All Obituaries

    On Monday, June 5, 2023, Mary K. Scheutzow, born August 2,1941, in Brooklyn, NY and a longtime resident of Swiss Hill Road in Jeffersonville, passed away at the Friendly Home in Brighton, NY. Mary was predeceased by her husband, James Scheutzow (2016) and by her daughter Maureen.  Mary was the sister of Ann Marie Byrnes Desy (Roger) and James W. Byrnes III (Linda), and the proud mother of three children, Michael (Paul), Stephen (Jan), and Maureen (Bruce). Mary was...

Tragically lost on May 29, 2023, were cousins William Lorence Hardenbergh, 22, and Maliya Mary Hardenbergh,14.  William and Maliya are survived by their grandparents, Jimmie and Elise Wilkerson.  William is also survived by his mother, Amber Hardenbergh, and his father Immanuel Billingslea, and  brother, Tyshawn.  Maliya is survived by her father, Victor Lopez, mother, Kimberly Hardenbergh, and siblings, Maleek, Makiya, Makaidyn, and Makynline.  Those that also...

  Ernst H. (Ernie) Reimer Jr. of North Branch a retired Dairy Farmer and lifetime area resident died Sunday May 28, 2023 at Garnet Medical Center Grover Hermann Division in Callicoon. He was 81 years old.      Son of the late Ernst H. Reimer Sr. and Elizabeth Globuschutz Reimer, and husband of Eileen Hettema Reimer, Ernie was born December 13, 1941 in Callicoon.      Ernie was a graduate of Delaware Valley Central School, a member of the...

Judith McCauley a retired secretary for Delaware Valley Job Corps in Callicoon died Wednesday May 24, 2023 at the Saphire Nursing and Rehab at Goshen, NY.  She was 77. Judith was born July 7, 1945, the daughter of the late Robert and Philomena Firenze.  Judith was the widow of Robert McCauley Sr. Robert died in 2014. Judith is survived by her daughters Gina Jump and her husband Steve, Kristie Stauch and her husband Scott, by her brother Robert Firenze and his wife Pat, by her...

Mary Etta Buddenhagen Hornicek was born on April 23, 1935, to Herbert and Kathleen Buddenhagen in Callicoon, NY. She was the oldest of 5 children; two sisters, Kathleen Moran, and Virginia Guglielmone and two brothers, Ross Buddenhagen and Daniel Buddenhagen. They lived in the hamlet of Hortonville. She attended the Delaware Valley Central School and was the first graduating class at the new high school on State Route 97 in 1952. Following graduation, Mary Etta attended Oneonta State and...

On May 19, 2023, Joan Sykes Bryson transitioned after a long battle with cancer. Joan was born on July 14th, 1949, in Staten Island NY to Joan V (Kestler) and Edward C Sykes.  The family moved to Sullivan County while Joan was young where they ran an egg farm outside Narrowsburg before moving to Hankins where the family ran the Hankins House. Joan graduated from Delaware Valley Central School in 1967. Joan worked at several Catskill hotels where she met her partner and love of her...

Marilyn Carol Chellis (Schmidt) May 3rd 1942 – April 21st 2023 Marilyn Carol Chellis entered the presence of her ascended Lord Jesus Christ on April 21, 2023. Marilyn was born in Callicoon, New York, on May 3, 1942. She was the daughter of Howard Schmidt and Esther Fink. Growing up in Hortonville and North Branch, she graduated from Delaware Valley Central School. After further education in Binghamton, she worked as a secretary and receptionist for Drs. Mills and Rumble in...

On the morning of Saturday April 15 2023 the beautiful Soul of Daisy Smith left this earth to enter into eternal rest with God and her loved ones.  Although Daisy endured many painful illnesses over the past few years she eventually grew tired and is now at peace.    Daisy was raised in the Bronx and as a child she loved to tap dance.  As a young adult Daisy was proud of her career at Reader's Digest.  During that time Daisy was also a young,...

Carol Sylvia Roberts of Callicoon passed away on Saturday April 1, 2023 at Wayne Memorial Hospital Honesdale, PA. Carol was a loving and caring person.  Her greatest joy was being a mother to  her three sons Jason, Neal and Seth plus her grandchildren Taylor and Mackenzie. She would have run to the moon and back for them.  She was a devoted wife to her husband Jim for 41 years.  Carol loved going to garage sales and thrift stores to get the newest bargains with her...