Penelope A. Donovan
Jun 24, 2020
Rensselaer, NY Reverend Penny Donovan, 87, of Rensselaer, NYÂ passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at Albany Medical Center. Rev. Penny was ordained in 1960 at the John Carlson Memorial Institute in Buffalo, NY. She obtained her Doctor of Divinity degree from the Fellowship of the Spirit in Buffalo, NY. In 1964, Rev. Penny founded the Trinity Temple of...
Arthur Clements Young, Phd
Jun 21, 2020
Arthur Clements Young was born April 27, 1923, 5AM in the morning at his grandmother's house in Detroit, Michigan. He was the son of Arthur Fred Young, who worked for the City of Detroit, and Jessie Clements, who emigrated from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She left Belfast, in September of 1912, traveling on the Manitoba, one of the ships that came...
Robert A. Grace
Jun 19, 2020
Albany, NY Robert A. Grace passed away on June 19, 2020 at the Stratton VA Community Living Center. Bob was raised in Fair Lawn, NJ and relocated to Albany, NY in 1999 to continue his position as Assistant Chief Dispatcher for CSX Railroad. He was the loving, dedicated husband of Nancy Coshun Grace; father of Dennis (Alexis) Grace of Budd...
Joanne M. Jacobs
Jun 19, 2020
Joanne Jacobs, 68, passed away peacefully at home on June 19, 2020. She was born in Harrisburg, PA, and was the daughter of the late Peter and Jean Jacobs. After graduating from Haddon Township High School in New Jersey (1969), Joanne received her bachelor's degree from the University of Delaware (1973), master's degree from Clemson University (1975), and went on...
Helen B. White
Jun 13, 2020
Helen B. White, formerly of New Smyrna Beach, Florida and Cobleskill, New York, died peacefully at the Wesley Healthcare Center in Saratoga Springs, on June 13, 2020. Born in Bonifay, Florida on December 16, 1923 to Lon and Annabelle Brown, she was the fifth of six daughters. After graduating from high school, Helen went on to secretarial school in Montgomery,...
Chyna Kathleen Smith
Jun 10, 2020
CHYNA KATHLEEN SMITH EDWARDS August 16,1990 – June 10,2020 Chyna was born in Covington, Kentucky on August 16, 1990 to her surviving father Mark Smith (Ohio). This is where she would grow up and spent most of her life in Northern Kentucky until a brief illness and a tragedy took her young life just a few short years after she...
Damian L. Albohn
Jun 10, 2020
Albany, NY Damian Lawrence Albohn, of Albany NY, passed away after a brief illness on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. He was born in Nyack, NY on December 19th, 1974 to Lawrence and Genevieve (nee Biller). He grew up in Nanuet and was an avid athlete in high school, playing football and lacrosse. Throughout the years Damian was employed by the...
Robert M. Holsapple
Jun 2, 2020
Delmar, NY Robert M. Holsapple, 80, died peacefully at his Crannell Avenue home surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Born in Poughkeepsie, NY, he was the son of the late: Stephen and Kathleen Conroy Holsapple. Bob was educated at St. Mary's Catholic School in Poughkeepsie, NY through the 8th grade then moving on to Arlington High...
William F. Foreman
May 31, 2020
Albany, NY William F. Foreman, 60, of Guilderland passed away suddenly at his home on May 31, 2020. He was the husband for 38 years to Mary A. Foreman and father to Anthony (Nick) Foreman. Willie will be missed by his family and friends. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date.
John Frederick Bramley
May 27, 2020
John Bramley, 78, of Guilderland, New York, passed into eternal rest on May 27, 2020, in the loving embrace of his wife, Gloria. John was born on June 21, 1941, in Derby, England, son of the late Frederick and Annie. Almost from birth, John excelled at athletics. In his youth, he was an avid soccer player, golfer, swimmer and squash...
Jane E. Derook, Md
May 20, 2020
Jane DeRook was born in The Hague, Netherlands and grew up in Indonesia until age 13 when - with the outbreak of World War II, her family returned to the Netherlands where they experienced the privations of German occupied Holland, including the Hunger Winter of 1944. She ultimately attended Medical School at University of Groningen where she met her future...
Gary F. Miller
May 18, 2020
Castleton, NY Gary Francis Miller, of Castleton-on-Hudson, passed away at St Peter's Hospital on Monday May 18, 2020 after a long brave battle with a chronic illness.  He was born on July 14th 1956 to the late Gilbert J Miller and Carrie J Miller.  He attended Columbia High School in East Greenbush. Upon graduation he completed barber training. He spent...
Nicole June Linen
May 14, 2020
Cohoes, NY Nicole June Linen, 37, died on Thursday, May 14, 2020 at the Hospice Inn at St. Peter's Hospital after a long illness. Nicole was educated in Cohoes schools and was a graduate of Cohoes High School. She later went on to earn her degree as an LPN. She was employed as a bus monitor for Star & Strand...
Donald H. Cowan
May 5, 2020
Albany, NY Donald H. Cowan, 78, died of complications from Covid-19, on Wednesday, May 5, 2020 at St. Peter's Hospital. Born in Albany, NY to Lillian M. Stone Cowan and the late Henry H. Cowan, Donald was a lifelong area resident. Don was an Architectural Draftsman and was most proud of his work in drawing up the plans for the...
Warren Charles Kennedy
May 5, 2020
Kennedy, Warren Charles, Ph.D, Feura Bush, passed peacefully from this life May 5, 2020 at St. Peter's Hospice. Born in Pittsburgh, PA Christmas Day, 1941 to Charles Edward Kennedy and Seda Catherine Shalamunec, he was a curious man with diverse academic interests and acumen from astronomy to submarine sound suppression. He was predeceased by his wife Karen (Rothaupt) and his...
Josephine Veronica Pape
May 3, 2020
Albany, NY  Josephine Veronica Pape passed away on May 3, 2020, at Our Lady of Mercy Life Center in Guilderland, NY. She was the daughter of the late William and Margaret (Ricchiuti) Ruscitto of Albany. Raised in Albany, Josephine graduated from Cathedral High School, Albany, NY, class of 1951. She was self-employed as a beautician and later worked for the...
Florita C. Hedderman
May 3, 2020
Albany, NY Florita Hedderman, 93, died May 3, 2020 at St. Peter's Hospice. Born in Albany, NY, Florita was the daughter of the late Joseph A.Pessolano M.D. and the late Florita M. DeDominicis .She was predeceased by her sister Dorothea Wilmot of Niskayuna and by her husbands Herbert L. Clark and William J. Hedderman . She will be missed by...
Joan O. Mackay
May 3, 2020
On March 5, 1933 Joan Marion Otty became the third child born to Willis and Marion Otty at Brady Hospital in Albany, NY. She returned to her home in Castleton at the end of the great depression as World WW II was brewing. She often spoke of visiting Grandpa Otty's farm in Schodack where the family replenished the pantry and...
William Fenner Frye, Iii
May 3, 2020
Albany, NY William Fenner Frye III, age 80, passed away peacefully on Sunday May 3, 2020 at The Grand Rehabilitation center. Fenner was the son of the late William Fenner Frye Jr. and Ida Mary Atkinson Frye. He had a storied work life as a professional chef and restaurateur, housing official in the Mario Cuomo administration, and real estate developer...
Ernest C. Townsend
May 1, 2020
Rotterdam, NY Ernest C. Towsend, 94, passed away on Friday May 1, 2020 at the Schenectady Center for Rehab & Nursing after a brief illness and within just hours of bidding his beloved wife and his adored dog, good-bye. Ernie was born in Schenectady, NY on August 18, 1925 to the late Charles E. and Agnes Chalmers Townsend. Ernie attended...
