OBITUARIES | The Recorder News

February 28, 2025

Robert Jordan, 80, was a Vietnam combat vet and award-winning TV news producer

Robert J. Jordan of Pound Ridge, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War who had a long career in television news, died Jan. 4 after a long...

February 21, 2025

Lois E. Krafte, 91, a dental hygienist in schools

Lois E. Krafte Lois E. Krafte of Danbury, Conn., died Jan. 31 and was laid to rest Feb. 2 at Beth Israel Cemetery in Woodbridge, N.J. She...

February 21, 2025

Thomas Francis Tully, 85, had long career in government

Thomas Tully Thomas Francis Tully died Feb. 6. He was 85. He was born in New York City on Aug. 13, 1939, to Patrick and Ellen Tully. He...

February 21, 2025

Greg Walz, Pound Ridge police sergeant, dies unexpectedly

Greg Walz Gregory Edward Walz, 55, a Pound Ridge police sergeant and lifelong Westchester area resident, died Feb. 15 at Mid-Hudson...

February 17, 2025

Daniel J. Zubkoff, finance lawyer, was 67

Daniel Zubkoff, 67, died surrounded by his family after a long battle with pancreatic cancer on Nov. 27, 2024 . He was born in...

February 14, 2025

Dr. Iraj Saadat, 87, OB-GYN at Northern Westchester for more than 30 years

Dr. Iraj Saadat Dr. Iraj Saadat died Dec. 26 at the age of 87, after a long illness. Saadat was born in Shiraz, Iran, on Dec. 8, 1937. ...

February 14, 2025

Albert N. Schell Jr., 91, Navy pilot, builder, raised family in Katonah, Waccabuc

Albert N. Schell Jr., who flew planes for the Navy and had a career as a builder, died Feb. 8 at his home in Ridgefield, Conn. He was 91....

February 7, 2025

Lisa Margaret Smith, was magistrate judge

Lisa Margaret Smith, who served as an assistant district attorney, and assistant attorney general and U.S. magistrate, and raised a...

February 7, 2025

Selma Ertegun of Katonah, involved in Bard College philanthropy

Selma Ertegun of Katonah died December 2024. Born in 1952 in Curitiba, Brazil, to a Turkish father and German mother, she grew up in...

January 31, 2025

Barbara Bruce Jackson, English teacher and advocate for immigrants.

Barbara Bruce Jackson, an English teacher who later became active in the group Neighbors Link, died Jan. 22 at Westchester Medical Center...

January 17, 2025

Allan Paul Ross of Waccabuc, musician and radio ad writer, was 83

Allan Paul Ross Allan Paul Ross (“Country Al”) of Waccabuc, a musician and award-winning radio ad writer, died Dec. 3 at Westchester...

January 17, 2025

Joan Silbersher, a local institution, dies at 95

The beloved Pound Ridge resident’s ‘true love’ was her community. Whether you knew her or not, Joan Silbersher made an indelible mark...

Houses of Worship

BAPTIST

Antioch Baptist Church

3 Church Street, Bedford Hills

theantiochchurch.net

BUDDHIST

Wellspring Zen Monastery

93 Lower Shad Road, Pound Ridge

wellspringzen.com

CATHOLIC

St. Mary of the Assumption Church

55 Valley Road, Katonah

stmarykatonah.com

St. Joseph’s Church

95 Plum Brook Road, Somers

stjosephsomers.org

St. Patrick’s Church

7 Pound Ridge Road, Bedford

stpatricksbedford.org

St. Matthias Church

107 Babbitt Road, Bedford Hills

discovermass.com/church/st-matthias

COMMUNITY CHURCH

Bedford Community Church

160 Bedford Center Road, Bedford Hills

bedfordcommunitychurch.org

Pound Ridge Community Church

3 Pound Ridge Road, Pound Ridge

poundridgecommunitychurch.org

EPISCOPAL

St. Francis Episcopal Church

503 Old Long Ridge Road, Stamford, Conn.

stfrancisstamford.org

St. John’s Episcopal Church

82 Spring St., South Salem

stjohnschurchonline.net

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

68 Bedford Road, Katonah

stlukeskatonah.org

St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church

382 Cantitoe Street, Bedford

stmatthewsbedford.org

METHODIST

Katonah United Methodist Church

5 Bedford Road, Katonah

katonahumc.org

PRESBYTERIAN

Bedford Presbyterian Church

44 Village Green, Bedford

bedfordpreschurch.org

Katonah Presbyterian Church

31 Bedford Road, Katonah

katonahpresbyterian.org

South Salem Presbyterian Church

111 Spring St., South Salem

southsalempc.org.

Trinity Presbyterian Church

325 West Patent Road, Mount Kisco

trinitychurchny.com

UNITARIAN

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
of Northern Westchester

236 South Bedford Road, Mount Kisco

uufellowship.org

Unitarian Universalist Congregation

20 Forest Street, Stamford, Conn.

uusis.org

TEMPLES & SYNAGOGUES

Bet Torah

60 Smith Ave, Mt Kisco

bettorah.org

Chabad of Bedford

220 South Bedford Road, Bedford Corners

chabadbedford.com

Congregation B’nai Yisrael

2 Banksville Road, Armonk

cbyarmonk.org

Congregation Shir Shalom of Westchester and Fairfield Counties

46 Peaceable Street, Ridgefield, Conn.

ourshirshalom.org

Mount Kisco Hebrew Congregation

15 Stewart Place, Mount Kisco

mkhc.org

Pleasantville Community Synagogue

219 Bedford Road, Pleasantville

shalompcs.com

Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester

220 South Bedford Road, Chappaqua

bethelnw.org

Temple Shaaray Tefila

89 Baldwin Road, Bedford Corners

shaaraytefila.org