Obituaries
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...
Clayton Sr
Dec 25, 2011
Clayton (Clayt) A. Heeder Sr., 83, of Nassau passed away December 25, 2011 at Albany Memorial Hospital. Born in Albany he was the son of the late Otto W. and Elsie (Dayton) Heeder. Coming from Groton CT, Clayton had lived in Nassau for 41 years. He had 25 active years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Chief Petty...
Chester Smith
Dec 24, 2011
Chester L. Smith Nassau Chester L. Smith, 88, of Nassau passed away December 24, 2011 at Albany Memorial Hospital. Born in Jersey Shore PA, he was the son of the late Rudolph and Mildred (Moore) Smith. He served his country as a radio operator in the U.S. Army, Engineer Battalion, during WWII in Europe. Chet was a member of the...
William Sr
Dec 19, 2011
William C. McLean Bennington VT William Carney McLean, 84, died December 19, 2011 at the Vermont Veterans' Home in Bennington. Born in Albany Bill was the son of the late Clifford T. and Esther A. (Carney) McLean. He spent most of his life living in Hampton Manor (Rensselaer), Nassau, and Averill Park. Bill attended Christian Brothers Academy for 9th through...
Vivian Decker
Dec 19, 2011
East Nassau-Vivian Decker, 60, passed away Monday December 19, 2011 at Albany Medical Center Hospital after a long illness. Born in Albany and a lifelong resident of East Nassau she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Mary Twiss Burke and the wife of the late Charles A. Decker.
Vivian owned and operated Viv's Video in New Lebanon and...
John Hurley
Dec 9, 2011
John N. Hurley Nassau John (Jack) Nicholls Hurley passed away peacefully on Friday, December 9, 2011. Born on March 26, 1935 to Cecil and Edith Ransford Hurley, John grew up in the Riders Mills area of the Town of Chatham and graduated from New Lebanon Central School. He was employed by the State of New York for the next thirty...
George Eager
Dec 5, 2011
George E. Eager Nassau George E. Eager passed away on December 5, 2011. Eighty four years old, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George J. Eager of Nassau. An Army Veteran of WWII, George had worked for the Ironworkers Union Local #12 from 1952 until his retirement. He enjoyed his retirement for 24 years. He is...
Gordon Evans
Dec 1, 2011
Gordon E. Evans East Nassau Gordon E. Evans, 84, of East Nassau passed away December 1, 2011 at Columbia Memorial Hospital. Born in Mineola NY, he was the son of the late Ralph M. and Laura (Cozzens) Evans. Gordon was a U.S. Army Veteran who served from 1945-1946. He went on to become a Vice principal for the Burnt Hills-Ballston...
John Tomchik
Nov 29, 2011
John Tomchik East Nassau John Tomchik, 89, of East Nassau passed away November 29, 2011 at Albany Medical Center. Born in Voycice Czechoslovakia in 1922 to the late George and Elizabeth (Gamrat) Tomchik he was one of seven children. The family farm was established in 1932 and John worked there until 1952. He went on to work for Fred Munch...
