Obituaries

ALTAMONT  – Jeanne M. Stewart, 60, of Altamont, passed away Friday, September 6, 2013 at Samaritan Hospital in Troy after a long courageous battle with early onset Alzheimer’s.  Jeanne was born in Albany, the daughter of the late Bernard and Helen Vincent Polinsky, and she lived in the area all her life.  She was a graduate of Vincentian Institute in...

ALBANY – Mary Rita Pagano, 92, was born into Eternal Life on Saturday, August 31, 2013 in the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital surrounded by her loving family.  She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend and will be deeply missed by all who knew her. Mary Rita enjoyed listening to her music, chatting with friends,...

ALBANY – Patsy A. Biance, 96, died peacefully in the comfort of his home on Monday, August 26, 2013.  Patsy was born in Albany and lived here all his life.  He was employed for many years as a boilermaker for the New York Central Railroad at the West Albany Shops.  He also was a highly skilled welder, and continued his...

ALBANY – On Friday, August 23, 2013, Herb Bohl , cherished husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend passed away peacefully at Community Hospice of Albany at Albany Memorial Hospital after a valiant battle with cancer.  Born on January 7, 1929, in Albany to the late August C. Bohl and Gertrude Vanderhouten,  Herbert J. Bohl grew up with 12 brothers...

ALBANY – Much loved husband, father, grandfather, uncle, great uncle, friend, and neighbor, George R. Wiley, 85, of Albany, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 30, 2013, in the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital.  George was born in Albany, the son of the late Joseph G. and Mildred Wiley.  He lived here all his life and was referred to...

ALBANY – Clara Rita Armstrong, 81, of Albany, Thompson’s Lake and Cocoa Florida, died unexpectedly on July 15, 2013 at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, New York.  Mrs. Armstrong was born and raised in Buffalo, NY.  She was the daughter of the late Frank and Veronika (Matuszewski) Piskorski.

Clara attended St. Stanislaus Elementary School, Villa Maria High School and graduated...

CLIFTON PARK –  Jean Elizabeth Rettie, 81, of Clifton Park, died on July 2, 2013.  Born in Mt. Kisco, New York, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Rettie of Aberdeen, Scotland and Jennie Nelson Rettie of Yonkers, New York.  She graduated from Pleasantville High School and the State University of New York at Geneseo and received her Master’s...

DELMAR – Lorraine E. (Mahota) Boyle, 65, passed away peacefully on July 8, 2013 at Albany Medical Center Hospital after a long hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born in Hudson, NY to the late William Mahota and the late Veronica (Witko) Mahota.

Lorraine grew up in Hudson and Greenport where she graduated from St. Mary’s Academy. After...

WEST SAND LAKE – Olga Sloboda Dobush, 95, of West Sand Lake, NY left us with a gentle last breath on June 30th, 2013 at St Mary’s hospice in Troy, NY.  Olga was born in Cohoes, NY on April 11th, 1918 to Bolshevik revolution refugees from Kiev; Onisin Sloboda, a tailor and Nataley Luskoviech Sloboda, a child-bride and mother of...

GUILDERLAND – Margaret A. McGuire, 88, of Guilderland, passed away peacefully at her home with her family by her side on Monday, June 24, 2013.  Mrs. McGuire was born in Syracuse, but lived most of her life in Guilderland.  She was a communicant of Christ the King Church since it was founded.

Mrs. McGuire was predeceased in 1974 by her...

ALBANY – Theodore J. Beebe, 88, of Schenectady, died Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at his home.  Mr. Beebe was born in Albany, but lived in Schenectady and Altamont for many years as well as in Hendersonville, TN.  He was a graduate of Mont Pleasant High School in Schenectady, and served as a sergeant in the Army Air Forces during World...

GUILDERLAND – George F. Hallenbeck, 86, of Guilderland, passed away on Monday, May 20, 2013 at his home.  George was born and raised in Hudson, the son of the late George and Dorothy Clowe Hallenbeck.  He was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School in Hudson, and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.  He lived in the...

GUILDERLAND – Dolores A. Zell, 79, of Guilderland, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, May 19, 2013.  Dolores was born in Albany, the daughter of the late Francis Morgan and Mary Elia Morgan.  She lived in the area all her life.  She was a graduate of St. Joseph’s Academy in Albany, and was employed by the New York...

COLONIE – John M. Nealon of Colonie, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at St. Peter’s Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.  Mr. Nealon was born in Albany, and lived in Colonie his whole life.  He served in the U.S. Navy Reserves for a time, and was employed by Tobin First Prize in West Albany for many years.  He later was employed by...

ALBANY – Sonya Morales Pagan, 51, of Albany, died Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Albany Medical Center.  Sonya was born in Puerto Rico, but lived most of her life in the Bronx and in Albany.  She was beloved by everyone she met for her humor, her simple goodness, and her unbridled love.  Sonya is survived by her children Tina, Shavon,...

ALBANY – Catherine Louis, 95, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at St. Peter’s Hospice Inn surrounded by her loving family.  Catherine was born on March 17, 1918 in Attleboro, MA.  A few years later, she and her family moved to Waterbury, CT, where she graduated from Wilby High School in 1937.  The following year she married George...

ALBANY – Mary Christopher Dawson, 90, of Albany, died Monday, May 6, 2013 at St. Peter’s Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.  Mary was born in Schenectady, but lived in Albany since childhood.  She was employed for a time by the Montgomery Ward store in Menands, and then took time to raise her children.  She later was employed by Norstar Bank and...

CRARYVILLE – Milda Betins (ne Jankowskis) died peacefully at Pinehaven Nursing Home on April 30,       2013 following complications from a fall.  She was surrounded by her family.  Milda was born in Vidzeme, Latvia on November 19, 1919, the eldest daughter of Janis and Emilja Jankowskis (ne Bambis).  After graduating Priekulu Vidusskola in 1938 Milda went on to attend nursing school...