In Memoriam: Remembering those we lost in 2025

The following is a list of obituaries published by the Riverhead News-Review for Riverhead area residents and public figures who died in 2025.

Click on the name of the deceased to read more about their life:

A

Richard Abbott

John J. “Jack” Abele

Sandra Elizabeth Adams

Anne M. Aicher

Wendy (Wiswell) Akita

Juan Camilo Alape Peñuela

John J. Altiere

Robert E. Andresen

Edna P. Atkins

B

Elsie Balacich

Daniel W. Ball

Josephine Balzano

Ruby D. Barrow

William J. Baxter Jr.

Bruce Raymond Beaney

Keith Arnold Beavan

Sidney Douglas “Sid” Beebe Jr.

Linda Lee Belanger

Rode Belizaire

James D. Bender

Alice Ann Bennett-Culver

Mary C. Berdinka

Phyllis Bernstein

Ann Bertolini

Virginia I. Bilski

Carol Block

Timothy J. Bonczyk

Kenneth Borum

Michael Karel Botula

Claire M. Bouffard

Gregory A. Boyd

Eli Briggs Jr.

Burton Stuart Brody

Mattie L. Brown

Richard A. Brown

Bruce Brownawell

Marie A. Brush

Adrienne Bucholz

Bruce C. Bullock

Beatrice B. Burton

C

Christopher M. “Chilo” Cajigas

Claire Ann Caputo

James Nickolas Cardinal Jr.

Theodore C. Carpluk

Harold D. Carr Jr.

Elbert N. Carter

Edwin J. Cartoski Sr.

Ernest Wickham Case

Gerald J. Castellano

Madeline Cavaluzzi

Mary Caviris

Robert J. Chester

Sarah Nichols Christ

Henry W. Cielatka Jr.

Daniel Joseph Cirello

James Sylvester Clifford

Donald P. Cocks

Nancy Ann Console

David R. Cooke

Julia L. Cooper

Ruth Covatti

Leon Maurice Creighton

James Francis Creighton

Alan Joseph Croce

Beryl Cronin

D

Conrad M. Dabrowski

Barbara J. Daly-Dohrman

Florence S. Danowski

Richard J. Darcy

Malcolm M. Day

Benjamin Martinez DeJesus

Kathleen H. “Kathy” DeVore

Patricia DeVos

Virginia Dickerson

Virginia A. Doherty

Thomas B. Doolan

Adam Vincent “Zack” Doroski Jr.

John S. Doroski Jr.

Henry Harrison Dow

Lynn Werner Drasher

Cornelius James “Neil” Droogan

Gale K. Durney

Jerome Duvall

George Vincent Dzenkowski

E

Lewis E. Eastwood

Frank W. Ehrenfeld

Richard W. “Rick” Englis

F

Jessica Fitzpatrick

Robert William Flaherty

Joan M. Fleischman

William Flinter

Gloria E. Foley

Willie A. Frazier

Genowefa “Jane” Frey

Donald W. Fulcher

G

Kristina Gabrielsen

Susan Mary Galasso

Rogelio Salvador Galdamez

Marilyn Jean (née Hamilton) Gatz

Mary E. Gatz

James F. Giglio

Gina Marquand Gilmour

Tracy C. Gioe

Concetta Giordano

John O. Giordano

Doris Jenese Goff

Michael John Gorman

Joseph “Joe” Goroleski

Nicolino Guadagnoli

Helen F. Gugler

H

Judith Kay (Arnold) Hall

Robert Louis “Bo” Hansen

Kathryn Ruth Hartmann

Thomas Joseph Hattorff

Norwood Lee Hayes

Eugene Felton Heacock

Laurie Macmillan Helgans

Dianna E. Hendrickson

Marilyn (Maggio) Hendrickson

Bernard Arno Hettrick Sr.

Louise Theresa Heyliger

Margaret A. Hise

Ernest Hoffstaetter Jr.

Marilyn (Quigley) Hofmann

Edna Mae Houston

Michael Lee Hubbard

Anthony David Hughes

I

Michael Inzerillo

J

John Heber Jackson

Kathryn A. Jackson

Lawyer C. Jackson Jr.

Cecily Devlin (Hoyt) Jaffe

William Jarzombek

Robert Hayden Jenkins

Luevenia Jones

K

Gerard R. “Rod” Kaelin Sr.

James B. Kaminsky

Gloria J. Keller

Brendan Dunnigan Kelly

Mortimer M. “Mort” Kelly

Patricia Kelly-Derenze

Robert John Kent

Rhonda D. King

Doreen Ruth Kirby

Dorothy L. Klug

John E. Knight Sr.

Alexandrina A. Knowlton

Barbara Joan Koch

Eleanor M. Koller

Dillaye E. “Dee” Kruse

Patricia C. Kull

L

Gerard P. Lane

Eloise E. Langhorne

Ellen M. LaPurka

Mary L. Larsen

Stephen G. Latham

Thomas Ralph Lavinia

James L. Leahy Sr.

Barbara Ann Lebkuecher

Joseph Peter Lebkuecher Jr.

Charles Lemuel Lauer

Anna V. Lenceski

Martin J. Lennon

Julia Helen Leonard

Monica Susan “Sue” Lessard

Michael W. Liggon

Mark D. Linnen

Caroline Love

M

Edward W. Mahon

Travis Odell Maker

Carmen L. Marino

Victoria Markakis

William J. C. McCandless

Daniel James McCarthy

Theresa McDonly

James Merl McGarry

James Craig “Jim” McMahon

Ann Marie McMann

Marguerite McNiece

Eleanor M. Mealy

Charles “Chuck” Mebus

Thomas Laurence Medsger

Cynthia Knight Mellas

Michael C. Meyran

Lillian T. Michiloff

Cathleen Mickaliger

Lawrence P. Milius

Sarah Ann Milius

John M. “Jay” Miller III

William Walter Moisa Jr.

Victoria Helen Moller

Cosimo C. Mollo

Larry D. Monroe

Jose (Pepe) Montenegro

Gordon Wells Moore

Michelle L. Moore

Ann Margaret Mott

Michael Mujsce

Margaret F. “Peggy” Murphy

Robert J. Murphy

N

Tina M. Nappi-Smith

Kenneth J. Nash Sr.

Jennie M. Nickens

John P. Nugent Jr.

O

Paulette Marie Ofrias

James P. O’Hallorans

Albin H. “Albie” Okula

Carol “Chuckie” Okula

Theresa Ann Olender

Carolee C. Olsen

Christina Carroll Oman

Robert O’Rourk

Jack D. Osojnak

P

Francis J. Palamara

Ellen Marie (Griffin) Pantaleo

William E. Park Jr.

Nancy Sue Parker

Vasso Patrikis

Marion L. Peckholdt

Zyta Isabel Piegari

John Pontino

Leonard J. Powell

Michael “Mike” Power

R

Carol J. Raffe

James Bernard Raffel

William T. Raffel

Patricia A. Rambo

Fred A. Ranghelli

Julia H. Rapuano

Kathleen M. Reeve              

John J. Reichert

Sharon A. Reinehr

Michael Alan Ricciardi

Donald E. Richert

Henry “Hank” Rienecker

Stanley E. Riker Jr.

Alice J. Robison-Villa

Katherine Roche

James C. Roesler

Henry John Romanowski

Carol J. Rosenbaum

Karen V. (Romano) Ross

S

Bruce F. Sanford

Henry Francis Santacroce Sr.

Constance C. “Connie” Sawicki

Stella Marie Sayre

Jeffery Alan Scharadin

Virginia J. Schick

George A. Schilpp Jr.

Marie M. Schultz

Pastor Faykita E. “Fay” Scott

Lois Catrina (Carson) Seay

Hertha E. Shank

Vivian L. Shannon

Joseph Patrick Shipman

Brandon Joseph Sill

John D. Sinning Sr.

Thomas S. Sledjeski

Nannie A. “Nan” Smith

Raiden Spellman

Sandra M. Stagg

Cathleen Teresa Stark

George Henry Starkie Jr.

Frank J. Starzee

John J. Sterzenbach

Anne C. Stevens

Stephen J. Stimpfel

Clifford Edward Stokley

Marcjanna Stolarzewicz

Dolores Strong

Marian G. Stroup

Vincent Suchta

Edward J. Sujecki

Edward J. “Cookie” Sujeski III

Mary L. Sujeski

Antone F. “Tony” Surozenski

Sandy Szczepanik

Steven Szczepanik

Theresa Anne (Oldakowski) Szymczak

T

Theresa M. Taylor-Terry

Douglas M. Terry

Donna Tetrault-Durkovic

Marta E. Thomas

Rena L. Thompson

Peter Troyan Sr.

Stella S. (Kapassakis) Tsismenakis

Bessie Ruth Turner

Herbert A. Tuthill Jr.

Jeffrey A. Tuthill

William Zigmund Tyska Jr.

U

Liselotte (Hildebrand) Urist

Eleanor A. Usis

V

James C. “Jim” Valek

John J. Van Bourgondien

Chester M. Vesloski

Vincent “Vinny” Villella

Craig William Von Bargen

Marilyn Ann Voss

W

Diane L. Waldron

Susan Warner

Mary A. (Maley) Waters

Rose Marie Jane (Kilkenny) Weber

Krzysztof Weiland

Lois Wells Barker

Marion West

Bernard E. Wilcenski

Joyce A. Williamson

Thomas H. Witschi

Elizabeth “Betty” Wivchar

Daniel T. Wiwczar

Kamil Wnorowski

Y

Iris Evelyn (Secord) Yaskal

Z

Ronald Frank Zahra

Czeslawa Zakrzewska

Emmanuel Andrew Zarbis

Jeanette Marie Zeh

Balbina E. Zilnicki

Maria Rose Zori

Grace W. Zukas