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Alan Gordon Robertson
Jan 8, 2018
Alan Gordon Robertson passed away on January 8, 2018 after a prolonged illness. He was the son of Olivia and William Robertson and was born on Aug. 15, 1928 and raised in Jackson Heights, NY in a loving family with grandparents and aunts and uncles nearby. He is survived by his wife Barbara, son David ( Carol ) , daughter...
Barbara M. Palmer
Jan 5, 2018
ELSMERE- Barbara (Maguire) Palmer, 90, a longtime resident of Elsmere passed away on Friday, January 5, 2018.Born in Albany on December 7, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Mabel Maguire, sister of the late Howard Maguire, Jr. and wife of 67 years of the late Ollie Palmer. Raised and educated in Albany, she graduated from Albany...
Edward Joseph Bender
Jan 4, 2018
GLENMONT - Edward J. Bender, 74, passed away on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at the Community Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital.Born in Albany on February 11, 1943, he was the son of the late Robert M. and Winifred J. Bender. He graduated in 1960 from Cardinal McCloskey High School and Siena College in 1964. Upon graduating from Siena, Ed...
Dorothy M. Kahnle
Dec 28, 2017
ALBANY – Dorothy M. Kahnle, 91, a longtime resident of Delmar, passed away on Thursday, December 28, 2017 at Atria Crossgate. Dorothy was born in Albany, the only child of Emil and Margaret Miller. She graduated from Albany High School on June 28, 1944. Dot started working the next day for the New York Telephone Co., embarking upon a 40...
Jean L. Keefe
Dec 27, 2017
TROY – Jean L. Keefe, 89, formerly of Glenmont, NY, died peacefully Wednesday, December 27, 2017 with family at her side, at Eddy Memorial Geriatric Center after a brief illness. Born in Albany June 25, 1928, Jean was the daughter of the late John and Francesca (Romanelli) Ippolito, and a graduate of Cathedral Academy. After high school, Jean was employed...
Peggy Anne MacKrell
Dec 23, 2017
DELMAR - Peggy Anne MacKrell died on December 23, 2017. She was born on January 12, 1967 in New York, NY. Peggy is survived by her husband Patrick, her children James and Keagan, stepchildren Leslie (Desiree) and Meghan, her grandsons Wyatt and Rowan, her mother and father, Sal and Rose Tassone, her brother Sal Tassone (Karen), many aunts, uncles and...
Eleanor Joyce McEvoy
Dec 22, 2017
DELMAR - Eleanor "Elli" Joyce McEvoy, age 77 passed away on Friday December 22 in her home in Delmar, NY after a year long battle with cancer. Elli was born on February 6, 1940 in Albany to Clover and Edward Mikol. She was a life-long resident of the Town of Bethlehem. She worked most of her professional career for Cornell...
Joan Lawrie Lierheimer
Dec 10, 2017
SLINGERLANDS - Joan Lawrie Haynes Lierheimer, 87, of Slingerlands and formerly of Delmar, passed away on Sunday, December 10, 2017. Born on March 24, 1930 in Greenville, PA, she was the only child of Margaret Lawrie and George Ezra Haynes. She spent much of her youth in Rensselaer, NY and graduated from Van Rensselaer High School. She received her BS...
Debra A. Rooney
Dec 1, 2017
GLENMONT – Debra A. (Dagner) Rooney, 59, died Friday, December 1, 2017. Born in Albany, she was the daughter of Ann (Schumaker) Dagner and the late Robert Dagner; wife of the late Thomas W. Rooney; mother of April Rooney; aunt of Chad Barrett and dear friend to Patty Biche. Debra had worked for 20 years in the Bethlehem Central School...
John B. Geurtze
Dec 1, 2017
SELKIRK – John Becker Geurtze, 88, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 1, 2017 at his home on Woodridge Farms (The Property).John was born in Albany on May 4, 1929, the son of the late Harold H. and Ruth Rose Geurtze. He was a graduate of Bethlehem Central H.S. Class of 1947, received an Empire Farmer Degree in 1947 and...
Donald F. Parsons
Nov 30, 2017
DELMAR---Dr. Donald F. Parsons, 89, died Thursday, November 30, 2017 after a lengthy illness. An émigré from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England, he is survived by his wife Dr. Julieta P. Parsons; children Clare, Raymond, Francis, and Catherine; and grandchildren Jeren, Marco, Andrey, Anna, and Paula. Donald vividly described how the post-World War II Labor government in Britain and its social programs...
Mary G. Alsten
Nov 29, 2017
DELMAR – Mary G. Alsten, 90, of Delmar passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at Good Samaritan Health Care Center. She was born in Albany, NY on October 12, 1927, the daughter of the late Teresa and Matthew Halsdorf. Mary worked for New York State in the Dept. of Motor Vehicles and the Dept. of Health for 36...
Lora H. McComas
Nov 29, 2017
DELMAR, NY - Lora Hotchkiss McComas, 84, formerly of Port St. Lucie, Florida, died on November 29, 2017 at the Good Samaritan Lutheran Care Center in Delmar, NY. Lora was born on February 22, 1933, in the town of Eagle, NY to the late Edith Metcalf Closser and Elmer Vasco Hotchkiss, and was the younger sister of the late Lyle...
Alicia Katherine Diegel
Nov 24, 2017
DELMAR – Alicia Katherine “Ali” Diegel, 12, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, November 24, 2017.Ali was born in Tampa, FL on January 11, 2005. Survivors include her parents, Harlow Diegel and Mona (Guerette) Manning Diegel; siblings, Edward Manning, Brandon (Jen) Manning, Betsy Manning (Donald Neese) and their children, Sakura, Tsubaki, Lincoln and Olivia, Jason (Tabitha) Manning and their children, K.K.,...
Peter A. Salomone
Nov 14, 2017
BOYNTON BEACH, FL - Peter A. Salomone, 97, of Boynton Beach, FL, died on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017.Born in Dobbs Ferry, NY to Pietro and Angelina (Coppolla), he attended Yonkers Public Schools, graduating from Saunders High School. He served honorably during WWII in the US Navy in Europe and the Pacific. He was stationed on the destroyer escort USS Gleaves...
Charlene A. Sykora
Nov 9, 2017
DELMAR – Charlene A. Sykora (Bonesteel), mother, grandmother, wife, sister, aunt, friend and queen list-maker, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. Charlene was predeceased by her loving husband Don. Charlene was an avid history buff of Albany who adored William Kennedy, anything Old Albany and growing up on Elk Street. The best place to find Char was in her...
Anne B. Sauer
Nov 5, 2017
DELMAR – Anne Beattie Sauer passed away on Sunday, November 5, 2017 at Community Hospice Inn at St. Peter's Hospital. Anne was born on December 12, 1934 in Boston, Mass. She was the daughter of the late Bella Fowlie Beattie and James Beattie. She graduated from Girls Latin School in 1952 and from Simmons College in Boston in 1956 with...
John R. Haines
Nov 1, 2017
DELMAR – John R. Haines of Delmar, NY and East Orleans, MA died on November 1, 2017 at Our Lady of Mercy Life Center in Guilderland, NY. He was born in 1929 in Mount Holly, NJ, the son of Kathryn Hitchings and J. Ralph Haines and grew up in Tabernacle, NJ before moving to Ocean City, NJ to attend high...
Thomas Louis Junco
Nov 1, 2017
VOORHEESVILLE – Thomas L. Junco, 67, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 1, 2017. Born in Albany, NY on February 15, 1950, he was the son of the late Louis and Helen (Coulter) Junco. He is survived by his children, Ashley (Ryan) Lombardo and Blair Junco; their mother, Vicki Martin; grandchildren, Anthony and Julianna Lombardo; and siblings, Barry and Laura...
Bryan Bailey Marler
Oct 28, 2017
GLENMONT - Bryan Bailey Marler passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on October 28, in Albany, NY, at the age of 71. A devoted husband and father, Bryan is survived by his wife, Janet, and two sons, Peter and Andrew, who were raised in Ithaca and Delmar NY and two brothers, David Marler, of Quebec, Canada and Jonathan Marler, Oakville, Canada....
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