Ethel Mae Ryan

Ethel Mae Ryan obituary, Kingston, NY

Ethel Mae Ryan

Ethel Ryan Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Joseph V. Leahy Funeral Home, Inc. - Kingston on Jun. 12, 2025.

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Friends will be received at the funeral home on Monday June 16th from 4-6 PM.
A funeral service will be held Tuesday 10:30 AM at the funeral home.
Burial will follow in Montrepose Cemetery.
Ethel Mae Ryan, formerly of Hasbrouck Avenue Kingston, NY died Thursday June 11, 2025 at Golden Hill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. She was born June 5, 1935 in Kingston, a daughter of the late Raymond C. and Ethel (Vedder) Lowe.
Ethel worked for many years at the former FX Systems in Saugerties. She enjoyed gardening and playing bingo.
Surviving are her children Mildred Witkowski and her husband Walt, John Ryan, Tom Ryan and his wife Patty, Patrick Ryan and his mate Rose, Cathy Lewis and her husband Wendell, Donna Kilfoyle-Nacmanie and her husband Andre, Steven Ryan and his wife Lisa, Peter Ryan and his wife Karen, and Anthony Ryan. Many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband Robert Ryan, Sr. her children Ethel Lewis, Raymond Ryan and Robert Ryan, Jr., and siblings John "Jack" Lowe, Ruth Rita Weygant, Anna May Ferguson, Marion Weygant, and Shirley Graff.
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