John H. Seymour
Jul 30, 2007
John H. Seymour 84, of Palmyra, Pa., died Monday July 30, 2007 of respiratory failure following a stroke.Born April 12, 1923, he was the son of Harold Seymour and Helene Bovard.Mr. Seymour was a long time resident of Chatham.He joined the Army in 1942 and served in the Pacifictheatre in the Philippines during World War II.He later worked as a...
Katherine Lappas
Jul 14, 2007
Katherine Lappas of Poughkeepsie, NY passed away Saturday July 14, 2007 at Wingate at Beacon. Born in the Bronx to John and Helen Ratck Pantelis on October 28, 1920, Mrs. Lappas Lived in the Bronx until moving to the Poughkeepsie area in 1990. She is survived by two sons; William Lappas of Poughkeepsie, NY and John Lappas of Long Island,...
John Christian Berninger
Jul 12, 2007
John Berninger, 83, WWII Veteran, Retired Printer Ghent, NY John C. Berninger, lifelong resident of Ghent, died July 12, 2007. Mr. Berninger's life was spent gardening and helping others. He was a loving husband and father who raised his children by serving as an example of strength and kindness. Much of his working life was spent as a printer, most...
Hennie R. Simmons
Jul 6, 2007
Hennie R. Simmons of Chatham died peacefully at her daughter's home in Canaan, NY on July 6, 2007. Mrs. Simmons was born December 9, 1920 to Leonard and Rigmor Senica in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1922 Hennie and her family arrived in The United States. She lived in Boston till the age of nine when her family moved to New York...
Marion Decker
Jul 4, 2007
Marion Decker of Chatham Center died Wednesday July 4th at the Barnwell Nursing Home in Valatie. Born March 29, 1925 in Hudson, New York to Leon and Edna Ploss Christiana, Mrs. Decker spent most of her life in Chatham Center. She attended Chatham Schools and then went on to work as a seamstress at Riley's Mill in Valatie. She worked...
Arthur Lawrence Rochester Jr.
Jun 12, 2007
Arthur (Bugsy) Lawrence Rochester Jr., died June 12 from cardiac arrest at Albany Medical Center. He was born April 20, 1957 in Hudson, NY to Arthur Sr. and Clara Dutcher Rochester.  Arthur grew up in Ghent and was a member of the Chatham High School Class of 1976. He married and went to work as an upholsterer and furniture maker...
Stanley Czapluk
Jun 9, 2007
Stanley Czapluk, 81 of Nassau died June 9 at the Whittier Nursing Home in Ghent after a brief illness. Born January 21, 1926 to Joseph and Kathryn Witek Czapluk, Mr Czapluk was a life long resident of Nassau. He was a Veteran of the Korean Era and had worked most of his life as a roofer. Survivors include his sister,...
Anne M. Hill
Jun 3, 2007
Mrs. Anne M. Hill, age 65, of Newark, DE, died peacefully after a long illness on Sunday, June 3, 2007, at her home. Mrs. Hill was born in Chatham, NY on April 11, 1942, daughter of the late William Daley and Agnes Grady Daley. An accountant by profession, she was employed with Brannon and Associates in New Castle, DE for...
George C. Dixon
May 13, 2007
George C. Dixon died May 13, 2007 at Albany Medical Center. He was born March 18, 1934 in the Bronx, New York to George and Margaret Villanova Dixon Kuhn. He grew up in the Bronx and was educated there. After school he went into the Marines and later returned to Brooklyn, New York and went to work for the New...
Floyd R. Kraft
May 7, 2007
Floyd (Froggy) R. Kraft Sr. died at Springside Nursing Home May 7, in Pittsfield MA. He was born in Chatham May 10, 1929 and was the son of Oscar and Dorothy Decker Kraft. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He loved hunting and fishing along with baseball and the New York Yankees and was a viewing fan...
Benjamin Colby Tassinari
Apr 28, 2007
Benjamin Colby Tassinari, son of Dr. Robin and Anne Tassinari, brother of Kate, Sam, Meg, Jessica, Oliver, Cynthia and Alex Tassinari, brother in-law to Tracy Tassinari and Jason Rose, and beloved uncle to Julia Rose, and Alice and Helen Tassinari, lost his long battle with cancer on Saturday the 28th of April, 2007, when he passed peacefully at Massachusetts General...
Thomas J. Kelleher
Apr 16, 2007
Thomas J. Kelleher, age 60, died on April 16th in Sayre, Pennsylvania. Tom was a long time Chatham area resident. He was the son of the late Rosemary and Bernard Kelleher.                  Tom is survived by his brothers and sisters, Peter (Carol) Kelleher of Astoria, Oregon, Susanne (Skip) Ruggles of Raleigh, North Carolina, Dan (Marcella) Kelleher of Paxton, Massachusetts, Mary Lynn...
Margaret Moore Maunu
Apr 9, 2007
Margaret Moore Maunu, "Peggy Moore", 52 of Austerlitz, NY passed away from natural causes April 9, 2007 while traveling with her daughter, Whitney, in London. Peggy was a teacher at Castleton Elementary School where she had been for the past 30 years. She was a producer and stage manager for numerous community and school theatre productions. She served on the...
Marjorie Helen Geyer
Apr 1, 2007
GEYER, Marjorie – Chatham – Marjorie "Marge" Geyer, 86, Born in Plattsburgh, NY, daughter of the late Claude and Dorothy Stephens, wife of the late Charles R. Geyer, Sr., sister of the late Eileen Comerford. Beloved mother of Barbara (Brad) Stewart, Joan (Patrick) Clifford, Nancy (Charles) Benansky, Charles (Enid) Geyer, and Stephen (Denise) Geyer and grandmother of Deborah (Dana) Barnum,...
Virginia Carol Austen
Mar 26, 2007
Virginia (Ginny) Carol Campbell Austen, age 87, long time resident of Canaan, passed away on March 26, 2007, following a long illness. Born in New York City on April 16, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Caroline Weber and Clinton Campbell of 21 Archer Avenue, White Plains, NY. She was a graduate of White Plains High School and...
Violet Ruth Clark
Mar 16, 2007
Violet Ruth Clark, lifetime resident of Chatham died Friday March 16 at the Pine Haven Nursing Home in Philmont, NY. Born March 14, 1936 in Chatham to Harry and Bessie Faulkner McMann. She grew up in Chatham and attended school here. She married Myron at 16 and she and her husband were involved in many local business ventures. They had...
Dorothy Ve. Deane
Mar 16, 2007
Dorothy V. Dean, 88, of Chatham died on Friday March 16, 2007 at Livingston Hills nursing and Rehabilitation Center.  She was born on March 27, 1918 to Dennis and Mary Moran Toomey in Albany New York where she grew up and was educated. She married Edward Sperl a dairy farmer and lived in Saugerties, New York. She spent different times...
Patrick Edward Casey
Mar 3, 2007
Patrick Edward Casey of Spencertown died March 3rd at the Columbia Memorial Hospital. He was born March 13, 1936 in Syracuse, NY, to William Edward and Catherine Grover Casey. He later married Marlene Grover who predeceased him in 1999. Mr. Casey was the Administrator for Columbia County's Department of Weights and Measures for over twenty years until his retirement in...
Ruth A. Mazal
Mar 3, 2007
Ruth A Mazal, 82, a lifelong resident of Chatham, died Saturday, March 3rd at Columbia Memorial Hospital. Born In Chatham, October 6, 1924 to Elsworth and Ruth Stupplebean Laurange, she was one of 11 brothers and sisters. She attended Chatham Schools. Mrs. Mazal married Art Mazal and a short time later he went to war in the army under Gen....
Mary Turner
Mar 2, 2007
Mary Turner, 64 of East Chatham, died March 2, 2007 at the North Adams Medical Center. Born December 16, 1942 in Pittsfield, MA to Albert L. and Laura J. Vanorman Loring. She attended Lee schools and graduated from Lee High School. A short time later she married Charles "Bud" Turner. They stayed in MA. for a short time and than...
