Obituary: Longtime Area Resident Dies, Leaves Behind Large Extended Family

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Evelyn L. Mahoney, age 89, a 34-year resident of Patterson; and formerly of North Salem; died Sunday in Carmel.

Mrs. Mahoney was born in Somers on Oct. 29, 1922 to Frank and Edna (Sniffen) Totten. She married George C. Mahoney on April 9, 1939 in Somers. Mr. Mahoney died March 14, 1979.

Through the years, Mrs. Mahoney was the past president of both the in Brewster and the Croton Falls Fire Department. She was an avid reader, card player and took enjoyment sewing dolls and Halloween costumes. Mrs. Mahoney enjoyed traveling and looked forward to her Thursday night dinners out with friends.

Mrs. Mahoney is survived by her seven children: George Mahoney of Regan, TN, James Mahoney and his wife Anne of Kent, Diana Mahoney of Rhinebeck, Janet English and her husband Harry of Patterson, Kathryn Pilch of New Windsor, Edith Simmons and her husband Robert of Pawling, and Roxann Merritt of Wingdale; a sister, Edna Cable of Brewster; and 23 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a daughter, Violet McCarthy, in 2007.

A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday at Beecher Funeral Home (located on Putnam Avenue in Brewster, (845)-279-3615). Interment following at the Maple Avenue Cemetery, Route 311 in Patterson. Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Contributions in Mrs. Mahoney’s memory may be made to:

The National Kidney Foundation, Inc.

30 East 33rd Street

New York, NY 10016

1-800-622-9010

www.kidney.org.