Robert William Weber, Sr.
Dec 31, 2011
Robert William Weber, Sr., CDR, USN (Ret.) 96, of East Chatham, passed away peacefully Saturday, December 31, 2011 at home with family. He was born to the late William and Annie Weber in Yonkers, NY. Robert served his country for 23 years in the US Navy. He was a Navy pilot during WWII and retired as a Naval Commander. Following...
Marilyn Alice (Pease) Barry
Dec 27, 2011
Marilyn Alice (Pease) Barry (August 14, 1948 - December 27, 2011)  Beloved Teacher and Community Activist   Marilyn P. Barry enjoyed dinner, laughter, stories, and exchanging gifts with her family on Christmas evening. Not long after her and her husband Gene's guests had left, a ruptured cerebral aneurysm sent Marilyn to Albany Medical Center, where her life concluded in the early...
Frances Alessi
Dec 12, 2011
Frances Alessi, 85, of Old Chatham, NY died on December 12, 2011 at St. Peter's Hospital. She married her loving husband, Salvatore (Sam) Alessi , on November 14, 1944. They were married for 53 years before he pre deceased her in 1997. Frances was a devoted mother of seven children, Louise Alessi, Salvatore (JoMarie) Alessi Jr., Dorothy (Richard) Wilber, Dolores...
Jane Deppe
Dec 10, 2011
Jane Sawicz Deppe passed away peacefully on December 10, 2011 at the age of 99, in Hudson, NY. Her children Carl Deppe, Janina Deppe and grandchildren Saskia Levy Thompson and Francesca Levy were with her. Jane was born in Brooklyn in 1912 where she taught elementary school for over 20 years after getting a BA from Brooklyn College in 1933....
Lynda J. Mccagg
Dec 5, 2011
Lynda J. McCagg, of Austerlitz, NY, passed away December 5, 2011 at Columbia Memorial Hospital. She was born February 14, 1943 in Yonkers, NY, and was the daughter of the late William B. Jr. and Lola Courtney Stoll. She was a graduate of Mahopac High School and later moved to Columbia County New York. Lynda was a beautician and enjoyed...
Wanda M. Morini
Dec 5, 2011
Wanda M. Morini, a resident of Ghent for 37 years, passed away December 5, 2011 at the Whittier Nursing Home. She was born February 22, 1915 in New York City, the daughter of the late Ettore and Amelia Masi D'Ottavi. She was the sister of Eraldo D'Ottavi, Mrs. Fernanda LaBozzetta and Mrs. Olga Masiello, all previously deceased. Wanda was the...
Joseph E. O'Dell
Dec 2, 2011
Joseph E. O'Dell, lifelong resident of Chatham, NY, passed away December 2, 2011 with his loving family by his side at the Stratton VA Medical Center. He was born September 19, 1955 in Hudson, NY and was the son of the late Lewis and Jean Clegg O'Dell. He was a graduate of Chatham High School and went on to serve...
Florence Helen Jackson
Nov 24, 2011
Florence Helen Jackson passed away on November 24, 2011 at the Fireman's Home in Hudson. Born December 3, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY she was the daughter of the late Edward and Julianna Spiesz Kaht. She was educated in Brooklyn and later married William Wynn Jackson. Together with their then 3 children, they moved old Chatham in 1945, purchasing the Old...
Elizabeth H. Scannell
Nov 18, 2011
Elizabeth (Liz) H. Wurtzinger Scannell the beloved wife of Robert J. Scannell for 67 ½ years, passed away November 18, 2011, at the Pine Haven Nursing Home. She was born November 20th, 1920 in Allentown PA. Elizabeth has resided in Ghent, New York for 66 years on Scannell Road; she opened the door to creativity and discovery for her children....
Lois C. Busch
Nov 13, 2011
Lois C. Busch passed away November 13, 2011 at Pine Haven Nursing Home. She was born in Wyoming, July 29, 1922 and was the daughter of the late Ralph Lionial and Katherine Alice Cook Soule. Â She settled to Long Island as a teenager and later met and married Frederick E. Busch. They moved to Columbia County to small farm. They...
James R. Nolan
Nov 6, 2011
James R. Nolan, 88, scientist, artist, loving husband and father. James R. Nolan, of Plattsburgh, NY, died peacefully on November 6, 2011, with his family at his side in Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, NY. He was born in New York City, May 8, 1923, to John B. and Mary Kate (Mealy) Nolan. In his youth, he was a member...
Judith A. Wear
Oct 26, 2011
Judith A. Wear, a lifelong resident of Canaan, NY, passed away October 26, 2011, at Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield, MA. She was born November 23, 1938 and was the daughter of the late Eugene W. and Margaret L. Casey Walker. Judith was a graduate of New Lebanon High School and Albany Medical Center School of Nursing. She loved to sew...
Thomas Edward Meyn
Oct 20, 2011
Thomas Edward Meyn passed away October 20, 2011, at his home surrounded by friends and family. He was born February 19, 1948 in Paterson New Jersey the son of the late Thomas William and Katherine J. Payne Meyn. Tom graduated Houghton College in Houghton, New York with a B.A. in Business Administration. Later, after moving to East Chatham he started...
Vivian Louise Gates
Oct 15, 2011
Vivian Louise Estopinal Gates of East Chatham, New York, died on October 15, 2011, at Albany Medical Center. Vivian was born on January 12, 1922, in New Orleans, Louisiana, daughter of the late Fernando Joseph and Mary Vivian Estopinal. She married the late Louis Gates III, who was originally from New York. They moved back to New York after he...
Kerry Ann Hawver
Sep 26, 2011
Kerry Ann Hawver 34 of Kingston N.Y. Passed away Sept. 26th 2011 at Westchester hospital after battling a long illness. Born in Hudson N.Y. Aug. 2nd, 1977. She graduated from Hudson High School. She grew up in Hudson N.Y. and worked at the Mellenville Workshop, and Gateway in Kingston N.Y. She was very outgoing and loved by many. Survived by...
Gerald E. Subak-Sharpe
Sep 10, 2011
Gerald E. Subak-Sharpe Gerald E. Subak-Sharpe, professor emeritus at the City College of New York and a resident of New York City and New Concord, died peacefully in his sleep on Sept. 10. He was undergoing treatment for lymphoma, but heart failure was the cause of death. Dr. Subak-Sharpe, the son of Robert and Nelly Subak, was born June 15,...
Gloria J. Morse-Kennedy
Sep 10, 2011
***Gloria J. Morse-Kennedy passed away on September 10th. Her family will host a celebration of her life on Saturday, October 15th from 11-2 in the main building at the columbia county fairgrounds in Chatham, NY.*** Gloria J. Morse-Kennedy, 50 of Ghent, NY passed away, September 10, 2011, surrounded by family & friends after a brief but courageous battle with cancer....
Anne E. Reuter
Sep 9, 2011
Anne E. Reuter obituary "I often said when looking at a gravestone that it is the dash between the birth and death date that encompasses a person's life-the joys, the sorrows, the passions, grace and beauty—all represented by a simple line" Anne Reuter Anne E. Reuter, a resident of Caanan, NY, died peacefully on Sept. 9th, 2011 after a brief...
Carl Wise
Sep 7, 2011
Carl Wise, 90, passed September 7, 2012. Born in Brooklyn, NY on May 4, 1922 he was the son of Thomas and Laurie Wise. Carl worked as an assembler at Abilities First and enjoyed Volunteering at Hudson River Lodging, both in Poughkeepsie. Carl is survived by members of the Johnson family with whom he resided for many years, and his...
Diane George
Sep 3, 2011
Diane George age 60, passed away Sept. 3, 2011 at the Pine Haven Nursing Home after a long battle with cancer. She is finally at peace with her sister, Roxanne McKibbin who passed away three and a half years ago. She is survived by her parents Leonard and Barbara Wilson of Ghent, son, Kenneth (Shannon) Curik, granddaughters; Vivien and Sophia...
