Port Jervis Senior High School Alumni Obituaries

graduated from Port Jervis high school in 1944 and then worked fulltime on the Erie Railroad for four years before going to college. He earned Bachelors and Masters Degrees in education at the state Ray first worked in public education as a high school history teacher in Florida and Middletown New p...

Dan Gawenus age 69 of Lewiston ME went home peacefully to his Lord and Savior at his home on March 10 2025 following a short illness. Dan was born on December 8th 1955 to Paul and Bernice Gawenus. Dan grew up and was educated in the Port Jervis New York schools graduating from Port Jervis High Schoo...

Joan Marie Carnie Cole age 91 passed away on Wednesday August 12 at Clover Manor in Auburn Maine following a long period of immobility and shorter duration of dementia. Joan was born in Newark New Jersey on August 19 1928 to Joseph and Minnie Carnie. She grew up in Belleville and graduated from its ...

91 of Barryville NY passed away peacefully on January 2 2026 at Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis NY. John was born on December 14 1934 in Staten Island NY to the late Stanley and Viola Fennell Poillon. In 1955 he married the love of his life and together they shared 70 wonderful years o...

Mr. Jasper Spann was born on August 15 1937 in Wadley Jefferson County Georgia to the parentage of Rev. Henry Spann Sr. and Mrs. Julia Tarver Spann. Jasper and his family were members of Pineola Church of God for many years. He worked for several years as a bus driver before relocating to Miami and ...

Frances H. (Hunt) Logue, 89, a resident of Fairmount Homes, passed away on January 28, 2026. Born in Port Jervis, NY, she was the daughter of the late Frederick Earle and Ethel...

David Roy Green of Madison NJ passed away peacefully on Wednesday January 21 2026 in Morristown NJ. He was75 years old. Born on October 24 1950 in Jersey City NJ Dave was the son of Methodist pastor Roy Chester Green and EdytheFrances Stafford Green. He spent his childhood in several communities inc...

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Susan R. Claisse a beloved wife mother aunt and friend who left this world on January 8 2025 at the age of 68. Susan was born on August 4 1957 in Port Jervis New York to Harold and Katherine Brickson Bullock who have preceded her in death. Susa...

Dorothy Ann Bucksbee 84 of Honesdale passed away Monday December 22 2025 at the Wayne Memorial Hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband Rueben Bucksbee in 2007. Born April 2 1941 in Port Jervis NY she was a daughter of the late Willard Wilson Sr and Ruby Straut Wilson. Surviving are sons ...

Joan Eileen Dobbs Froehlich was born February 23, 1933 in Port Jervis, NY, to the late Gladys Lillian Avery Dobbs and George Edwin Dobbs. She peacefully departed this life on January 29, 2026, just 25 days shy of her 93rd birthday. Joan was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Harry "Skip" ...

Patrick Yvan Speeckaert 78 born in Belgium to Albert and Franoise Henri de Frahan Speeckaert passed away on January 21st surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife of 50 years Helene Speeckaert ne Heistercamp and his four children Julie Swenson husband Eric and their children Caroline fian...

Eugene Joseph Vidunas a 25 year resident of Middletown and formerly of Wappingers Falls entered into rest Thursday January 29 2026 at Westchester Medical Center following a brief illness. He was 63. Son of the late Eugene and Helen Jerostic Vidunas he was born on November 7 1962 in Mount Pleasant NY...

Elizabeth Bird Johnson age 88 of Delaware Valley Personal Care Residence Matamoras PA passed away peacefully on Wednesday November 26 2025 after a brief illness. Her vivacious personality and spirit brought considerable joy to her friends and family. She was lovingly known to her grandchildren as Bi...

Jean E. Augusto 73 passed away on January 14 2026 at Rhode Island Hospital surrounded by her family. She was the loving wife of Fernando Augusto with whom she shared 48 years of marriage marked by deep love partnership and unwavering commitment. Jean devoted her life to the care of others. She was a...

Joseph R. Areminski Sr.Branchburg, NJJoseph “Joe. Raider” R. Areminski, Sr., 86, of Branchburg, NJ, passed away on Friday, January 16, 2026. Born in Raritan, NJ, raised in Manville, Joe resided in Branchburg since 1964.After graduating High School, Joe went on to work in management for American Cyan...

born October 16 1955 and a longtime resident of Woodstock New York passed away on December 21 2025. Robert grew up in Greenville and Port Jervis New York and graduated from Port Jervis High School in 1974. In his early years he operated a masonry business before eventually settling in Woodstock wher...

William Albert DeGraw of Milford PA passed away peacefully on December 21 2025. He was 98 years. Born on November 141927 in Port Jervis NY. Bill was the son of Nathaniel Clarence and Anna Corey DeGraw. Bill proudly served his country during World War II after dropping out of Port Jervis High School ...

Mrs. Toni Lou Corrado Hughson age 79 a resident of Washington NC died Friday December 26 2025 at ECU Beaufort Hospital in Washington. Mrs. Hughson was born in Port Jervis NY on September 6 1946 daughter of the late Louis Joseph Corrado and the late Miriam Lucy Middaugh Corrado. She was a 1964 gradua...