Jerome A. Okonski Passed away peacefully at the age of 88. A veteran, master chess player, avid hunter, fisherman and outdoorsman he retired as an electrical engineer from A T & T Longlines and was predeceased by his mother Antoinette and father Henry. He is survived by his son Arnold Okonski and his wife Sandra, his daughter Elizabeth Tyski and her husband Lester and their children Barbara and Stephanie, his daughter Donna Peterson and her husband John. Family will receive friends at the French, Gifford, Preiter & Blasl Funeral Home, Chatham, Friday, October 18th from 4 to 7pm. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Community Hospice of Columbia and Greene Counties. Condolences may be conveyed at frenchblasl.com.