Obituaries

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. 

EAST CANAAN — Bruno Joseph Piretti died at his Brookside Senior Residence home on April 29, 2021. He was 100 years old and was able to embrace life fully up until his passing. 

He was an avid gardener, sports fan (especially the Syracuse Orangemen), and follower of politics and current events and a life-long Democrat.  

PINE PLAINS — Robert F. Couse Sr., 88, of Pine Plains, passed away peacefully on June 3, 2021, at his residence.