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Elizabeth Patricia Cohill
passed away at Arden Hill Hospital on November 22, 2005 after a long
illness. She was 86 years old.
The daughter of the late Charles and Rose Gorman, Elizabeth was born in
Fairbault, Minn. She grew up in Owatonna, Minn. and lived with her husband
in Irvington-on-Hudson, N.Y.; Salisbury, Md., Towson, Md.; Boykins, Va.;
and Williamsburg, Va. and retired with her husband in the Glen Arden
retirement community in Goshen.
Elizabeth was a former Lieutenant Jg. in the United States Navy. She
attained her degree in nursing at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. and
served there as an operating room nurse prior to her Naval career. She
spent most of her Navy experience at Corona Naval Hospital in Corona,
Calif. when many wounded men and women were coming back from service in
the battles in the Pacific during World War II.
Elizabeth is survived by her husband, Roger W. Cohill, five children: Mary
Pat Cohill of New York City, Rosemary Plunkett and husband Kevin of
Tarrytown, N.Y., Dr. Andrew M. Cohill and wife Terrie of Blacksburg, Va.,
Kitty Desimone and husband Jim of Tarrytown, N.Y., Betsy FauntLeRoy and
husband Alex of Ocean Pines, Md.; 14 grandchildren: Kathryn Plunkett,
Colleen Plunkett, Kevin Plunkett, Kelly Plunkett, Carolyn Plunkett, Thea
Cohill, Allie Cohill, Flannery Cohill, Emily Desimone, Gregory Desimone,
Molly Desimone, Chloe FauntLeRoy, Hannah FauntLeRoy, and one
great-granddaughter: Mikayla Rose Pohl. She was predeceased by one
granddaughter, Madeleine FauntLeRoy.
Visitation will be at the Donovan Funeral Home in Goshen on Friday,
November 25, from 3-7 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. John
the Evangelist R.C. Church on Murray Avenue in Goshen on Saturday,
November 26 at 10 a.m. Burial will be in the Orange County Veteran's
Cemetery in Goshen.
In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes
Foundation, 45 Crown Street, Kingston, NY 12401.
Family pictures
from 11/26/05
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