Obituaries

Lauren “Lauris” Grasso (née Reitsema) of Cochecton Center passed away peacefully Tuesday, August 1 at the age of 70.

Christene S. Myers passed away peacefully on July 13, 2017 at Catskill Regional Medical Center.

She was born in Eldred, October 22, 1920, the only child of Emily C. (Parker) and Howard Stevens.

Florian “Mike” Tomkowski, long time resident of Glen Spey, NY, passed away on July 8, 2017 with his family by his side in Phoenix, AZ. He was 86 years old. He was born on April 22, 1931 in Buffalo, NY.

Mr. Tomkowski retired after 30 years as caretaker of a local camp in Glen Spey, NY, where he raised his children.

George Galuschak, age 80, of Shohola, PA passed away at home on Sunday, July 9, 2017. The son of the late George and Rose (Telep) Galuschak, he was born in Yonkers, NY on July 24, 1936.

After his high school graduation, George joined the Air Force and served from 1954 to 1958.

Michael R. Brauser, 59, of Beach Lake, PA, a lifelong resident and a general contractor, passed away unexpectedly due to a myocardial infarction on Sunday, July 2, 2017.

Nancy Evelyn Turner, former resident of Mileses, a former nurse’s aide at Roscoe Nursing Home, died Saturday July 1, 2017 at the Andover Sub Acute and Rehab Center in Andover, NJ.

Nancy was born April 9, 1944 in Callicoon. She was the widow of Vernon Turner.

Kathryn J. Sigler of Glen Spey, NY passed away on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at the home of her son, Michael, in Hilton Head, SC. She was 97.

Keith Gerard Weber, originally of Narrowsburg, NY, son of the late Robert F. Weber and Mary E. Weber, passed away on July 6, 2017 at his home after an illness. Cremation and burial were held in Santa Fe, NM, where he resided for more than two decades.