Michele A. Storms of Milford, PA, a lifetime resident of the area, died Saturday, December 3, 2011 at Orange Regional Medical Center, Middletown, NY after a short battle with cancer. She was 53.

She was born April 2, 1958 in Port Jervis, NY, the daughter of the late Thomas and Miriam MacDonald Rossa.

Michele married John Storms and they were together for 15 years prior to her death.

She worked as a clerk for the Pike County Government in the Tax Claim Administration Office.

Surviving are her husband at home; mother Miriam Lowenstein and companion Bob of Burleson, TX; son Nathan DeGraw of Glen Spey, NY; stepdaughter Hillary Storms of Port Jervis; brother Thomas Rossa and wife Penny of Milford, TX; sisters Kim Padgett of Joshua, TX and Margaret Parks and husband Bob of Burleson, TX; best friend Betty Conklin and husband Richard and family of Sparrowbush, NY; predeceased step father, Ron Lowenstein; also several nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the Gray-Parker Funeral Home, 100 E. Main St., Port Jervis on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 11 a.m. at the Gray-Parker Funeral Home with Rev. Nancy Vonderhorst officiating.

Burial will be at Pine Grove Cemetery, Matamoras, PA.

Contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, Memorial Processing, PO Box 7, East Syracuse, NY 13057.

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