Obituaries

THORNWOOD, N.Y. - John Sahaida of Thornwood, died May 1. He was 85.

Sahaida was born in Yonkers to Louis and Helen (Preska) Sahaida. He attended Saunders High School in Yonkers, and served in the Navy in WW II. He was a member of the Westchester County Police Department until retirement in 1983.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret; daughters, Carol (John) ...

VALHALLA, N.Y. - John Leon DiMaggio of Valhalla died April 22. He was 54.

DiMaggio was born Oct. 7, 1958, in the Bronx and lived most of his life in Valhalla. He was a 1976 graduate of Valhalla High School and attended Westchester Community College and Pace University. He was a longtime employee of the New York City Transit Authority (MABSTOA), and was a union ...

VALHALLA, N.Y. - Margaret M. Magnuson Mulligan of Valhalla died April 17. She was 63.

Mulligan was born Feb.1, 1950, to William and Mary (nee Rooney) McGovern in New York City. She was a former school board member with the Mt. Pleasant School District for nine years of which she was president for two years.

Mulligan is survived by her children, Karen (John) ...

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. - Marion Jean, most recently of Pleasantville and a former longtime resident of Valhalla, died April 12. She was 84.

Jean was born Jan. 8, 1929, to Petro and Margaret (nee DeStefano) Apuzzo in Jamaica, Queens. Jean was a retired self-employed hairdresser and homemaker in Valhalla. She was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Seniors.

Jean is ...

VALHALLA, N.Y. - Natalie Elizabeth Maddalena, a longtime resident of Valhalla, died March 19. She was 95.

Maddalena was born Sept. 9, 1917, in the Bronx to Maria and Rosario Mirenda.

Maddalena was an advocate for veterans and their families as well as in other civic and community issues.

She was a parishioner at the Holy Name of Jesus parish in ...

VALHALLA, N.Y. - Pearl G. Ingersoll, of Valhalla, died March 30. She was 96.

Ingersoll was born Feb. 10, 1917, to Henry John and Rosa May (Howe) Greiner in Yonkers.

Ingersoll is survived by her son, Robert E. (MaryJane) Ingersoll, Jr. of Valhalla; a granddaughter. She was predeceased by her parents; husband, Robert; three sisters and two ...

VALHALLA, N.Y. - Josephine A. McCrain of Valhalla died March 23. She was 76.

McCrain was born Aug. 14, 1936, to Joseph and Theresa (Vignola) Borgia in the Bronx. She was a retired office manager for See-lect Industrial in Hawthorne.

McCrain is survived by her children, Robert E. of Valhalla, Steven M. (Alaina) of Thornwood, and Paul G. (Susana) of Gastonia, ...

VALHALLA, N.Y. - Robert H. Castorina of Valhalla died March 12. He was 69.

Castorina was born Oct. 24, 1943, to Domenic and Filomena ( Dama) Castorina in New York City. He was a retired union carpenter.

Castorina is survived by his wife, Annette (Porcelli) of Valhalla, N.Y.; children, Robert (Jennifer) Castorina of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., Michael Castorina of ...