Monday, February 27, 2012
War veteran and volunteer fireman from Mt. Sinai dies at 92.
World War II veteran and longtime Mt. Sinai Fire Department volunteer and Captain, Louis H. Rowehl, of Mt. Sinai, passed away on Feb. 24 at the age of 92. Rowehl was at Normandy during the invasion as a part of the 802nd Tank Destroyer Battalion. He received a Purple Heart for being wounded days later and held the shrapnel in his back for the remainder of his life. The veteran joined the Mount Sinai Fire Department in 1968. Before that, he was a member of the Hicksville Fire Department for 18 years. The majority of his 60-plus years as a fireman was spent as a member of the fire police. Rowehl was recently honored at Heritage Park in Mt. Sinai for his service as a tank driver during WWII. At that ceremony, his daughter Noreen Rowehl …
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
A Miller Place teacher for 37 years, Moeller was vocal at East Hampton School Board meetings in retirement.
James Myron Moeller, a former Miller Place school teacher and an active East Hampton resident, died at Southampton Hospital on Jan. 22. He was 73. A teacher for 37 years, Moeller was passionate about education and the school system, which extended into his retirement. Born on Oct. 23, 1938 in Spencer, Iowa, he was the son of the late Myron Moeller and Lillian Yeutter Moeller. As a teenager, he assisted in his parents' hardware store and plumbing business. Active in music and obtaining an amateur radio license, Moeller graduated as salutatorian from Milford, Iowa Consolidated School in 1956. He attended Iowa State University in Ames, where he was manager of the football team and a member of the Theta Chi Fraternity, graduating in 1960 with …
Monday, January 9, 2012
Visitation to take place Monday; burial Tuesday.
Former Suffolk County Comptroller and Shoreham resident Joseph Caputo died on Saturday. He was 79. A Newsday obituary said Caputo, who served as comptroller for a record 24 years, "turned the office into an independent fiscal watchdog" during his tenure before it ended in 2002. Caputo is survived by his wife, Claire; and six children: Christine Buckbinder, Terese Caputo, Robin Carpenter, Joseph R. Caputo Jr., Michelle Feely, and Richard Labita. Visitation will be held on Modnay from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at O.B. Davis Funeral Homes in Miller Place. A funeral mass will be held Tuesday morning at St. Mark's Roman Catholic Church, followed by a burial at Calverton National Cemetery. Click here to read the entire Newsday …
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Stony Brook University sophomore died suddenly of cardiac arrest.
On Nov. 23, Susan Facini, a teenager from Rocky Point and sophomore at Stony Brook University, passed away suddenly at the age of 19. According to The Stony Brook Statesman, Facini died of a heart attack. The Statesman reported that Facini had recently declared a major in Italian studies and worked as a student manager in the Student Activities Center dining hall. She was also an avid fan of the Seawolves club rugby team, and on Nov. 26, the rugby team won their tournament, in her honor. Family friend Lisa Schneider wrote in a letter to Patch, "...they won their tournament and, with the heaviest of hearts and with tears in the eyes of each and every member, came to pay their respects to Susie and her family. They presented both the winning…
Monday, November 28, 2011
DiBernardo survived "Black Sunday" fire in 2005.
Joseph Paul DiBernardo Jr., who was one of the six FDNY firefighters trapped in the fatal "Black Sunday" fire in 2005, died Nov. 22 at his Miller Place home at the age of 40. "Joey D" DiBernardo, who was a volunteer firefighter for Setauket Fire Department before he joined the FDNY in 1995, was a firefighter with Rescue 3 in the Bronx, which responded to the apartment building fire on Jan. 23, 2005 that would become known as the "Black Sunday" fire. According to a memorial written by his Setauket colleagues, DiBernardo was one of six firefighters trapped between illegal partitions inside a fourth-floor apartment during that blaze. He held a rope as another firefighter rappeled down the building, but after he tried securing the rope for his…
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Carasiti, the namesake for Frank J. Carasiti Elementary School, died Saturday at the age of 78.
The namesake for the Frank J. Carasiti Elementary School passed Saturday at the age of 78, disrict officials said. Frank Carasiti, of Wading River, began in 1957 as a sixth-grade teacher in Rocky Point School District. He was asked to take on the job as Superintendent of Schools in the summer of 1963 as a temporary replacement for the Superintendent at that time. The position became permanent, and he held it until his retirement from Rocky Point in 1990. “The district’s history shows that Mr. Carasiti was an integral figure in the development of Rocky Point from a summer community with a small elementary school to the larger, well-respected K-12 school district that it is today,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Michael F. Ring. “On …
Monday, August 22, 2011
Bredes led the charge against the Shoreham nuclear power plant.
Former Suffolk County Legislator Nora Bredes, who was one of the most outspoken voices against the Shoreham nuclear power plant in the 1980s, died Thursday at the age of 60 after losing her battle with breast cancer. Bredes held the Fifth Legislative District seat from 1992 to 1998, during which time she fought for anti-tobacco legislation, open space preservation, and better protection for victims of domestic violence. One year after she left the legislature, she became the director of the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women’s Leadership at the University of Rochester. "Her research on women in politics had an impact on the democratic process at the state, regional, and national levels," Rochester President Joel Seligman said in a statement…
Monday, February 28, 2011
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Marian Larson
11:53 am on Monday, February 27, 2012
Our condolences to the Rowehl family on the passing of your father. We thank him for his service to our country. God bless. more ›