Obituaries

ALBANY – William W. Ostrander, 75, of Albany, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Bill was born in Albany, and lived here all his life.  He was a graduate of Christian Brothers Academy, and served in the U.S. Army.  He was employed for many years as a printer by the New York State Dept. of...

SLINGERLANDS – Doris Meineker Beberwyck, 91, of the Beverwyck in Slingerlands, died at St. Peter’s Hospital on Wednesday, August 19, 2015.  Doris was the daughter of Otto and Eleanora Meineker.  She was a graduate of Rensselaer High School, attended nursing school, and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy WAVES, serving during World War II.  She was a member of...

GUILDERLAND – Elizabeth A. Riedy, 91, of Guilderland, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at her home.   She was born in Hollywood, the daughter of the late Frank and Elizabeth Shellenback.  She was raised in California and Boston, but lived most of her life in Albany. Betty devoted herself to her family.  She enjoyed skiing in the Adirondacks;...

ALBANY – Walter S. Pogoda Jr., 80, of Albany passed away at his home on Wednesday, August 5, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. To his friends and family he was simply known as “Shiney”. He worked as a baker in the family business, Broadway Bakery for more than 40 years. He made the best rye bread and hard rolls...

ALBANY – Josephine Ann Tozzi, 86, of Albany, passed away Sunday, August 2, 2015, at Albany Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. She was born in Ravena and was the daughter of the late Salvatore and Mary Pomellitto. Josephine has been an Albany resident since 1951. She had worked for the Albany School District for several years. Josephine was a...

ALBANY – Rosaria “Sara” Schepisi, 87, died after a brief illness at Hospice Inn on Saturday, August 1, 2015. Rosaria was born in San Piero Patti, Sicily, on November, 18, 1927. She was the daughter of the late Giuseppe and Giuseppina Marrello. Family was most important to Rosaria. Her granddaughter and her great- granddaughters were the flowers of her garden...

COLONIE – Patrick E. Renaghan, 79, of Colonie, passed away on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at the Hospice Inn in St. Peter’s Hospital.  Pat was born in Bayside, Queens, the son of the late Patrick F. Renaghan, and Helen R. McNamara Renaghan.  He was raised in the Bronx and lived there until relocating his family to Roanoke, VA.  The family...

GUILDERLAND – Jacob F. “Jack” Nowak, Jr., 73, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Saturday, July 18, 2015 in the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Jack was born in Albany, the son of the late Jacob F. Nowak, Sr. and Anne Romanowski Nowak.  He served in the U.S. Army for three years, and was employed...

GUILDERLAND – Herman William Wyld, 82, of Guilderland, passed away on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, surrounded by his family, at the Hospice Inn of St. Peters Hospital. Son of the late Herman and Ann Scully Wyld, he was born in Albany on December 14, 1932 and was a graduate of the former Vincentian Institute, class of 1951. After graduation he...

ALBANY – Anthony J. Mirabile, 88, of Albany, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, July 2, 2015 at Albany Medical Center.  Tony, a lifelong resident of Albany, was born in Glens Falls in the summer of 1926, the son of the late Joseph and Santa (DePasquale) Mirabile.  He graduated in 1944 from Vincentian Institute and attended Siena College, Albany Business College and...

DELMAR – Robert L. Youngs, 91, of Delmar, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 26, 2015.  Bob was born on November 18, 1923 in Newark, NJ, the son of the late Granville and Eugenie Youngs.  He was a proud marine, having served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, including in the first wave of Iwo Jima and...

WEST SAND LAKE – Marie LaChance, 74, of West Sand Lake, formerly of Albany, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2015, in the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Marie was born in Albany, and lived her most of her life before moving to West Sand Lake nine years ago.  She was employed by the New York State Dept. of Taxation...

GREENFIELD CENTER – Martha Ward Carver was born on July 17th, 1926 in Binghamton, New York, to F. Erwin Ward and Isabella Post Ward of Deposit New York, and died at her home in Greenfield Center, New York on June 13th, 2015.

Martha Ward Carver, 88, grew up in Deposit, New York and graduated from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs,...

GUILDERLAND – H. Gladys Rings, 86, of Guilderland, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family.  Mrs. Rings was born in Albany, and lived in Albany and Guilderland all her life.  She was employed for a time by the former American Meter Works in Albany where she met her husband of 63 years Frederick Rings,...

ALBANY – Mark A. Delamater, 90, of Albany, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2015 in the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Mark was born and raised in Portsmouth, OH, the son of the late Ralph E. and Inez H. Potts Delamater.  He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, including service aboard the USS Sanders, DE-40.  He...

ALBANY – Joseph F. Fisher, 81, of Albany, passed away Friday, June 5, 2015 at the Teresian House.  Joe was born in Kingston, NY on January 26, 1934 to the late Joseph Vivian Fisher and Florence Agnes Brazee.   He served in the U.S. Navy for four years starting during the Korean War.  A graduate of Marist College, he was employed...

GUILDERLAND – Joan F. Hoffberg Meyer, 85, of Guilderland, passed away Monday, June 1, 2015.  Joan was born in Manhattan, the daughter of the late Jack and Margaret Potolowsky Hoffberg, and was raised in the Bronx.  She then lived on Long Island, first in Levittown and for many years in Baldwin, until moving to the Capital District in 1997.  Joan...

GLENMONT – Miriam L. Swift, 88, of Glenmont, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at the Hospice Inn in St. Peter’s Hospital surrounded by her loved ones.  Miriam was born in Schenectady, the daughter of the late Donald Becker Yates and Margaret Mary Hermann Yates.  She was raised in Scotia, and was a 1944 graduate of Scotia High School. ...

ALBANY – Angeline M. DeLorenzo, 105, passed away Monday, May 11, 2015 at the Teresian House.  Angeline was born in Albany, the daughter of the late Joseph and Catherine Catizone.  She was a communicant for many years of the former St. James Church, and of the former Holy Cross Church.  She enjoyed cooking and baking, and taking long walks.

Angeline...

ALBANY – Alton H. “Al” Carpenter, 87, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 2, 2015. Al was born on January 29, 1928 on his grandfather’s farm in Kelsey, NY, the son of Adelbert Daniel Carpenter and Ethel LaVonne (Peckham) Carpenter. He spent all of his youth on his parents’ dairy farm in Harpursville, NY until he graduated from high school...