Obituaries

MILLERTON — John David Gilmor, 71, a 21-year resident of Millerton and formerly of Pine Plains, died Saturday, June 12, 2021, at Vassar Bros. Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. 

AMENIA — Robert E. Kipp, 75, passed away on June 18, 2021, at his residence. 

He was born in Rhinebeck on Jan. 7, 1946, to the late Alma (Funk) and Robert C. Kipp. 

On Dec. 23, 1968, he married Faith Hendricks; together they shared 52 years of marriage. 

AMENIA — Janos “John” Terdik, 90, died peacefully on June 16, 2021, at Vassar Hospital.

Janos was born Oct. 11, 1930, in Hungary. 

He married his soul mate, Terez Terdik, on Dec. 20, 1954. 

He worked at the old Wassaic State School on the Grounds Department and retired in 1992.

LAKEVILLE — Mary Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, 67, born Sept. 1, 1953, died on June 11, 2021, of natural causes at her home in Lakeville.  

She had recently been working for Lakeville Taxi as a chauffeur. Previously she had been employed for many years as a bartender at The Woodland restaurant and The Interlaken Inn.

SHARON — Robert “Bob” Skibsted was a Renaissance Man. According to his partner of 48 years, Jim Flaherty, “Bob was the ideal partner — whatever I couldn’t do, wouldn’t do and didn’t want to learn to do, Bob did perfectly.”  

LAKEVILLE — David Livingston Orrell, 86, died June 14, 2021, at Marshall Manor in Machias, Maine, of kidney failure.

David was born Oct. 17, 1934, in Whitinsville, Mass., to Kathleen MacNichol and James Edward Orrell. From 1942 to 1949 his family lived in Eastport, Maine, where his father worked at the MacNichol Packing Company.

SHARON — Claudette (Chaber) Douglas, 84, of New Milford, passed away June 10, 2021, at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital. She was a loving wife of the late Harry T. Douglas, formerly of Sharon.

SHARON — Kaye Overbye, beloved wife, mother and grandmother passed peacefully on June 11 , 2021, in Portland, Conn., at the age of 85 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.

Born in Middleport, N.Y., Kaye was the daughter of Lloyd and Ruth Annable.