School Co-Owner, Sports Official From Mahopac Dies At 56 After Cancer Battle
The co-owner of a Putnam County school is being remembered as a coach, sports official, community leader, and devoted father after his death following a battle with a rare and aggressive form of leukemia.
Thomas J. “Tom” Courtney, co-owner of Pine Grove Country Day School in Mahopac, died Sunday, Sept. 6, surrounded by his family, according to his obituary and a tribute from the school. He had turned 56 just days earlier.
Courtney was diagnosed with leukemia in early July, his family said in his obituary. Despite the aggressive disease, those closest to him said he remained optimistic…
Iconic North Rockland Football Coach Dies
A longtime Rockland County coach, teacher, and mentor who helped guide a championship football team and left his mark on generations of students and athletes is being remembered as a pillar of the North Rockland community.
Tomkins Cove resident Pete Warner, a former North Rockland football coach and member of the North Rockland Sports Hall of Fame, has died, the Town of Haverstraw Police Department confirmed in a social media post on Friday, Sept. 4.
“For many members of our department, Coach Warner’s passing is personal,” the department said in a tribute, adding, “Some had the privil…
Army Vet 'Red Beard' Dies In Crash Before November Wedding: 'Damn Good Man, Good Soldier'
A new chapter was just beginning for Derek Volkmer and his family in Maryland.
The Glen Burnie Army veteran was preparing to marry his fiancée, Jen, in November, while building a life with two young children, Jae and Jax, who friends say adored the man they called Dad.
Instead, the family is mourning “Red Beard.”
Volkmer, 40, was killed on Thursday, Sept. 3, while working as a tractor-trailer driver in Virginia, according to friends and Virginia State Police.
The fatal crash happened shortly before 11:30 a.m. on I-95 in Stafford County, where a tractor-trailer ran off the roadway, struck …
Virginia Father 'Was Not A Person Of Many Words,' But 'Showed Up' Before Unexpected Death At 26
Some people don't need many words to make their presence felt.
That's how loved ones are remembering Virginia father Jeacson Davi Caravantes Hernandez, who died unexpectedly on Monday, Aug. 31, at just 26 years old.
His father, Henry Caravantes of Springfield, launched a GoFundMe following his son's sudden death as the family faces an unimaginable loss.
Jeacson leaves behind two children, Micheal and Kiara, who his father said were at the center of his life.
Above everything else, he was a devoted dad.
Jeacson spent the past five years working as a project manager at Design Pro, where hi…
