OSSINING, N.Y. - Beatrice M. “Bea” Goodrich of Ossining died May 5. She was 76.

Goodrich was born Jan. 10, 1937, in Norwalk, Conn., daughter of Albert R. and Hazel (McLaughlin) Fancher of Bedford. A 1954 graduate of Bedford Hills High School, she attended New Paltz Teachers College and received a professional certificate from Berkeley Secretarial School in ...

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. - Megan Lapicki Landers of Briarcliff Manor died May 1. She was 37.

Landers was born Sept. 4, 1975, in North Tarrytown, daughter of Michael S. and Catherine Hennessy Lapicki and was raised in Ossining. She was a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School, Syracuse University and Pace Law School. She was an attorney with Thomson and Reuters in New ...

OSSINING, N.Y. – Robert Byrne, an international grandmaster and U.S. chess champion, died Friday at his home in Ossining after a battle with Parkinson’s disease.  He was 84.

Robert Eugene Byrne was born in Brooklyn on April 20, 1928.  He graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School  and Yale, and earned a master’s degree from Indiana ...

OSSINING, N.Y. - Mary P. Vizzi of Ossining died April 6. She was 81.

Vizzi was born March 16, 1932, in the Bronx to Antonio and Pamela Vizzi. She worked at the Maryknoll Sisters for many years.

Vizzi is survived by her sister, Josephine Maccarrone (Joseph); several nephews and nieces.

Calling hours will be Wednesday, April 10 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 ...

OSSINING, N.Y. - Frank E. Sniadack, a resident of Ossining, and formerly of Rye Brook, died March 30. He was 63.

Sniadack was born May 1, 1949, in New Britain, Conn., to Frank Sniadack and Ruth Houghton Sniadack. He graduated from Archbishop Stepinac High School in 1967. He was a chef for the Eurest Corporation at I.B.M. in Armonk, N.Y. He was a parishioner of the ...

OSSINING, N.Y. - Bernice Woods, a lifelong resident of Ossining, died March 25. She was 86.

Woods was born Feb. 28, 1927 in Ossining to Jesse and Agnes Clarkin Osborne. She worked at the A&P in Briarcliff. She was a communicant of St. Augustine’s Church.

Woods is survived by her husband, Raymond; daughters, Patricia Lips (Raymond), Maureen Daddazio ...

CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. - Confessor Aviles of Cortlandt Manor and formerly of Ossining, died March 23. He was 80.

Aviles was born Sept. 18, 1932, in Laris, Puerto Rico. He worked for the Historic Hudson Valley and most recently at the Van Cortlandt Manor.

Aviles is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; son, John Thomas; brother, Enrique.

Calling ...

OSSINING, N.Y. - Elizabeth "Lil" Girvalo, a lifelong resident of Ossining, died March 19. She was 93.

Girvalo was born May 22, 1919 in Ossining to Guiseppe and Luigina Chiacchia. She worked at Maryknoll Fathers for 34 years. She was a communicant of St. Ann's Parish.

Girvalo is survived by a niece and two nephews; three great nieces, one great ...