Obituaries
Maver Omer Becker
Aug 21, 2024
Maver Omer Becker passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, in Guilderland, NY. He was born to Ada and Omer Becker at the farmhouse in Berne on June 7, 1933, along with his twin sister Mavis. Maver graduated from Berne-Knox High School in 1953, where he won the Future Farmers of America Award enabling him to travel to the...
Patricia O. Miller
Aug 18, 2024
Patricia O. Miller of Knox passed away on Sunday August 18th in Albany with her loving husband by her side. Daughter of the later Ruth and Arthur O'Sullivan Wilson. Beloved wife of Kevin Miller who she shared 41 years of marriage with.
Pat will be remembered by her many friends from St. John's Lutheran church in Altamont where Pat worked in...
Joyce P. Wallace
Aug 10, 2024
SLINGERLANDS – Joyce Pulliam Wallace, 92, passed away on August 10, 2024. Joyce was born September 9, 1931, the first daughter of 7 children of Henry A. Pulliam and Charlotte Lawrence Pulliam Wilcoxen, in Schenectady, NY.
Honoring Joyce with the tribute she deserves is no small feat. At age 18 she left home, started her college education, joined the Marine Corps...
Lois M. Dittmar
Aug 6, 2024
Dittmar, Lois M. - Middleburgh
Lois Marie (Cross) Dittmar of Middleburgh passed away peacefully in Albany on Tuesday August 6th 2024
Born in Broome, New York, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Evelyn Porter Cross.
Lois was a graduate of Berne-Knox- Westerlo high school. Lois was a long-time employee and enjoyed her career with the USDA in Albany....
Barbara L. Dexter
Jul 29, 2024
Barbara L. Dexter, 85 formerly from Troy, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 29, 2024. Born on July 31, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Luther and Minnie (Gaige) Dexter.
Barbara was a 1960 graduate of Berne Knox Central School District and worked as a Production Clerk for 43 years at The Workshop, Inc. in Menands, NY. Her only...
Lloyd H. Sanderson Jr.
Jul 27, 2024
Lloyd H. Sanderson Jr., a longtime resident of Altamont passed away peacefully in Albany on Saturday July 27th, 2024. Son of the late Louise and Lloyd Hall Sanderson Sr.
Lloyd answered this county's call to service and joined the United States Airforce in 1962 and was honorably discharged in 1966. Following his Air Force service Lloyd went on to have a...
Joseph T. Adriance
Jul 19, 2024
Adriance, Joseph Thomas (Joe) passed away peacefully at home on Friday, July 19th, 2024.Born in Albany, he was the son of the late Orson and Marjorie (Rings) Adriance. Joe worked for the US Postal Service for many years, retiring in 2012. Following his retirement he worked at the Town of Knox transfer station – by far his favorite career. His...
Michael L. Swint
Jul 14, 2024
Michael L. Swint
February 5, 1957 — July 14, 2024, Sloansville
Michael Lawrence Swint passed away at 8:35 a.m. on Sunday July 14, 2024, surrounded by his loving family, after a courageous long-term battle with his health.
He was born on February 5, 1957, in Albany NY to Giles Williams Swint and Hazel Anne (Sisson.). Mike and his family grew up in Berne...
Kathleen A. Jackson
Jul 5, 2024
Kathleen Abbott Jackson (March 24, 1956 – July 5, 2024)
Kathleen (Kathy) A. Jackson of Altamont passed away peacefully on Friday, July 5, 2024, at age 68. She leaves behind multiple unopened boxes of pudding, blank sheets of Sudoku puzzles, and many loving friends and family. She passed at Albany Medical Center after struggling in her fight against cancer for months...
Dorothy H. Taber
Jun 21, 2024
Dorothy H. Taber, 94, passed away peacefully on Friday June 21, 2024, after months of in-home hospice care. Dorothy was married to her late husband Neil A. Taber in 1949 and soon started raising a family of four boys and two girls in a home they bought on Altamont Blvd., where she has continued to live with her son Ronald,...
Arlene P. Nykorchuck
Jun 16, 2024
Arlene P. (Chrysler) Nykorchuck passed away peacefully on Sunday June 16th, 2024, in St. Peter's hospital. Born in Voorheesville, she was the daughter of the late Olin "Happy" and Edna Loux Chrysler. Beloved wife of the late William Nykorchuck.
Arlene worked several jobs in the area as a cashier, insurance claim clerk and ultimately worked at a pharmacy tech in Rite...
Vall Pulliam
Jun 9, 2024
The steadfast rock of the family has taken his leave of this earthly world and is probably letting St. Peter know how he can spruce up the place. Vall Pulliam passed away on June 9, 2024. He was born at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady on June 24, 1934, to Henry Abbett Pulliam and Charlotte Lawrence Pulliam Wilcoxen.
Early on, recognizing that...
Brian R. Hoover
Jun 7, 2024
Brian Hoover (51) died unexpectedly on June 7, 2024, at his home in Albany, NY. He had a 30-year career as a maintenance worker. He was known and appreciated for his unique sense of humor.
He is survived by Carol Hoover(mother), Debra Hoover and Pamela Fleischman(sisters), Althealin (Amber) Hoover and Jillian (Alyzalin) Hoover(daughters), Evelyn (Clover)Marquez(granddaughter), Zachary Murray(nephew), Austin Sisson(nephew), Laura...
Leah A. Bartell
Jun 1, 2024
Leah A. (Pollard) Bartell, 80, of East Berne, New York, passed away on June 1, 2024. Leah graduated from Guilderland high school in 1962.
The majority of Leah's life was devoted to her husband, children and grandchildren. Children were her passion and motivation in life. She and her late husband, Leo, took in and cared for many of their own children's...
Thelma I. Elgie
May 30, 2024
Elgie, Thelma I. - Altamont
Thelma I. Elgie, longtime resident of Altamont, passed away peacefully on May 30th in Albany with her loving family by her side. Born in 1922, she was the daughter of the late George and Hattie Spawn Gade. Beloved wife of the late Augustus "Jim" Elgie Jr. who died in 1956.
Thelma spent her childhood growing up on...
Anne Margaret Oldick
May 20, 2024
Oldick, Anne Margaret - Berne
Anne Margaret Oldick, 56, of Berne died peacefully Monday May 20th, after an extended struggle with many health issues.
Daughter of the late Alvin D. and Anne F. Higgs, she grew up in the village of Florida NY. After graduating from the SS Seward Institute, she earned a bachelors degree in education from Alfred University. Anne...
David L. Romey
May 13, 2024
Romey, David L. - Knox
David L. Romey of Knox died in Albany on May 13th, 2024. Son of the late Gary and Betty (Mayfield) Romey. Beloved husband of Roberta whom he shared 34 years of marriage.
David was a proud employee of the Vinyl Works in Latham, where he was on the manufacturing floor of swimming pool liners and was the head...
Barbara J. Girodias
Apr 28, 2024
Barbara Jane Girodias died peacefully at her family homestead on April 28th, 2024, surrounded by family. She was 94.
Barbara was born on September 16th, 1929 in Brooklyn, NY to the late Lester and Grace Hearn (Sand). She lived on Long Island and graduated from Hempstead High School in 1947. She remembered her summers growing up being spent at the family...
Dennis A. White
Apr 19, 2024
On Friday, April 19, 2024, Dennis A. White, loving husband and father of five, passed away at age 77. Denny was born in Niskayuna, NY to Frank W. and Martha White (nee Sticht). He is survived by three younger sisters: Eileen Bender (Ed), Kathy Cornell (Don) and Mindy Briggs.Denny was a devoted husband and exceptional provider to his wife Mary...
Warren F. Willsey
Apr 16, 2024
Willsey, Warren F. “Mike” – East Berne
Warren Francis Willsey “Mike” of East Berne passed away on April 16, 2024.
He was born at the family farm in East Berne on June 24, 1926, and was sleeping in the room he was born in until he was recently hospitalized. He used to say, “I still sleep in the room where I was...
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