Margrit I. Amato

1935 - 2020

TILLSON-Margrit I. Amato, 84, of Tillson, N.Y. passed away on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y. Margrit was born July 29, 1935 in Hamburg, Germany a daughter of the late Albert and Margarete Kohnke Huebner. She immigrated to the United States in 1951. She married her husband Joseph Amato in 1957 and lived in the Kingston/Tillson area for many years. Her husband Joseph died February 15, 2001. Margrit enjoyed working and keeping busy right up to her retirement age of 79. She enjoyed reading, gardening, travelling, watching Jeopardy and spending time with the Rosendale Senior Citizens. Margrit was a longtime member of the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Kingston. Margrit was the loving mother of Joy Beyer and her husband Ira of New Jersey and Thomas Amato and his wife Monika of Massachusetts. Also survived by four grandchildren, Mandy, Danielle, Brandon and Micaela as well as her great-grandchildren Hailey and Jacey. There are no calling hours or services at the funeral home. A private graveside service will be held at the Rosendale Plains Cemetery. George J. Moylan Funeral Home assisted the family with funeral arrangements. The family suggests memorial donations to the American Cancer Society www.cancer.org/involved/donate or to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.www.cff.org (www.GJMoylanFuneralHome.com) http://www.lastingmemories.com/margrit-i-amato-1