Rolf K. Torgersen, 83, died on April 13, 2001. A WWII US Army veteran, he was an active parishioner at St. Luke's Lutheran Church and a member of the Sons of Norway, Garborg Lodge. Husband of 52 years of Edith. Father of Bruce and the late Gary. Grandfather of Heather Schiera, Katja, Ian and Jesse Torgersen. Arrangements were made by the Arthur F. White Funeral Home. Service at St. Luke's Lutheran Church. Interment Pinelawn Memorial Park. Peggy Sisti, of North Massapequa, died on April 14, 2001. Wife of Bill. Mother of Bill, Steven and Margaret Barrett. Grandmother of six. Great-grandmother of four. Arrangements were made by the Arthur F. White Funeral Home. Funeral Mass at St. Kilian RC Church. Interment Pinelawn Memorial Park. Alfred Benz, 83, died on April 17, 2001. He was a former usher at St. Kilian RC Church and a member of the Farmingdale Fire Dept. Husband of 59 years of Lucy (nee D'Allesandro). Father of Ronald, Robert and Gary. Grandfather of Christopher, Allison, Laura and Danielle. Arrangements were made by the Arthur F. White Funeral Home. Funeral Mass at St. Kilian RC Church. Interment St. Charles Cemetery. Ann Schrader, 86, died on April 21, 2001. Wife of the late John. Mother of Jacqueline Yelin, Anne Dubicki, John and Harry Schrader. Grandmother of eight. Great-grandmother of two. Arrangements were made by the Arthur F. White Funeral Home. Funeral Mass at St. Martin of Tours RC Church. Interment Mount St. Mary's Cemetery. William (Bill) J. Purcell, retired Farmingdale Postmaster, died unexpectedly on April 23, 2001. Bill was a WWII Army veteran who remained in the reserves for 20 years. After 37 years of service, he retired in 1978 as postmaster from the US Postal Service. He was a member of VFW Post #516 and served as an usher for 46 years, was a member of the Holy Name Society, Nocturnal Adoration Society, Friday Night Bingo and on the Building and Grounds Committee for the Church Restoration. Husband and best friend of Laurette (nee Taylor). Father of JoAnn, Jerry, Tim, Peg, Kevin, Doug and Julie. Father-in-law of Paco, Patty, Terri, Doris and Louis. Grandfather of 10. Brother of Eileen Fanning and Rita Goshefski. Also survived by in-laws, nieces and nephews. Arrangements were made by the Arthur F. White Funeral Home. Funeral Mass at St. Kilian RC Church. Interment LI National Cemetery. James J. McKenna, formerly of Farmingdale, passed away peacefully in his 92nd year on April 27, 2001. Husband of Dorothy H. McKenna and the late Henrietta. He was former Village Clerk of Farmingdale and a longtime member of the Farmingdale Fire Dept. Arrangements were made by the St. James Funeral Home. Funeral Mass at Sts. Philip and James RC Church. Interment Trinity Cemetery.

Paul Phelan, 76, a resident of Farmingdale and formerly of Pleasantville, NY, passed away on April 28, 2001, at the Bronx Kingsbridge VA Hospital after a long illness due to blood and bone infections. He was a WWII paraplegic Army veteran of the Rhineland and Ardennes Campaigns during the war in Europe and was awarded the Purple Heart Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, European Mid-East Ribbon with two battle stars, American Theater Ribbon and WWII Victory Medal. He was severely injured by German machine gun fire in his shoulder, chest, thighs and legs during the Battle of the Bulge and lay in snow for 48 hours before being rescued. Mr. Phelan was a graduate of Iona College in New Rochelle.

He is survived by Donald and Lillian Phelan of Toms River, NJ; Eileen Sobka of Resida, CA; Gertrude Phelan of Thornwood, NY; and 18 nieces and nephews. Arrangements were made by the Beecher Funeral Home, Pleasantville. Mass of Christian Burial at Holy Innocents Church. Burial All Soul's Cemetery, Pleasantville.