Category: Obituaries

Services for Pete Marshall are as follows: Graham Funeral Home: Sunday, February 14, 2016 from 3pm to 6pm Church of the Resurrection: Monday, February 15, 2016 at 10am Peter S. Marshall of Rye, NY passed away on February 10, 2016. He was born on September 17, 1959 in New Rochelle, NY to Gordon and Karen […]

(CLARIFICATION: Dewey was a former head coach. He originally served as the assistant coach under his mother who was the RHS head swim coach. When his Mother moved on to a different position, he became the head swim coach from about 2009-2012: approximately 3 school years. He resigned after 3 years. Lara Vivolo currently serves as the […]

Rye has lost another student, Rye High School senior Henry "Hank" McWilliam. Rye School Superintendent Frank Alvarez told MyRye.com “We are deeply saddened to hear of the tragic loss of Henry "Hank" McWilliam, a Rye High School senior and friend to many in the community. On behalf of the District, I extend our sincere condolences to the […]

Rye has lost another student, Rye High School senior Henry "Hank" McWilliam. Rye School Superintendent Frank Alvarez told MyRye.com “We are deeply saddened to hear of the tragic loss of Henry "Hank" McWilliam, a Rye High School senior and friend to many in the community. On behalf of the District, I extend our sincere condolences to the […]

Lillian Vernon, who created the eponymous catalog company, is dead. For years, Vernon ran the company from a headquarters building off the Playland Access Road in Rye. In 2003, Vernon sold the company to private equity. From the obituary in the NY Times: "Lillian Vernon, who created a sprawling catalog business that specialized in personalized gifts […]

Author Stephen Birmingham, perhaps best known for his book Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York, is dead. Birmingham lived in Rye with his wife and children until his divorce in 1974: "Stephen Birmingham, the prolific novelist, purveyor of popular sociology and raconteur of the rich and famous in best-selling books like “ ‘Our Crowd’: […]

Hon. Peter Lane (1939 – 2015) (PHOTO: Hon. Peter Lane, on left, swears in new City Judge Joseph Latwin in 2010, at a Rye City Council meeting.) Peter Lane, a long-time Rye resident who served as Rye City Court Judge, died on August 29, 2015. He was 76. Peter was born on March 17, 1939 in […]

The Rye Department of Public Works has lost one of its own–Jerome Mobley. Below is the note sent to city employees, pictures of Mobley and a link being circulated to help his family with the cost of services. "Jerome Mobley has worked for the City of Rye Department of Public Works since 1990. Aside from […]

The Rye Department of Public Works has lost one of its own–Jerome Mobley. Below is the note sent to city employees, pictures of Mobley and a link being circulated to help his family with the cost of services. "Jerome Mobley has worked for the City of Rye Department of Public Works since 1990. Aside from […]

Sad news today: It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of a beloved father, husband and treasured member of our community, Mr. Jonathan Brook. Jon, husband to Nicole Hazard, and father to Juliette Brook, a Rye Middle School student and to Cassie Brook, an Osborn student, passed away suddenly on […]