Obituaries

CANAAN—Jane Ellen Canfield, 84, died Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie after a sudden illness.

SHARON — Mary T. Kirby passed away unexpectedly and peacefully on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022.

Calling hours at Kenny Funeral Home are Thursday, Oct. 6, 4 to 7 p.m. and funeral is at St. Bernard’s Church, Sharon, Friday, Oct. 7 at  10 a.m.

A full obituary will appear in next week’s Lakeville Journal.

FALLS VILLAGE — Irvin G. “Tarzan” Machia, 85, of 26 Rt. 63 died Wednesday morning Sept. 28, 2022, at the Sharon Healthcare Center.  He was born July 26, 1937, in Warren, Vermont, son of the late Charles and Larena (Jones) Machia.

SHARON — Lee Minoff, a writer and psychoanalyst, died Sept. 29, 2022, following a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease.

A funeral service will be held, at a time to be determined, at Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Glendale, Queens, New York.

A full obituary will appear in next week’s Lakeville Journal.

Jeannette M. Wright, born April 5, 1963, passed away Sept. 29, 2022, at Sharon Hospital.

MILLERTON — Lawrence G. Unson, 85, a resident of Pulaski, New York since 1980, formerly of Millerton, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022 at his home. Lawrence was born Nov. 12, 1936, in Rhinebeck, New York, the son of Russell and Cornelia Potts Unson. He graduated from Red Hook High School.

LAKEVILLE — William “Bill” Poglitsch passed away peacefully on Wednesday Sept. 21, 2022. His obituary and time of services will follow.

LAKEVILLE — Diane H. Hall, 73, a longtime resident of Lakeville, passed away on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, at Sharon Health Care Center in Sharon.

Born on January 14, 1949 in Sharon, she was the daughter of the late James and Winifred (Somers) Ferris.