Obituary for Wayne D. Falkenberry
Wayne D. Falkenberry
Middletown, NY
Wayne D. Falkenberry, a longtime area resident, died Monday June 11, 2007 at Orange Regional Medical Center, Horton campus. He was 67 years old.
The son of the late Walter and Mary Lyons Falkenberry he was born on June 2, 1940 in the Bronx. He was a 1958 graduate of St. Patrick’s High School in Newburgh and a 1962 graduate of Providence College. Wayne and Ann Gallagher were married on July 15, 1967 in Vestal, NY.
He was a social worker for 20 years, the latter five as Director of Human Services for Orange County Department of Social Services. Wayne spent the next twenty years as Director of Governmental Relations for various brain injury rehabilitation companies, including Sun Healthcare of Albequerque, NM.
Wayne dedicated his life to his family, friends, and anyone needing a helping hand, and will be remembered for his unselfish desire to put others before himself.
He is survived by his loving wife of 39 years, Ann at home; his children, Eric Falkenberry and his wife, Allison of Pelham, NY and Sara Ridder and her husband, Eric of Bedminster, NJ; his grandson, Eric Ridder IV; his sisters, Denise Flora and her husband, Joseph of Columbia, SC and Diane Wynne of Brick, NJ as well as several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held 9-10:30am on Friday June 15 at Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home, Inc., 130 Highland Avenue, Middletown. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11am on Friday in Our Lady Mt. Carmel Church, 90 Euclid Avenue, Middletown. Burial will follow in the family plot in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Middletown.
Memorial contributions in Wayne’s name may be made to either The Town of Wallkill Volunteer Ambulance Corps., 600 Rt. 211, Middletown, NY 10941 or The National Ataxia Foundation, 2600 Fernbrook Lane North, Suite 119, Minneapolis, MN 55447-4752.
Arrangements are under the direction of Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home, Inc. www.applebee-mcphillips.com
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Middletown, NY
Wayne D. Falkenberry, a longtime area resident, died Monday June 11, 2007 at Orange Regional Medical Center, Horton campus. He was 67 years old.
The son of the late Walter and Mary Lyons Falkenberry he was born on June 2, 1940 in the Bronx. He was a 1958 graduate of St. Patrick’s High School in Newburgh and a 1962 graduate of Providence College. Wayne and Ann Gallagher were married on July 15, 1967 in Vestal, NY.
He was a social worker for 20 years, the latter five as Director of Human Services for Orange County Department of Social Services. Wayne spent the next twenty years as Director of Governmental Relations for various brain injury rehabilitation companies, including Sun Healthcare of Albequerque, NM.
Wayne dedicated his life to his family, friends, and anyone needing a helping hand, and will be remembered for his unselfish desire to put others before himself.
He is survived by his loving wife of 39 years, Ann at home; his children, Eric Falkenberry and his wife, Allison of Pelham, NY and Sara Ridder and her husband, Eric of Bedminster, NJ; his grandson, Eric Ridder IV; his sisters, Denise Flora and her husband, Joseph of Columbia, SC and Diane Wynne of Brick, NJ as well as several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held 9-10:30am on Friday June 15 at Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home, Inc., 130 Highland Avenue, Middletown. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11am on Friday in Our Lady Mt. Carmel Church, 90 Euclid Avenue, Middletown. Burial will follow in the family plot in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Middletown.
Memorial contributions in Wayne’s name may be made to either The Town of Wallkill Volunteer Ambulance Corps., 600 Rt. 211, Middletown, NY 10941 or The National Ataxia Foundation, 2600 Fernbrook Lane North, Suite 119, Minneapolis, MN 55447-4752.
Arrangements are under the direction of Applebee-McPhillips Funeral Home, Inc. www.applebee-mcphillips.com
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