CONDOLENCE: LOUIS D. MURASSO, SR.

DUTCHESS COUNTY LEGISLATURE Condolence: Louis D. Murasso, Sr. Resolution No. 2025174 The Dutchess County Legislature offers the following and moves its adoption: WHEREAS, on August 2, 2025, the Dutchess County Legislature learned with great sadness and regret of the recent death of Louis D. Murasso, Sr. at the age of 93, and WHEREAS, Louis was born on May 19, 1932, in Poughkeepsie, New York, the son of the late Frank Murasso and Emma Manfredi Murasso, and attended Mount Carmel Grade School and Poughkeepsie High School, and WHEREAS, Louis began his career at the former Western Printing and established Murasso Signs, a business that lasted 66 years, and WHEREAS, Louis worked for the Town of Poughkeepsie Water Department and then later joined the Dutchess County Sheriff's Department, where he was still active at the age of 93, and WHEREAS, Louis was involved in his community, representing the Fourth Ward of the Town of Poughkeepsie as Councilman. He was active in the local auto racing community, being inducted into the Hudson Valley Historic Racing Hall of Fame, and he also was a popular radio personality, "Lenny Gordon", broadcasting from WHVW in Hyde Park, and WHEREAS, Louis was a devout catholic and a member of St. Peter's Parish in Hyde Park, regularly attending services at Our Lady of the Rosary Chapel, and WHEREAS, in 1948, Louis met his future wife, Kathleen Dembicki, which was the beginning of a 73-year love story that led to marriage in 1951, and WHEREAS, Louis is survived by his daughters Rosa Lee Murasso, Jo Ann Stevens, and Kimberly Coe, his sons Louis D. Murasso, Jr., Frank Murasso, and Christopher Murasso, his eleven grandchildren Jackson, Daniel, Timothy, onathan, Jeremy, Sophia, Amanda, Brianna, Liam, Jonah, and Chloe, his five great-grandchildren Paris, William, Amar: uniper, and Harris, and numerous nieces and nephews, and WHEREAS, in addition to his wife and parents, Louis was predeceased by his brother John Murasso and his sister Anita Sutton, and WHEREAS, Louis' passing will be mourned by his family, friends, and colleagues throughout Dutchess County, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Dutchess County Legislature, on behalf of all the people of Dutchess County, does hereby extend its deepest sympathy and sincere condolences to the family and friends of the late Louis D. Murasso, Sr., and be it RESOLVED, that the meeting of the Dutchess County Legislature be adjourned in memory of the late Louis D. Murasso, Sr. STATEOF NEW YORK COUNTY OF DUTCHESS ss: of said dick, art it inces opt hy sand regaiu Clot of he cryone co the is, and house a have tip aed the for gain pt luren vig the erinal resolor ev on tien the office