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law" 4B OBITUARIES MID HUDSON DEATH NOTICES Buechele, Ahin 62, of Pough keepsie, died Sunday, May 5, 2002. Arrangements by William G. Miller Son rineral Home (845) 4S5 0241. Durchell, Arthur IL, 89, of Edison, NJ, died Friday, May 3, 2002. Arrange ments by Parmele Funeral Home, (845) 452 4)790.

Cooke, Clayton Victor 76, of Millerton, died Sunday, May 5, 2002 Arrangements by Valentine Funeral Home, (518) 7894888. Dexter, Patricia Jean, 71, of Hyde Park, died Saturday. May 4, 2002 Arrangements by Sweet's Funeral Home (845) 229 2624 Leary, Ijiwrcncc Francis, 85, of Staatsburg, died Saturday. Mary 4, 2002. Arrangements by Sweet's Funeral Home, (845) 229 2624.

North, Clarence 78. of Hawthronc, FU died Saturday, May 4, 2002. Arrangements by Williams Thomas Hawthorne Funeral Home, (352)481 4599 I'aulin, Shirley, passed away on Friday, May 3, 2002. Arrangements by Mclloul Fineral Home Inc. (845) 221 2000 Ilrich, Willie Edward, passed away on FYiday, May 3, 2002.

Arrangements by Libby Funeral Home, (845) 831 0719 Trama, Dr. John Albert, 48, died Saturday, May 4, 2002. Arrangements by Allen Funeral Home, Millbrook, (845)677 9611 Bloomer, Dorothy 94, of IUiincbeck, died Wednesday, May 1, 2002 Arrangements by Allen Funeral Shirley Paulin On the day of Friday, May 3, 2002, Shirley I'aulin entered into rest. She was a lifelong resident of Dutchess County Born in Beacon, NY, on April 10, Shirley was the daughter of Robert and Bessie Morgan. She was a founding member of the Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Wappingers Falls.

Fbr 26 years, she worked as a registered nurse for the Veterans Administration Health Care Center at Castle Point NY. She retired in 2001. Prior to that she worked as a registered nurse at St. Francis Hospital, Pough keepsie, for 14 years. "She lived always to help those in On Oct.

17, 1985 in New Rochelle, NY, she married Henri W. Paulin, who survives at home. Other survivors include her mother, Bessie L. Morgan of Wappingers Falls; two sons, Todd A. Paulin of Beacon and Narendra N.

Paulin of Wappingers Falls; two daughters, Monique S. Carrington Baine and Annagjid B. Paulin, both of Beacon; one stepdaughter, Shaneka Ft Paulin of Beacon; Neako, Smoke, Saiga, Kane, and Tatia; three sisters, Geral dinc Flood of Fishkill, Cordelia J. Baker of Poughkeepsie, and Renita J. Morgan McKinney of Hopewell Junction; six grandchildren, Avinash S.

Williams, Meisha E. Baine, Morgan R. Baine, Asenath B. Baine, and Evan L. Paulin, all of Beacon, and Xavier R.

Paulin of Wappingers Falls. She is also survived by her aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins. There will be no calling hours. Private observance will be held by the immediate family. Burial to follow in the Fishkill Rural Cemetery.

In lieu of Dowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 45 Reade Place, Poughkeepsie NY 12601 and the Chelsea Fire Company, 16 Liberty Street, Chelsea NY 12512. Arrangements were made by the McHoul Funeral Home Inc, 895 Route 82, Hopewell Junction. Arthur R. Burchell EDISON, NJ Arthur R. Burchell, 89, a six year resident of Edison, NJ, with his daughter, and formerly of the City of Poughkeepsie, died FYiday, May 3, 2002 at JFK Medical Center, in Edison, NJ.

Mr. Burchell was a Sergeant for the City of E'oughkeepsie Police Department for over 30 years, retiring in 1970. Born in Poughkeepsie on July 17, 1912, he was the son of Samuel and Lillian Chambers Burchell. In 1930, he married Anna Brown in New York City. Mrs.

Burchell died Oct. 23, 1992. Survivors include his daughter, Barbara A. Danklefs of Edison, NJ, and a son, George A. Burchell of Beverly Hills, FL; five grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

Calling hours are 2 4 and 7 9 Monday, at Parmele Flineral Home, 1 10 Fulton Avenue, Poughkeepsie. Funeral services will be 1 Tuesday, from the funeral home. Interment will be in I'uughkeepsie Rural Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the City of Poughkeepsie PBA, RO. Box 885, Poughkeepsie NY 12602.

Fbr directions and guestbook, please visit home.com. IN MEMORIAM ROLAND PROCTOR, SR 11835 5695 You are home in heaven, Sunshme All your pain and grief is over. Jesus gave His arm to lean on, bo there wasn't one doubt or dread. Wfi grieve, for we love you still We trust our Father's will. Seven years have passed, Our memories keep us connected.

I pray the road you walk is wide enough for us" I ove Always More Your Wife Rose Mane Daughter Stacey Alvin E. Buechele Ahin E. Buchele, 62, of Poughkeepsie, passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2002 at The Thompson House, after a long and difficult battle with Alzheimer's Disease. He had the daily support of his immediate family, friends, and staff of the Montgomery Unit He graduated from both Arlington High School and Dutchess Community College. He was a retired civil engineer with the New York State Department of Transportation for 33 years and was a lifemember of the New York State Association of Transportation Engineers While he was a devoted father and loving husband who was there for every milestone in the lives of his family, he was also active in the community Al served in the United States Army from 1958 1966.

He was a committeeman with Boy Scout Troop 50, helping his son achieve Faglc Scout and was inducted into the Order of the Arrow. Having a passion for things mechanical, he served for 15 years as the president of the Mid Hudson Valley Region Early Ford 8 Club. Al was also a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Pleasant Valley, serving as a vestryman and youth group advisor with his wife, Judy. Born on Oct 2, 1939, he was the son of the late Eugene and Alice Buechele.

On Jan. 30, 1965, he married Judith A. Knight, who survives at home. In addition to his wife, survivors include his son, Timothy of Round Top, NY, with his fiancee, Dawn and their daughter, Jasmine; his daughter, Heather Dinardo of Palenville, NY, with her husband, Joseph and their daughter, Kaitlin; and his daughter, FJlizabeth Stone of Albany, with her husband, Carl, who are expecting a child in October. He is also survived by a sister, Virginia, of Poughkeepsie, as well as several nieces and nephews.

Calling hours are 24 p.m. and 7 9 p.m., Tuesday, May 7, at William G. Miller and Son Funeral Home 371 Hooker Avenue, Poughkeepsie. A services of the Holy Eucharist for the burial of Al will be on Wednesday, May 8th, at 11 am. at St Paul's Episcopal Church, Pleasant Valley.

In lieu of Dowers, memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer's Association, Mid Hudson Chapter, Two Jefferson Plaza, Poughkeepsie NY 12601. Willie Edward Reich Willie Edward Reich departed this life on Friday, May 3, 2002. He was born in Charlotte, NC, to Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wade Reich.

Willie relocated to Brooklyn, NY, in 1964 where he met and wed Aurelia Margot Colon Nunez on Aug. 5, 1978. The two remained married until she departed this life on March 19, 1979. Their union produced two sons. Willie was appointed to the New York State Department of correctional Services as an officer, where he remained employed until his retirement on Oct.

13, 1999. He was a resident of Beacon, NY, for 17 years. Willie is survived by his sons, Gabriel Antonio and Edward Leon; two brothers, Robert Lee and Wayne Lemart; and two grandchildren, as well as a host of relatives and friends. Willie is also preceded in death by his mother and father. Viewing hours and funeral services will be at Bethel Baptist Church in Wappingers Falls.

Viewing hours are 7 9 p.m., Thursday, May 9th, and 11 am 12noon, Friday, May 10th. Funeral services will be at 12noon, Friday. Interment will be at Fishkill Rural Cemetery immediately following funeral services. Arrangements are under the direction of Libby Funeral Home Bea Clayton Victor 'Vic' Cooke MILLERTON Clayton Victor "Vic" Cooke, 76, of Millerton since 1953 and formerly of Amenia, died Sunday, May 5, 2002 at Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT. Mr.

Cooke was an employee for many years at Dutchess Auto and Stateline Garage in Millerton. He was a member of St. Patrick's Church; an honorary member and former 30 year member of the Millerton Fire Department; and a 30 year member of the American Legion Post 178 in Millerton. Mr. Cooke served in the United States Navy during World War II.

Born in Sharon, CT, on Nov. 11, 1925, he was the son of Floyd and Mabel Morey Cook. He attended Amenia schools. On June 15, 1947 at the Immaculate Conception Church in Amenia, he married Eleanor Wathley Cooke. Survivors include sons, George and wife, Joyce Cooke of Sterling, MA, Joseph and wife, Karen Cooke of Miami Shores, FL, Thomas and wife, Cathy Cooke of Millerton, and Robert and wife, Donna Cooke, of Canaan, CT; daughter, Margaret and husband, Roger Grcgoire of Millerton; grand children, Aaron, Dawn, Tricia, Kyle, Chelsea, Ian, Jordan, and Jala; brother, John Cooke of Amenia; sister, Anna Delamarter of Poughquag; several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by brothers, James and Floyd. Calling hours are 5 8 p.m., Wednesday, at Valentine Funeral Home, Park Avenue, Millerton. A Mass will be offered 10 a.m., Thursday, at St. Patrick's Church in Millerton, with Rev. John Durkin officiating.

Burial with fulJ military honors will be in St. I'atrick's Cemetery, Miller ton Lawrence Francis Leary STAATSBURG Lawrence Francis Leary, 85, a Staatsburg resident for over 50 years, died Saturday, May 4, 2002 at St Francis Hospital, Poughkeepsie. Mr. Leary worked for the National Bisquit Company fbr over forty years, as well as part time in the Empire and Grand Union Stores for 35 years until his retirement He earned many sales awards while working for Nabisco. He was a life member of the Staatsburg Fire Department and served as Fire Commissioner from 1952 1962.

He was a member of the former Staatsburg American Legion and the Rhinebeck American Legion Post 429. He was also a member of the Poughkeepsie Moose Club 904. He was active in the Staatsburg Little League for ten years and was the parade coordinator for the traditional Staatsburg Community Day. Mr. Leary served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II.

He was a member of St Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Staatsburg. Bom in Jersey City, NJ on Jan. 10, 1917, he was the son of John J. and Lorctta Ruby Leary. He graduated from Otisville High School, Otisville NY.

On Nov. 10, 1940 in the former Mount Carmel Church in Middletown, he married Elizabeth Kehlenbeck. Mrs. Leary survives at home. In addition to his wife, survivors include a son, Lawrence F.

Leary Jr. and wife, Sandra of Rhinebeck; daughters, Elizabeth Carol Shirley of Hyde Park and Kathleen Colombino and husband, Luciano of Lantana, FL; sons, Joseph S. Leary of Staatsburg, and Thomas H. Leary of Red Hook; 13 grandchildren, David and Todd Leary, both of Rhinebeck, Elizabeth Hues and husband, Kurt of Staatsburg; Robert Shirley of Sarasota, FL, Lawrence F. Shirley and AnnMarie Shirely, both of Hyde Park, Lori Suarez and husband, Michael of West Palm Beach, FL, Julie and Andrea Colombino, both of Lantana, FL, Kailin Jo Leary of Salt Point, NY, Christine Baright and husband, Herbert of Bahama, NC, Michael Leary and wife, April of Pine Plains, and Stephen Leary of Savannah, GA; sue great grandchildren, Nicole Leary and Heather Hanaburg, both of Rhinebeck, Joseph Hunter Hues and Elizabeth Amber Shirley Hues, both of Staatsburg, Mikayla and Mattison Leary, both of Pine Plains; two sisters, Eileen Leary of Maple Shade, NJ, and Gertrude Pillo and husband, Michael of Spotswood, NJ; many nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by sisters, Catherine Rutledge and Loretta Dingle; brother, John Joseph Leary and sister, Grace Van deVeer. Calling hours are 4 8 p.m., Monday, May 6, at Sweet's Funeral Home Route 9, Hyde Park. The Rhinebeck American Legion Post will conduct services at 7:30 p.m., Monday, during calling hours. The Staatsburg Fire Department will conduct services immediately following the American Legion. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 am, Tuesday, May 7, at St.

Paul's Church, Mulford Avenue, Staatsburg. Burial will full military honors will be in the family plot at St. Peter's Cemetery, Poughkeepsie. Dr. John Albert Trama Dr.

John Albert Trama, 48, died Saturday, May 4, 2002 at Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie. A chiropractor, Dr. Trama and his wife, Karen, established the Mill brook Chiropractic Office and Massage in Millbrook in 1984. Dr. Trama was a family man who worked and played hard and shared his life with many friends.

He enjoyed his vacation home and boating on Lake George. He was an enthusiastic tennis player and enjoyed his children's participation in sports as well. He was born in Yonkers, NY, on Aug. 20, 1953 to Florence Karst Trama and John Trama, who later relocated to Fishkill, NY. He was a graduate of Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie and Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, IA.

On Jan. 14, 1983, he married Karen J. Ashby in Davenport, IA. Mrs. Trama survives at home in Clinton Corners with their four children, Ashley, Lauren, Rebecca, and Logan.

His parents also reside in Clinton Corners, and his brother, Michael, resides in Fishkill. Surviving parents in law, Roland and Bev Ashby, and brother in law and sister in law, Owen Ashby and Maureen Madsen, as well as two nieces, reside in Australia. Dr. Trama was a parishioner at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Millbrook. He was a member of the American Chiropractic Association, DCC Alumni Association, and the Bardavon Theater.

Calling hours will be 2 4 and 7 9 pm, Tuesday, at Allen Funeral Home, Millbrook. A memorial service will take place 10 Wednesday, May 8, at St Joseph's Church, Millbrook. Memorial donations may be made to Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport, IA. Arrangements by Allen Funeral Home, 3270 Franklin Avenue, Millbrook. For directions and to sign our guestbook, please visit our website at www parmeleallenfuneralhome.com.

MONDAY, MAY 6, 2002 POUGHKEEPSIE JOURNAt Patrifia Jean Dextjr HYDEPARK Patricia Jean Dexter, 71, ajesldent of Hyde Park since 1974, di Saturday, May 4, 2002 at home. Mrs. ixter was a former grade school cher in Cortland, NY She a member and active volunteer the Hyde Park United Method Church. She also worked at the chui h's Mark It Place store. Born Mount Vernon on Nov.

22, 1930, sh was the daughter of Richard and Lo 5e Fuller Roth. She received a B.S. ii Education from State University of York at New Paltz. On le 5, 1982 in Garrison, she mania Wilbur Dexter. Mr.

Dexter survive at home. In ai lition to her husband, survivors ldude four children, Janet Braatz Hyde Park, Donna Engle of Poughl epsie, John Braatz of New York ity and Jean Braatz of Mahop two grandchildren, Taryn Vona Brenna Engle; one step grand, ane Jessen; three step arol Jessen, Anne Dexter Hough ling, and Steven Dexter, two sisters Louise McLam of Due Hills, NY, an Phillis Kayser of Deer Park, NY, se ral nieces and nephews. Calli hours are 4 8 p.m., Monday, May 6, Sweet's Funeral Home Route Hyde Park. Funcal services will be 3 p.m., May 7, at the Hyde Park Unitec Methodist Church, with Rev. James V.

Moore officiating. Creiation will take place at the convei ence of the family. Fbr iiose who wish, memorial donati is may be made to the Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Memo al and Celebration Fund, One Churc Street, Hyde Park. Bond BrunfardFor the Poughkeepsie Journal Some patience and luck were needed Sunday as parents and students gathered at Brinckerhoff Elementary School in Fishkill to play a large game of musical chairs as a fund raiser for a new playground. Organizers expected to raise about $7,000.

Kids try to keep seats at Fishkill fund raiser Dorothy B. Bloomer merry many 2002 RHfEBECK Dorothy B. Bloonir, 94, of Rhinebeck and for resident of LaGrangeville for ears, died Wednesday, May 1, it the Baptist Home of Rhine 3ck. Mrs Bloomer was a homemaker. in PouehkeeDsie on Jan.

9. 1908, i le was the daughter of Lewis O. anc 2dith Dredrick Brown. In hbruary of. 1930, she married John loomer at the Friends Meeting House Poughkeepsie.

burvors include a daughter, Dorot Scutt of Poughkeepsie; sons, Richa 1 and John Bloomer, sisters, Mary 3. Goulding of Cordallis, OR, and i B. Stoutenburgh of Pleasant Vallej two grandchildren; several niece and nephews. Sh( ras predeceased by four brother an two sisters. Thie are no calling hours.

Services nd burial will be private. Anngements by Allen Funeral Horn 1605 Main Street, Pleasant Valley. To sign our guestbook with our webse, please visit www.parmeleal lenfuieralhome.com. School seeks cash to build playground By Bond Brungard For the Poughkeepsie Journal FISHKILL The playground is long gone but that doesn't mean they didn't have fun Sunday at Brinckerhoff Elementary School. The playground was removed because the wooden structure was splintering and disintegrating.

Children played musical chairs on its former graveled home to raise money for new playground equipment made from recycled aluminum and plastic. "We thinks it's going to be the world's largest game of musical chairs," said Jerry Husted, the school principal. Husted did not alert the Guinness Book of World Records to verify his claim, but the event was expected to raise about $7,000 toward the cost of the $83,000 playground. Chairs were sold for $10 a piece, giving participants a chance to move clockwise through the elongated rectangle course and compete for an open chair when the music stopped. The playground was constructed in the 1980s, but weather and more stringent safety standards brought down the once proud community built project.

"It met 1980s standards," Husted said, "not 2000 standards." Wappingers district chips In Construction of a new playground will not rely solely on a game of musical chairs and other small fund raisers. The Wap 'We think it's going to be the world's largest game of musical Jerry Husted principal Brinckerhofl Elementary School on the game played at the fund raiser pingers Central School District has helped with $8,000. and the Town of Fishkill has donated an equal amount. "We knew we weren't going to make it with bake sales," town council member Dennis Zack said. The new playground will include the usual accoutrements for daily recess periods such as swings, slides and an obstacle course.

It will also be handicappedhandicapped accessible, and that part, which will be accessible to everyone, is expected to be completed by the end of this year. The remaining sections of the playground are expected to be finished some time next year. There has been design input from many people, including a student committee. Elias Wynshaw, a fourth said the new playground will include everything desired by students who wanted a totally integrated complex of components and those who wanted separate components. "This way everybody will be happy," he said.

Frank Giusto said he's going to organize a dart tournament in June to raise money for the new complex. "My daughter played here," he said. Inroe, Dean ph jtographer dies iW YORK Roy Schatt, a pho grapher who was bom on the sam Manhattan street as actor Jam 3 Cagney and became famous for I pictures of latter day film icon Jam Dean, has died at age 92. Shatt died at his Manhattan hor Saturday, according to his wif Elaine Schatt. The cause of dea was congestive heart failure.

I iucated in New York schools, Scfc tt became a man of many talent He was a fellow student of fan artist N.C. Wyeth, and began his wn career as an illustrator wo dng for government agencies du jng the Roosevelt administra tioj in the early 1930s. le turned photography from a ho by into a new career. Living in Gr nwich Village after the war and wc king in graphic arts for an adver tis lg agency, Schatt returned to ph tography, first at the Circle in thi Square Theatre and later at the Ac ors Studio, where director Lee St! isberg gave him a free hand to sh ot performers on stage. Schatt prtographed Marilyn Monroe, Pj il Newman, Eli Wallach, Grace ly, Rod Steiger, Patricia Neal, SI Winters, Elia Kazan and Jo nne Woodward, among others.

Photo sessions with the mer ci ial young Dean in 1954 led to latt becoming Dean's tutor in pi rtography, a year before the actor killed in a California car crash. Their close but short lived fr was described in the 1982 tx Sk, "James Dean: A Portrait," con ta ning about 100 pictures of Dean. The Associated Press Director's guild former chief dies LAS VEGAS George Sidney, who directed dozens of musicals when the genre was at its peak and presided over Hollywood's directors guild for 16 years, died Sunday. He was 85. Sidney died at home of complications of lymphoma, his wife Corinne Sidney said.

A one time child actor whose career took him from the vaudeville stage to decades of success in the studio system, Sidney directed a string of hits for MGM in the 1940s and 1950s, including "Ziegfeld Follies" (1946), "Annie Get Your Gun" (1950), "Show Boat" (1951) and "Kiss Me Kate" (1953). He worked with such show business greats as Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Tony Curtis, Lana Turner, Dick Van Dyke and Ann Margret, and once defined a star as "someone who attracts your attention even when he or she isn't doing anything." Sidney was president of the Screen Directors Guild in 1960, when it merged with the Radio and Television Directors Guild to form the Directors Guild of America He spent 16 years at the head of the organization and was the first recipient of its president award in 1998. "The Directors Guild is extremely saddened by the passing of our former president, George Sidney," DGA president Martha Coolidge wrote in a statement. In a 1998 interview with the Associated Press, Sidney discussed the decline of the genre he loved. "Musicals became too expensive," he said.

"When we were working at MGM, there was a whole company of talent: stars, directors, choreographers, song writers, con ductors, arrangers. All worked under contract at regular salaries. To gather people like that today would be enormously costly." The Associated Press 1. Hikt IHI FMjm fl Wm. G.

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