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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....
Constance L. Herron
Jan 25, 2014
Constance L. Herron of Hillsdale, NY passed away January 25th in Pittsfield, MA. Born June 20, 1933, in Great Barrington, MA. She was the daughter of the late Leroy and Augusta Wollny Herron. She grew up in Hillsdale and graduated from Roeliff Jansen Schools and then the College of St. Rose. Constance went on to become a Carmelite sister and...
Earle Winston Lawrence
Jan 23, 2014
Earle Winston Lawrence of Spencertown, NY born on October 14, 1931, died on Thursday January 23, 2014 at Columbia Memorial Hospice in Hudson, NY due to complications after surgery at Albany Memorial Hospital. He was predeceased by his mother E. Pauline Lawrence and her husband Benjamin Semansky. A graduate of Averill Park High School, his life was filled with a...
Frank Meizinger
Jan 15, 2014
Frank Meizinger, age 100 died January 15, 2014. After a century of a full life, Frank passed away peacefully in his sleep at home in Florida. Mr. Meizinger was blessed with a long life, and was able to share most of his golden years with his wife Vera, until her death in 2005. He lost his only son early in...
Mary (May) A. Ryan
Jan 2, 2014
Mary A. Ryan (May) of Claverack, NY age 69 died at her home on Jan 2,born in Ireland on Jan. 22, 1944 she was the daughter of the late Patrick & Ellen Ryan. Beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt & friend. She was raised in Bayside, NY were she attended Blessed Sacrament School.  May enjoyed working with her friends and coworkers...
Jeanne Mcalister Griffiths
Dec 30, 2013
Jeanne McAlister Griffiths, beloved daughter, caring sibling, adoring mother, and soul mate of her spouse, died on December 30th in Hudson, NY. She was 56 years young. Jeanne attended Friends Seminary in New York City, graduated from the University of Rochester and attended Cornell School of Hotel Management in Paris and Ithaca. Upon graduating, Jeanne entered the world of hospitality,...
Dorothy Anne Bowes
Dec 29, 2013
Dorothy Bowes, 82, of Philmont, died Sunday at Columbia Memorial Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. Born Dorothy Anne Yerick on January 10, 1931, in Hudson, she was the daughter of the late William E. Yerick Sr. and Lillian May Kilmer Yerick. She met her future husband, Robert B. Bowes, while they were working on the Chatham American Legion toy...
Marilyn Mae Fosby
Dec 27, 2013
Marilyn Mae Fosby passed away peacefully on December 27, 2013 at home. Born in Hudson December 21, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Spencer and Dorothy Tompkins Traver. A life long resident of Chatham, Marilyn was a graduate of Chatham High School. During and after school she had worked at BH Delsons later working for the A&P. After...
Mary (Marion) C. Torrey
Dec 2, 2013
Mary C. (Marion) Torrey of Chatham died peacefully on December 2nd at the age of 95 at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, NY. One of nine siblings, she was born in Brooklyn, NY on February 1, 1918 to James and Catherine Wallace.   She was predeceased by her husband Edward Torrey, all 8 of her siblings, her daughter Abbe Berkel, her...
Brian George O'Connor
Dec 1, 2013
Brian George O'Connor of Chatham passed away on December 1st. He was born in Leavenworth, KS on March 20, 1995. He was the beloved and cherished son of David J. and Leslie M. O'Connor of Chatham. He is also survived by his big brother Robert F. O'Connor, his maternal grandmother Geneva Mello (Spring Valley, CA), his paternal grandmother Mary O'Connor...
Arlene D. Glover
Nov 30, 2013
Arlene D. Glover. On Saturday, November 30, 2013 God called His servant, Arlene (Van Alstyne) Glover home. Arlene was born December 26, 1939 in Chatham, New York. She was raised in Chatham and attended Chatham Central School. Arlene worked in various hospital and factories in Albany, Chatham and Hudson. She married James Glover, Sr. they were married 55 years. Arlene...
Evelyn Jean Krutzler
Nov 1, 2013
Evelyn Krutzler 88, of Chatham died Friday, November 1, 2013. Born and raised in New York City, she relocated to Franklin Square, New York in 1957 where she lived with her family for 28 years before retiring to Chatham in 1985 with her husband of 65 years, Rudy. Her hobbies included knitting, doll collecting, square dancing and traveling. Her faith...
David B. Collins
Oct 26, 2013
David B. Collins "Cricket" of Chatham passed away peacefully October 26, 2013 at Albany Medical Center. Born July 19, 1942 in Danbury Ct., Cricket was the son of the late John and Lurline Collins. He came to East Chatham at the age of 4 and went on to graduate Chatham High School in the class of 1960. He would serve...
Edward W. Golden
Oct 17, 2013
Edward W. Golden 5/19/22 – 10/17/13 Edward W. Golden, a local Chatham businessman, passed away peacefully on October 17, 2013 at his home in Chatham Center. At the time of his death, he was with loved ones, Tracy "Tuffy" Crandall, William "Billy" Gile and care givers from Visiting Angles of Latham. He is survived by his close friend Lynn Crandall...
James Glover
Oct 16, 2013
James Glover Sr.of Chatham, passed away on October 15, 2013 at pine Haven Nursing Home at the age of 81. James was born in Comer Alabama on June 1, 1932. He was married to Arlene Vanalstyne for 55 years. He leaves behind a daughter, Nadine Bray, two sons, James Glover Jr. and Zachary Glover, seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren...
Stewart (Butch) C. Almstead
Oct 2, 2013
Stewart "Butch" Almstead Stewart C. Almstead, 65, a long-time resident of Philmont, passed away peacefully on October 2, 2013 at Columbia Memorial Hospital, after a brief illness. He was born October 17, 1947 in Hudson. He was the son of Delores Almstead and the late Stewart C. Almstead of Philmont. Stewart graduated Ockawamick high school and then enlisted in the...
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