Rosemary A. Skerry

Tuxedo - Rosemary A. Skerry, a lifelong area resident, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, October 21, 2007 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern. She was 52. The daughter of the late Hugh Skerry and Ann Belush Skerry, she was born in Tuxedo on April 26, 1955. Rosemary was a L.P. Nurse at Cupola at Ridgewood in Ridgewood, N.J. She was a graduate of Tuxedo High School and BOCES School of Practical Nursing. She also attended Orange County Community College. Survivors include her brothers, William H., Thomas and Douglas Skerry, all of Tuxedo; sisters, Ann Marie Voss of Sloatsburg, Phyllis Skerry of Sloatsburg, and Bernadette Cavanaugh of Waldwick, N.J.; nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Friday, October 26 from 7-9 p.m. at Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 117 Maple Avenue, Monroe. A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, October 27 at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Route 17, Tuxedo, with the Rev. Msgr. John F.X. Smith officiating. Interment will follow in St. Anthony's Cemetery in Nanuet. Memorial contributions may be made to your local humane society. Funeral arrangements were made by Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Homes, Monroe. www.ssqfuneralhome.com