Submitted by Bill norvell 1965 <w.norvell@att.net>
on 03/Oct/2023
184.88.213.148
Mirian Lugo Diaz, of New Windsor, passed away on Wednesday,
November 9, 2005. She was 40. Daughter of Catherine
Gallagher, she was born on November 23, 1964. She married
Nuncio Diaz on August 22, 1987 at St. Patrick's Church,
Newburgh. A family statement reads, "Mirian was an
extraordinary woman, caretaker for her grandmother, a
dedicated daughter, faithful wife and loving mother. She was
the glue that held her family together." Mirian was P.T.O
Co-Vice President and class mother at New Windsor School,
and a former team mother for the New Windsor Eagles
Cheerleader Mighty Mites. She is survived by her loving
husband, Nuncio Diaz; her children, Lena and Nelson; her
mother Catherine Gallagher; stepfather, Raymond Gallagher;
grandmother Anna Benites; sisters, Linda Lugo-Mejias and
Erica Gallagher; and brother Ramon Lugo Jr. Visitation will
be held from 4-8 p.m. on Sunday, November 13 at
Brooks-DiDonato Funeral Home, 481 Gidney Avenue, Newburgh. A
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on
Monday, November 14 at St. Patrick's Church, Newburgh.
Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, New Windsor. In lieu
of flowers, memorial donations in Mirian's name may be made
to the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., P.O. Box 631047,
Baltimore, MD 21263-1047. To send a personal condolence or
for directions to the funeral home, please visit
Brooks-DiDonato.com. Published by Times Herald-Record from
Nov. 11 to Nov. 12, 2005.
Woman killed, two injured in collision
A head-on collision Wednesday night left one New Windsor woman
dead and two others injured. State Police said that at around
7:40 p.m. Wednesday, Mirian Diaz was traveling east on Route
207 in her 2002 Suzuki Grand Vitara when she failed to
negotiate a curve, crossed into the westbound lane and struck
an oncoming 2000 Ford Expedition driven by Joan White. The
crash happened in the vicinity of the Drury Lane intersection.
Diaz, White, and Gina O'Neil, a passenger in White's vehicle,
were all taken to the Newburgh campus of St. Luke's Cornwall
Hospital by Mobile Life Support Services. Diaz died of her
injuries at the hospital. White and O'Neil were treated and
released.
Mirian Lugo Diaz, of New Windsor, passed away on Wednesday,
November 9, 2005. She was 40. Daughter of Catherine
Gallagher, she was born on November 23, 1964. She married
Nuncio Diaz on August 22, 1987 at St. Patrick's Church,
Newburgh. A family statement reads, "Mirian was an
extraordinary woman, caretaker for her grandmother, a
dedicated daughter, faithful wife and loving mother. She was
the glue that held her family together." Mirian was P.T.O
Co-Vice President and class mother at New Windsor School,
and a former team mother for the New Windsor Eagles
Cheerleader Mighty Mites. She is survived by her loving
husband, Nuncio Diaz; her children, Lena and Nelson; her
mother Catherine Gallagher; stepfather, Raymond Gallagher;
grandmother Anna Benites; sisters, Linda Lugo-Mejias and
Erica Gallagher; and brother Ramon Lugo Jr. Visitation will
be held from 4-8 p.m. on Sunday, November 13 at
Brooks-DiDonato Funeral Home, 481 Gidney Avenue, Newburgh. A
Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on
Monday, November 14 at St. Patrick's Church, Newburgh.
Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, New Windsor. In lieu
of flowers, memorial donations in Mirian's name may be made
to the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., P.O. Box 631047,
Baltimore, MD 21263-1047. To send a personal condolence or
for directions to the funeral home, please visit
Brooks-DiDonato.com. Published by Times Herald-Record from
Nov. 11 to Nov. 12, 2005.