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SOMERS, N.Y. – Victoria "Vicky" Hoffman of Somers died Feb. 8 at Weill Cornell Hospital following a battle with leukemia. She was 84.

Hoffman was born Sept. 5, 1928, in New Rochelle. She was married to Les Hoffman, who died in 1987. An avid tennis player, she enjoyed playing bocce ball, walking, ping pong, Rummikub, bowling, crocheting and ...

KATONAH, N.Y. – George Richard Russell of Katonah died Feb. 5, surrounded by his family. He was 82.

He was born Jan. 19, 1931, in Newark, N.J., to George C. and Mildred Stiegler Russell.  He was on active duty in the Army during the Korean War, serving as a radio operator.  He was honorably discharged in 1956. 

In 1960, Russell married ...

SOMERS, N.Y. – Carl Borsari of Somers died Feb. 2 at White Plains Hospital. He was 75.

He was born June 11, 1937, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Antonio and Nancy Benvenuto Borsari. He graduated from ...

SOMERS, N.Y. – Dr. John Simmons died Jan. 26 at his home in Heritage Hills in Somers. He was 88.

Simmons was born April 18, 1924, in Monessen, Pa., to Raymond and Ura "Billie" B. Young Simmons. He graduated from Peoria Central High School in 1941, Dartmouth College in 1944, and New York University College of Medicine in 1948.

He interned at ...

SOMERS, N.Y. – Robert Bass of Somers died Jan. 27 after a long illness. He was 82.

The oldest of three children, Bass started working at a shoeshine box at the age of 10 and selling Good Humor ice cream at 14. His family said he was a well-known figure on Lincoln and Columbus avenues in Mount Vernon.

He bought his first piece of property at age 17 and ...

KATONAH, N.Y. – Dianne Reidy Miller of Katonah and formerly of Somers died Jan. 22 following a recent illness. She was 65.

Miller was the daughter of Robert and Jean Reidy of Somers and wife of Kenneth Burnett Miller. She graduated from Somers High School, where she was a cheerleader, field hockey player and a performer in faculty student musicals.

She ...

SOMERS, N.Y. – Nora Shannon Montuori of Somers died Jan. 22 surrounded by her family. She was 83.

Montuori was born Sept. 28, 1929, in Bronx, N.Y., to John and Marie Shannon. She married William ...

SOMERS, N.Y. – Barbara Doncourt Whitaker of Somers died Jan. 12. She was 81.

Whitaker was born May 5, 1931, in Bronx, N.Y., to Robert and Arline Doncourt. She majored in art and graduated from Dean Junior College in 1950.

A homemaker, gardener and chef, she loved good food, her family and friends.

Whitaker is survived by a son, Sam ...

SOMERS, N.Y. – Warren J. Donohue, of Somers, died Jan. 5, surrounded by his family. He was 83.

He was born April 30, 1929, in the Bronx to Frank and Marie Collins Donohue. He was raised in the Bronx, with two siblings, Frank Donohue and Florence Miller, who predeceased him.

Donohue served in the U.S. Air Force, graduated from Iona College and worked as a ...