Giuseppi Dilena "Joseph" died at the age of 51 on Feb. 1, 2007. Son of Joyce Simonet and nephew of Marcel and Krista Simonet and George Barenfeld. Brother of Lisa Konoski and Terri Devlin. Cousin of Denise Battaglia, Matthew Barenfeld, Danielle Boukedes and Jennifer Maund. Uncle to Conor Devlin and Danielle Dilena. Brother-in-law of Linda Dilena and best buddy of Tommy Williamson. Predeceased by his wife, Laura. Arrangements were made by Arthur F. White Funeral Home. A service was held Feb. 7 at the funeral home with interment following at the Holy Rood Cemetery, Westbury. Roslyn Muckle, of Myrtle Beach, FL, formerly of Maspeth, died on Feb. 2, 2007. Wife of Fred. Mother of Sharon, Wayne and Russell. Mother-in-law of Joanne and Gina. Grandmother of Nicole, Jessica, Melissa, Michelle, Kristina, Taylor and Ryan. Arrangements were made by Arthur F. White Funeral Home. A funeral service was held Feb. 8 at the funeral home. Cremation was private. Rosemary McComb, of Farmingdale, died on February 10, 2007. Wife of the late Edward. Mother and mother-in-law of Rosemary and Frederico Amorini. Grandmother of Joseph and Lauren. Arrangements were made by Arthur F. White Funeral Home, Inc. Funeral Mass was held February 15 at St. Kilian RC Church with interment following at Long Island National Cemetery, Pinelawn. Anthony F. Campagne, a longtime resident of Bethpage, died on February 13, 2007, with his family at his side. Husband of Ida. Father and father-in-law of Linda and Rick Herbek and Barbara and John Farchione. Brother of John Campagne and Madeline Sturiale. Grandfather of Eric, Greg, Chris, Justin and John Phillip. Great-grandfather of Savannah, Isabella and Noah. Arrangements were made by Arthur F. White Funeral Home, Inc. Funeral Mass was held February 17 at St. Martin of Tours RC Church, with interment following at St. Charles Cemetery. Rosalie DeSimone died on February 15, 2007. Wife of the late Nicholas. Mother of Denise Rulli, Dayle Willett and Nicholas DeSimone. Sister of Susan Pesce and Frank DiPasquale. Grandmother of four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Arrangements were made by Arthur F. White Funeral Home, Inc. Funeral Mass was held February 19 at St. Martin of Tours RC Church with interment following at Calverton National Cemetery. Robert K. Houlihan, of Farmingdale, died unexpectedly at the age of 52 on January 30, 2007. Predeceased by his parents, Robert C. and Elizabeth. Arrangements were made by Arthur F. White Funeral Home, Inc. Funeral Mass was held February 23 at St. Kilian RC Church with interment following at St. John's Cemetery, Middle Village. Edward P. Kubik, age 87, of Hicksville, died on February 22, 2007. Husband of Carol (nee Voss). Father of Valerie (James Costello), Karolina (Albert Prete) and Donna (John Evans). Grandfather of 10. Brother of Theresa Levitsky and Raymond Kubik. Arrangements were made by Arthur F. White Funeral Home, Inc. Funeral Mass was held at the Cathedral Church of the Intercessor, Malverne, with interment following at Calverton National Cemetery.

Charles R. Thomas died from natural causes on February 18, 2007 at North Shore University Hospital Plainview.

Charles, who was known as "Boz" (a pen name of Charles Dickens, favorite author of Beatrix Maude Rafter Thomas, Charles' mother) to his family and "Buzz" to his friends, hails from Port Washington where he was raised at 10 Bernard Street, a house built by his grandmother Lily Pratt Deurden Thomas when she relocated from Pleasantville, NY, to Port Washington after the death of her husband, Charles G.W. Thomas, in 1908. His father, Richard, died in 1928. Richard and Beatrix met "across the back fence" as the Rafters lived on Vandeventer Avenue at the time. Buzz graduated from Port Washington Schools in 1939 and immediately began a career with Grumman Aircraft, which prior to WW II was located in Manorhaven. Buzz honed his sailing and golfing skills as a youth at the Knickerbocker Yacht Club and the Plandome Golf Club. He remained an active golfer all his life but gave up sailing for powerboats after an accident with an errant Grumman seaplane in the 1940s. Buzz also remained with Grumman Aircraft for his entire career, involved in the design and manufacture of tools and dies for a number of Grumman planes and the Lunar Excursion Module in the 1960s. He developed an expertise in the use of then-radical plastics for dies. In 1942 he married Irma Gloria Suner, who died in August 2006.

Following in service in WWII, the Thomases settled in Farmingdale, where Irma and Buzz involved themselves in numerous volunteer activities for school, charities of many sorts, and especially at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church where he served on the Vestry a number of times and conducted numerous every-member canvasses. Buzz and Irma also enjoyed gardening and bridge, and after his retirement in 1985, traveling to various golf resorts often with the Grumman retirees club.

Buzz is survived by his sister, Frances Maude Carter of West Islip, a son Richard S. Thomas of New Canaan, CT, and grandson Christopher G. Thomas, PhD of Washington, DC.

Arrangements were made by the Arthur F. White Funeral Home, Farmingdale. Service at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church. Burial at Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY, was private.