Anthony J Yurchuk
January 26, 1950 - February 8, 2018

Anthony James Yurchuk, longtime resident of Highland, NY passed away suddenly on Thursday February 8th at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. He was 68 years old.
Tony was born on January 26, 1950 in Bronx NY. He was the son of the late Michael and Dorothy Yurchuk. He played 4 years varsity football, basketball and baseball and graduated from Wallkill High School in 1968. Tony worked for 40 years at IBM East Fishkill as a Systems Analyst retiring in 2007. On October 3, 1976, he married the former Christine Canino of Highland NY at The Hedges in West Park. They were happily married for 41 years. They loved traveling and spending time with family and friends.
Tony was the person who "Random acts of kindness" spurred from. He always went out of his way to be kind, make someone smile or help anyone in anyway he could. He was the ultimate "Nice Guy".
Tony adored his grandchildren and was always there to teach them, support them and tease them as he was famous for. He loved the NY Yankees from watching them as a kid on the E-train tracks to taking his family to games years later. He would give them the good seats and he would sit in the nosebleeds. Tony was famous for his appetite, his antipasto and his love of good food.
His favorite holiday (and movie) was Groundhog Day and he and Chris even travelled to Punxsutawney to see Phil.
There was nowhere Tony went that he could not find someone to talk to. He loved his monthly lunches with his Wallkill classmates. In his retired years he worked at Quality Dry Cleaners in Highland and enjoyed interacting with people there.
Tony is survived by his wife Christine, daughters Michele (Ed), Jennifer (Kyle) and Melissa (Roy), sister Kathy, brothers in law Michael (Nancy), Christopher (Patricia) and James (Colleen) Canino and grandchildren Jaylee, Piper, Laynee, Nylee, Michael, Allison, Elizabeth and Ainsley along with many nieces, nephews cousins and extended family and friends.
Tony was predeceased by his son Michael, son in law Tom, parents Michael and Dorothy, nephew Louis, brother Michael and sister in law Lisa Canino.
Family and friends may call at the Michael Torsone Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., 38 Main St, Highland, NY 12528 on Monday February 12th from 4-8pm. Funeral will be Tuesday February 13th 11am at St. Augustine's Church in Highland. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the "Find your Dream Michael Yurchuk Memorial Scholarship." This scholarship was started in his son Michaels memory in 2000. Donations can be mailed to Highland High school 320 Pancake Hollow Rd., Highland NY 12528 or brought to Bagels and Bites Rt 9w Highland. For directions, online condolences or to send the family a sympathy card, please visit our website at www.torsonememorial.com

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