Obituaries: Adelaide Dorothy Duffy
October 25, 2011
Adelaide Dorothy Duffy of Cornwall-on-Hudson passed away of natural causes on October 21, 2011 at Vassar Brothers Hospital in Poughkeepsie. She was 92.
The daughter of the late John and Anna Peresluha, she was born on February 6, 1919 in New Britain, CT. In 1942 she was married to Peter Joseph Duffy in Hartford, CT. He predeceased her in 2001 after 58 years of marriage.
Adelaide was an Air Force wife who lived in occupied Germany and other U.S. military outposts over a thirty year period. Artistic, creative and literary, she employed her many talents in raising her family and, with her husband, enabled them to see the world from a unique perspective.
She was a great and dignified lady of many graces, a woman of the Twentieth Century who touched all who knew her.
Survivors include her four loving children: Suzanne Caralon, Sarah Jane, Peter Joseph and Stephen William; eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 28, 2011 at St. Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Church, 340 Hudson St., Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY. Interment will follow in St. Thomas Cemetery.
A celebration of Adelaide’s life will be held in February at a time and place to be announced.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations may be made to Catholic Charities USA.
Arrangements are under the direction of James F. Lulves Funeral Home, 9 Avenue A, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY (845) 534-2550. To send condolences please visit www.lulvesfuneralhome.com
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