Obituaries

DELMAR – Gail L. Gabel Esposito, 81, of Delmar, passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2016.  Mrs. Esposito was born in Albany, and lived in the area all her life.  She was employed for a time by the New York State Dept. of Envirnonmental Conservation.  She had a great love for animals, and volunteered for Friends of Animals in their...

GUILDERLAND – Margaret Mary “Peggy” Steede Kaufman, 64, passed away on Sunday, April 10, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving family and friends.  Peg was born in Albany, the daughter of the late Raymond J. Steede, Sr. and Regina A. Ryan Steede.  She was a graduate of Cardinal McCloskey High School in Albany, and was employed for forty...

VOORHEESVILLE – Joseph T. “Joe Tom” Flynn, 78, of Voorheesville, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March  27, 2016, at his residence, surrounded by his loving family.  He was born March 16, 1938 in Albany to the late Joseph G. Flynn and Elizabeth Parker Flynn. Joe was a career sheet metal worker for Local 83 in Albany.  He was a longtime...

MECHANICVILLE – Alicia Carmella Smith (“Gill A. Gee” to her family) was suddenly taken from us on March 13, 2016.  She was born in Albany on October 9, 1969 to Michael and Marie Smith.  Alicia was a 1986 graduate of Guilderland High School.  Shortly after graduating, Alicia went to California to pursue her career in modeling, personal training, body building...

LATHAM – Suzanne Koster Clayton, 81, of Latham, passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2016 in the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Suzanne was born in Beacon, and was a graduate of Alfred University.  She was employed by Sylvania Corp. in Rochester for a time, and later in her husband’s dental office.  She had lived in the Capital District...

ALBANY – Pauline Foisy Porter, died Sunday, February 28, 2016 at the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center.  Mrs. Porter was born in Lowell Mass and moved to Guilderland in 1960. Daughter of the late George and Regina Roussel Foisy, she was predeceased by her husband, Raymond, sister Annette Mooney and stepsister Marylou O’Shea. She attended Albertus Magnus College in New...

ALBANY – Ellen M. (Cunningham) Jackson, 76, of Albany, passed away Monday, February 15, 2016.  Ellen was born in Albany, raised in Slingerlands, but lived most of her life in Albany.  She was employed for a time by the New York State Dept. of Health, and left that position to raise her family.  She was an avid reader, and enjoyed...

ALBANY – Jerome G. “Jerry” Bonnabeaux, 78, of Albany, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 12, 2016.  Jerry was born in Brooklyn to Eugene and Dorothy (Newman) Bonnabeaux on February 9, 1938. He was a graduate of John Adams High School in Queens, and attended St. John’s University in Queens on a full baseball scholarship.  After graduating college, he was...

NORTH BETHLEHEM – Lawrence D. “Larry” Williams, 45, of North Bethlehem, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Larry was born in Albany, and lived in the area all his life.  He was a graduate of Guilderland High School and Schenectady County Community College.  He was employed by the Warner Brothers Store in Crossgates Mall, the Paradies...

BALLSTON SPA – Marie Elizabeth Masters, 86, of Ballston Spa, died Saturday, January 23, 2016. Born Marie Smith in the Bronx, where she graduated from Walton High School, she attended Hunter College briefly and worked in New York City before moving to Yonkers to marry and raise a family. After her youngest started school, she began work as a church...

DORA, FL – Paulette “Mémé” Jougounoux Jakob, 89, entered into eternal life on Thursday, January 21, 2016, in Mt. Dora, Florida, after a bravely fought battle with lymphoma. A longtime resident of the Albany, NY area, Paulette was born in Chaussenac, France on May 22, 1926. She was the daughter of the late Frédéric Jougounoux and Marie-Rose Raffy, sister of...

GUILDERLAND – Theodore “Al” Blanchette, 86, of Guilderland, passed away peacefully with his beloved family at his side on Thursday, January 21, 2016.  Al was born in Albany, the son of the late Andrew Blanchet and Regina DuBruy Blanchet.  He lived his entire life in the same neighborhood.  He served as a Seabee in the U.S. Navy just after World...

BETHLEHEM – John Adam Prusinski, 84, of Albany, passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at Our Lady of Mercy Life Center in Guilderland.  John was born December 15, 1931, in Albany the son of the late Adam Prusinski and Stella Zajkowski Prusinski.  He grew up in Albany and was educated there.  He owned the Ranch Tavern in Albany, and also...

DELANSON – Charles Stephens of Delanson, NY, passed away on January 1, 2016 while on vacation in Panama with his son. Son of the late William Ellsworth Stephens and Barbara Walsh Stephens Nelson Hansen, Charles “You can name him whatever you want but I’m going to call him Chuck” Stephens was born in Kearny, New Jersey in January of 1950....

ALBANY – Charlotte M. Engle Kot, 82, of Albany, passed away Monday, January 4, 2016 at the Grand at Guilderland.  Charlotte was born in Albany, and lived here all her life.  She was a graduate of Albany High School and beauty school, and worked for many years as a hairdresser, both at the Paula Rose Beauty Parlor and from her...

ALBANY – Edwin S. Nelson, 92, of McKownville, passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Ed was born in Albany, the son of the late Oscar Nelson, an immigrant from Sweden, and Astrid Neilson Nelson, an immigrant from Denmark.  He lived in the area all his life.  As a teenager he caddied at Wolfert’s Roost, and...

ALBANY – Anthony J. Harden, born on April 22, 1927 in Canajoharie, NY of Everett and Mary Julia Harden, died on Thursday, December 24, 2015 at the Teresian House in Albany.  During World War II, Mr. Harden served in the U.S. Army’s 42nd Infantry “Rainbow” Division, and he was part of the group that liberated the concentration camp at Dachau. ...

ALBANY – William J. McSpedon, 60, of East Berne, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2015 in the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Bill was born in Dobbs Ferry, and raised in Carmel.  He lived in Lake Hopatcong, NJ for several years before moving to the Albany area.  He attended Colgate University, and was employed as a heavy equipment...

ALBANY – Ruth A. Wolfe, 98, of Albany, passed away Monday, December 14, 2015 at Our Lady of Mercy Life Center.  Ruth was born in Albany, the daughter of the late Jacob C. and Anna Kolb Reinemann.  She lived in Albany all her life, and was employed by the Embossing Company, and by Tobin Packing Co.  She enjoyed spending summers...

ALBANY –  Leo P Dean,  of Albany passed away peacefully on Saturday Dec  12, 2015.   Leo was employed at Norvest  Financial Services as Executive Vice President since 1991 as an Insurance Consultant.

Leo was born May 3, 1924 , son of  the late Richard J Dean  and  Lillian M, Hynes  of  Albany and  Watervliet.    Brother of the late John R...