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SHARON — Mary Peterson Adams, 96, of Hidden Lane, died March 6, 2022, at Geer Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in North Canaan. She was the widow of Walter Peterson and Howard Adams.
Mary was born Jan.12, 1926, in Sharon, the daughter of the late Mary (Murphy) and William Pitcher.
SALISBURY — Jay Michael Haft of New York, son of Helen and Jack Haft, passed away on Feb. 7, 2022, at the age of 86. The world has lost a great husband, father, grandfather and leader.
LAKEVILLE — On Oct. 3, 2021, Laura Katrina Keefe, beloved daughter to Terri Lee Young and Francis Edward Keefe and beloved sister to Gerald Francis Keefe and Judith Johanna Frost, passed away at the age of 51.
NORTH CANAAN — Beverly Ann (Watkins)Schopp, 87, of Claverack, N.Y., and North Canaan, passed away March 1, 2022, in the comfort of her home in North Canaan.
Born in Brooklyn on Oct. 28, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Vincent Benjamin and Gertrude Charles Watkins.
MILLERTON — Lois C. Bailey, 67, a 39-year resident of Millerton, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at Vassar Bros. Medical Center in Poughkeepsie.
Lois worked as a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service out of the Dover Plains Post Office for 33 years prior to her retirement in 2010.
LAKEVILLE — Jim Charlton of New York City and Lakeville died on Feb. 13, 2022, from complications of the seasonal flu. He was 82. A longtime fixture in the West Village, he liked to say he lived only a few blocks from where he was born: St. Vincent’s Hospital in 1939.
NORTH CANAAN — Carl James “Jimmy” Blair of Danvers, Mass., passed away Jan. 31, 2022, at Waterbury Hospital 34 days after a devastating motor vehicle accident in East Canaan. He was hit head-on by a FedEx truck whose driver had fallen asleep at 9:30 a.m. in December 2021.
AMENIA — Marvin Douglas Hill Sr., 86, a longtime area resident formerly of Boston, Mass., died peacefully on Feb. 22, 2022, at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Mr. Hill worked as a professional security guard for Boston City Hospital in Boston for over 20 years. He retired in 1987.
NORTH CANAAN — June Rosalie Feathers died Feb. 23, 2022, at the age of 96 while a resident of Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation in North Canaan.
She was born Oct. 1, 1925, in Bristol, Conn.
She was married to John Feathers for 64 years. They raised four children in their home in the Canaan Valley.
SHARON — A lifelong resident of Sharon, Philip D. Waugh, 81, passed away peacefully on Feb. 15, 2022, at his home, surrounded by his loving wife, Dobrila, and his three children.
Philip was born on March 24, 1940, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to the late Dr. David Darwin Waugh II and Bertha (Raeder) Waugh.
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