Beloved Edgemont Panthers coach Robert Kenneth Hoffman, known to most as “Bobby,” died March 28. He was 59.
Joseph Harold Nissen, a former Scarsdale resident for 55 years, died March 25, at the age of 96.
Dr. Gerald H. Leventhal, 84, of Scarsdale, died March 24 surrounded by his loved ones.
Theresa “Terry” Devenuti, 84, of Scarsdale, died March 21, 2023.
Former Scarsdale-based physician William John McCann, M.D., MPH, of Essex, Connecticut, and formerly of Pelham, died Feb. 4, surrounded by his family.
Former Scarsdale resident Edith Flaacke Pescatello, age 102, died March 15 at Duncaster, a retirement community in Bloomfield, Connecticut.
Former Scarsdale resident Dr. Robert Jay Timberger died at the age of 88 on March 19.
David Bruce Ingerman, age 60, of Summit, New Jersey, died March 19 following a nearly five-year battle with cancer.
M. Lita Alonso, M.D., died peacefully in her home in Scarsdale on March 17, surrounded by loved ones. She was 88.
Joseph G. Cilenti died in his home March 17 at the age of 84.
Ronald B. Durning, formerly of Scarsdale, died peacefully on March 5.
Judith K. Smith Judy died Dec. 27 at the age of 82. For nearly 50 years, she lived in Scarsdale, where she raised two children and was an active member of the community. In 2010, she moved to Davidson, North Carolina, to be closer to children and grandchildren.
Longtime Scarsdale resident Mary Fateh died Feb. 27 at age 84.
Grady Jensen, a former Scarsdale mayor and 1985 winner of the Scarsdale Bowl Award, died Jan. 31 at his home in Redding, Connecticut. He was 100 years old.
Longtime Scarsdale resident Sheppie Spigner Moore of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on Jan. 16, two days after her 98th birthday.
Thomas Richard Freyberg died peacefully, surrounded by his family on Nov. 17, 2022. He was 82.
Ann Falk Kaufman died Jan. 18 at the age of 87.
Harry M. Garten, a resident of Edgemont since 1962, died Jan. 9 at the age of 102.
Donald Stuart Hillman, a 70-year resident of Scarsdale, died in White Plains on Jan. 13 at age 97.
Johnnie Joan Pantanelli, 97, died at White Plains Hospital Jan. 14 surrounded by her family.
Grace Lurton Miller of Scarsdale died due to cancer Jan. 8 at age 94.
Ruth B. Toff, a 69-year resident of Edgemont, died at home on Jan. 9 after several years of declining health, just two weeks before her 100th birthday.
Roger Elliot TannerThies, former Scarsdale resident, died Sept. 23 at his home in Jefferson City, Missouri, at age 89.
Former longtime Scarsdale resident Olga Toll died peacefully Jan. 3 at her home in Pompano Beach, Florida. She was 96.
Joyce Greene, age 95, died Dec. 25 in Santa Barbara, California. She lived for more than 20 years in Scarsdale, then many years in Chappaqua, New York; Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts; Ludlow, Vermont; and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Gregory de Sousa, age 89, of Scarsdale, died Jan. 2.
Herbert Wolfzahn, who operated Wilmot Chemists, a successful pharmacy in Scarsdale for 40 years, died Dec. 17. He was 99 years old.
Longtime Edgemont resident Pamela Oppenheim, 81, of New York died peacefully Oct. 15 in her home, after a long illness.
Former Quaker Ridge School teacher Paul K. Schwarz of White Plains died Nov. 23 at Danbury Regional Hospice. He was 83.
Carol Ann O’Connor, notable historian of urban America and the North American West, died in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Nov. 10 of complications from Lewy body dementia.
Former Heathcote teacher Valerie Spector Rein of White Plains and 34-year resident of Scarsdale died Nov. 2. She was 86.
Joan Mary Keating, 78, of Scarsdale, died Nov. 2 at White Plains Hospital after a sudden illness.
Jack Mizrahi of Scarsdale and Boynton Beach, Florida, died Oct. 11 at the age of 90. He was born July 12, 1932 in the Bronx to Rachel Nahoum and Louis Mizrahi of Izmir, Turkey.
Robert P. Martin, a longtime resident of Scarsdale, and more recently of North Stamford, Connecticut, died Sept. 25. He was 87.
Former Scarsdale resident Carolyn A. Monger, age 87, recently of Stamford, Connecticut, died Oct. 3.
Former Fox Meadow Elementary School principal Joan Celia McCann died at home in Essex, Connecticut, on Thursday, Sept. 29 at age 86.
Jean Pulver Hague died Sept. 22 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, at age 93.
Longtime Edgemont resident Louise Kinsey Clark, age 92, died Sept. 24 following a brief illness.
Dorothy Rose Beer, 97, of Springfield, Illinois, formerly a longtime resident of Scarsdale, died Sept. 23 at Concordia Village in Springfield, where she had moved to be near her family.
Longtime Scarsdale resident Rosemary Elizabeth Phillips Cuneo died Sept. 14 at the age of 85.
Edgemont High School alumnus Maxfield Barrett Brown died Aug. 27 in Litchfield, Connecticut, at age 23 surrounded by his family.
Former Scarsdale resident Lois Kahn Gumport of La Costa Glen, Carlsbad, California, and formerly of Rancho Santa Fe, California, died Sept. 8, at age 94.
Joan T. Shaw, a longtime resident of White Plains and Scarsdale who was a leading real estate broker in the village for half a century, died Aug. 24 at the age of 86.
Former longtime Scarsdale resident David Arthur Oestreich died Aug. 25 at his home in Rye, New York, at the age of 89.
Robert “Bob” Birnbaum, 85, of Scarsdale, died unexpectedly Friday, Aug. 19. He was en route to the airport to visit family members when the driver of his taxi lost control of the car. Mr. Birnbaum is survived by Nina, his wife of more than 55 years, and his daughters, Sarah and Beth.
Ruth Donovan Ruth, a pediatrician and former Scarsdale resident, died peacefully at her home in Rye, N.Y. on July 29, 2022, surrounded by her family. She was 98 years old.
Flora May Bortner, 83, a longtime resident of Scarsdale, NY died at her home on
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Richard Alan Guggenheimer, affectionately known as “Guggy,” died peacefully July 12 with his three daughters by his side. He was 78.
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Theresa “Terry” Devenuti, 84, of Scarsdale, died March 21, 2023.
Former Scarsdale-based physician William John McCann, M.D., MPH, of Essex, Connecticut, and formerly of Pelham, died Feb. 4, surrounded by his family.
Former Scarsdale resident Edith Flaacke Pescatello, age 102, died March 15 at Duncaster, a retirement community in Bloomfield, Connecticut.
Former Scarsdale resident Dr. Robert Jay Timberger died at the age of 88 on March 19.
David Bruce Ingerman, age 60, of Summit, New Jersey, died March 19 following a nearly five-year battle with cancer.
M. Lita Alonso, M.D., died peacefully in her home in Scarsdale on March 17, surrounded by loved ones. She was 88.
Joseph G. Cilenti died in his home March 17 at the age of 84.
Ronald B. Durning, formerly of Scarsdale, died peacefully on March 5.
Judith K. Smith Judy died Dec. 27 at the age of 82. For nearly 50 years, she lived in Scarsdale, where she raised two children and was an active member of the community. In 2010, she moved to Davidson, North Carolina, to be closer to children and grandchildren.
Longtime Scarsdale resident Mary Fateh died Feb. 27 at age 84.
Grady Jensen, a former Scarsdale mayor and 1985 winner of the Scarsdale Bowl Award, died Jan. 31 at his home in Redding, Connecticut. He was 100 years old.
Longtime Scarsdale resident Sheppie Spigner Moore of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on Jan. 16, two days after her 98th birthday.
Thomas Richard Freyberg died peacefully, surrounded by his family on Nov. 17, 2022. He was 82.
Ann Falk Kaufman died Jan. 18 at the age of 87.
Harry M. Garten, a resident of Edgemont since 1962, died Jan. 9 at the age of 102.
Donald Stuart Hillman, a 70-year resident of Scarsdale, died in White Plains on Jan. 13 at age 97.
Johnnie Joan Pantanelli, 97, died at White Plains Hospital Jan. 14 surrounded by her family.
Grace Lurton Miller of Scarsdale died due to cancer Jan. 8 at age 94.
Ruth B. Toff, a 69-year resident of Edgemont, died at home on Jan. 9 after several years of declining health, just two weeks before her 100th birthday.
Roger Elliot TannerThies, former Scarsdale resident, died Sept. 23 at his home in Jefferson City, Missouri, at age 89.
Former longtime Scarsdale resident Olga Toll died peacefully Jan. 3 at her home in Pompano Beach, Florida. She was 96.
Joyce Greene, age 95, died Dec. 25 in Santa Barbara, California. She lived for more than 20 years in Scarsdale, then many years in Chappaqua, New York; Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts; Ludlow, Vermont; and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Gregory de Sousa, age 89, of Scarsdale, died Jan. 2.
Herbert Wolfzahn, who operated Wilmot Chemists, a successful pharmacy in Scarsdale for 40 years, died Dec. 17. He was 99 years old.
Longtime Edgemont resident Pamela Oppenheim, 81, of New York died peacefully Oct. 15 in her home, after a long illness.
Former Quaker Ridge School teacher Paul K. Schwarz of White Plains died Nov. 23 at Danbury Regional Hospice. He was 83.
Carol Ann O’Connor, notable historian of urban America and the North American West, died in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Nov. 10 of complications from Lewy body dementia.
Former Heathcote teacher Valerie Spector Rein of White Plains and 34-year resident of Scarsdale died Nov. 2. She was 86.
Joan Mary Keating, 78, of Scarsdale, died Nov. 2 at White Plains Hospital after a sudden illness.
Jack Mizrahi of Scarsdale and Boynton Beach, Florida, died Oct. 11 at the age of 90. He was born July 12, 1932 in the Bronx to Rachel Nahoum and Louis Mizrahi of Izmir, Turkey.
Robert P. Martin, a longtime resident of Scarsdale, and more recently of North Stamford, Connecticut, died Sept. 25. He was 87.
Former Scarsdale resident Carolyn A. Monger, age 87, recently of Stamford, Connecticut, died Oct. 3.
Former Fox Meadow Elementary School principal Joan Celia McCann died at home in Essex, Connecticut, on Thursday, Sept. 29 at age 86.
Jean Pulver Hague died Sept. 22 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, at age 93.
Longtime Edgemont resident Louise Kinsey Clark, age 92, died Sept. 24 following a brief illness.
Dorothy Rose Beer, 97, of Springfield, Illinois, formerly a longtime resident of Scarsdale, died Sept. 23 at Concordia Village in Springfield, where she had moved to be near her family.
Longtime Scarsdale resident Rosemary Elizabeth Phillips Cuneo died Sept. 14 at the age of 85.
Edgemont High School alumnus Maxfield Barrett Brown died Aug. 27 in Litchfield, Connecticut, at age 23 surrounded by his family.
Former Scarsdale resident Lois Kahn Gumport of La Costa Glen, Carlsbad, California, and formerly of Rancho Santa Fe, California, died Sept. 8, at age 94.
Joan T. Shaw, a longtime resident of White Plains and Scarsdale who was a leading real estate broker in the village for half a century, died Aug. 24 at the age of 86.
Former longtime Scarsdale resident David Arthur Oestreich died Aug. 25 at his home in Rye, New York, at the age of 89.
Robert “Bob” Birnbaum, 85, of Scarsdale, died unexpectedly Friday, Aug. 19. He was en route to the airport to visit family members when the driver of his taxi lost control of the car. Mr. Birnbaum is survived by Nina, his wife of more than 55 years, and his daughters, Sarah and Beth.
Ruth Donovan Ruth, a pediatrician and former Scarsdale resident, died peacefully at her home in Rye, N.Y. on July 29, 2022, surrounded by her family. She was 98 years old.
Flora May Bortner, 83, a longtime resident of Scarsdale, NY died at her home on
Anna Palestine Cahan
Richard Alan Guggenheimer, affectionately known as “Guggy,” died peacefully July 12 with his three daughters by his side. He was 78.
Patricia Pieper Wessel
Henry Zurkow, born Dec. 22, 1998, passed away suddenly but peacefully at home in Scarsdale on July 16. His family said Henry possessed boundless intellectual curiosity and was known for his limitless ability to listen, his warmth, his empathy, his self-starter qualities and his rugged indivi…
Lifelong Scarsdale resident Margaret (Peggy) O’Connor Moser died July 6 with her family by her side. She was 97.
Elaine Patricia Diserio Schroeder, an attorney and longtime arts and disabilities advocate, died of complications relating to COPD on June 20 at her home in Scarsdale.
