All Obituaries

The death has occurred of Alphonsus (Fonzie) Farrell, Slievenamon House, Leonia, New Jersey, late of Ballycurrane, Thurles, Co. Tipperary. Alphonsus (Fonsie) Farrell, Ballycurrane, Thurles, June 28, 2020, at his home in Slievenamon House, Leonia, New Jersey. Fonsie is deeply regretted by his life partner, Therese Crowe, Croke St., Thurles, daughters, Anne, Helen and Marie, sons,  Dominick and Anthony, sister, Sheila , brothers- in- law, David and Jack, sons-in-law, Paul, Alan and...

Sr. Catherine Eugene Planche passed away on May 25, 2020 at St. Patrick's Home in the Bronx.

JOVITA TORRES SUPIL, 98, passed away on April 23, 2020, of natural causes. She was born on August 4, 1921, to Julian and Benita (Trasmil) Torres at Fort William McKinley (now Fort Bonifacio), Manila, Philippines.  Jovita, her mother, and 3 siblings moved to Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental at the time her father, Julian, was stationed in the United States, prior to the WWII outbreak. Jovita studied at and graduated from Silliman University with a BS in Education.  She taught...

Gertrudys Mas Garcia, daughter of Rosa Garcia Selgas and Benjamin Garcia. Born, November 17th, 1932 in Cienfuegos, Cuba and died April 22nd, 2020 at New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, NY.            One of eleven siblings, she is survived by her four children Alberto S Mas, Norma L Rosa, Juan R Mas, and Joseph R Mas, her brother Benjamin D Garcia (94), her nine grandchildren, and her two great grandchildren Violet and...

Roberto Ley Choy, age 90 of the Bronx, NY, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on April 13, 2020 in his apartment in Riverdale. Born to Abraham and Eulalia Lau Ley Choy, his family spent their time split between Madruga, Cuba, where his family owned a grocery business, and Guangzhou, China, where other members of his family lived. After the advent of World War II, they were trapped in China and were subject to escape persecution by the Japanese occupation. His family was able...

Bertha Mae Smalls was 87 when she passed away on Tuesday, March 31,2020. She was born Bertha Mae Shedrick, in Beaufort, South Carolina on September 25, 1932. She was a devoted mother of 4 children, daughter, Gloria Minor, sons, Ethan Minor (Doris), Jack Smalls and Jonathan Smalls (Rita). She is preceded in death by her mother, Lillian Brown, and sister, Mildred Clark. She is survived by her daughter, sons, and brothers, Thomas Bolden, Willie DeVeaux, Nathaniel DeVeaux, Robert Brown, sister,...