Obituaries
Gertrude L. Ezick
Dec 8, 2009
Duanesburg - Gertrude L. Ezick, 92, found peace on December 8, 2009 at the St. Peter's Hospice Inn after a brief illness. She was a graduate of the Binghamton General Hospital as a registered nurse. In 1939, she married her husband of 24 years the late Thaddeus Ezick. Together they raised three daughters in LaFayette, NY; Jorene (Ray) Taylor, Carol...
Joyce Ann Meyer
Dec 5, 2009
Joyce Ann Meyer December 24, 1932 - December 5, 2009 Joyce Ann Meyer, aged 76, ended her year-long struggle with small cell lung cancer and pneumonia in peace, surrounded by her family and loved ones, in her home in Twilight Park. Joyce grew up in Michigan with her parents, Effie and Harry Garey, and older brother Barre. Ever the tom...
Elmer Thomas Ogaard
Dec 3, 2009
Knox- Elmer T. Ogaard, 69, died at home on, Thursday, December 3, 2009. He was born on August 27, 1940 and raised in Brooklyn, NY to the late Elmer and Adeline Ogaard. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1961 where he served for four years after, which, he moved upstate. In the early 1970's he went to work for...
Thelma J. Dearstyne
Dec 1, 2009
Thelma J. Dearstyne, 74, of Thomaston CT, died on Tuesday December 1, 2009 at Waterbury Hospital in Connecticut. She was born on June 12, 1935 to the late Jarvie and Florence Jansen. She was a 1953 graduate of the Berne Knox Central School. In 1955 she married her husband of 54 years Robert Dearstyne. She enjoyed gardening, the outdoors and...
Florence Callimanis
Nov 22, 2009
Efrosoni (Florence) Callimanis July 28, 1921-November 22, 2009 Florence, 88, died on Sunday after a short stay in the hospital. A lifelong New Yorker, she was born and raised in the Bronx, where she lived and raised her own family. Florence moved to Hensonville with her husband Costas in 1982 to be near her sisters Mary and Irene, her brother-in...
Ivan Empie Baker
Nov 18, 2009
Castleton - Ivan E. Baker, 85, died on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at home surrounded by his family. He was born in Delanson on January 29, 1924 to the late Merrill and Ollie Baker. In 1942 he graduated from the Berne Knox Central High School and then served in the US Army during WWII. In 1943 he married his wife...
Thomas Patrick Meehan
Nov 15, 2009
T. Patrick Meehan, the Windham town supervisor for 38 years and an influential political presence well beyond town borders, died Sunday while fighting complications resulting from surgery. He was 61. Born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on January 9, 1948, he graduated in 1966 from Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School. He joined the Hudson Valley Carpenter's Union Local #19 in 1981, later signing...
James VanDyke
Nov 13, 2009
Westerlo-James VanDyke, 74, passed away on November 13, 2009 at his home after a brief illness, surrounded by his loved ones. Born in Catskill, NY, March 7, 1935, he was son of the late Marguerite (Van Dyke) Terrell and Jack Smith of Middleburgh, NY, and step-son of Harold Terrell of Summit, N.Y. Jim ran his own milk route business and...
Charlotte Boardman
Nov 9, 2009
Nov.9, 2009 Purling, NY Charlotte Boardman,80,died on November 9, 2009 at Columbia Memorial Hospital. She was born on June 17,1929 the daughter of Robert and Ada (nee Esping) Pommerer in Prattsville NY. She was a lifelong resident of Greene County. She worked for the Greene County Public Health System where she was the supervising nurse for twenty-five years. She also...
Edward A. Maher
Nov 9, 2009
Maher, Edward A. Jr, 83 passed away suddenly on November 9, 2009. Born in Garden City, NY, he resided there until retiring to the Evergreen Club of Palm City, Florida in 1986. He also maintained a home in Windham, NY. During WW II, he served in the Navy aboard the USS Franklin. He graduated Holy Cross College in 1949. He...
Geraldine Ann S. Becker
Nov 7, 2009
Berne, NY - Geraldine Shipley Becker passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 7, 2009 in the presence of her family at St. Peter's Hospital, Albany after a brief illness. Geraldine (Jerry), the daughter of Walter E. and Marion H. Shipley, was born on Easter Sunday, March 27, 1932 in Williamson, NY. She graduated from Williamson Central School and Mansfield State...
Thomas Kamna
Nov 4, 2009
Nov.5,2009 Prattsville NY Thomas Kamna 57, of Prattsville NY died peacefully on November 4,2009 at the Columbia Memorial Hospice, Hudson, NY. He was born on July 12,1952 the son of Sherril and Irene (nee Mulford) Kamna. He is survived by his loving wife of 34 years Margaret Kamna. They were married on July 26,1975. He is survived by his four...
Richard M. Throneburg
Nov 1, 2009
Guilderland- Richard M. Throneburg, Jr., 39, died on Sunday, November 1, 2009. He was born in Albany on May 24, 1970 to Richard Sr. and the late Dee Throneburg and He grew up in Jensen Beach, Florida. He spent his adulthood in both Guilderland and Saugerties. Rick enjoyed the beach, the outdoors, music, his family and friends. Rick is survived...
Richard E. Spawn
Nov 1, 2009
Richard E. Spawn 67, of Guilderland died unexpectedly on Nov. 1, 2009. He was born on Nov. 24, 1941 the son of Leslie and Ellen Spawn in Albany NY. He is survived by his sons Garrick (Robin) and Neil (Pam) Spawn, his former wife Ardelle Spawn, grandson Jeremy White and his dear friends Ken and Debbie Kryzak. Richard was a...
Arnold L. Crounse
Oct 30, 2009
Guilderland Center - Arnold L. Crounse, 90, died on Friday, October 30, 2009 at The Fireman's Home in Hudson, NY. He was born on June 19, 1919 in Schenectady, to the late Walter and Ethel (Wood) Crounse. He then lived with and was raised by his grandparents the late Edward P. and Ida Crounse. He was a 1939 graduate of...
Mary K. Labanowicz
Oct 19, 2009
Rutland, VT - Mary K. Labanowicz, 91, died at the Mountain View Center on Monday, October 19, 2009. Mary was born on April 18, 1918, in Paconic, New York to the late John and Katherine Labanowicz. She was a 1935 graduate of Altamont High School. She served during World War II in the U.S. Women's Army Corp. She worked for...
Lillian Isabelle Butler
Oct 14, 2009
Berne - Lillian Butler, 100, died at Ellis Hospital on October 14, 2009. She was born on Hemlock Street in Brooklyn on June 23, 1909. She graduated from Bay Ridge Girls High School in 1927 and from Hefly's Business School following high school. Lillian was a secretary at the National City Company when she met and married John (Jack) Butler....
Harold McCarthy
Oct 11, 2009
Hal McCarthy passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, October 11, 2009. He was born on July 22, 1938 in Malone, NY to Helen and Harold McCarthy. He was a graduate of St. Joseph's in Malone, SUNY Plattsburg and earned 2 Masters degrees from Union Collage. He worked 33 years for the Guilderland Schools in a variety of positions: Math Teacher,...
Judith E. Pulliam
Oct 10, 2009
Judith Ellis Pulliam, after an 11-year fight with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, passed away in Hospice at St. Peter's on Saturday, October 10, 2009. She was born in Albany, N.Y. on May 15, 1936, to Laurence Packard and Martha Hinman Ellis. A graduate of the Albany Academy For Girls, Judy devoted most of her energies doing what she has always done...
Lyle Newcomb
Oct 9, 2009
Altamont, NY - Lyle Aldredge Newcomb 76, died October 9, 2009 at Our Lady of Mercy Life Center, Guilderland, NY. He was born on July 14,1933 in Prattsville, NY the son of Aldredge and Mabel (nee Tuttle) Newcomb. He is survived by his wife of 53 years Judith (nee Barber) Newcomb, his daughters Carla ( Doug ) Stefan of Voorheesville,...