Kalman John Banyak Jr.
August 14, 1952-June 15, 2014
Kalman John Banyak Jr. (Kal), 61 of Denver, Col. formerly, of New York and Las Vegas, entered into rest on June 15.
The son of the late Magyar Violinist, Kalman John Banyak Sr. and Sarolta Didi, Kalman was born in Budapest, Hungary on August 14, 1952. At the age of 5, he and his family escaped the Soviets and fled to the United States.
As a young boy in Manhattan, Kalman learned the language and helped support his parents and siblings. He loved playing his guitar and violin, while singing with his distinctive bass voice. Music was in his gypsy blood. He excelled at mathematics and music. At age 18, Kalman married an Irish girl from the neighborhood and daughter Patricia Jeanne (PJ) Banyak was born in 1970. Unfortunately, a few years later, father and daughter were separated due to the divorce. For the next three decades, Kalman vanished.
For years, PJ searched the Internet for information about her father. She had no pictures or memories of what he looked like. She finally found him at the Denver North Care Facility in Colorado.
Father and daughter were reunited after 34 years. They spent the next eight years bonding, visiting, and making up for the time they had lost. She still wonders what happened to him during the thirty plus years he was missing? If anyone has any information of his whereabouts between 1972-2000, please contact pbuononato@gmail.com.
Kalman leaves behind his daughter Patricia (PJ) Buononato, son-in-law Michael and granddaughters Ryley and Shea of New Windsor.
A memorial service was held at the Denver North Care Center, Colorado. A private family service will be held in New York. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations in memory of Kalman, to the Denver North Care Facility 2201 Downing St, Denver, CO 80205.
Mary Betty Soukup
May 8, 1925-June 22, 2014
Mary Betty Soukup, of Longs, S.C. entered into eternal rest on June 22 at Longs S.C. She was 89 years old.
The daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Speeder, Betty was born on May 8, 1925 in Cornwall.
She graduated from Willow Avenue School in 1944, and was a telephone operator for Cornwall-on-Hudson. She was one of the original dispatchers for the Town of Cornwall Police Department.
Mary “Betty Soukup is survived by her children Sharyn F. Van Duser, Thomas Soukup and his wife Lucinda Raynor-Soukup and Kathleen Reilly and husband John. Also surviving are grandchildren Richard Tuttle, Amanda, Kayla and Cara Reilly, Cathy Newcomer, David Van Duser, Thomas and Jason Soukup, La-toya, Lamont and Jamel Raynor, and great grandchildren Brandon Harrison, Isabel and Mia Tuttle, Russell Leo Priest, Mikayla, Isabella, Destiny Raynor.
Her family received visitors on June 29 at Quigley Brothers Funeral Home in Cornwall-on-Hudson. A Funeral Service was held at the funeral home on June 30, and was followed by burial in St. Thomas Cemetery in Cornwall.
Terri Staab
Terri Staab, a Cornwall-on-Hudson resident from 1972-2005 was joyfully received into the arms of the Heavenly Father on April 14. A memorial service will be held for her at Leptondale Bible Church, 1771 Route 300 in Newburgh, on Saturday, July 5 at 2 p.m.