Obituaries

ORLANDO, Fla. — Charles Amos St.Onge, 85, died April 26, 2011, at Florida East Hospital following a sudden illness. He was the husband of Carol (Tesner) St.Onge.

Mr. St.Onge was born in Torrington on Dec. 16, 1925, the twin son of the late Helen (Donahue) and Walter J. St.Onge, formerly of Torrington.

Charles attended the original one-room Torringford School with five classes, St. Francis School and Torrington High School, which he left before graduation in 1943 after enlistment in the U.S. Navy Air Corps cadet training program.

MILLERTON — Ruth E. Morrison, 92, a lifelong resident of Millerton, died May 26, 2011, at Sharon Health Care Center.

She was born Jan. 16, 1919, in Millerton, the daughter of the late Serena (Husted) and Martin V. Conklin.

Mrs. Morrison was a graduate of Millerton High School and the Oneonta Normal School in Oneonta, N.Y., which later became the State University of New York at Oneonta.

Ancramdale — Jordan V. Katz, 85, passed away on May 22, 2011, at Noble Horizons in Salisbury.

He was born Nov. 9, 1925, in New Rochelle, N.Y., the son of the late Martha (Meltzer) and Herman Katz.

He was a member of the Ancram Zoning Board of Appeals. Mr. Katz was owner and operator of the Shoe String Farm in Ancramdale.

He married Alice Gordon on Aug. 29, 1948, in White Plains, N.Y. She survives him at home.

In addition to his loving wife, he is survived by two sons, Jeffrey Katz and his wife, Kyle, of Colorado, and Andrew Katz of Florida.

CORNWALL — Robert Jonathan Beecher, 59, of Cornwall Village passed away on May 25, 2011, at New Milford Hospital. The cause was cancer.

He graduated from Housatonic Valley Regional High School in 1969. In 1971 he ran the Popple Swamp Trading Co. in West Cornwall with his brother, Dana. After the store closed, Rob moved to New York City to pursue a career in photography. For the next 20 years he owned or managed a series of commercial photography studios.