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Matthew - Class of 1999 - Fran Olson Gustafson 196528/Nov/2018 Posted by Pauline Rute Hall 52
Perry,
David S. Jr., of Newburgh, NY entered into eternal rest on Sunday, August
19, 2012. He was 32. David was the son of the late David S. Perry, Sr. and
Denise Galley. He was born on November 26, 1979 in New York, NY. At age 12
David relocated to live with his Uncle Gerald and Aunt Evelyn Moore in
Newburgh. He graduated in 1999 from Newburgh Free Academy. David was a
former employee of IBM, East Fishkill, and was a manager at The Dollar
General in New Windsor. David was a kind and gentle soul. To know him was
to love him. David attended Holy Temple UHC for a period of time where he
sang in the adult choir. Other than his father, David was predeceased by
his maternal grandmother, Dorothy Johnson. David leaves to cherish his
precious memories, a loving daughter, Ariana Nichole Perry, of
Poughkeepsie, NY; loving parents, Denise Galley (Keith) of New York, NY,
and Gerald and Evelyn Moore of Newburgh; grandmother, Esther Jackson of
Newburgh; three brothers: Glen and Leslie Galley of New York, NY, and Paul
Galley of Baltimore MD; five sisters: Gena Skurow (Neil) of Baltimore, MD,
Danett (Rosco), Stephanie, Christina and Amanda Galley, all of New York,
NY; also a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and friends. Visitation
will be held Friday, August 24 from 10 to 11 a.m. at Holy Temple UHC, 179
South St., Newburgh, NY with Pastor Jarrelle Benoit officiating. A service
will be held at the church from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Burial will follow at
Cedar Hill Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the care of Brooks
Funeral Home. To send a personal condolence, or for directions, please
visit www.BrooksFH.com or
call 845-561-8300.
Posted by Bill Norvell 65
Tremblay, Corporal
Joseph Steven Tremblay, USMC from New Windsor, N.Y. died heroically in the
line of duty on April 26, 2005 in Iraq. Pictures
from funeral Joseph was born on November 13, 1981 in
Ridgewood, N.J., to Lawrence J. Tremblay Sr. and Tina Marie Remo. Joseph
was a 1999 graduate of Newburgh Free Academy and was currently attending
Orange County Community College. Joseph put his degree on hold in 2003 to
re-enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps and was currently on active duty in
Iraq. During his tour of duty he served in Hawaii, Japan and Australia.
Survivors include his loving father, Lawrence J. Sr. of New Windsor;
loving mother, Tina Marie and her husband, Martin Kaminsky, of Corbin,
Ky.; his loving fiancée, Jennifer Coloni (Tremblay); dear brother Lawrence
J. and his wife, Siobhan, of Washingtonville; dear sister, Stacy and her
husband, Daniel Messer, of Corbin, Ky.; paternal grandmother, Helen
Tremblay of Mahwah, N.J.; maternal grandmother, Janet Wannamaker of
Washingtonville and Suffern; nieces and nephews: Lawrence J. III, Eibhlin
Ann Tremblay, and Rachael, Christopher and Elizabeth Messer. He is also
survived by numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. The family will be present
to receive friends on Monday, May 2 from 7-9 PM and Tuesday, May 3 from
4-9 PM at Coloni Funeral Home, 3001 Route 9W, New Windsor. A Mass of
Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday May 4, 2005 at 11:00 AM
in Sacred Heart Church, Newburgh. Interment will follow in Orange County
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New Windsor – In his last letter to Jennifer, his sweetheart since fourth
grade, Joseph Tremblay worried he'd made a mistake volunteering to fight
in Iraq."I wonder if coming here is following my heart. I know my place is
there with you," he wrote.Jennifer Coloni, Tremblay's fiancee, received
the letter yesterday at home in New Windsor, a day after Defense
Department officials notified her of his death. Cpl. Tremblay was killed
Tuesday night in Hit, Iraq, northwest of Baghdad. The Humvee he was
traveling in was hit by a makeshift roadside bomb, according to Marine
officials. He was 23. "I can't write anymore, it's getting too dark,"
ended the letter, dated two weeks ago. "I love you so much and hope that
you are happy and well. I will be home with you soon." Jennifer sat on a
couch in her fiance's boyhood home yesterday, clutching Joey's black
sweatshirt, wearing his Marine Corps T-shirt and his socks. "He went," she
said. "Even though he had mixed emotions about (leaving) his family, and
me." He was remembered yesterday by his family as a 5-foot-6-inch bundle
of contradictions: the baby of the family who worried over his big brother
and protected his older sister, the ambivalent warrior dedicated to his
brother Marines. "He just wanted to make everything better for everyone
else. He was always trying to make everything perfect," Jennifer said.
During brief phone calls from Iraq, he told her the devastation was
overwhelming. He didn't know what to do. He wanted to fix it. It really
bothered him to see pictures of Iraqi children crying, he'd tell Jennifer,
asking her to mail more candy. That way he'd have something to give them.
He died too young to resolve all the questions swirling in him, they said.
His heart led him to re-enlist in the Marines last year and be with the
family he had found in the corps, she said. Marine training had put steely
muscle on his small frame and given him the inner glow of confidence. But
he put little stock in politicians' talk of Iraq and ached to come home.
He was a teenage runner who used to jog three miles on a whim to visit
Jennifer, but he didn't play high school sports. He had struggled to
graduate high school but read the philosophy of Howard Bloom and Sun Tsu
on downtime in Iraq. The shy, reserved kid had a knack for comedy and once
pondered trying acting. He was considering a career in social work or
sales, Jennifer said, or maybe opening an auto window-tinting business.
"Joey really wanted to be a dad," she said, picking at the sleeve of his
sweatshirt. The toughness of the Marine reputation attracted Joey since
junior high school, said his father, Lawrence Tremblay, a 53-year-old
mechanic. So, too, did the regimen and the fraternity of the corps: His
parents divorced when he was 2, and his father wound up with custody of
Joey and his older brother. "I'd be lying if I said (the divorce) probably
didn't have something to do with it, his decision," Lawrence Tremblay said
yesterday. "It was tough on him." Joseph Tremblay signed enlistment papers
even before completing the 1999 summer school session that would earn him
his diploma. He was discharged from active duty in August 2003, spending a
four-year tour in Hawaii, Japan and Australia – missing combat in
Afghanistan. He came back to New Windsor. But after just a few months, he
decided to join the Marine Reserves. "I'll be honest," his father said. "I
tried to talk him out of it." He signed up anyway. By this winter, his
reserve unit was asked to volunteer for duty with the 3rd Marine
Battalion's 25th Infantry Regiment. "He told me, "If they ever ask me to
go, I'm going,'" Jennifer remembered yesterday. He had the choice between
an immediate one-year tour and waiting a year to begin deployment: He
chose to go immediately so he could start a family sooner. On Feb. 22,
Jennifer and Joey got engaged in Las Vegas, an unlikely leave destination
for the homebody couple. Before he shipped out, he sent Jennifer a dozen
roses: 11 red and one white. He'd been sending her that signature bouquet
since the sixth grade. Iraq, she said, was not what he expected. The
wreckage of war unnerved him, she said, but he threw himself into work to
help Iraqi children. There were 20-hour work days and then long stretches
of boredom. The couple had decided to relocate north of Orlando, Fla.,
where she has family. "Whenever he called (from Iraq), he wanted to know
where we were, how things were going," Jennifer said. At the Tremblay
house yesterday, neighbors who had not gotten the bad news yet tooted
their horns hello. Relatives stopped by. As it got later, the phone began
to ring more and more. Like every young couple, she and Tremblay had
planned a lot of things, even picking out names for future babies. The
couple wasn't blind to the danger he was facing. "He gave me all the
possibilities, this being one of them," Jennifer said.Information and
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Corporal Joseph S. Tremblay
Joseph was born on November 13, 1981 in Ridgewood, NJ to Lawrence
Tremblay, Sr., and Tina Marie Remo. He graduated in 1999 from
Newburgh Free Academy and also attended Orange County Community College.
Joseph joined the Marine Corps just after graduation from the Academy in
1999 and completed a four-year tour. He remained in the Marines
Reserve and signed up for active duty when the call went out for
volunteers. During his tour of duty, he served in Hawaii, Japan, and
Australia. His beloved family and friends are proud of his dedication in
the service of our country. He stands for freedom, honor, and
dignity.
Posted by Carol Tiso Anderson Maddalena Thank
you for your service to our great country. I graduated from NFA and my son
is a US Marine presently serving in Afghanistan.