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B2 ROCKLAND JOURNAL-NEWS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1991 OBITUARIES S3 RocWand Watch In Asheville, Mr. Maeder was a member of the Power Squadron, the Rotary Club and the First Presbyterian Church. He helped start the College for Senior Citizens Program at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. He is survived by his wife, of Asheville; a son, Kenneth William Maeder of Media, two daugh will begin at 1 p.m. at the Brook-side Cemetery in Englewood, N.J.

Calling hours will be tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home, 130 Highland Middletown. The family requests donations to the American Cancer Society of Sullivan County, 10 John Monti-cello, N.Y. 12790. Phoebe F.

Weyant ex-county resident Phoebe F. Weyant, a former Stony Point resident, died Monday at St. Luke's Hospital in the Orange County city of Newburgh. She was 90. Born Feb.

3, 1901, in Halls Summit, to Walter M. and Anna Schoonmaker Tuttle, Mrs. Weyant lived in Stony Point for 15 years. She spent most of her life in the Orange County town of New Windsor, where she lived in Kingswood Gardens. A homemaker, Mrs.

Weyant attended Vails Gate Methodist Church in Vails Gate in Orange County and was a member of The Order of the Eastern Star, Walden Chapter. Her husbands, Ralph Weyant and Wilson B. Mahaffy, died before her. Mrs. Weyant is survived by a daughter, Fayola Wack of Anderson, S.C.; a brother, William Tuttle of Waverly, a sister, Bernice Harris of Lewistown, two grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren.

A service, led by the Rev. Peggy Ann Sauerhoff, will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Coloni Funeral Home, Route 9W, New Windsor. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Montgomery, Orange County. Calling hours will be Friday at 1 p.m.

at the funeral home. The family has requested that donations be made in Mrs. Weyant's memory to Vails Gate Methodist Church, Route 94, Vails Gate, N.Y. 12548, or a charity of one's choice. Julia Miele owned restaurant Stony Point Reckless endangerment charged: Four 17-year-old Stony Point youths were arrested yesterday and charged with throwing balloons filled with water and soda from a moving car at a pedestrian on East Main Street.

The pedestrian suffered minor scrapes from the balloon attack, which took place shortly after 5 p.m., police said. The youths were arrested about 6 p.m. and charged with second-degree reckless endangerment. They were released without bail and ordered to appear in town Justice Court on Oct. 10.

Police said they would not release the suspects' names because of their ages. Suffern Burglary charged: Mark S. Walden, of 2 Washington Circle, Suffern, was arrested Sunday by Suffern Police and charged with burglary, criminal mischief and resisting arrest. Walden, 33, was apparently intoxicated around 1:30 p.m. when he kicked in the door to the Holland Insurance Agency at 66 Lafayette Ave.

and entered the building, police Chief Leo Costa said. Walden tried to pull out the alarm, and then fought and crashed through a window when police tried to arrest him, Costa said. Walden sustained leg injuries and was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, Costa said. Arresting Officers Clarke Osborn and Kim Dutkoski, who were running a booth at the Suffern street fair, and Sgt. Robert Larkin, Officer Jeff Stern and Officer Robert Arena were unhurt, Costa said.

Walden was arraigned at the hospital Sunday by Justice John Byrne, and was sent to the Rockland Correctional Center in New City yesterday in lieu of $2,500 bail. He is to appear in Village Court on Sept. 24. Harassment charged: James T. Lissimore, of 122 Orange Apt.

21, Suffern, was arrested by Suffern police yesterday and charged with harassment. Lissimore, 56, got into a dispute with another tenant over money owed him around 2:30 a.m., Police Chief Leo Costa said. Lissimore then grabbed the victim's throat and threw him on "his bed, demanding restitution, Costa said. The victim, whom Costa would not name, was treated and released from Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, Costa said. Lissimore was arrested around 5 a.m.

and released Sheriff opens doors to public By William Demarest Staff Writer The county Sheriff's Department invites Rocklanders to stop by headquarters for a visit the kind that doesn't require a lawyer. The department is conducting an "open house" from 7 to 10 p.m. tomorrow at its headquarters and the Rockland Correctional Center as part of "Sheriffs Week" in New York state. Gov. Mario Cuomo has declared Sept.

8 to 14 Sheriffs Week in honor of the long tradition of service among the state's 58 sheriffs. In Rockland, the Sheriff's Department headquarters at 55 New Hempstead Road, New City, will be open for tours of its offices. In addition, visitors will get a "sneak preview" of the Rockland Police Museum, which is being created on the lower level of the sheriff's headquarters. The museum is scheduled to be completed in October. After seeing the sheriff's headquarters, visitors will be taken to the neighboring county jail, where tours will be given of public areas.

Visitors can also view a police display on the second floor of the jail. The Rockland Sheriff's Department, headed by Sheriff Thomas Goldrjck, D-Orangetown, includes a patrol division that polices county roads, parks and buildings; a corrections division that runs the jail; a civil division that enforces court orders; a prison transfer team; and a court security unit. Open house visitors can park in front of the sheriff's headquarters or in the parking area in front of the county jail. For additional information, contact the Sheriff's Department at 638-5400. Guilty plea entered in traffic death By William Demarest Staff Writer A Park Ridge, N.J., construction contractor accused of hitting and killing a Central Nyack man with a dump truck on Route 59 in West Nyack has pleaded guilty to the felony charge of leaving the scene of an auto accident.

Wesley R. Fait, 52, of 24 River-vale Road, faces a possible sentence of six months in the Rockland Correctional Center in New City as a result of his guilty plea in Rockland County Court, according to the Rockland District Attorney's Office. Fait admitted that on April 27 he struck and killed Jethalal G. Patel, 49, a citizen of India, of Northgate Gardens Apartments in Central Nyack, with the 1984 Chevrolet dump truck he was driving about 8:20 p.m. on Route 59.

Patel was hit by a large, extended mirror attached to the truck as he walked on the road shoulder, according to District Attorney Kenneth Gribetz. Fait did not stop after the accident, and failed to report the incident to police, Gribetz said. Fait was also charged with driving while intoxicated by Orange-town police. In an agreement between Fait and the District Attorney's Office, Fait agreed to plead guilty to the felony charge of leaving the scene of an accident without the case being reviewed by a grand jury. The drunken driving charge has been dropped.

If the charge had been upheld, it would have been a felony offense because Fait has a previous drunken driving conviction, according to court officials. Fait is scheduled to be sentenced in Rockland County Court on Oct. 16 by Judge William A. Kelly. without bail pending an appearance in Suffern Justice court today.

2 burglaries: Two burglaries were reported Sunday in Suffern, Police Chief Leo Costa said. The basement of a Chadwick Place home was entered and a videocassette recorder stolen, Costa said. The incident was reported yesterday, but probably occurred during the past week, Costa said. Another burglary occurred during Sunday's Suffern street fair. During the day, someone pried open the back door of the Bagel Train at 150 Orange Ave.

and stole $463, Costa said. Spring Valley Cocaine sale: Jeffrey Johnson of Spring Valley has been sentenced in Rockland County Court to 16 months to 4 years in state prison for selling cocaine to undercover police. Johnson, 31, pleaded guilty July 23 to third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance. He admitted selling a total of $90 worth of cocaine on Aug. 21 and Oct.

12 and 16 on Lake Street in Spring Valley to agents of the Rockland Narcotics Task Force. Stony Point Disorderly conduct charged: A 41-year-old Stony Point woman was charged with disorderly conduct Saturday when she failed to obey police officers detouring traffic around the volunteer firefighters parade. Ann E. Mann of 1 Lake Road entered the intersection of Filor's Lane and Central Highway in Stony Point and then refused to remove her car, town police said. Mann was issued a ticket to appear in Town Court on Oct.

10. Orangeburg Cocaine possession charged: Theodore Migliorese, of 134 Leber Road, Blauvelt, was arrested onmotor vehicle and drug charges early Sunday in Orangeburg. Migliorese, 48, was stopped at 4:05 a.m. in the parking lot of the Orangeburg Shopping Center on Western Highway after he crossed the double yellow lines and into the path of an oncoming police car, Orangetown police said. He was charged with with seventh-degree criminal possession of cocaine, criminal possession of a hypodermic needle, unlawful possession of marijuana and driving to the left of pavement markings.

He was released without bail, pending a Tuesday appearance in Orangetown Justice Court. District Attorney Kenneth Gribetz said Monday that rape charges could be filed after interviews with the victim. Officers interviewed the victim a woman in her early 30s and 29 weeks into her pregnancy yesterday at the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla and found no cause to pursue rape charges against Sostre, Ramos said. ters, Susan Capobianco of Tampa, and Nancy Breen of Stony Point; and four grandchildren. The family requests that donations in his name be made to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York New York, N.Y., 10021.

Attention: Memorials Department. Arrangements are being handled by the Morris Funeral Home in Asheville. Delia M. Burbridge mom to 3 Rocklanders A service will be held in Florida tomorrow for Delia M. Burbridge, the mother of three Rockland men, who died Sunday in Orlando.

She was 88. Born on June 27, 1903, in New York City to John and Nora Ryan Murphy, Mrs. Burbridge moved to Orlando 20 years ago from the Bronx. She was employed as a supervisor with American Telephone and Telegraph in Manhattan, retiring in 1965. Her husband, Joseph Burbridge, was a former New York City police officer.

He died in 1965. She is survived by four sons, Joseph of New City, Edward of Monsey, William of Suffern and John of Orlando; 10 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Tomorrow's Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 11 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Apopka, Fla.

Burial will be at Highland Memorial Gardens, Forest City, Fla. Calling hours will be today from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Baldwin Fairchild Funeral Home, Altamonte Springs, Fla. John Kralik Jr. Sheriff patrol chief's uncle John Kralik the uncle of the chief of the Rockland Sheriff's Department's patrol division, died yesterday at the Castle Point Veterans Hospital in Dutchess County.

He was 85. He was born in New York City on Jan. 15, 1906, to John and Anna Jakob Kralik. For the past 12 years, he lived at the Lakeside Veterans Home in Salisbury Mills, N.Y. Before that, he lived that he lived in Astoria, Queens.

For many years, Mr. Kralik was employed with the U.S. Postal Service in New York City. He retired in the early 1970s. He was a veteran of World War II, serving with the Army.

He participated in the Northern France and Normandy campaigns. He received the Purple Heart, the European Theater of Operations Ribbon, a Victory Medal and an American Theater Ribbon. He is survived by three nephews, Rockland Sheriff's Department Chief James Kralik of Sloatsburg and John Kralik and George Kralik, both of Carmel in Putnam County; and two nieces, Denise Kralik of Oak Ridge, N.J., and Patricia Ferrari of Ridgewood, N.J. A graveside service is scheduled for tomorrow at 11:45 a.m. at the Calverton National Cemetery in Long Island.

Arrangements are by the Wana-maker and Carlough Funeral Home in Suffern. This obituary is being reprinted because of an error. nsurance Financial Services Our insurance agency represents Aetna, CNA, Kemper, Travelers, and others Let Us Shop For You 356-9000 24 South Main Street Spring Valley Susan Melnick retired domestic Susan Melnick of Spring Valley, a retired domestic worker, died yesterday at her borne. She was 96. She was born July 9, 1895, in Austria-Hungary.

In 1913, at the age of 18, she moved to the United States, settling in Bergen County, N.J. She moved to Spring Valley when she was 21 and lived in the village the rest of her life. He lived on North Cole Avenue in the village. Mrs. Melnick was a domestic who worked in the Rockland area.

She was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite on Collins Avenue in Spring Valley. Mrs. Melnick's husband, Michael, died in 1962. Two sons, John and Stephen, also died before her.

She is survived by two daughters, Mary Melnick of Spring Valley and Ann Ambrose of Zephyr Hills, one son, Peter of Wesley Hills; nine grandchildren; nine greatgrandchildren; and one great-greatgrandchild. A Divine Liturgy is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Church in Spring Valley. Burial will be at St.

Anthony's Cemetery in Nanuet. Prior to the church service, a Panakhyda service is scheduled at 9 a.m. at the Sniffen-Sagala Funeral Home, Route 59, Suffern. Calling hours are scheduled tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

A Parastas service is scheduled for 8 p.m. tomorrow at the funeral home. Thomas W. Egan retired policeman Thomas W. Egan, a retired New York City police officer, died Monday at his Pearl River home.

He was 89. He was born in the Bronx on Dec. 19, 1901, to Thomas H. and Elizabeth Reilly Egan. Mr.

Egan was a New York City police officer for 25 years. He retired in 1951. He then worked for the Dollar Savings Bank in the Bronx for 16 years, retiring in 1967. Mr. Egan was a resident of Pearl River for 40 years, where he was a member of the Nocturnal Adoration Society at St.

Margaret's Church. He was a parishioner of St. Aedan's Church in Pearl River, and was a member of the Pearl River Senior Citizens Club A. Mr. Egan is survived by his wife, Margaret Morahan Egan, whom he married Oct.

1, 1930; a son, Thomas M. Egan of Engle-wood, N.J.; a daughter, Kathleen Casey of New City; a brother, Richard of Metuchen, N.J.; two sisters, Anne Kennedy of Delmar, N.Y., and Elizabeth Lauer of Colonia, N.J.; 10 grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren. A daughter, Marguerite McMa-nus, died in 1968. A son, Dennis, died in 1984. Four brothers, Edward, Raymond, Frank and Gerald, also died before him.

A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled Friday at 10 a.m. at St. Aedan's Church. Burial will be at St. Anthony's Cemetery in Nanuet.

Calling hours are scheduled today and tomorrow from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Wyman-Fisher Funeral Home, 100 Franklin Pearl River. George J. Hassler Water company manager A service will be held tomorrow for former Nanuet resident George J. Hassler, who died Monday at the Horton Memorial Hospital in Mid-dletown in Orange County.

He was 68. Mr. Hassler was born Aug. 18, 1923, in Hackensack, N.J., to George and Grace Rittinger Hassler. He moved eight years ago from Nanuet to Wurtsboro, N.Y.

He worked for 41 years as a manager of pumping and maintenance with the Spring Valley Water Co. in West Nyack. He also served with the U.S. Navy during World War II. He is survived by his wife, Gloria Hassler of Wurtsboro; a son, William of Middletown; a mother, Grace Hassler Tott of Cliffside Park, N.J.; two brothers, Arthur of Hilton Head, S.C., and Leonard of Reston, and four grandchildren.

Tomorrow's graveside service lcro CAucA ffowf Across from Nyack Hospital All major crtdtt cards honored 358-6330 84 N. Highland Are. (Hit. 9W), Nytck iwi its 1st nmmm V- Won ft Tm 623-2062 No rape charge filed in assault case A service will be held tomorrow for former Suffern resident Julia Miele of Spring Valley Road in Montvale, N.J., who died Monday at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern. She was 91.

Born in Suffern on July 13, 1900, to Pasquale and Maria T. Stopiello Miele, Miss Miele moved to Montvale five years ago from Suffern. She and her brother, Sardi, owned the Circle Club restaurant and bar in Suffern for more than 40 years until their retirement in 1964. She is survived by a nephew, Robert Manfredi of Montvale, and a niece, Marilyn Stolarik of Suffern. Tomorrow's Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 11 a.m.

at the Sacred Heart Church in Suffern. Entombment will follow at the family mausoleum at St. Luke's Cemetery in Hohokus, N.J. Calling hours will be today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Scarr Funeral Home, Route 202, Suffern.

Howard P. Maeder Jr. Rocklander's father Howard Potter Maeder the father of a Stony Point woman, died of cancer Sunday at the Mountain Area Hospice in Asheville, N.C. He was 74. Mr.

Maeder had lived in White Plains for 30 years before moving to Asheville in 1987. He had worked in the marketing department at General Foods Corp. in White Plains for 42 years, retiring in 1982. He was born March 24, 1917, in Jamaica, Queens, to Howard Potter and Clara Mahler Maeder. He graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, in 1939.

Mr. Maeder served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. He was a former member and past president of the White Plains Rotary Club and served on the board of directors of the YMCA in White Plains. Mr.

Maeder was an elder at the Presbyterian Church of White Plains. He married Marion Roman on March 29, 1980, at the Presbyterian Church of White Plains. LiijiiMiiJ TRAVIS Monuments Sinn 1149 AU1 223 Main Nyack, N.Y. 358-0567 Largatt Display In County Work In All Cmtrli Rape charges will not be filed against a Haverstraw man who is charged with beating a pregnant woman, police said. Haverstraw village Police Chief Michael Ramos said no further charges against Alex Sostre, 25, of 25 South are being contemplated.

Sostre has been charged with first-degree assault. NOTICE OF COMPLETION AND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD DATE; September 3, 1991 REASON FOR NOTICE: To notify the public that Rockland County has completed its proposed "Final Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan and Generic Environmental Impact Statement" (Final Plan), and that the County, pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, has established a public comment period of 14 days on the proposal. INFORMATION ABOUT PLAN: Location: Rockland County. Description: Proposed Final Plan for Countywide integrated solid waste management, involving maximizing recycling and reuse of materials in order to minimize future processing and landfilling of municipal solid waste. Impacts: The Final Plan includes a thorough discussion of the range of potential impacts of its integrated approach (both "positive" and on the local environment, economy, and community.

LEAD AGENCYCONTACT PERSON: Rockland County: The person to contact for further information (Contact Person) is Michael A. Cech, Director of Solid Waste Management, Office of the County Executive, Allison-Parris County Office Bldq New City, NY 1 0956; Phone: 9 1 4-638-5 122. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: It begins on September 1 1 and ends on September 25, 1991. Throughout this period, written comments about the proposed Final Plan may be submitted to the Contact Person. Copies of the proposed Final Plan have been posted for public Inspection at The County Executive's Office and at 19 public libraries throughout Rockland County.

The Contact Person has a list of those libraries, and you may obtain a copy from his office. You also may obtain a personal copy of the proposed Final Plan, at the County's duplicating costs, by calling or writing the Contact Person. Each posting consists of a supplement of revisions and updates to, and responses to agency and public comments on, the draft plan posted last October. The draft and the supplement will be merged into a single document, and it will be posted upon its completion in early October. mm.

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