Obituaries

ALBANY –  Vincenzo B. Commisso, 86, of Albany, NY, surrounded by his loving family, passed away on October 2, 2013 at St. Peter’s Community Hospice Inn after a brief illness.  Vincenzo was born on May 16, 1927 in Siderno Marina, Italy to the late Theresa and Raffaele Commisso.  He married his beloved wife Concetta with whom he would have celebrated...

GUILDERLAND – James T. Sumner, 87, of Westmere, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013 at Albany Memorial Hospital. Mr. Sumner was born in Spartansburg, SC, but lived most of his life in Guilderland.  He served as a radio operator in the Army Air Forces during World War II in the Pacific, and was a graduate of Spartansburg Junior College.  He...

ALBANY – Margaret M. Rothaupt, 85, of Albany, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013 at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Mrs. Rothaupt was employed for many years by Peter’s Restaurant in Albany, and by Fleet Bank.  She also was a communicant of All Saints Catholic Church and the former St. Margaret Mary’s Church.  She also enjoyed watching old movies, dining out, and...

ALBANY –    Leonard R. Fox, Jr., 60, of Albany, passed away Monday, September 16, 2013 at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Lenny was born in Albany, and lived here all his life.  He was a graduate of Cardinal McCloskey High School, and served in the U.S. Navy from 1971-1975 including service aboard the USS Donald B. Beary DE-1085.  He was employed by...

GUILDERLAND – Edith Bender Gerhardt (September 14, 1922 to September 7, 2013), beloved mother and wife of 69 years to Rev. Arthur H. Gerhardt was called to her heavenly home.

Edith was a remarkable woman of faith and a devoted servant of the Lord. In service to the Lord, working side by side with her beloved husband, she was a...

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...