Obituary of Dolores Cooley

Dolores Cooley Pine Bush, NY Dolores Cooley, a retired sales clerk for Pine Bush Pharmacy and a 32 year resident of the area passed away on Monday August 11, 2008 at Elant in Goshen. She was 70. The daughter of the late Rosario Lanoce and Margaret Myers Lanoce, she was born on August 5, 1938 in Manhattan. Dolores was a member of the Church of the Infant Saviour in Pine Bush, The Walker Valley and Pine Bush Seniors, The Pine Bush Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, and the Pine Bush Fire Department Benevolent Association. Survivors include her loving daughters: Gail Forkin and her husband Edward of Bronx, NY, Lori Benedict and her husband Bruce of Bronx, NY, Gloria Helms and her husband Gene of Pine Bush. 6 beloved grandchildren, Ann Marie, Eugene, Brian, Amanda, Justin, and Cody. 1 beloved great grandchild, Marley, beloved brother John Lanoce of NJ, beloved brother in law, Louis Caggiano of Pine Bush and sister in law Annette Lanoce of NJ. Dolores was predeceased by her husband Walter Cooley, her brother Roy Lanoce, her sister Ann Marie Caggiano, and her nephew Louis Caggiano Jr. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Thursday August 14, 2008 from 2-4 & 7-9 pm at the William M. Gagan Funeral Home Inc. 1525 Burlingham RD Pine Bush, NY. A funeral mass will be celebrated on Friday August 15, 2008 at the Church of the Infant Saviour at 10:00 am. Burial will take place in the family plot in New Prospect Cemetery. As per Dolores’s wishes please do not send flowers. Please make a donation to The Pine Bush Fire Dept. Benevolent Association, PO Box 1, Pine Bush, NY 12566 or to the Pine Bush Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary, PO Box 284,Pine Bush, NY 12566. Arrangements made by Richard A. Lalli, Director of the William M. Gagan Funeral Home Inc. www.wmgaganfuneralhome.com