Obituaries

GUILDERLAND – Donald A. Robinson died Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at Our Lady of Mercy Life Center.  Donald was born at Sidney, NY on Dec. 3, 1927, son of the late Arthur L. Robinson and Luella (Geertgens) Robinson.  He lived most of his young life in Franklin, NY and graduated from the Delaware Literary Institute and Franklin Central School in...

ALBANY – Harold J. Kircher, Jr. “Bud”, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 17, 2012, while surrounded by his loving family.  Born in Albany, he was the son of the late Harold J. Kircher, Sr., and Loretta Hennessey Kircher.  He was a graduate of CBA, and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.  After the war, he was...

COLONIE – Paul J. Vadney, 85, of Colonie, died Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at Albany Memorial Hospital.  Paul was born in Albany on February 28, 1927, the son of the late Edward P. and Catherine H. Pinion Vadney.  He lived in the area all his life.  He was employed as a firefighter by the Albany Fire Dept., and as a...

ALBANY – Mary A. Johnas, 96, of Albany, died Friday, November 9, 2012 at Our Lady of Mercy Life Center in Guilderland.  Mrs. Johnas was born in Troy, the daughter of Louis and Helena Morrissey Stratta.   She lived in Watervliet for a time, but lived most of her life in Albany, where she was a communicant of St. Vincent DePaul...

ALBANY – Peter J. Andres, 84, of Albany, died Thursday, November 8, 2012 at Albany Medical Center Hospital.  Mr. Andres was born in Albany and lived here all his life.  He was employed for many years by the D&H Railroad in Albany, and he was a 1968 graduate of Siena College.  He lived with his sister Catherine Andres for many...

NORTH BLENHEIM, NY – Jill A. Zichichi, 70, of North Blenheim, NY, died Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at the Albany Medical Center Hospital.  Jill was born in Newark, NJ, and raised in Millburn, NJ.  She was a graduate of Millburn High School, and attended Emerson College in Boston, MA.  She also loved to cook, and cared about her community, serving...

ALBANY – Benjamin James Armento, 54, of Albany, died Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at his home.  He was born in Albany on August 24, 1958, son of the late James Armento, and Catherine T. Armento (Smith), of Albany.  Benjamin was a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park.  He lived most of his adult life in San...

ALBANY – Joseph C. Scilipote, 92, of Albany, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, on Friday, October 5, 2012.

Son of the late Anthony and Catherine Scilipote, Joe was born in Albany and lived there all his life.  He graduated from Philip Schuyler High School and served in the U.S. Navy.  Joe worked for 42 years at...

COLONIE – Harriett L. Shore, 80, of Colonie, passed away peacefully with her family at her side on Thursday, September 20, 2012.  Born Harriett L. Hobble on September 17, 1932 in Wichita, KS, the daughter of the late Theodore Foree Hobble and Grace Lyons Hobble.  She was raised in Needles, CA, and was a 1950 graduate of Needles Union High...

ALBANY – Stanley F. Gecewicz, 88, of McKownville, died Monday, September 3, 2012 at the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center.  Mr. Gecewicz was born and raised in Albany, the son of the late John and Mary Janczys Gecewicz.  He lived in McKownville for many years.  He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and later was employed by...

ALBANY – John J. (Jack) Delaney, 86, of Glenmont, formerly of Clifton Park, passed away peacefully in the company of his family Monday August 27, 2012, at Albany Medical Center.  Jack was born in Troy, the son of the late Joseph P. and Florence Murphy Delaney.  He graduated from LaSalle Institute and attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he received a...

ALBANY – Margaret A. Ryan, 86, of Albany, slipped away peacefully at the Teresian House with her daughter Margie holding her hand in the early morning hours of Monday, August 27, 2012.  Mrs. Ryan was born in Troy, the daughter of the late Daniel J. and Mary McGrath O’Connell.  She lived in Albany most of her life, and was employed...

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – Ruth Jeanne “Jeannie” (Noonan) Troidle, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 16, 2012, at Community Hospice (Bailey Center) in St. Augustine. Jeannie was born in Troy, N.Y., to the late Edward F. and Lillian F. Noonan. She attended Vincentian School and graduated from Kenwood Sacred Heart Academy in Albany, N.Y. She moved from Albany to St....

ALBANY  – F. Delmer Gorgen, 98, of Albany, died peacefully on Sunday, August 19, 2012 with his loving family by his side.  Mr. Gorgen was born in Albany, and lived in the area all his life.  He was the husband of the late Ruth Anne Mitchell.  Delmer courted and then married his childhood sweetheart from Albany’s south end, Ruth Anne...

ALBANY – Joseph M. Cotazino, Sr., 86, was welcomed into Heaven by his Mother on her birthday, August 16, 2012.  Born in Albany on July 9, 1926 to the late Bartolo and Josephine (Lostritto) Cotazino.  Joe was a Soldier and a World War II Veteran.  He was inducted into the 10th Armored Division, 3rd Army, of the U.S. Army on...

ALBANY – Janeth Louise Whittemore Eberle, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away on August 7, 2012 at the Teresian House in Albany. She was born in Lansingburgh, and moved with her family to Albany as a young child.  She lived in Albany for the rest of her life, with summers spent at Burden Lake surrounded by family and...

McKOWNVILLE – Donald E. Collins, 85, of McKownville, died peacefully on Saturday, August 4, 2012 with his family by his side.  Mr. Collins was born in Albany, and lived in the area all his life.  He was employed by the New York Central Railroad both before and after serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II.  He later was...

ROTTERDAM  – Edward F. Levandoski, 77, of Rotterdam, died peacefully on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at the Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany.  Mr. Levandoski was born and raised in Amsterdam.  He served for twenty years in the U.S. Air Force, logging sixteen thousand hours in C-47 cargo planes and AC-47 gunships as a Flight Engineer.  He served in Vietnam...

ALBANY – Edward F. Nowak, 87, of Albany, died Friday, July  20, 2012 with his family by his side.  Mr. Nowak was born in Albany, and lived here all his life.  He served in the U.S. Navy Seabees during World War II, and after the war attended Siena College.  He was employed for a time in his father’s masonry business,...

GUILDERLAND – Janice R. Cioppa, 79, of Guilderland, died peacefully on Friday, July 20, 2012 at the Van Rensselaer Manor in North Greenbush.  Mrs. Cioppa was born in Cambridge, NY, but lived in the Albany area most of her life.  She was a graduate of the Childs Hospital School of Nursing, and was employed by the Latham Medical Group, working...