, immigrated to America around

If the legend is to be believed, in the late 1960s a 16-year-old Ante “Tony” Predovan was sent out into the world with nothing but the shirt on his back and a whole leg of prsut (Croatian cured ham) slung

Virginia “Ginny” Enright died on Nov. 15. She was the widow of William F. Enright Jr. and the mother of Tracy Enright Taft of South Salem, son Kevin, who predeceased her, and son Christopher of Suffern.  Ginny was born on