Obituaries
Holly Reed
Apr 25, 2012
Holly G. Reed West Lebanon Holly G. Reed, 56, of West Lebanon, previously of Littleton MA passed away on April 25, 2012 at her home. Born in Seattle, WA she was the daughter of the late William and Jean Reed Scheibe and the wife of Richard Koegler. Holly was Pastor at the Richmond Congregational Church in Richmond MA. Holly earned...
Barbara Brennan
Apr 24, 2012
Barbara E. Brennan East Greenbush Barbara E. Brennan of East Greenbush passed away suddenly April 24, 2012 at Teresian House. Born in Endicott NY she was the daughter of the late Frank and May (Klock) Darling. A Large part of Barbara's (Mom's) life was spent in the yellow house on Troy Road in East Greenbush in a whirlwind of constant...
George Clancy
Apr 21, 2012
George R. Clancy East Greenbush George R. Clancy, 80, of East Greenbush passed away April 21, 2012 after a long Illness. A United States Navy Veteran he is survived by his four daughters; Colleen Bautochka of Richmondville NY, Coby Scaccia of Nassau NY, Karen Vigliante of Albany NY and Debbie Brown of Nassau NY, sons; Christopher Clancy of Castleton NY,...
Elmer Clark
Mar 23, 2012
Elmer W. Clark Nassau Elmer W. Clark 89, of Nassau NY passed away peacefully at the St. Peter's Hospice Inn on Friday March 23, 2012. Born in Nassau, Elmer served his country in the United States Army in Germany during World War II. Mr. Clark was employed by the Fort Orange Paper Company for more than fifty years before retiring...
Martin Paige
Mar 19, 2012
Martin Paige Nassau Martin Paige, 73, passed away March 19, 2012 at Albany Memorial Hospital. Born in Albany he was the son of the late Edward and Laura (Glassman) Paige. Mr. Paige enlisted in the Army in 1961 and upon is discharge went on to work at the Watervliet Arsenal from which he retired in 1999. Marty was an extensive...
Willis Hook
Mar 18, 2012
Willis E. Hook Nassau Willis E. Hook, 87, of Nassau passed away March 18, 2012 at Barnwell Nursing Home. Born in Chelsea VT to Eugene and Emma (Bagley) Hook he was a graduate of Martin Van Buren. Willis joined the Navy on December 9, 1941 and served aboard the U.S.S. Canberra heavy cruiser. The Canberra was used as bait for...
Winifred Latham
Mar 17, 2012
Winifred (Jones) Latham Winifred M. Latham, 81, of Nassau was called home to her heavenly father on March 17, 2012 at Albany Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Born in East Schodack she was the daughter of the late James E. Jones and Mildred I. Gerlach. She was employed for several years at the Fort Orange Paper Company in...
Anne Afinowicz
Mar 12, 2012
Anne Baksi (Afinowicz) East Nassau Anne Baksi of East Nassau passed peacefully into eternal rest on March 12, 2012. She was born May 28, 1925 in Voycice Czechoslovakia to the late George and Elizabeth Tomchik and immigrated to America at age 2 entering thru Ellis Island. Anne spent her formative years in East Nassau and graduated from Averill Park High...
Richard Bedell
Feb 22, 2012
Castleton-Richard D. Bedell, 81, of Castleton died February 22, 2012 at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Born in Albany NY he was the son of the late Horace and Eleanor (Bell) Bedell. Mr. Bedell was an Army Veteran who served during the Korean War. He was a truck mechanic for H.L. Gage in Albany for 25 years prior to his retirement...
June Blair
Feb 20, 2012
Nassau-June F. Blair, 86, of Westbrook Drive in Nassau died Monday February 20, at Resurrection Nursing Home in Castleton. Born in Albany NY she was the daughter of the late Frank D. and Olive (Benoit) Farr and loving wife of the late Donald E. Blair. Mrs. Blair was a high school graduate and attended Mildred Elley. Though she did hold...
Richard Dailey
Feb 6, 2012
Richard J. Dailey Castleton Richard J. Dailey, 85, of Castleton passed away February 6, 2012 at the Hospice Inn at St. Peter's Hospital. Born in Hartford CT he was the son of the late James B. and Nellie (Grifin) Dailey. Richard was an Army Air Force veteran who served during WWII. He was widely known for running for County Legislator...
Cornelia Hahn
Feb 5, 2012
Cornelia (Connie) Hahn Nassau Cornelia (Connie) Hahn, 86, of Nassau passed away at her home on February 5, 2012. Born in Malden Bridge NY she was the daughter of the late Fred and Catherine (Nicholson) Stever. Raised in Malden Bridge she moved to the Nassau and Schodack area where she lived out her life. Connie was self employed as an...
Barbara Brown
Feb 1, 2012
Barbara Brown (Berrios) Brown (Berrios), Barbara of Castleton, passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 1, 2012, after a brief illness. Born in Albany, she was the daughter of the late Margaret Palmisano (Pelton), and the late Edward Brown. She retired from Blue Cross/Blue Shield, and was a volunteer at Simply Accounting & Bookkeeping Services, LLC. She was a Girl Scout Leader,...
Joyce Bingham
Jan 28, 2012
Joyce Ann Bingham Joyce Ann Bingham, 54, of East Chatham, NY, passed away on Saturday January 28th, 2012, at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, NY, after nearly a year-long, hard-fought battle with leukemia. Joyce was born March 19th, 1957, in Pittsfield, MA, to Frank and Harriet Lawton. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, crafts, camping, and spending time with her...
Betty Romey
Jan 19, 2012
Betty J. Romey Nassau Betty J. Romey, 66, of Nassau passed away January 19, 2012 at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. Born in Colorado she was the daughter of the late David and Edna (Krause) Mayfield. Betty was very religious and loved going to Church. She was a communicant of the Sacred Heart Parish in Castleton and was also an...
Joseph Sr
Jan 6, 2012
Joseph G. Kozloski Sr. Averill Park Joseph G. Kozloski Sr., 62, of Averill Park passed away at home on January 6, 2012. Born in Hartford CT to the late Joseph J. and Jean (Cherwinski) Kozloski. Joseph was a Vietnam Army Veteran who earned the Bronze Star and the Air Medal. He loved everything Military and in his younger years was...
June Esolen
Jan 4, 2012
June Esolen Castleton June Esolen, 74, passed away January 4, 2012 at Albany Medical Center Hospital after a brief illness. June was known to her friends as a gourmet cook and a gracious hostess. She served as a project manager for Univac's Computer Installation at Suny Albany, Georgia Tech as well as other sites. June also had a number of...
Loretta Norkus
Dec 29, 2011
Loretta M. Norkus Rensselaer Loretta M. Norkus, 93, of Rensselaer, formerly of East Nassau, passed away December 29, 2011 at Albany Memorial Hospital. Born in Green PA she was the daughter of the late Mack and Jessie (Donaldson) Croyle. She was very active with her husband the late Rev. George Z. Norkus Sr. D.D.S., in his ministry at the East...
Jeannette Czapluk
Dec 25, 2011
Jeannette Czapluk Nassau Jeannette Root Czapluk was born on Oct. 31, 1922 and died on Christmas Day, 2011. She was married in 1961 to Joseph Czapluk who predeceased her. Jeannette was a former member of the Old Chatham Hunt Club and remained to the care of horses throughout her life. She and her husband were also members of several bridge...
Dale Lavare
Dec 25, 2011
Dale E. Lavare Rensselaer Dale E. Lavare, 54, of Rensselaer, died suddenly on December 25, 2011. Born in Malone NY he was the son of the late Erwin S. Lavare and Marcia Platel. Dale had retired from St. Peter's Hospital after working there for 22 years. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting, fishing, and camping. Dale is survived...
