Joan M. Carbone

November 28, 2015

Joan M. Carbone, currently of the Bronx, and former longtime resident of Verplanck, NY, died on Saturday, November 28th, 2015 at the age of 85. Joan was born on August 1, 1930 in New York, NY to Anna Kennedy and Alonzo Smith. Her family moved to Hawthorne, NY . Joan graduated from Our Lady of Good Counsel Academy and College in White Plains. She received her Master’s Degree in Education at the State University of NY at New Paltz. Joan loved teaching and taught 4th grade at the old Verplanck School. She also taught 2nd grade and her beloved Kindergarten classes at Frank G. Lindsey Elementary School in Montrose, NY. She married the late James T. Carbone of Verplanck, NY in 1961. She is survived by her daughter, Anne Marie Carbone Ross, sister Geraldine Sutherland, sister-in-laws Angela Pascale and Phyllis Carbone and numerous nieces and nephews. “Joan always had a smile and a compliment for everyone. She loved to laugh and believed that where there is life, there is hope.” A mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, December 2nd @ 10:00am followed by entombment at St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Verplanck, NY. Visiting at Dorsey-Carlone Funeral Home, 1100 Cortlandt St. Peekskill on Tuesday, 12/1 @ 2-4p and 7-9p. In lieu of flowers, donations in Joan’s memory may be made to the American Cancer Society or to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.