Avery, Eva Stevens    Born  May 14, 1911   Died  Jan  1992

  Barr, Ann Bellis     Born  Aug 11, 1912   Died  Dec 11, 1994  in Newburgh

  Berkwits, Irving    Born  Feb 14, 1914    Died  May 8, 1991  in Florida

  Bosco, John       Born  Dec 29, 1913   Died  Jan  1984

  Brewster, Kenneth     Born  Feb 11, 1912   Feb 6, 1990  in Newburgh

  Casey, Frank          Born  Feb 25, 1912   Died  Oct 1978

  Clark, Richard       Born  July 8, 1913   Died  July 1978

  Coleman, Joseph     Born  June 22, 1912    Died  March 1978

  Deisseroth,  Ronald   Born  June 24, 1913   Died  April 26, 2005  Hawaii

  Dickerson, Norman    Born  June 6, 1912    Died  Feb 1985  Westfield NY

  Esterbrook, William   Born  Oct 24, 1911   Died  July 1984  Newburgh

  Farina, Dennis      Born   Sept. 9, 1913   Died  June 1984  Newburgh

  Finn, Charles     Born  March 16, 1911   Died  Aug 19, 1993  Montgomery

  Fugazzotto, Dominick   Born  Sept 09, 1909   Died  March 1979  Newburgh

  Gassner, Albert         Born  Feb 19, 1911    Died  Dec 1966

  Gildersleeve, Richard   Born  July 18, 1913   Died  Oct 31, 1998

  Goldenberg, Leon   Born  Mar 16, 1913   Died  April 1980

  Greenblatt, Louis    Born  June 22, 1912   Died  Jan 1995  in Newburgh

  Greene, George   Born  Mar 27, 1911    Died  Nov 1969

  Gritmon, Asa     Born  Nov 9, 1909    Died  Dec 1975

  Haible, Janice Hallock   Born  Nov 2, 1912   Died  Aug 17, 1999

  Hannigan, Daniel     Born  Nov 26, 1912   Died  Nov 1973

  Holt, Ralph    Born  Dec 3, 1910   Died  Aug 24, 1993  in Newburgh

  Hughes, Jack    Born  July 28, 1912    Died June 7, 1990

  Hughes, Mildred Taylor    Born  Dec 20, 1912   Died Aug 1987

  Kilpatrick, John   Born Feb 4, 1913   Died  Dec 1984  in Newburgh

  Kingsley, William   Born  Nov 7, 1911  Died  June 1975  in Indiana

  Kurlansik, Lena Gates   Born  Dec 14, 1913   Died  Aug 22, 2002 in Arkansas

  Lanspery, John    Born  Oct 26, 1911    Died  Feb 25, 1992  in Newburgh

  LaRosso, Agnes Gassner    Born  Jan 31, 1913   Died  July 30, 2000

  MacMillan, James      Born  July 25, 1913   Died  Sept. 1973

  Masselle, Rosalind Schulman   Born  June 9, 1914  Died Aug 15, 2002

  Mastrota, Lawrence    Born  July 17, 1911   Died  Aug. 1974

  McShane, Marian Carroll    Born  April 20, 1912  Died  June 1981

  Meneely, Robert    Born  Aug 29, 1913   Died  July 1977

  Miller, Elizabeth Anna Pearl McCullough, Class of 1930 of Firthcliffe Hgts, Cornwall, wife of the late Frank D. McCullough, died at home Tuesday, January 5, 2010 in her 96th year. Daughter of Charles William and Bertha Faigle Miller, she was born June 22, 1914 in Weehawken NJ. She was predeceased by her sister, Josephine D. Stratis; brother, William G. Miller. Family, her faithful dog Pierre, and her long-time, caring aids, Eva Neponuceno and Carmita Cordova, were with her at the end. A graduate of Newburgh schools and the State Normal School at New Paltz, Mrs. McCullough was a teacher for 50 years. She began her career in the Newburgh School District at the old Grand and Montgomery Street schools and retired from the Cornwall School District in 1984 after having taught second grade at Willow Ave. and Lee Rd. schools for 29 years. During World War II she served with the Office of Strategic Services, the predecessor of the CIA. She had been a member of the Girl Scout Council, Temple Hill Association, Cornwall Central Teacher's Association, the Retired Teacher's Association, and was a Past President of the American Legion Auxiliary. A long-time member of the Cornwall Ambulance Corps, she was a certified Emergency Medical Technician and taught EMT courses. She was delegate to the Fifth District NY State Volunteer Ambulance and First Aid Association and served on the Disaster Committee. Her church association was Christ Lutheran Church in Newburgh where she served on the Church council and was a member of the choir and altar guild. In 1994 she received the Ministerial Society Award for Churchwoman of the Year. Survivors include her nephew, William G. Stratis and his wife, Joyce; niece, Elaine S. Vinson, all of Firthcliffe Hgts.; six great-nieces: Becky Vinson Claypool, her husband, Stephen Keyser and daughter, Kristyn Claypool of Fresno, CA; Heidi Stratis Kane, husband Brian and children, Caitilin and Andrew of Bethlehem PA; Kristy Vinson Poplawski, husband, David and children: Joshua, Amanda and Mathew of Schenectady, NY; Wendy Stratis Dolatta, daughter, Desiree, son, Devin Dolatta, his partner, Jessica Hunter and their daughter Chloe Willow of Cornwall; Leslie Stratis Baum, husband, Todd and children: Rebecca Jane and Jessica Claire of Wallkill, NY; Stacy Stratis Fowler, husband, Joseph and daughter, Taylor Lynn of St Augustine, FL; four great-nephews: Richard Vinson Jr, wife Susan, Robin Vinson; Gary Vinson, wife, Suzi and children, Necole McLean, Jannelle O'Connor, and Keith O'Connor, all of Cornwall, and George Vinson of New Windsor, NY; one cousin, Elsie Lobig Sauntry of Wallkill. Visitation will be on Saturday, January 16, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Quigley Bros. Funeral Home, 337 Hudson St., Cornwall-on-Hudson. The Funeral Service will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, January 17, at Christ Lutheran Church, Fullerton Ave. and South St., Newburgh, with the Rev Ernst A. Mossl officiating. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Cornwall Volunteer Ambulance Corps. POB 151, Cornwall NY 12518 or Christ Lutheran Church Corner of Fullerton and South St., Newburgh, NY 12550.

     Miller, Franklin J. "Beef" Class of 1930 of Port Charlotte, FL, passed away on September 14, 2008, at his residence. Son of the late J. Joseph and Emma Reiger Miller, he was born in Newburgh, NY on December 17, 1912. Beef was an avid golfer and longtime employee of the DuPont Co. in Newburgh. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he proudly served in World War II. He was predeceased by his wife, Thelma Proctor Miller in 1985. His is survived by one sister, E. Marie Donnelly of Port Charlotte, FL and three nieces and one nephew, Barbara (Robert) Miller of Newburgh, Joseph (Helaine) Hemingway of Canandaigua, NY, Barbara (Steve) Dietrich of Fredericksburg, VA, Susan Miller of Newburgh and numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews.

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  Miller, Ralph     Born  Mar 2, 1912     Died  Jan 1981  in Walden

  Mitchell, Arthur   Born  April 9, 1912   Died Aug 6, 1995

  Nagen, Samuel   Born  Nov 23, 1913   Died  Dec 1974

  Owen, Eleanor Purdy   Born  July 2, 1914   Died  Aug 1972  in Newburgh

  Palkovic, Margaret "Peggy" Spino, Class of 1930, a lifelong resident of Newburgh and New Windsor, passed away on Friday, November 11, 2005 at Somers Manor Nursing Home, Somers, N.Y. She was 92. Daughter of the late Matthew and Anna Palkovic, she was born on March 10, 1913. She married Romeo J. Spino on September 10, 1933 in Newburgh. Margaret was a parishioner of St. Francis of Assisi Church in Newburgh. She graduated from Newburgh Free Academy in 1930. She was employed as a teletype setter for the Newburgh News, and then worked in the library at Gidney Avenue School in Newburgh until her retirement in 1978. She is survived by her daughter, Lois and her husband Christopher of Carmel, N.Y.; and her two grandchildren, Stephanie and Jeffrey. She was predeceased by her husband, Romeo and her son Ronald Spino. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15 at Brooks-DiDonato Funeral Home, 481 Gidney Avenue, Newburgh. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 16 at St. Francis of Assisi Church, Newburgh. Burial will follow in St. Francis Cemetery, New Windsor. To send a personal condolence or for directions to the funeral home, please visit Brooks-DiDonato.com

  Schneider, Harold    Born  Dec 26, 1912   Died  Aug 10, 2005

  Scott, Jack    Born  Mar 5, 1912    Died  Feb 1985   in Newburgh

  Seipel, Clarence     Born  Aug. 26, 1913   Died  July 25, 1999 in Rochester NY

  Sherman, Frieda Toback   Born   Aug 30, 1913   Died  April 20, 1998  in Albany

  Steegmuller, John   Born  Sept. 11, 1911    Died  Jan 1978  in Newburgh

  Sterling, Harold    Born  June 23, 1911   Died  April 1976 in New Jersey

  Swain, Reba Ager    Born  Sept 12, 1913    Died  Mar 12, 1999  in Beacon

  Treat, Charles    Born  Oct 11, 1913   Died  July 1966

  Tyska, Henry   Born  Mar 7, 1911    Died  Oct 1972   in Florida

  Wexler, Newman    Born  July 19, 1912     Died  March 1982  in Newburgh

  Whitney, Edward   Born  July 23, 1912   Died  Aug 1977  in Cornwall

  Woolf, Alexander    Born  Aug 14, 1913   Aug 1974

  Yesse, George     Born  Mar 14, 1913     Died  Jan 20, 1997  in Nevada

  Zukowsky, Norman   Born  July 17, 1912    Died  Feb 28, 1999  in Newburgh

        Chapman, Miss Rosa Bell Chapman,  Class of 1881....Many NFA alumni may recall the “The Newburgh Free Academy Alma Mater” written by a mysterious Miss R. Bell Chapman, class of 1881. The obituary of this remarkable lady was published in the July 23, 1959 issue of the Newburgh-Beacon News. Her song follows the obituary.“Miss Rosa Bell Chapman, 95, who served as a Newburgh teacher for more than a half century, died at 7:15 P.M. Wednesday (July 22, 1959) at the Haven Nursing Home, 138 Chambers St., Newburgh. Her teaching years extended from 1883-1935. Miss Chapman followed the example of her parents, William Lord Chapman and Rebecca Bell Chapman, both of whom taught at the old Newburgh Free Academy a century ago. Miss Chapman’s great-grandfather was a captain with the Connecticut troops in the American Revolution. He fought earlier in the French Colonial wars as did his father. Her maternal grandmother, Sophia Bull Bell, was a descendant of Orange County pioneers, William Bull and Sarah Wells. The beloved teacher prepared for her career at Newburgh Free Academy, Columbia and Chicago Universities, studied at other colleges and attended New York University and the Conservatory of Music in New York City. The holder of a life teacher’s certificate from the University of the State of New York, she taught continuously in Newburgh schools from 1883, beginning with the first grade, and retiring as the dean of Newburgh Free Academy in 1935 after 52 years of service. She was summer examiner in the New York State Education Department from 1911-29, and a member of the Newburgh Board of Education from 1936-40. Born in Newburgh on May 12, 1864, affectionately known as “Our Bell” the dean of teachers in the city spread her interest and influence over a variety of organizations. She had served as chaplain of Quassaick Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution; corresponding secretary of the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands; secretary and president of Osson Club, member of the board of managers of the Young Women’s Christian Assn. and president of the Women’s Assn. of Calvary Presbyterian Church. She brought the experience and enjoyment of travel at home and abroad into her classrooms while guiding some 15,000 youngsters through the adventures of education. The faculties of Grand School, Clinton St. School, the old NFA on Montgomery Street and the present NFA were enriched by her keen perception. Although a teacher by profession, Miss Chapman never stopped learning. She suffered a broken arm in January of 1958, was confined to St. Luke’s Hospital and later transferred to the Haven, where she leaned to eat with her left hand—quite an accomplishment at 94! A city-wide recognition dinner was given in her honor at the Palatine Hotel on June 4, 1936, after her retirement. Attended by 250 prominent Newburghers, the affair was highlighted by a telegram of congratulations from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Newburgh’s “first lady of education” had attended a World Federation of Education Assn. in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was a delegate for that group to conferences throughout the United States. The months have slipped quietly by while Miss Chapman has been at the Haven. Many former coworkers, student and associates have visited her there. They have also anonymously aided in conducting her financial affairs and seeing that her needs were met. Miss Chapman loved her city and its people and was able to include Newburgh’s 250th Anniversary in her life-span. Miss Chapman’s activities also included the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, Goudy Wildlife Club, Crescendo Club, St. Luke’s Hospital Guide and Delta kappa Gamma. She was Newburgh’s senior citizen in 1956. She had resided at 123 Chambers St. before the early 1958 injury. Several cousins survive: Mrs. Linda H. Norris of Stewart, Fla.; Carl Everitt Rupert of Arlington, VA.; Joseph and Orson Robson of Hall, N.Y.; May Redman of Hall; Miss Edith Robson of Buffalo; Mrs. Helen Oliver of Rochester; Howard and Philip Rupert of Rochester; Donald Rupert of Niagara Falls; Lt. Col. William P Rupert of Alaska and Delos Rupert of Florida. The family requests that in lieu of flowers contributions be sent to the R. Bell Chapman NFA Fund, in care of George M. Northrop. The Rev. Charles Ross of Poughquag will return to Newburgh to conduct the funeral services for his former teacher at Calvary Presbyterian Church on Saturday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery under the direction of John Sloane White.”

Newburgh Free Academy Alma Mater

Other schools may have their colors, all the rainbow hues may blend;
To our own we'll e'er be loyal, and their honor we'll defend;
For the river's tint at sunset and the distant mountains'hue
Mingle here upon our banner in the "Yellow and the Blue."

Three long years we spend together in the halls to us so dear,
Taking hostage for the future in the work accomplished here.
Some may win the classroom honors, some, athletic sports pursue,
But it's all for the Alma Mater and the "Yellow and the Blue."

When our steps have left these portals, time and change have had their way.
Still will sound the old time slogan "Newburgh, Newburgh, N.F.A."
And the memory backward turning finds us loyal still and true
To the school whose treasured emblem Is the "Yellow and the Blue."

     Hopper, Dorothy M. Burke, Class of  1928, a resident of the Arbors at Amherst Mass., died Sunday, June 16, 2013. Born July 14, 1910, in Highland, N.Y., she was the daughter of Fred Brooke and Mabel Millspaugh Hopper. She was educated in the Newburgh, N.Y., public schools and graduated from Cornell University in 1932. She was married to James W. Burke of Waverly, N.Y., in 1932 and they were divorced in 1958. Mrs. Burke came to Amherst in 1935. From 1956 until 1966, she was employed at the Amherst Journal Record, first as a stringer, then as assistant editor, and from 1964 to 1966 as news editor. In 1966 she took a position as head of residence at the University of Massachusetts, serving in that capacity until her retirement in 1978. From 1978 until 1985, she was employed part-time in the UMass residence halls. Mrs. Burke served on the Amherst Council on Aging from 1997 until 2002 and was a member of the Amherst Woman's Club and the Amherst Historical Society. She leaves three sons, Dennis Michael Burke of Belchertown, Peter James Burke of Riverside, Calif., and Stephen E. Burke of East Dennis. Her daughter Sheila T. Burke of Amherst passed away in 2004. She also leaves one sister, Margaret Donahue of Newburgh, N.Y. Another sister Barbara Smith of Tupper Lake, N.Y., and a brother John Hopper of Newburgh, N.Y., predeceased Mrs. Burke. Mrs. Burke leaves 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Calling hours will be Friday, June 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Douglass Funeral Service, Amherst. A graveside service will be held at the convenience of the family in Highland Cemetery, New York. Obituary and memorial register at www.douglassfuneral.com To sign a Guest Book, express condolences, share memories and read other obituaries, go towww.gazettenet.com/obituaries