Sara Jennie Mullins
Aug 30, 2013
On Friday, August 30, Sara Jennie Wood Mullins died while on comfort care at Columbia Memorial Hospital, Hudson. She was 88. She was predeceased by her husband of 52 years, James Patrick Mullins. Family was the most important thing in her life. Her parents were William and Jennie Wood, her siblings Henry Wood, Donald Wood and Harriet [Wood] Dennis. She...
Elfrieda Anne Weber
Aug 28, 2013
Elfrieda Anne Weber died peacefully at home on August 28, 2013. Born Elfrieda Anne Scarborough on August 5, 1917 in Columbia, SC she met and married Robert Weber in 1940. He predeceased her in 2011, at which time they had been married for seventy years. Elfrieda is survived by her son Robert Weber, Jr. and his wife Wende Garton; her...
Roy C. Every
Aug 27, 2013
Roy "Red" C.  Every passed away August 27, 2013 in Spring Hill, Florida. He was born June 18, 1922 to the late Charles and Anne Jenkins Every in Chatham, New York. He was predeceased by his wife Helen Tomasitz in 1985, his brothers, Ken, Charles Jr. and Robert and his sister, Mildred. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, his...
Betty A. Wester
Aug 10, 2013
Betty A. Wester, of Chatham, NY, passed away August 10, 2013 at Columbia Memorial Hospital Hospice. Born May 7, 1933, in Kinderhook, NY, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Catherine Ilhing Bernhoft. Betty was predeceased by her brothers; Frederick Bernhoft Jr. and William Bernhoft, her sisters; Dolores Pacanda and Muriel Pawlik. She is survived by her four...
Evelyn Audrey Prescott
Aug 1, 2013
Evelyn Audrey Prescott, of Ghent, passed away August 1st. at the Springside Nursing Home in Pittsfield, MA. Born June 14, 1918 in Bayone, NJ Evelyn was the daughter of the late Louis Gates Jr and Mabel Richter Gates. She worked as a Secretary, Librarian at the Scarsdale Public Library for over 20 years. She later moved to Columbia County. Evelyn...
Albert R. Douglas
Jul 27, 2013
Albert R. Douglas, served in the US Navy (LtJG) and Harvard class of '42, died on July 27, 2013. He served in World War II, which included piloting torpedo bombers from the escort carrier USS Savo Island. While flying reconnaissance at US landings at Leyte Gulf in the Philippines, he discovered a major Japanese fleet trying to sneak up on...
Mary Theresa Lapenta
Jul 7, 2013
Mary Theresa LaPenta on July 7, Heaven received a new angel as Mary Theresa LaPenta died peacefully after a long illness. She was born October 13, 1957 in Massachusetts. Mary was a loving sister who was predeceased by her mother, Mary E. LaPenta and her father Anthony D. LAPenta. She is survived by her sister, Janice M. LaCroix (Daniel LACroix)...
Constance Knebel
Jun 30, 2013
Constance (Connie) Wood Knebel passed away at her home in Canaan, N.Y. on June 30, 2013. Connie was the fourth of nine children born to Agnes Troy Wood and Charles B. Wood. She is survived by four brothers: George, Matthew, Joseph, and James, as well as many nieces, nephews, grand nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her sisters, Regina...
Helen M. Michels
Jun 17, 2013
Helen M. Michels passed away with the love of her family on Monday, June 17, 2013 at age 98. The beloved wife of Frank J. Michels and the revered mother of Mary E. Nielsen, Frank J. Michels, Jr., wife Kathleen, James H. Michels, wife Veronica, and Joseph P. Michels. Cherished grandmother of 7 grand children: John M. Stimmel, Michelle E....
William Fisher
Jun 11, 2013
William Fisher, of Old Chatham, New York, retired journalist and international development consultant, died at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on June 11th, 2013. He was eighty-four. He is survived by his daughters Victoria Fisher of New Marlborough, Massachusetts, Julie Fisher of Ashfield, Massachusetts, a son in law, Ronald Gorevic of Ashfield; and a granddaughter, Kezia, of Ashfield. Bill...
Anna Mullin
Jun 10, 2013
Anna Mullin passed away on June 10, 2013. She was born March 3, 1932 in Bayonne, New Jersey. She will be missed by her friends and caregivers. Graveside services will be celebrated at 10am on Friday, June 14th, at the Valley View Cemetery in Dover Plains, New York. Condolences may be conveyed at www.frenchblasl.com.
Madeline F. Voelbel
Jun 7, 2013
Madeline F. Voelbel, Of Chatham, died peacefully on June 7, 2013, at Albany Medical Center, after a short illness. She was born in New York City in 1925 and was the daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Susbeck Koller formerly of East Chatham. She attended Chatham High School and after moving to Manhattan, worked as a secretary at the...
Clayton Herbert Eldridge
May 30, 2013
Clayton Herbert Eldridge, age 86, passed away peacefully at his home in Chatham Center, NY on Thursday May 30th. Clayton was born on July 20, 1926 in Chatham Center, NY. He was a life long resident of Chatham Center. Clayton is predeceased by his parents Fordyce and Effie Agan Eldridge, his brother Kenneth Eldridge and Kenneth's wife Elaine Kiel Eldridge. ...
Palma Hanson
May 21, 2013
Palma Hanson passed away peacefully on May 21 with the love of family surrounding he family. Born on June 18, 1916 in Dover Plains, NY to Ralph and Rosa Ambrosio she was just shy of her 97th birthday. A proud first generation Italian American, Palma grew up on Maiden Lane in Chatham. She entered the first grade not speaking a...
James Wright Conners
May 17, 2013
James Wright Conners passed away Friday May 17, 2013. James was born in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, the son of the late James Crowell Conners and Laurene Wright Conners.  After serving in the Navy during WWII, he attended the University of Wisconsin through the GI Bill earning a Chemistry degree and then went on to Harvard Business School earning an MBA. ...
Mary Moore
Apr 6, 2013
Mary Moore left this earth on April 6, 2013. Being true to the sweet Irish gal that she was, Mary was born in NYC on St. Patrick's Day in 1916. Mary lived with Don and Priscilla Moore of 7 McKinstry Place in Hudson for 36 years. She attend many of the COARC programs. Mary was a sweet, smiling and happy...
Evelyn Edwards
Apr 2, 2013
Evelyn Edwards passed away peacefully on April 2, 2013. Her time on earth exemplified the lives of so many women who encountered all the hardships and progress of the century with dignity and strength. Evelyn Lyons was born December 30, 1913 in Ravena, NY to William and Rose (Hartmann) Lyons and was the fifth of 8 children. Her father's work...
S. Ann Franks
Mar 26, 2013
S. Ann Franks, 72, of 540 Joslen Blvd, Hudson and formerly of 112 Hudson Ave, Chatham, died on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. She was born in New York, New York on September 21, 1940 to the late Eva and Gerard Fournier. Ann Graduated from Assisium Cathedral High School in Manhattan in 1957. After suffering a crippling stroke in 1978, Ann...
Raymond Allen Kanarr Jr.
Mar 23, 2013
Raymond Allen Kanarr Jr. passed away March 23, 2013, at Albany Medical Center. Born December 11, 1930 in Wilkes Barre, PA, he was the son of the late Raymond Sr. and Lillian Hilborn Kanarr. Raymond was a 1948 graduate of Memorial High School, West New York, NJ. He enlisted in the Army in 1952, and was accepted to Officers Candidate...
Mel Schoenfeld
Mar 14, 2013
Schoenfeld, Mel., 5/27/30-3/14/13. Succumbed to a nasty and formidable adversary with grace, courage and dignity, even under the most terrible circumstances. He left behind his heartbroken, devoted wife, lover, and best friend, Audrey. She will hold him in her heart interminably, along with his loving children, Gary (Linda), Mitchel (Linda) and Regina. Survived by loving grandchildren Jamie (AJ), Michael S.,...
