Obituaries
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...
Adam Crawley
Nov 23, 2011
Adam D. Crawley New Lebanon Adam D. Crawley, 30, of New Lebanon NY, died suddenly on November 23, 2011. The son of Daniel and Robin (Goodermote) Crawley, he was born in Troy, raised in East Nassau and was a graduate of New Lebanon High School. He had lived in New Lebanon for ten years and was employed by Darcy Construction....
Erwin Lavare
Nov 20, 2011
Lavare, Erwin S Rensselaer - Erwin Samuel (Sam) Lavare, 80, passed away peacefully at home after a long illness on November 20, 2011, surrounded by his loving family. Born on January 28, 1931 near Malone, NY, he was the son of the late Clifford and Marion (Durgan) Lavare. Erwin served in the military for two years in the early 1950s....
Marie Ebere
Oct 30, 2011
Marie C. Ebere Concord NC Marie C. Ebere, 74, of Concord NC, formerly of East Nassau passed away October 30, 2011. Born in Cohoes NY she was the daughter of the late Marcel and Bernadette (Dealpe) Loiselle. Marie worked for Pinellas County Florida as a clerk before retiring in 1998. Marie was a family woman who loved dearly her grandchildren...
V. Boyle
Oct 26, 2011
V. James Boyle Jr., PhD Salisbury MD Dr. V. James Boyle, Jr., 75, formerly of East Nassau, NY, died peacefully on October 26, 2011 with his family by his side. He was the loving husband of Joyce (Kiernan) Boyle for 50 years. Born and raised in Windsor Locks, CT, Jim was the son of the late Mary McCormack and Vincent...
Earle Cooper
Oct 25, 2011
Earle N. Cooper On October 25, 2011 Earle Newman Cooper, son of Ralph M. and Grace Roye Cooper died at age 96. Born in Nassau on June 9, 1915 he lived in Nassau almost his entire life. He Graduated from Valatie High school in 1932, Union College in 1936 and Albany Law School in 1947. He was admitted to practice...
Raymond Evans
Oct 8, 2011
Elsie Mae Morey Nassau Elsie Mae Morey, 100, of Nassau died October 8, 2011 at the Stonehedge Nursing Home in Chittenango NY. She was retired from the Green Meadow School where she was a secretary. Elsie was a former member of the AARP Chapter 1123, Castleton seniors, and the Nassau Senior Citizens. She was also a former member of the...
Elsie Morey
Oct 8, 2011
Elsie Mae Morey Nassau Elsie Mae Morey, 100, of Nassau died October 8, 2011 at the Stonehedge Nursing Home in Chittenango NY. She was retired from the Green Meadow School where she was a secretary. Elsie was a former member of the AARP Chapter 1123, Castleton seniors, and the Nassau Senior Citizens. She was also a former member of the...
John Sr
Oct 3, 2011
Castleton Hanson, John J. Sr. John J. Hanson Sr, 82, passed away suddenly Friday, October 7, 2011. Born March 20, 1929 in Old Chatham, NY, he was the son of the late Joseph V. Hanson and Mary Grace Hanson. John resided in Castleton most of his life. He served in the US Navy Reserve from 1951 to 1958. He was...
Natalie Price
Sep 10, 2011
Rensselaer Natalie Price Natalie Price, 82 of Rensselaer formerly of Nassau passed away, September 10, 2011 at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Born in Hanover NH to the late George and Emily Jordan she went on to become a Teacher's Assistant with Questar III in Castleton. Natalie was a member of the St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Castleton and also...
Rebecca Corbett
Aug 19, 2011
Nassau-Rebecca D. Corbett of Central Nassau Rd. died Friday August 19, 2011 at St. Peter's Hospice in Albany. Born in Albany and a lifelong resident of Nassau she was the daughter of George and Joyce Krol-Blair and the wife of Lee Corbett. Mrs. Corbett was employed as a DSA for the NYS Dept. of Mental Health. Prior to that she...
Donald Carpentier
Aug 15, 2011
Donald (Bud) Carpentier East Nassau Carpentier, Donald (Bud) Carmel August 15, 2011 - Passed into eternal rest in his sleep at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He was born at home in Otisville, NY on September 7, 1921, the only son and youngest of the six children of Carmel Juiseppe and Mary Elizabeth Carpentier. Don was predeceased by his...
Louise Curtis
Aug 5, 2011
Louise W. Curtis Nassau Louise W. Curtis, 86, of Nassau passed away August 5, 2011 at St. Mary's Hospital in Troy. Daughter of the late William and Mary (Stiger) Stinson she was a resident of Nassau for 54 years coming from Long Island City, Queens. Louise was a member of the Sand Lake Baptist Church. She is survived by her;...
Bertha Barth
Jul 11, 2011
Bertha L. Barth East Nassau Bertha Sarah Laier Barth, 84, of East Nassau entered into eternal life on July 11, 2011 at the St. Peter's Hospice Inn after a long illness. Born in East Nassau, she was a life-long area resident. Bertha was predeceased by her parents Julius and Caroline Laier, husband John William Barth, siblings Elaine Bingham and Fred,...
