Obituaries

Francis “Frank” J. McArdle died Monday, June 2, 2008 in Rochester. He was born May 30, 1920. Surviving are his sons, Peter, Andrew (Kimberly), and James McArdle; grandchildren, Emily Rose, Hannah, Ian and Krista and a brother, John (Joyce) McArdle.

Josephine Sprague, 69, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at the home of her daughter, Brenda Fehsal in Arizona. She was born January 8, 1939.
Surviving are her husband, Gregg of Andes; six children, Brenda (Ray) Fehsal, Arizona, Anita (Dennis) Blockburger, Salem, Irvin Tifft, Steve (Tammy) Tifft, Tina Tifft and Michele Tifft, all of Bennington, VT.

Robert K. Tompkins, 80, a longtime resident of Downsville, passed away early Friday morning, June 6, 2008, at the Countryside Care Center, Delhi, after a long illness. He was born in Gregorytown on October 18, 1927, the son of the late William and Flora (Foote) Tompkins. Bob proudly served his country in the U.S. Air Force. He worked at construction in the Downsville area.

Francis John Herr, 78, passed away Wednesday afternoon, June 4, 2008 at O’Connor Hospital in Delhi after a courageous battle with cancer. Fran was born on February 15, 1930 in Hoboken, NJ, the son of the late Henry William and Dorothy (Scories) Herr.

Word has been received of the passing of Lorraine Perkins, formerly Lorraine Finch of Margaretville. Lorraine was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Terwilliger of Wawarsing. Her sister is Loretta Weaver of Hamden.

Ethel Bryant of 94-31 N. Holyoak Terrace, Dunnellon, Florida, formerly of Big Indian and Lake Katrine, died in the hospital after complications from surgery on Wednesday, May 21, 2008.
She was born in Astoria on October 20, 1929 the daughter of William and Frances Krohn, Ethel was the sixth of eight children.

Julia Liberatore, 92, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2008 at Mountainside Residential Care Center in Margaretville.
She was born June 7, 1915, a lifelong resident of Yonkers.
She married Louis J. Liberatore on April 23, 1938, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Julia worked at Yonkers Raceway for 22 years. She enjoyed cooking for and taking care of her family.

Longtime Margaretville resident Anneliese Marco, 93, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, after a short illness.
She was born July 14, 1914, a native of Hamburg, Germany, and was looking forward to her 94th birthday.
Anneliese married Pascal Marco in Salzhausen, Germany on December 2, 1944 and both immigrated to the United States in 1947, settling in Astoria, Queens.

A requiem mass for Lura Grace Fisk of Lake Delaware, who died on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008 will take place on Friday, May 23 at 10 a.m. at St. James Episcopal Church, Lake Delaware with Father Patrick Hunt presiding. Friends are invited to the church for visitation beginning at 9 a.m. till service time.

Committal services for Erving G. Thompson, who died March 19, 2008 will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 24 at the Roxbury Cemetery, Roxbury, with military honors.