Robert R. Pirrone
Jun 10, 2014
Robert R. Pirrone of New Concord, NY, passed away on June 10, 2014 at the Berkshire Medical Center. Born January 26, 1947 in the Bronx, he was the son of the late Angelo and Agatha Rea Pirrone. Robert joined the Coast Guard from high school, serving on the Cutter Half Moon.. During his tour of duty,from 1965 to 1969, he...
Mary C. Graf
Jun 2, 2014
Mary C. Graf, 62 of Clifton Park, NY (formally of the Bronx) passed away on June 2, 2014 at Samaritan Hospital. Born January 23, 1952, she was the daughter of the late Charles Elliott and Tillie Kent (Pollock). She was a past president of the Columbiettes of Aquinas Council and a past president of the New York Chapter Columbiettes. Mary...
Walter C. Morris
Apr 29, 2014
Walter C. Morris, 76, of Philmont, passed away suddenly on Tuesday April 29, 2014. He was the son of the late John and Evelyn Morris. He was born and raised in Columbia County until September 1954 at which time he enlisted in the US Army. He attended Basic Training, Â Advanced Infantry Training, and Bridge Construction Specialist Training through out the...
Benzion Jacob Rapoport
Apr 18, 2014
Benzion Jacob Rapoport, 84, a resident of Canaan, NY for 50 years, passed away on Friday, April 18, in Lenox, MA. Dr. Rapoport was born in Szczuczyn, Poland on Dec. 11, 1929. He survived the Warsaw Ghetto and internment camps in Germany and France before moving to the United States as a teenager after World War II. He graduated from...
Gerald E. Dixon
Apr 16, 2014
Gerald E. Dixon of Chatham passed away April 16, 2014 at Albany Medical Center. Born in the Bronx, he was the son of the late George and Margaret Villanova Dixon. He moved to Chatham in 1962 after serving in the US Army. Gerald married Joyce Dardess on May 7, 1966. He worked as a laborer for Local 190 and then...
Philip Baker Sr.
Apr 12, 2014
Philip Baker died on April 12, 2014 at Barnwell Nursing Home after a brave 22 year battle with Parkinson 's Disease. He was 77 years old. Philip was born in Ghent, and lived his whole life in Chatham. After graduating from Chatham High School, he went into the Army. He completed two years of enlisted service and then began a...
William Ross Homestead
Apr 12, 2014
William Ross Homestead of West Lebanon, NY died suddenly on April 12, 2014.A lifelong resident of the area, Bill was an active member of the NewLebanon Congregational Church, where he was remembered this past Thursdayat a memorial service as a frequent participant, and a warm and generousfriend. Bill attended the Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, andgraduated in...
Christine Szczepanski
Apr 9, 2014
Christine Szczepanski of Canaan, NY, passed away suddenly on April 9, 2014 at her home. She was born on May 19, 1942 in Buffalo, New York and was the daughter of the late Walter and Laura Wlostowski Waiss. She worked as an executive secretary for a telecommunications company until her retirement. After that Christine was able to devote all her...
Betty Cozzolino
Apr 5, 2014
Betty Cozzolino, 88 of Chatham passed away on April 5, 2014 at Columbia Memorial Hospice. Born January 15, 1926 she was the daughter of the late Frank and Naomi Teator Bryant. She was the past president of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Chatham Fire Department and the Ghent Senior Citizens Group and a founder of "The Grandmother's". Betty is survived...
Joan Giallorenzi
Apr 4, 2014
Joan Giallorenzi passed away on April 4, 2014. She was born on November 7, 1934 in Yonkers, New York and was the daughter of the late Angelo and Laura Renzi Rubino. She grew up in Yonkers and moved to Columbia County later in her life. Joan knitted the most beautiful afghans and sweaters. She was an excellent cook and baker....
Everly Alissabeth Demary
Mar 22, 2014
Everly Alissabeth Demary passed peacefully in the arms of her mom and dad on Saturday, March 22, 2014 and went safely into the sacred arms of god and our lost loved ones. Â Â Â Â Everly was born February 14, 2014 to Matthew A. Demary and Sarah M. Turner at Albany Medical Center, Albany NY. Â Â Â Â Â Everly came to her mom and dad at...
Constance Marie Donohue
Mar 16, 2014
Constance Marie Donohue of Chatham, NY Passed away on March 16, 2014 at her daughters home in Lockport, NY. Born January 31, 1927 in Jersey Shore, PA she was the daughter of the late Helen and Bruce Bowes. She came to Chatham as a young child graduating from Chatham High School in 1945. After school she worked at the telephone...
Florence Kern
Mar 14, 2014
Florence Kern, of Ghent, NY. passed away on March 14, 2014 at Whittier Nursing Home, she was born February 28, 1921 in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia. She traveled from Nova Scotia to Boston and finally settled here in Chatham as a young girl. Florence worked as an inspector at the Reilly Mills and Chester Mills. She married Edmund Holley and...
Theodore L. Howes Jr.
Mar 2, 2014
SPENCERTOWN, N.Y. — Theodore L. Howes Jr. December 20, 1929 - March 2, 2014. Ted Howes, son of the late Theodore L. Howes Sr. and May Wolfe Howes of Spencertown, faded quietly into the night on March 2nd, 2014 at the Firemen's Home in Hudson. A well-known and well-loved figure in Spencertown, N.Y., he was born in Hudson and raised...
Josephine Stahowski
Feb 16, 2014
Josephine Stahowski passed away on February 16th 2014. Josie was born on August 23, 1927 to the late Thomas and Teresa Alauria of Brooklyn New York. Josie is survived by her beloved daughters Joanne Craft (John) of Ghent, and Theresa (Joseph) Nostrand of Walden New York, Â four grandchildren Audrey, Laura, Robert and Steven and great grand daughter Emily Quell, her...
Wilbur W. Clark
Feb 13, 2014
Wilbur W. Clark. Will went home to be with our Lord Thursday, February 13, 2014. Born in Edgefield, SCÂ on August 23, 1925. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a paratrooper and was in the Pacific Arena in both the Philippines and Japan. He retired from the Nassau County Police Force and moved to the...
Norma L. Dunn
Feb 12, 2014
Norma L. Dunn passed away on February 12, 2014 at Columbia Memorial Hospital. Born on November 30, 1925 in Pittsfield, MA., she was the daughter of the late Cyrus and Blanche Almstead Coons. Norma grew up in Chatham and graduated high school there. She also attended Berkshire Business School. After school she worked for the Chatham Telephone Company, Watt's Jewelry...
Alfonse Peter Acciani
Feb 5, 2014
Alfonse Peter Acciani Born to Michael and Rebecca Palermo Acciani on October 18, 1925 in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Alfonse Peter Acciani passed away February 5, 2014 having spent much of his professional and private life in Columbia County. Enlisting in the U.S. Air Force cadet flying program he was honorably discharged and entered St. Francis College in Brooklyn,...
Francis Anthony (Tony) Weaver
Feb 5, 2014
Francis Anthony "Tony" Weaver Jr., passed away February 5, 2014 at Barnwell Nursing Home. Born May 14, 1935 in Pittsford, VT., he was the son of the late Francis A. Sr. and Mary Louise McCarty Weaver. Tony was in the 1953 graduating class from Chatham High School. He went on to serve his country in the US Army during the...
Julia Gross
Jan 29, 2014
Julia Gross of Chatham, passed away January 29, 2014 at Albany Medical Center. Born July 19, 1927 in Canaan, NY, she was the daughter of the late Stanislaw and Mary Mazzar Gawron. Julia grew up in Canaan attending school there and in New Lebanon. She left school early to help the family by working for General Electric in Pittsfield, MA....
