Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Doris Regan Passes

I just got word that longtime Woodland Valley resident Doris Reagan passed away yesterday. Here is her obituary from the Gormley website. May she rest in peace.

Doris Regan, 90 of Woodland Valley Road died at her residence on Monday April 28, 2014. She formerly made her home in the NYC Metro area, having had worked for a magazine on Madison Avenue. She described herself as having "posh jobs" and loving to shop in THE city! She was a 40 year resident of Woodland Valley, who enjoyed gardening, and tending to all animals, whether is was her dog, cat, birds, or any of natures gifts. She and her late husband Walter enjoyed traveling. Doris was a member of the St. Francis de Sales Parish, and Our Lady's Sodality where she had formed life-long friendships. She was an active worker for the church. She was born July 7, 1923 in New York City, daughter of the late Richard and Mary Bowen Abbrecht. Her husband Walter predeceased her in 2000.
Surviving are her two nephews Russell and Richard Abbrecht, and Walter's niece Kathleen Roberts.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday at 5pm at the St. Francis de Sales Church . Burial will be at Mt. St. Mary's Cemetery Flushing. Friends will be received on Wednesday from 2 to 5pm at the E. B. Gormley Funeral Home 87 Main St. Phoenicia. You may share a condolence on Doris' Memorial Page at www.gormleyfuneralhome.com