POUGHKEEPSIE
- Richard J. Peluso, 62 of
Poughkeepsie, passed away on
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at VA
Medical Center at Castle Point. Born
in Rome, NY on April 16, 1952, he was
the son of the late Joseph and Anna
Giambona Peluso. Richard served his
country with the US Army from 1972-
1974. Mr. Peluso most recently has
been employed by CVS as a supervisor
and previously was a sale
representative for Saturn of
Poughkeepsie.
On September 27, 1986 in Poughkeepsie,
Richard married Patricia Hoffmann.
Mrs. Peluso survives at home. He was a
member of Knights of Columbus, St.
Stanislaus Council and Pleasant Valley
American Legion.
In addition to his wife Patricia, he
is survived by his daughter, Amelia
Blevins and her husband Scott of
Nashville, TN; his step-daughters,
Cheryl Hacker and her husband Mike of
Rexford, NY and Renee Long and her
husband Jeffrey of Watertown, NY; 5
grandchildren, Jourdan, Nicholas,
Christopher, Ryan and Alex; and his
brother, Thomas Peluso of Barrington,
NJ.
Visitation will be Sunday, February 22
from 4-7 pm at Allen Funeral Home,
1605 Main St., Pleasant Valley. A Mass
of Christian Burial will be offered on
Monday, February 23 at 10 am from St.
Stanislaus Church, Main St., Pleasant
Valley. Interment will follow in
Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National
Cemetery, Schuylerville, NY. Memorial
donations may be made in Richard's
memory to American Cancer Society or
Knights of Columbus St. Stanislaus
Council. For directions and
condolences, please visit
www.HudsonValleyFuneralHomes.com
Rich
and I were buddies in the summer of
1966. We hung out at his parent’s home
near Calvin Domenico’s store and
listened to new music. He was quite
ahead of his time. The Who’s "My
Generation” was one of the monumental
albums he turned me onto. It was truly
revolutionary. I remember thinking that
our generation was special, while
playing dual air guitars with Rich. I
lost track of him after that, until the
RCR formed, but he’s in the highlight
films of my youth. He reached out to me
last year (2014), when he found out
about his cancer, and asked me tell you
all. Hopefully some of you contacted him
and cheered him up. It’s tragic that a
person this day and age should die so
young. Thank you, Rich Peluso, for
opening my eyes to good music, and for
being a good guy. Rest in peace,
my friend.
Philip Domenico
On Saturday morning, August 7,
2010, very early, I shared an unexpected
and heartfelt moment in time with Rich
Peluso as we paid homage to our close
friend Jimmy Peterson. Rich and I
were both in town for the 40th RFA class
reunion. I first
picked Rich up at the Quality Inn and
before getting in my car, he grabbed a
portable CD player out of his vehicle
along with 8 batteries necessary to use
it without an outlet. He had a CD
with him and when we got to the
cemetery, we walked around looking for
Jimmy’s stone which we found in just a
few short minutes. Without
hesitation, Rich placed the CD in the
deck and we stood, stared, and
listened. In seconds, I had a lump
in my throat. Not a word was
uttered as we listened. What a beautiful
song, "My Old Friend". . .and so
appropriate. When the song was
finished, we both had trouble talking as
I know we were both on the verge of just
breaking down, but fighting it as we
guys often do. Thank you Rich….
I’ll never forget that morning with you.
Dennis Parrish
I
was so saddened to learn of Rick's
passing. We "dated" a while in
9th grade and went to the prom
together. His mother is in one
of our pictures. She was a
wonderful lady & became friends
with my mom. RIP Rick
Pat Covelesky
Below are
three pictures from the 9th grade prom
Rick Peluso and Pat Covelesky
Pat
Covelesky, Rick Peluso, and Rick's Mom
Pat
Covelesky and Rick Peluso
May 16 2015
Thank you for sending me the beautiful
memorial page. It was extremely
moving.
I know that the memorial
would have meant the world to
Rich. He had such a good time at
the last reunion and was hoping to
come to the next one.
Who would have known then what was to
come? Treasure every day so you
have no regrets.
