Thomas F. Doran, 70, of Saugerties

Thomas F. Doran died Sunday, April 23, 2017, surrounded by his family at home. He was 70 years old.

Born Oct. 22, 1946, in Springfield, Mass., Tom was the son of Thomas Sr. and Margaret Bagg Doran. A career teacher, he earned his bachelor’s degree at St. Bonaventure University in Allegany, N.Y., and his master’s degree from Bank Street College of Education in New York, N.Y. He retired from Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York, N.Y., and taught previously at The Dalton School in New York, N.Y., Rippowam Cisqua School in Bedford, N.Y., and in Pensacola, Fla.

Survivors include Tom’s wife, Tress Palmer; their daughter, Sophie Palmer Doran; two sisters of Springfield, Mass., Margaret Doran and Eleanor Wyrostek and her husband Tom; his sister-inlaw, Nivine Doran, widow of his late brother Daniel; and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 29, 2017, at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church, Route 212, Woodstock, N.Y. The Rev. Matthew Wright, Priest of St. Gregory’s, will officiate. Cremation was private and under the direction of Buono Funeral Service Inc., in Saugerties. The family will receive friends at their home Friday afternoon from 3 until 6 p.m.

Please offer your condolences for Tom and his family online at www.BuonoFuneralService.com.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations in his memory be made to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, www.hudson.wish.org, 832 South Broadway, The Wish House, Tarrytown, N.Y. 10591, or Episcopal Charities, www.episcopalcharities-newyork.org, 107 Amsterdam Ave., New York, N.Y. 10025.