Carl Joseph Winkler
Feb 12, 2012
Carl Joseph Winkler passed away unexpectedly on February 12, 2012, in San Antonio, Texas. Born May 29, 1956 in Albany, NY he was the son of John and Dolores Heim Winkler. Carl came to Ghent, NY as a young boy and attended and graduated from Chatham High School. He would then go into the Air Force retiring in 1998. During...
Velma M. Logan
Jan 30, 2012
Velma M. Logan nee Gleason, age 90, passed away January 30, 2012. Born November 29, 1921 in Canaan, NY, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Katherine Hinchey Gleason. Velma was educated at the Red Rock School. She was a home maker and life-long resident of Red Rock and Chatham. Velma is survived by sons Edgar Logan Jr....
Helen H. Simmons
Jan 29, 2012
Helen H. Simmons, 84 of 18 School St., Chatham, NY passed away Sunday, January 29th at Columbia Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Â She was born in Mount Vernon, NY, the daughter of the late Herman and Mildred (Dessoir) Hoffstedt. Â She was a retired bookkeeper for E.G. Simmons and Sons and Fleet Bank. Â She and her late husband, Robert Simmons,...
Albert Emil Wilska
Jan 25, 2012
Albert Emil Wilska, a lifelong resident of Old Chatham, New York, died at the Providence Care Center in Lenox, Massachusetts on January 25, 2012, one day after his 93rd birthday. The son of Paavo (Paul) and Emma Wilska, he was a member of the first class to graduate from the present New Lebanon High School. He went on to earn...
Franklin Arthur Gearing
Jan 11, 2012
Franklin Arthur Gearing, lifelong resident of Canaan, NY passed away January 11, 2012 at home surrounded by his family. Franklin was born May 23, 1918 in Canaan and was the son of the late Arthur Franklin and Elsie Graser Gearing. He was a member of the Chatham High School class of 1935. He was a self employed electrician and plumber....
George Warren Carey
Jan 10, 2012
George Warren Carey of Old Chatham, passed away January 10, 2012, at Columbia Memorial Hospital. He was born January 1, 1927 in the Bronx, NY and was the son of the late George Anthony and Florence Kearns Carey. Â He received his BA, MA and PhD from Columbia University and served in the Army Air Corps from 1944 thru 1946. George...
Edna 'Nancy' Knabbe
Jan 8, 2012
On Tuesday, January 8; a sunny winter day Edna (Nancy) Knabbe departed this life on earth surrounded by her children. Nancy will be missed by all who knew her. Nancy was born October 24, 1928 to Elizabeth and John Jones of Chatham NY where she lived and attended Chatham Schools. She was one of thirteen children and was predeceased by...
Edna 'Nancy' Knabbe
Jan 8, 2012
On Tuesday, January 8; a sunny winter day Edna (Nancy) Knabbe departed this life on earth surrounded by her children. Nancy will be missed by all who knew her. Nancy was born October 24, 1928 to Elizabeth and John Jones of Chatham NY where she lived and attended Chatham Schools. She was one of thirteen children and was predeceased by...
Jean C. Wagner
Jan 3, 2012
Jean C. Wagner, 76, of Southington, CT peacefully passed away on Tuesday, (January 3, 2012) at home, with her family by her side. Jean was born on October 17, 1935 in Waterbury, CT to the late James and Carmela (Tortora) Bredice. Jean was an artist whose work was admired by galleries in Connecticut. She loved the ocean, art, music and...
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...
