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YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. – Harold P. Whalen of Yorktown Heights and formerly of Yonkers died Jan. 20. He was 94.

Whalen was born Dec. 6, 1918, in Yonkers to Thomas and Anna Whalen. He served in the Army during World War II and later worked for Con Edison before retiring in 1973. He volunteered at Open Gate for the last 25 years and served as an usher for St. ...

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. – John G. Gaffney, of Yorktown Heights, died Jan. 7. He was 84.

He was born Sept. 27, 1928, in New Haven, Conn., to John and Alice Gaffney. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Gaffney married Elaine Thibeault June 23, 1956, in West Haven, Conn. They later settled in Yorktown to raise their family.

Gaffney retired from ...

PEEKSKILL N.Y. – Marion Jean Jones, a former Peekskill resident, died Dec. 22. She was 87.

Born Sept. 11, 1925, in Winona, W.V., Jones was the youngest of 13 children. She lived most of her adult ...

YORKTOWN, N.Y. - Myong Hui Kang Tompkins, a Yorktown Heights resident, died Dec. 20. She was 58.

Tompkins was born in Seoul, South Korea, to Song Chu Kang and Tuk Ae Cha. In 1984, she married Edward Tompkins.

She is survived by her husband; four daughters, Chi Hyun Kim, Mi Hyun, Kim Scalza, and Marie Tompkins Cassone; and her grandson, Constantine Edward ...

YORKTOWN, N.Y. – Dr. George I. Daugherty II, a retired Air Force colonel formerly of Yorktown, died Nov. 30 at his home in Panama City, Fla. He was 80.

Daugherty was born Nov. 14, 1932, in ...

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. – Elvira M. Locuratolo formerly of Yorktown Heights died Nov. 27. She was 95.

Locuratolo was born March 17, 1917, in the Bronx, N.Y., to Vincent and Josephine Varrone Ciaffone. She married Joseph Locuratolo June 21, 1936. She worked as a homemaker and dedicated her life to her family. She was most recently of Woodbury, Conn.

She is ...

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. – Lorraine Fraioli of Yorktown Heights died Nov. 24. She was 83.

Fraioli was born Oct. 7, 1929, in Yonkers to John and Anna Semenza. On Nov. 6,1949, she married Pasquale P. Fraioli.

She is survived by a daughter, Annalaurane Fraioli; three sons, Brian (Jessica) Fraioli, Kevin (AnneMarie) Fraioli and Douglas (Amy) Fraioli; 15 ...

CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. – Eugene A. Harris, a longtime resident of Cortlandt Manor and Yorktown, died Nov. 13. He was 82.

Harris worked as an insurance broker for Public Entities Affiliates Inc. in Pelham and Mount Vernon, before retiring in 1999.

The son of Eugene and Charlotte Harris, he graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1946. He earned an ...

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. – Helen Lucian of Yorktown Heights and formerly of Ossining died Nov. 4. She was 101.

Lucian is survived by two daughters, Lilly Forcaretta (John) Pompilio, of Yorktown Heights, and Nancy Doherty, of Bronxville; two sons, Michael (Nicky) Lucian, of Wilmington, N.C., and Leonard (Flo) Lucian, of Fort Pierce, Fl.; and several grandchildren and ...