Carol Ann Edmonds

Carol Ann Edmonds of Callicoon, NY, a reservationist at the Villa Roma Resort & Conference Center died Monday, November 10, 2014 at Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris. She was 61.

There will be no services.

Memorial contributions can be made to the charity of one’s choice.

Eric Mark Hawley

Eric Mark Hawley of Kingwood Township, NJ, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, November 14, 2014. He was 49.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 11 a.m. at the Johnson-Walton Funeral Home, 24 Church Road, Holland Township, NJ. Visitation will also be held on Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions can be made to a charity of one’s choice.

Leila B. Niessen

Leila B. Niessen, a 55-year resident of Dutchess County, passed away peacefully with family by her side, on Monday, November 10, 2014 at the Kaplan House in Newburgh, NY after a brave and courageous fight with cancer. She was 78.

A funeral was held in Poughkeepsie, NY, followed by burial at St. Peter’s Cemetery, Salt Point TPK, Poughkeepsie, on Friday, November 14.

Donations can be made to The Kaplan Family Hospice Residence, 1 Sunrise Ln,, Newburgh, NY 12550.

John M. Rizzotti

John M. Rizzotti of Cochecton Center, NY, a retired accountant for Sterling Drug Company, Manhattan, NY and former President of the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, passed away peacefully at home on November 15, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. He was 75.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Wednesday, November 19 at Holy Cross Church, 9719 SR97, Callicoon NY 12723. Father Charles J. O’Connor O.F.M. officiated. Cremation will take place at Maple Hill Crematory. Burial of his cremains will be in Brooklyn, NY.

Donations can be made to the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, P.O. Box 170, Narrowsburg, NY 12764; Hospice of Orange and Sullivan County, 800 Stony Brook Ct., Newburgh, NY 12550; or the Mabel Mercer Foundation, 160 E 48th St. # 1P, New York, NY 10017.

Samuel Zielinski

Samuel Zielinski of Honesdale, PA died on Tuesday, November 11, 2014, Veterans Day, at his home. He was 85.

A funeral service was held on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at St. Michael’s Orthodox Church by Father John Kowalczyk. Interment followed in St. Michael’s Cemetery.