Ruth Adele Miller
Feb 10, 2016
Ruth Adele Miller of Chatham, NY passed away peacefully on February 10, 2016 at Albany Medical Center. Born in Chatham on May 14, 1922 she was the daughter of the late Edward and Charlotte Brennan Hover. She married her husband George Miller on October 22, 1941, he predeceased her in 1979. Ruth had worked for the NY State Retirement System...
Patti Underwood Aydt
Feb 7, 2016
PATTI UNDERWOOD AYDT, March 6, 1926-February 7, 2016             Patti Underwood Aydt, 89, died Sunday February 7 of natural causes at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, New York.            The daughter of Fred and Percye (Ann) Underwood, she was born March 6, 1926 in Heath, Texas. A lifelong resident of North Central Texas, in the last year of her life she made...
Jane Dole
Feb 2, 2016
Jane Dole passed away on February 2, 2016 at St. Peter's Hospice, born April 21, 1943 in Rockville CT., the daughter of the late Earl and Emma Dantono Taylor. The family moved to Brockton, MA in 1946. Jane attended Brockton schools and graduated from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst in 1965. She taught in Brockton for one year and in 1966...
Bernard J. Laplante
Jan 28, 2016
Bernard J. LaPlante passed away January 28, 2016 at home. He was born in Pittsfield, MA in 1929, the only child of Harold J. and Gertrude Hartigan LaPlante. Barney was the first born of his generation and in his early years; he was surrounded by a large extended family including aunts who were not much older than him. He was...
Wayne Thomas Mcgetrick
Jan 25, 2016
Wayne Thomas McGetrick age 66 of Wynantskill passed away on January 25, 2016 after a long illness. Â Wayne was born on August 27, 1949 in Hudson, New York. Â He was the son of the late Ernest and Luella (Schrader) McGetrick. Wayne attended Chatham High School and continued his education in the culinary field which he remained involved in until his...
Laura Etta Sitcer
Jan 22, 2016
Laura Etta Sitcer died peacefully at Barnwell Nursing Home on January 22, 2016. She was born on June 20, 1915 in Chatham, the daughter of John and Laura Stickles Baker. She is survived by her children; Marie Gagnon (Robert) Davis, Shirley Gagnon (Paul) Davis, Robert (Kathy) Sitcer and Sharon (Lee) Koblenzer, her 11 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren, 3 great great...
Malcolm E. Wheeler
Jan 21, 2016
Malcolm E. Wheeler, age 89, of Old Chatham passed away peacefully on January 21, 2016 after a brief illness surrounded by his loving family. Malcolm was born May 13, 1926 in Old Chatham. He was the son of the late Walter and Sadie (Cady) Wheeler. Malcolm graduated Chatham High School in 1944 before enlisting in the United States Army where...
Marjorie Welch
Jan 8, 2016
Her adoring family and the hamlet of Red Rock mourn the passing of a beloved matriarch, Marjorie Marie Goerlitz Welch on January 8, 2016. Marge was 94 years old and devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to her daughter, Linda Welch, son, Donald Welch, grandchildren Erin, Shauna, Jonathan and Donnie and great-grandchildren Josephine, Preston and Beckett. Originally a resident of Mount...
Virginia (Ginny) Stuart
Jan 5, 2016
Virginia (Ginny) Stuart died on January 5th 2016 at Camphill Ghent in Chatham, New York. She was 94 years old, born on December 4th 1921 in Brooklyn, New York to Francis and Florence (Presbrey) Stanforth. She grew up in New York, attended Adelphi College in Garden City, New York and received her BS in nursing from Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. She...
Daniel E. Curtis Sr.
Dec 26, 2015
Daniel E. Curtis, Sr. died at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, NY on Saturday, December 26, 2015. He was born on January 14, 1946 to Edwin B. and Alice (Dalzell) Curtis in Hudson, NY. He graduated from Chatham High School in 1964. He was a lineman for New York State Electric & Gas Corp. until his retirement in 2010. Dan...
Joanne Craft
Dec 22, 2015
Joanne Craft, 57 of Ghent NY passed away suddenly in her home on December 22, 2015. She was born on July 17, 1958, in Hudson and was the daughter of the late Walter and Josephine Stahowski of Philmont. Joanne was a long term employee of the Chatham Central School District and was a devoted hall monitor. She loved being with...
Mary Wu
Dec 11, 2015
Mary Wu of Hudson, NY passed away in her home on December 11, 2015. Born August 22, 1952 in Watertown, NY she was the daughter of the late Francis J. and Helen R. Robbins Hager. She graduated Watertown High School and went on to attend Jefferson Community College where she received her RN. She would marry Simon Wu on June...
Lucille J. Meltzer
Dec 10, 2015
Lucille Justine Roth Meltzer, age 89, peacefully passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2015. Born on March 20, 1926, in Flushing, New York, she was the daughter of the late Walter F. and Jeannette (Canney) Roth. Lucille lived most of her life in the Queensborough Hill section of Flushing. After graduating from Newtown High School at age 16, she worked...
Mary E. Mcdonald
Dec 10, 2015
Mary E. Boehme McDonald, 73, of Ghent and Boiling Springs, NC, died on December 10, 2015 . Born July 18, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Rita (Wallace) Boehme. After graduating from Chatham High School, she attended Albany Medical Center School of Nursing, and graduated in 1963. She worked at Columbia Memorial Hospital, as an RN...
Marcella Anne Shaw
Dec 6, 2015
Marcella Anne Shaw, age 58, of Winsted, CT. died Sunday, December 6, 2015 from injuries sustained from a car accident. She was born September 19, 1957 in North Tonawanda, NY the daughter of Keith and Sheila (O'Connell) Shaw of East Chatham, NY. Marcy is also survived by her beloved companion, Michael Kane, a sister Bridget Shaw (George Rochester), brothers Christopher...
Keith F. Steltz
Dec 1, 2015
Keith Steltz of Chatham passed away December 1, 2015 at the Barnwell Nursing Home after a long illness. Born July 28, 1926 in Lewistown, PA he was the son of the late Robert and Esther Steltz. He served in the US Navy during WWII, graduating in June of 1944 and went directly to the induction center in Tampa Fl. After...
Robert V. Sheehy
Nov 18, 2015
Robert V. Sheehy, a longtime resident of Columbia County, passed peacefully on 18 November at the age of ninety-one. A private service was held on 23 November. Born in NYC in 1924, he entered the U.S. Army after high school and was awarded a Purple Heart after serving in Europe and being wounded in action in 1944. He wed Marguerite...
Keith (Woody) Charles Wood
Nov 13, 2015
Keith "Woody" Charles Wood, of Columbiaville passed away November 13, 2015 at home. He was born July 13, 1951 in Hudson, NY and was the son of the late Richard E. Sr. and Marguerite Wolferstieg Wood. Keith is survived by his aunt, Dorothy Wood Cruise of North Carolina, his brother, Richard E. Jr. of Columbiaville, many cousins, and his close...
John F. Barden
Nov 6, 2015
John F. Barden passed away at home on November 6, 2015. Born July 15, 1944, John was a life-long resident of Spencertown, NY. He served in the US Army, stationed in Germany. He worked at New Yorker Industries and Crellin Plastics. He was a life time member of the Spencertown Fire Company. For a few years, he was President. He...
Michael (Mike) Emil Losa
Oct 26, 2015
Michael "Mike" Emil Losa, Sr., 72, of Ghent and Chatham, NY passed away on October 26, 2015 at home after a long battle with cancer. He was born November 4, 1942 and was the son of the late Emil and Loretta Losa of Ghent, NY. He was a 1961 Chatham High School graduate and a 1963 graduate of Cobleskill College. ...
