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Mariano Tiga Muyot, 81, Fishkill Resident
FISHKILL, N.Y. — Fishkill resident Mariano Tiga Muyot died on Tuesday, May 3. He was 81.
Muyot was born in Manila, the Philippines on Dec, 26, 1935, to Dr. Vedasto Muyot and Juliana Tiga Muyot,
His gratitude toward the U.S. forces who liberated his country from the Japanese during World War II was so great that he joined the U.S. Navy in Subic Bay, in the Philippines in 1962.
He served from 1962-68 and was a combat veteran.
He received the Good Conduct Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal and became a U.S. citizen by virtue of his service in the U.S…
Mercedes Rivera, 88, Haverstraw Resident
HAVERSTRAW, N.Y. — Haverstraw resident Mercedes Rivera died Monday, May 2. She was 88.
Rivera was an active member of the New Jersusalem Church in Haverstraw.
Rivera is survived by her children and their spouses, Juan Rivera and his wife Daisy, Yesenia Esposito and her husband Steven and Amalia Mercado. She also is survived by her brother, Juan Whatts; and grandchildren Norberto, Jessica, Alyssa, Kiara, Taina, Miranda, Gianna and Gregory.
She was predeceased by her loving husband, Carlos Rivera.
Visitation will be from 2-4 and 6-7 p.m. Thursday followed by an evening service from 7-9 p.…
Katherine Ann McCann, 78, Scarsdale Resident
SCARSDALE, N.Y. — Scarsdale resident Katherine Ann McCann died on Thursday, April 28. She was 78.
McCann was a teacher at the Ann Hutchinson School in Eastchester for many years.
She was predeceased by her husband, Patrick McCann; and her brothers, Karl Berger, Jr. and James Berger.
Visitation is Sunday, May 8, from 2-5 p.m. at the Fred H. McGrath & Son, Funeral Home, 20 Cedar St., in Bronxville.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 8 Carman Road in Scarsdale, on Monday, May 9, at 10 a.m.
Sister Joan (Catherwood) Regis, 88, Tarrytown Resident
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — Tarrytown resident Sister Joan Regis Catherwood, died on Monday, May 2. She was 88.
She was born Joan M. Catherwood in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 6, 1927, to William and Suzette Tuohy Catherwood.
She entered the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary in Tarrytown in 1949.
She spent 21 years in education at Marymount, Rome, Italy; at Marymount College, Tarrytown; at St. Lawrence School, North Miami Beach, Fla.; and Marymount School of New York.
She spent a year in Vietnam with Catholic War Relief Services and for 20 years worked as a paralegal in the New York City area.
Af…
Deborah T. Shaffer, 47, Poughkeepsie Resident
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Poughkeepsie resident Deborah T. "Debbie" Shaffer died on Sunday, May 1. She was 47.
She was born on Sept.26, 1968, in Manhattan to Peter and Margaret Waldron Clifford.
Shaffer worked as a central service technician at Kingston Hospital.
She married Alfred F. Shaffer, Jr. on April 18, 1987.
She is survived by her husband; her mother; her son, Michael Shaffer and his partner, Mike Green; daughters, Stephanie Savva and her husband, Harry and Samantha Britton and her husband, Chris; and her two grandchildren, Louis and Lydia Savva.
She also is survived by her…
Irene Hartigan, 81, Of Rye
RYE, N.Y. — Rye resident Irene Hartigan died on Friday, April 29. She was 81.
Hartigan graduated from Roosevelt High School in Yonkers in 1952 and worked as a legal secretary for Day, Berry, and Howard Law Firm in Stamford, Conn.
On July 25, 1959 she married John (Jack) Hartigan
She was a member of the Coveleigh Club in Rye, for 45 years.
Hartigan is survived by her husband, John, children Patricia Malmquist and her husband, Derek, Edina, Lisa Ashton and her husband, Pete, and Stephen Hartigan and his wife. Carmen.
She also is survived by her sister, Norma Minicus and her husband. Robe…
Fannie 'Chicky' Chirurgi, 88, Lifetime Yonkers Resident
YONKERS, N.Y. — Lifetime Yonkers resident Fannie "Chicky" Chirurgi (Tocco) died on Tuesday, May 3. She was 88.
She is survived by her children Robert Chirurgi and his wife, Susan, and Dr. Roger Chirurgi and his wife, Margherita; her sister Bella DeRuggierio; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband, Enzo Chirurgi, son, Joseph "GaGa" Chirurgi, brother Peter Tocco and sister Angela D'Eufemia.
Visitation is at the Sinatra Memorial Home, 601 Yonkers Ave., in Yonkers on Thursday, May 5, from 4-8 p.m.
A Funeral Mass at Mount Carm…
