Obituaries

ALBANY – Virginia E. Szalkowski, 82, of Albany, died Friday, April 20, 2012 at her home.  Mrs. Szalkowski was born in Vermont, and raised in Grand Isle, VT.  She lived in Albany most of  her life.  She was employed by the Price Chopper Supermarket in Albany, was a volunteer for several area charitable organizations, and was a member of the...

ALBANY – Igor Leytman, 82, of Delmar, passed away on Saturday April 14, 2012 at Albany Medical Center Hospital after a brief illness.  Born December 27, 1929 in Leningrad, Russia to the late Vera and Innocenty Leytman, Igor was evacuated from Leningrad during the blockade of WWII in 1941.  After the war he returned to Leningrad to work briefly as...

ALBANY – Charles F. Reinemann, 92, passed away peacefully Monday, April 16, 2012 at Barnwell Nursing Home, Valatie, NY surrounded by family members.  Charles was born in Albany, NY March 2, 1920, the son of the late Charles A. and Marion Frances Reinemann.  He was a graduate of the former Draper High School and a WWII veteran.  During WWII, Master...

PHOENIX, AZ – Therese J. “Terry” Stewart Frank, 84, of Albany, died Friday, April 6, 2012 in Phoenix, AZ, while visiting her daughter.  Mrs. Frank was born in Troy and was a graduate of Troy High.  She lived most of her life in Albany where she was employed by New York State for a time, and after raising her family...

LOS ANGELES, CA – Betsy Ann Hess, 51, of Los Angeles, CA, died February 20, 2012 in Los Angeles.  Betsy was born in Albany, the daughter of the late William and Lillian Hess.  She lived here until joining the military in 1979.  She was a 1979 graduate of Mercy High Shool in Albany, and served in the U.S. Marine Corps...

GLENVILLE, NY – Christine S. Caggiano of Glenville, NY, and Lewiston, NY, departed this world on Thursday, April 5, 2012, surrounded by her loving family after a courageous year long battle with cancer.  Born on July 16, 1954 in Utica, NY, she was the daughter of Rosemary Fleck (Harold), and the late Edward H. Guild.  For the past twenty five...

SARATOGA SPRINGS – Edward L. Brooks, 93, formerly of Albany, died Monday, April 2, 2012 at Wesley Health Care in Saratoga Springs.  Mr. Brooks was born in Albany and lived here most of his life.  He operated the E.L. Brooks Machining & Supply Inc., which was his father’s business, until entering the U.S. Navy during World War II.  He later...

ALBANY – James O. Barber passed away on Friday, March 9, 2012 after a brief illness.  Mr. Barber was born in Endwell, Town of Union, NY, the son of the late Charles and Helen Lena Amodeo Barber.  He lived in Albany since early childhood, and served in the U.S. Navy Seabees.  He also was employed for many years by the...

ALBANY – Albert Darboghosian, 81, of Albany, died Thursday, March 29, 2012 at Albany Memorial Hospital.  Albert was born in Albany, the son of the late Carl and Lucy Darboghosian.  He was a graduate of Philip Schuyler High School, and was employed by the New York State Board of Parole for 40 years.  Albert was afflicted with polio as a...

ALBANY – Clarissa Ann Hart Gallup, 72, of Albany, died Friday, March 23, 2012 at St. Peter’s Hospital. Clarissa was born in Albany, the daughter of the late Charles E. and Mary E. Yakel Hart. She was a lifelong resident of Albany, and a 1957 graduate of Vincentian Institute. She was employed by the New York State Depts of Tax...

ALBANY – Elizabeth A. Pickett, 88, of Albany, died Sunday, March 18, 2012 at Albany Medical Center Hospital.  Mrs. Pickett was born in Albany, the daughter of the late Charles and Margaret Holloran Fischer.  She lived in Albany all her life, and was a graduate of St. Ann’s Academy in Albany.  She was employed for many years by the New...

ALBANY – Stephen S. Rudzinski, 92, of Albany, died Sunday, March 18, 2012 at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Mr. Rudzinski was born in Schenectady, but lived in Albany most of his life.  He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and was employed for many years by the A&P Grocery Stores in several area locations, retiring from the East...

ALBANY –  James B. “Brad” Coffey, 75, of Albany, died Saturday, March 17, 2012 at the Eddy Village Green in Cohoes.  Brad was born in Portsmouth, NH, the son of the late James and Rose Giardino Coffey.  He was raised in Castleton, NY.  He was employed for a time by the A&P Supermarket in East Greenbush, and then was employed...

ITALY – Francesco Commisso of Siderno Marina, Italy died at his home on Tuesday, March 6, 2012.  Mr. Commisso is survived by his wife Rosetta (Pisano) Commisso; his children Raffaele (Loridonna) Commisso, Lina (Felice) Mittica, Vincenzo (Elisa) Commisso, Domenico (Gabriella) Commisso, and Anna (Vincenzo) Ieraci all of Italy; his brothers Vincenzo (Concetta) Commisso of Albany and Domenico (Theresa) of Italy;...

ALTAMONT – Edmund F. Partell, 98, of Altamont, died Thursday, March 1, 2012.  Edmund was born February 27, 1914 in Troy, NY, the son of Clark and Elizabeth Preston Partell.  He served in the United States Navy during World War II in the Atlantic Theatre, and retired in 1979 from the NYS Dept of Transportation after 28 years of service. ...

ALBANY – Charles E. Marks, 68, of Albany, died peacefully with his family by his side on Friday, February 17, 2012 in the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Mr. Marks was born at home in Elizaville, NY, and raised in Albany.  He was a graduate of  St. Joseph’s Academy and Vincentian Institute, and served his country in the U.S....

AVERILL PARK – Deirdre A. Swedick- King embraced her Lord and Savoir on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 after a short but courageous fight with cancer. She was born in Troy, NY, the daughter of Maureen McClune Swedick, on October 4, 1962.  Deirdre grew up in Albany and began her 26 year career as a clerk at the New York State...

DELMAR – Doris M. Corless Turner, 84, of Delmar, died Tuesday, February 7, 2012 in the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Mrs. Turner was born in Windsor, Ontario, where she lived until her marriage in 1953, when she moved to Elmira, New York.  She also resided in Buffalo and Lady Lake, FL before moving to Delmar four years ago. ...

STILLWATER – Naomi Grace Scutt passed away after a short illness on Friday, February 3rd, 2012.  She is pre-deceased by her husband Irving Scutt, her sister Gwendoline Wilde, and her parents Charles and Lorena Stewart.

 Naomi was a wonderful mother who raised two sons, Robert (Samantha) and Jason Scutt of Stillwater.  She was a loving grandmother to Jason Clark Scutt...

ALBANY – Gertrude E. Soyer Mendel, 83, of Albany, died Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at the Teresian House in Albany.  Trudy was born February 19, 1928 in Sioux City, IA, the daughter of the late Peter and Mary Soyer.  Trudy was known by her contagious smile and everlasting generosity and kindness.  She had many hats in the world, but Trudy’s...