"In Remembrance," our Society's memory book, offers members and friends an unusual opportunity to honor special living and deceased people we have known.

         This book features a handsome red cover with gold lettering and high-quality pages upon which names and tributes will be inscribed. It is encased in a glass display shadowbox and is displayed reverently at the Schoolhouse.

  

        The stipend is $20 for a single entry $50 for a 1/2 page                    or $100 for an entire page.

 

          Please contact The Van Cortlandtville Historical Society                    at (914) 736-7868 for more information. 

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                           IN MEMORIAM

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Obituary for Helen M. Vargulick

Helen Mary Vargulick died peacefully on Nov 8 with her family beside her. She is
survived by her son George M. Vargulick of Cortlandt Manor, daughters Julie Sanca of
Peekskill and Debbie Lind of Garrison, and her one remaining sister, Ann Pinto of
Yonkers. Her husband of 66 years, George Vargulick, died in 2021.
Helen Mary Lewandowski was born on January 15, 1930 in Yonkers and was the
third child of six. She spent her childhood in Yonkers, where she talked of living in a
cold water flat, but also having a warm family and neighborhood life. At an early age
she started playing cards with her friends - they played every day after dinner and
on rainy days throughout her youth. Through cards, with the camaraderie of her
friends, she honed many life skills. She was a whiz with numbers, had a head for
strategy, and had an understated competitiveness.
After high school she studied business and, not surprisingly, became a bank teller, in
NYC. She met George Vargulick in 1954 in Yonkers. Her mother was very strict in her
scrutiny of him as a potential husband, but George won her over and became an
adored son in law. George and Helen moved to Peekskill where he pursued his
lifelong career as a teacher, and, after having children, she worked in the Lakeland
School District as a librarian's assistant. Through school connections and for many years as active members of the Sts. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church in Peekskill, she and George were highly
engaged with their community. In their free time and in retirement, they were serious about round dancing and square dancing with the Tarry Squares. They ran bingo at their church, and played
cards too, but cards were Helen's passion specifically, and she drew many other
people into the challenge of it; she would play with anyone who was up for it. Cards
and social engagement kept her sharp and spunky, right to the end.
Her funeral will be held on November 16 at 11:00 at Dorsey-Carlone Funeral Home
in Peekskill, NY.

 

To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Helen M. Vargulick please visit our Sympathy Store.

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Sad news for the VCHS,

 

I am sorry to inform you of the death today of Arlene Goodenough, a member of our Society for 15 years.

There will be no visitation for Arlene. Her family will hold a memorial service for her at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Church of the Divine Love, 80 Sunset Road, Montrose. Arlene was on the Board of Directors for many years. She also started our Memory Book.

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Sally L. Martin,

89, a member of the Van Cortlandtville Historical Society since 2014, died March 12, 2023. She lived in Jefferson Village in Yorktown until recently and was also a member of the Mohegan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Yorktown Historical Society.

Sally was born in Ossining on August 22, 1933, to H. Landon B. Ryder, an insurance inspector, and Muriel Harris Ryder, a homemaker. She married Robert E. Martin on June 5, 1954, and was the mother of three children – John L. Martin, Stuart R. Martin and Lisa A. Graham.

“She so enjoyed all the presentations over the years,” her daughter, Lisa, wrote in a note to our Society. “She loved learning something new every day.”

Our Society arranged to have two trees planted in an Appalachian Mountains forest as a living tribute in Sally’s memory. The certificate, which will be presented to her family, reads in part: “Long may they stand, reaching ever upward, strong and true, to forever embrace the light from above.”

Her family is planning a memorial service in May.

 

 

We mourn the loss of member, Joan Miner,

I am sorry to inform you of the death of Joan Miner, 87, a longtime member of the Van Cortlandtville Historical Society and our resident genealogist, on Monday, March 21, 2022.

Visiting hours will be from 10 a.m. to 12 noon Friday, March 25, at the Curry and Giordano Funeral Home, 313 North James Street, Peekskill, followed by a graveside service and burial in Hillside Cemetery, 1033 Oregon Road, Cortlandt Manor,NY

Our Society has arranged to have a tree planted in her memory.

An obituary has not yet been posted on the funeral home's Web site. I will forward the link when it is.

Please share this information with folks who may not see this email.

Please keep Joan and her family in your thoughts and prayers.

Thank you.

Jeff Canning

Past President

 

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   WE ARE SORRY TO INFORM YOU OF THE PASSING OF CHARLES P. HEADY, JR.