Jay Gillespie passed away at home on Friday, August 25, 2023. He was 55.
The son of Russell and Gail Gillespie, he was born on April 1, 1968 in Middletown. Jay was a corrrections officer at the Otisville Correctional Facility and a member of the Masonic Lodge #627.
Along with his parents, Russell and Gail Gillespie of Montgomery, he is survived by his wife, Russhell McNear Gillespie at home; sons Jacob and Matthew Gillespie at home; brother Jerry Gillespie and his wife, Rachel, of Hoboken, NJ, and Mark Gillespie and his wife, Michelle, of Montgomery; Mother-in-Law Angela Teschendorf of Florida; aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Cremation was in the Cedar Hill Crematory, Newburgh, NY. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Orange & Sullivan Counties, 800 Stony Brook Court, Newburgh, NY 12550.
Funeral arrangements are by the Gridley-Horan Funeral Home, Inc., Walden.