Walter L. Vaughan Jr. of Warwick passed away at Schervier Pavilion on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. He was 88 years old.
Born on May 18, 1932, in Queens, he was the son of Walter L. Vaughan Sr. and Frances (Harvey) Vaughan.
He was the widower of Jo Frances Vaughan.
Walter proudly served his country in the United States Army from 1952 to 1954.
Wally retired in 1978 from the New York Police Department where he was a patrolman for 20 years. He was also a retired NYC school bus driver.
He was active in the Warwick community as treasurer of the American Legion and as a member of the Warwick Valley Seniors. He was a parishioner at St. Stephen RC Church.
His memory will live on in those he left to mourn: his daughters: Nancy Buencamino and her companion Steve Gulino of Holbrook and Trish Smyth and her husband Desmond of Warwick; son Richard Vaughan and his wife Kathy of Medford; grandchildren: Kelli Brownstone and her husband Matt, Scott Vaughan, Steven Vaughan, Nicole Smyth and her companion Bret Sisak, Michael Buencamino, Kimberly Smyth, Emily Vaughan and Jamie Smyth; and great-grandchild Harper Sisak; brother Jerry Vaughan and his wife Vi; longtime companion Ella D’Amico and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation was held Nov. 29 at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland Avenue, Warwick.
A Funeral Mass was held Nov. 30 at St. Stephens RC Church, Warwick.
Burial followed in Orange County Veterans Cemetery in Road in Goshen.
Memorial donations may be sent to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, (fundraising.stjude.org) or Warwick Valley Humane Society, PO Box 61, Warwick, NY 10990.
Arrangements were made by Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home. To send an online condolence, visit www.lsvpmemorialhome.com.