ALBANY -

Mitchell Liberman died in his sleep on February 21, 2026, four days before his 76th birthday. He had been a resident of Daughters of Sarah Nursing Home for a number of years.

Mitchell was predeceased by his parents Irving and Edith. He is survived by his younger brother Lyle, several cousins, and many friends. Mitchell grew up in the suburbs of New York City. As a Jr. at Jericho High School, he set a track record for the low hurdles that stood for 23 years. He graduated from SUNY Albany in 1972. Mitchell was an early pioneer of the health food scene in Albany. He opened a health food store on Central Avenue - Miles Natural Foods in 1979. After many years he sold the business and in 1994 joined a group of cyclists to ride across America from Bellingham Wa to Portland Me (5100 miles).

Returning to Albany from his cross country tour he had a varied career: automobile salesman, coffee barista at the Daily Grind in Troy, teacher, and Assistant Manager of the Health and Body Care Department of the Honest Weight Food Coop on Central Avenue. Mitchell was an avid cyclist and super bike mechanic. He bought and sold many bikes, but he maintained a small stable of high quality rides. His favorite and last bike was a purple Spectrum titanium bicycle hand built by Tom Kellogg, which he rode on his tour of the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy in 2002.

Mitchell was a devoted and enthusiastic fan of Bob Dylan. Any time Dylan performed within a 100 mile radius of Albany, he would be in the audience. He owned every album that was made and knew most of Dylan’s song lyrics by heart, even to the point of conducting whole conversations in “Dylanese”. This enthusiasm stemmed from Mitchell’s love of language and word-play. He relished making up riddles and jokes, correcting one’s grammar and looking up etymologies.

Mitchell is gone, but he has touched all of us:

 “Yer gonna have to leave me now, I know. But I'll see you in the sky above, In the tall grass, in the ones I love, Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go.” 

(Bob Dylan 1974 - Blood on the Tracks).

Thank you to the staff and care givers at Daughters of Sarah for the support, concern and care they gave Mitchell during his residence there.

There will be a gathering at the Honest Weight Food Co-op community room (Located at: 100 Watervliet Avenue, Albany, NY 12206) to remember Mitchell and share stories of his life on Sunday, May 24, 2026 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared with the family, online at: SimpleChoicesCremation.com