Obituaries

Michelle M. Owens

Michelle M. Owens

Sep 17, 2024

Owens, Michelle, M. 54, of Albany, died suddenly on September 17, 2024 in her home. Born in Albany, NY in April of 1969, she was the daughter of the late Jean A. Owens & Alexander J. Oliver Sr.

Michelle was a long time resident of Albany, NY. She was a caring and supportive presence who loved her friends & family...

Sharon L. Feldmann

Sharon L. Feldmann

Sep 10, 2024

Sharon Lee Martin Feldmann passed away from cancer, in her sleep on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 with her family nearby. Sharon was born May 31, 1963 in Schenectady, to Marion E. Southwick Martin and Arthur B. Martin. Beloved wife of Charles P. Feldmann.

Sharon was a Home Health Aid for over 30 years and she cherished the years she spent working...

Joel A. Curro

Joel A. Curro

Aug 29, 2024



Berne - Joel A. Curro passed away peacefully on August 29, 2024, with his wife and family by his side. A son of the late Joseph J. and Delores A. Duell Curro, Joel was the devoted husband of Faye Dottino Curro and loving father of Jessica Curro.

Know by most people as "Uncle Joel", everyone he met was greeted with a...

Maver Omer Becker

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...