William F. Bulick
Oct 2, 2013
Bulick, William F., 82 longtime friend and respected member of the Old Chatham community, passed away peacefully at Albany Medical Center, surrounded by family and loved ones on October 2, 2013.  Bill graduated from Bucknell University, a member of the Lambda Chi Fraternity. Bill chose not to attend law school, but instead proudly served his country in the Korean War...
Edward Steven Sincavich Jr.
Sep 24, 2013
Edward Steven Sincavich, Jr., 69, died at his home in Old Chatham on September 24, 2013. Ed was a lifelong resident of Old Chatham and grew up on his family farm on Sincavich Rd. He was an Allis-Chalmers equipment mechanic and he, his father and grandfather ran Rock City Farm Equipment Company. The only thing Ed loved more than being...
Ronald Gene Czajkowski
Sep 13, 2013
Ronald Gene Czajkowski, 44 of East Greenbush, NY died September 13, 2013 from injuries sustained from a fall at Thatcher Park. He was born January 26, 1969. Ronald graduated from Chatham High School in 1988. He also attended Columbia HS, Maple Hill HS and CBA, followed by Hudson Valley Community College. Ron played on the high school football team and...
Vera T. Williams
Sep 11, 2013
Vera Tompkins Williams passed away September 11, 2013 at Columbia Memorial Hospital. Born on February 7, 1920 she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Katherine Gearing Tompkins. Vera grew up in New Concord and was in the graduating class of 36' from Chatham Central Schools. She married Russell B. Williams on March 14, 1954, he predeceased her. They...
Lillian F. Hunt
Sep 9, 2013
Lillian F. Hunt; Founder of Hunt's Mobile Home Park Age 94 of Chatham NY passed away on Monday September 9th at Barnwell Nursing Home. She was born in New York City the daughter of the late Eric and Hannah Castel. Â In 1966, with her late husband Kenneth Hunt established Hunt's Mobile Home Park in Chatham, NY. She very much enjoyed...
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. ...
