Christine O’Brien Obituary, Death – A sudden death occurred at Saratoga Hospital on Saturday, March 30, 2024, affecting Christine A. O’Brien, who was sixty years old and lived on Barney Road. Her parents, Donald and Jeannette (DeFranco) O’Brien, both passed away before she was born on February 1, 1964 in the Bronx. She was their daughter. After completing her high school education at John F. Kennedy High School in The Bronx, Christine went on to earn an Associate of Arts degree in Business from Stanton College in Mount Vernon at the same time.
For a number of years, she worked in the Marketing department of Rubin H. Donnolly. After that, she had her own craft business, which she called Le’Nest, for a few years. Her most recent accomplishment was working for Weichert Realtors to sell real estate in Riverdale. “Appleseed,” “Normie,” “Cloe,” “Bo,” “Munchkin,” “Biscuit,” “Abby,” “Gemma,” and “Lulu” were the names of Christine’s dogs and cats, and she would do anything for them. Christine was an animal rights activist.
In addition, she had a passion for animals, crafts, spending time by the pond, assisting others, and spending as much time as she could with Paul, the man she loved the most in the world. Her loving lover, Paul Rudin, of Middle Grove, is one of the survivors. Other survivors include two brothers, Geoffrey O’Brien of Middle Grove and Peter O’Brien of Colorado; and two cousins, Lisa Guzzo of New Jersey and Jacqueline DiBartolo of New Jersey.
As per Christine’s desire, the arrangements will be kept confidential and will be tailored to the family’s schedule. It has been decided that a memorial service will be held at a later time. They would like to express their gratitude to the nurses and staff at the intensive care unit at Saratoga Hospital, particularly to Dr. Smith and Dr. Vaghelsa for the compassionate and kind care that they provided to Christine during her illness.
Additionally, they would like to express their gratitude to Dina and Dennis Iverson for the love and support that they provided to Christine and Paul during her illness. As an alternative to sending flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made in Christine’s name to the local animal shelter as well as any animal rescue organization of personal preference.
