Barbara Towart Arzt
Jul 13, 2012
Barbara Towart Arzt passed away July 13, 2012 in Baton Rouge, LA. She was born November 25, 1937, in the Bronx. Barbara was the daughter of the late Frances and James Towart. She was a 1955 graduate of Chatham High School. Barbarae was retired from J.C. Penny's In Baton Rouge, LA where she had worked for many years. She is...
Anna Lemanska
Jun 25, 2012
Anna Lemanska of Valatie, N.Y. passed away June 25, 2012 at Barnwell Nursing home. Born October 23, 1913 in Schenectady, NY, she was the daughter of the late Stanislaw and Eva (Grzybicka) Lemanski. At age 20 while working at General Electric in Schenectady, as a mail girl, she began drawing and was told she had a great talent in art....
William T. Peluso
Jun 24, 2012
View a Video Memorial William T. Peluso of East Chatham, NY passed away suddenly on Sunday, June 24, 2012. Bill was born in Stephentown, NY on Oct. 10, 1939 and graduated from Berlin Central High School. He served in the United States Air Force from 1958–1962, stationed first at Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base in Oklahoma and was then assigned to...
Carolyne A. Moon
Jun 19, 2012
Carolyne A. Moon of Chatham Passed away June 19, 2012. She was born September 4, 1926 and was the daughter of the late Albert and Alice Mary Christianson Champney. Carolyne married the late James Moon on December 26, 1945. She was the mother of James A. (Judy), Sharon A. of East Chatham, Brad A. (Anita) of Homasassa, Fla., Terry A....
Rose Koller Cappozzo
Jun 14, 2012
Rose Koller Cappozzo passed away on June 14, 2012 at Albany Medical Center. She was born September 2, 1922 in New York City the daughter of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Susbeck Koller formerly of East Chatham. She was a graduate of Chatham High School, class of 1940 and the Mildred Elly Business School, Albany, NY. She married Frank Cappozzo,...
James Avens
Jun 9, 2012
James Avens, Sr., 91, born March 28, 1921 in Newark, NJ died peacefully at home with family in Spencertown, NY on June 9, 2012. He was the son of the late James and Agnes Avens of Roselle, NJ. A devoted husband, kind and loving father, grandfather and uncle, James was predeceased by his wife of 59 years, Gertrude May Avens,...
Stephen Richard Walsh
May 28, 2012
Stephen Richard Walsh, 59 of Nassau, NY passed away Monday May 28 2012, at Albany Memorial Hospital. Born in Hudson , NY on August 19, 1952; he was the son of Richard Walsh and Eleanor Mc Naughton Walsh of Chatham. Steve started his career in law enforcement as a Chatham Police Officer and retired as an officer with the NYS...
Walter Thomas Nielsen
May 1, 2012
Walter Thomas Nielsen passed away in the loving embrace of his family on May 1, 2012. Born June 7, 1927, in Cohoes, NY and raised in North Albany, N.Y., he was the son of John Christian Nielsen and Anna Irene O'Connor. He served in the US Navy during World War II from 1945 to 1946 and was a member of...
Lillie C. Gerrick
Apr 27, 2012
Lillie C. Gerrick of Ghent, passed away April 27, 2012 at the Pine Haven Nursing Home. Born January 3, 1907 in Rensselaer, NY, she was the daughter of the late James Frederick and Lucille Hunt Clark. Lillie graduated from Rensselaer High School in 1924 and attended Albany Business College. She worked for AT&T for 19 years, leaving to raise her...
Benjamin S. Clark Jr.
Apr 26, 2012
Benjamin S. Clark, Jr., 74, pro-bono human rights lawyer, and a lover of cats, died April 26, 2012, at St Peter's Hospital, Albany, NY, after a valiant twelve-year struggle with cancer. Born in New York City on April 19, 1938, he was educated at the Millbrook School and Hamilton College. He became a reporter, and was working at the Bernardsville...
Roberta Rose
Apr 15, 2012
Roberta (Golden) Rose, born in Chatham Hospital Dec. 31, 1947. She past away with family nearby at Albany Medical Center April 15,2012. Surviving are her husband (Wayne) of 44 years, her  3 children : Michael (Kelly) , Melissa (Kevin), Jeramey (Alyssa) Rose, her 9 Grandchildren Michael Jr., Mathew, Kacey, Emily, Charlie, Amelia, Eliza, Adrienne, Jacqueline, her mother Helen Golden, sister...
Francis R. Hanson
Apr 15, 2012
Francis R. Hanson, of Ghent, passed into Eternal Life of Sunday afternoon, April 15, 2012 in hospice at the Whittier Nursing Home. Born on August 15, 1938, he is the beloved son of the late John J. and Hilda Smith Hanson. He attended the New Britain One-Room-Elementary School and Chatham Elementary in his early years and then became a faithful...
Jane Elizabeth Buchan
Apr 14, 2012
Jane Elizabeth (Burrows) Buchan born January 6, 1918, lifelong Chatham resident passed on April 14, 2012 at Columbia Memorial Hospital. She was the daughter of Mortimer and Alma Burrows and had been a recent resident of the Payn Residence and Barnwell Nursing facility. Ninety-four years young, she was pre-deceased by husband John M. Buchan Jr. and son Douglas Buchan. Jane...
Daniel Rapoport
Apr 11, 2012
Daniel Rapoport, 79, lifelong journalist, author of "Inside the House" and, founder of Farragut Publishing  Co., beloved husband for nearly 48 years of Maxine Rapoport, father of Victoria, Andrew, and Adam, doting grandfather of Marlon, 4, the son of Adam Rapoport and his wife, Simone Shubuck, died in his sleep at home in East Chatham, N.Y., of leukemia on April...
Jeanette (Nettie) Jones Fiero
Apr 7, 2012
Jeanette (Nettie) Jones Fiero, 87, born November 25, 1924, passed away at home on April 7, 2012. Jeanette was born at home in Chatham, NY and went to Chatham Union School. Married to Franklin W. Fiero on October 30 1946 they celebrated their 65th anniversary in 2011. She was a life member of Saint James Roman Catholic Church in Chatham....
Mildred L. (Madsen) Fisher
Apr 3, 2012
Mildred L. (Madsen) Fisher of Oak Bluffs passed away on April 3, 2012 at her home in Oak Bluffs following a long period of declining health. She died two days before her 89th birthday. Mildred was born in New York City on April 5, 1923 the daughter of Walter Madsen and Margaret (Bryan) Madsen. Her father was a chauffeur for...
Richard J. Tokarski
Mar 31, 2012
Tokarski, Richard J. of Albuquerque, New Mexico, passed away on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Presbyterian Hospital. He was born September 3, 1950 in Hartford, CT to Marion and Irene (Wlodarczyk) Tokarski. He is survived by his wife Jeanne (Westover) Tokarski; sisters; Janina Tokarski of Port Charlotte, FL, Helene (Olszewski) O'Neill of Newington, CT, brother; Henery Olszewski of Wethersfield, CT...
Rose Marie Lamora
Mar 30, 2012
Rose Marie O'Dell LaMora of Binghamton and formerly of Chatham died Friday March 30, 2012 at Willow Point Nursing Home. Born in Hudson,NY on Sept 20, 1953. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Flood O'Dell Sr. and late Edith Mansfield Carver. She Married Henry O'Dell in 1969 and he predeceased her in Jan 1978. She married her second...
Herbert Watson Woodward
Mar 2, 2012
Herbert Watson Woodward, known to all as "Woody," passed away March 2nd at home surrounded by his daughter, Janet, and granddaughter, Lily. Born June 19, 1919 in Globe, Arizona, he was the son of the late Herbert W. and Charlotte F. Smith Woodward. He was the husband of the late Eliza Little Woodward, of Virginia, who passed away on June...
Robert (Bobby) Gourdine
Feb 14, 2012
Born on September 19, 1943 in Jersey City, New Jersey, Robert (Bobby) Gourdine celebrated 68 years of life on Earth. He came from a large and loving family, who cherished him. He was the son of Laura and Simon Gourdine and was the youngest of their seven children. In 1970, Bobby entered the Taconic Developmental Center. While there, he enjoyed...
