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February 15, 2008

Vera Bernhardt Reilly
Retired Assistant V.P., 92

Vera Bernhardt Reilly of Jeffersonville, a retired assistant Vice President at The First National Bank of Jeffersonville, died Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at Roscoe Community Nursing Home in Roscoe. She was 92.
The daughter of Chester and Ella McKay, she was born on February 13, 1915 in Stevensville.
She was married to the late Adam Bernhardt and the late Thomas Reilly.
Vera began working as a teller at the First National Bank of Jeffersonville and worked there for 42 years retiring as assistant Vice President. She was a charter member of the Jeffersonville Ambulance Corps, a member of H. Russell Kenyon Post #5808 Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxillary.
Survivors include many nieces and nephews.
Vera was predeceased by three sisters, Laura Stephenson, Nell Geib and Elizabeth Twining and also by two brothers, Chester and Leonard McKay.
There are no calling hours.
Interment will be held at the Kenoza Lake Cemetery in the Spring.
Memorial contributions may be made to Jeffersonville First Aid Squad, Jeffersonville, NY 12748.

Glenna Poley Stieglitz
Teacher, 60

Glenna Poley Stieglitz of South Fallsburg, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at the Kaplan Family Hospice Residence in Newburgh. She was 60.
The daughter of the late Richard and Ella Poley of Liberty, she was born September 15, 1947.
Glenna was a graduate of Liberty High School and the State University of New York at Albany. She also received a Master's degree from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Glenna was an elementary and reading teacher in the Liberty school district, and prior to that, she taught at Benjamin Cosor Elementary School and Fallsburg Central High School.
She is survived by her husband, Richard; a daughter and son-in-law, Jack and Mellen Genatt of Melville and their two children, Dylan and Justin; a son, Richard Jr. of New York City; three sisters, Lynne Austin, Laurie Arliss, and Georgia Buckles, and their families; numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews. Besides her immediate and extended family, Glenna also leaves behind hundreds of adoring students, beloved friends and colleagues, and her precious race horses. Burial will be private and at the convenience of the family.
In lieu of flowers and food, donations may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.
Funeral arrangements by Joseph N. Garlick Funeral Home, Inc., Monticello.

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