Vera Mae Edsall

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Vera Mae Edsall of New Paltz, a longtime resident of the area passed away Thursday, March 14, 2019, in Poughkeepsie. She was 92.

The daughter of the late Alfred and Belle Angell Johnson, she was born January 28, 1927 in Big Lake, Minnesota.

Vera was a member of the Wallkill Reformed Church and the Historical Society of Shawangunk & Gardiner.

She was the widow of Edward Edsall.

Survivors include her daughters Susan Nadler of Schenectady, Linda Olivo & husband Robert of Florida, Janice Mironchuk & husband Andrew of Albany and Cynthia Difford & Barry Petrillo of New Paltz; nine grandchildren Scott (Diane) Livingston, Danny (Emily) Nadler, Diedre, (Jeff) Corso, Stephanie (Mike) Skerritt, Dr. Robert Olivo, Ivan (Sarah) Mironchuk, Rena Mironchuk, Natalie, Difford & Riley (Natasha) Difford; 11 great-grandchildren Dylan, Derek, Sydney (Livingston), Andrew, Joseph (Corso), Katie,Maddy (Skerritt), Ephraim, Eliza (Mironchuk), Henry, Benjamin (Nadler).

Along with Edward and her parents, she was predeceased by brothers George and Stewart Johnson, sisters Lorraine Storck and Evelyn Erickson; sister-in-law Margaret Poole and son-in-law Barry Nadler.

A funeral service will take place Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 12:00 P.M. at the Wallkill Funeral Home, 12 Bona Ventura Ave., Wallkill. Burial will be in Bruynswick Rural Cemetery in Wallkill, NY.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to the Wallkill Reformed Church, P.O. Box 54, Wallkill, NY 12589, or the Historical Society of Shawangunk & Gardiner, P.O. Box 570, Wallkill, NY 12589

Arrangements were made by Millspaugh Funeral Directors.