Loretta E. Engelmann of Cochecton, a lifelong area resident and a homemaker, died Friday, October 28, 2005, at the Seelig Division of the Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris. She was 87 years of age.
The daughter of the late Louis and Marie Rouff Bernhardt, she was born July 2, 1918, in Bethel. She was the widow of Clifford Gabriel and Theodore Engelmann.
Mrs. Engelmann is survived by four sons, Clifford Gabriel and Paul Gabriel, both of Jersey City, N.J., George Gabriel of Bayonne, N.J. and Frederick Engelmann of Lock; two brothers, Leslie Covart of White Lake and Alan Covart of Cochecton; two sisters, Carol Galietta of Middletown and Susan Gabriel of Equinunk, Pa.; several grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. She was predeceased by three brothers, Lee Bernhardt, Donald Covart and Peter Covart, and a sister, Grace Mullen.
Cremation was made at the Cedar Hill Crematory in Middle Hope.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Funeral arrangements were made by the Ramsay’s Funeral Home in Kauneonga Lake.

Amie VanDermark Young of Long Eddy, a retired nurse's aide at the Roscoe Community Nursing Home, died Sunday, October 30, 2005, at Delaware Valley Hospital in Walton. She was 83 years of age.
The daughter of the late Harry and Harriet Soules VanDermark, she was born November 16, 1921, in Grooville.
She is survived by a son, Wilbur Young of Long Eddy; a daughter and son-in-law, Hazel and Dennis Babcock of Sidney; two sisters, Naomi Specht of Rock Tavern and Charlotte Nead of Downsville; 16 grandchildren, Derren, Paul, Mike, Ella, and Chrissy Young, Dennis and Mark Babcock, Jackie Janidl, Chella Cavanugh, Peggy, Billie, Chet and Oren Wickburg, Doreen and Tommy McMannus and LouAnn Rexford; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
A Memorial Service was held Thursday at the Orchard Street Cemetery in Livingston Manor.
Funeral arrangements were made by the Herbert C. Bryant Funeral Home in Livingston Manor.

Walter B. Stevens of Narrowsburg, a retired U.S. Customs Officer and a resident of the area since 1997, died Friday, October 28, 2005, at Mercy Hospital in Scranton, Pa. He was 76 years of age.
The son of the late Frederick Fields III and Beatrice Booraem Stevens, he was born March 25, 1929, in Brooklyn. He was the widower of Doris M. Kunze Stevens who died August 31, 2004.
Mr. Stevens was a graduate of Poly Prep School in Brooklyn and New York University. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
He is survived by a nephew, Christian Kunze of Hastings-on-Hudson, and a niece, Victoria Ross of Westport, Conn.
Cremation was made at the Maple Hill Crematory in Archbald, Pa.
Funeral arrangements were made by the Rasmussen Funeral Home in Narrowsburg.