Obituaries

SHARON — Estelle Leah Gorkofsky (née Gurfein), age 92, of Sharon, died on June 15, 2023. She was the loving wife of the late Samuel Gorkofsky.

MILLERTON — Edward  James “Jim” Hosier passed away at his home in Bullock, North Carolina, on June 14, 2023,  with family at his side.  He was born in Mt. Kisco, New York, on July 30, 1944, to the late Mary and Raymond Hosier.  He attended Webutuck Schools. He served nine years in the U.S. Army.

MILLERTON – Jon Yard Arnason, Esq., 77, a twenty five year resident of Millerton, formerly of Manhattan, New York, died Saturday, July 15, 2023 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie. Mr. Arnason was an attorney in private practice in Manhattan prior to his retirement.

EAST CANAAN — Joan A. Nestor, 89, of 4 College Hill Road passed away peacefully at home on Thursday July 6, 2023, from complication of dementia. She was the wife of the late Lawrence S. Nestor of Stamford, Connecticut.  Joan was born July 10, 1933, in Greenwich, Connecticut.                                .

MILLERTON — Harry Martin Glazer, 76, passed away on April 27, 2023, at his home in Millerton. Harry was the loving husband of the late Susan Eldrege Chase of Millerton and Dennis Port, Massachusetts.

NORFOLK — It is with great sadness that the family of Ronald James McNamee, 78, of Norfolk, announces his passing on July 2, 2023, at Hartford Hospital with his wife of 54 years,  Marybeth Yeagher McNamee, by his side.

He was predeceased by his parents James and Collette McNamee of Wethersfield, Connecticut.

CORNWALL — Cynthia Pender Robbins, age 82, died with her family at her side on June 22, 2023, in her Cabot, Vermont home. The cause of death was lung cancer which she and her family were quite stunned to learn of in late 2022.

PINE PLAINS — Barbara Denerstein (nee Weinflash) died in her sleep in Torrington, Connecticut, on July 2, 2023, at the age of 76 after a series of ailments.  She was by the side of her partner Michael Williams when she passed.  Barbara and Mike had recently moved to Torrington after almost 20 years in Pine Plains.