Virginia H. Dahlem

Virginia H. Dahlem, passed into the hands of our Lord on Thursday, January 29, 2009 at Northern Dutchess Hospital after a short illness. She was 81. She was born in the Bronx on May 19, 1927, a daughter of the late Edward and Anna Poole Hurley. Virginia was a 1947 graduate of St. Vincent's Hospital, School of Nursing in Manhattan. She belonged to the St. Vincent's Alumni Association. She moved to Rhinebeck in 1959 and then over to Ulster County in 1982. For 13 years she worked at Benedictine Hospital as an operating room nurse. She retired in 1993. She moved to Wells Manor, Rhinebeck in 2008. A former parishioner of St. Catherine Laboure Church, Lake Katrine, she was a member of the Apostolate for Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration, Divine Mercy Chapel, Kingston. One sister Viola Holley died in 1998. Surviving are her five sons Thomas P. Dahlem and his wife Diana of South Lyon, MI, Michael P. Dahlem and his wife Lauri of Windsor, CT, Stephen P. Dahlem and his wife Kathleen of South Glastonbury, CT, Joseph G. Dahlem and his wife Marlene of Rhinebeck, and John N. Dahlem and his wife Helen of Charlotte, NC; ten grandchildren Rebekah Craft, Ruth, Rachel, Alexis, Michelle, Alexander, Branden, Taylor, Matthew and Jill Dahlem; two nieces, who she loved as daughters, Claire Markarian of Needham, MA and Lorraine Delgado of Hyde Park; and a former colleague, devoted friend of 60 years and kindred spirit, Sister Rose Marie Mullen of Poughkeepsie. Virginia's family would like to thank the nurses and medical staff of Northern Dutchess Hospital for the excellent and compassionate care she received during her illness. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday at 12:00 p.m. at St. Paul's Mission Church, Mulford Ave., Statsburg. Rev. Michael L. Palazzo will celebrate. Memorial contributions may be made to "Divine Mercy Chapel", 467 Delaware Ave., Kingston, NY 12401.