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....
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...
