Obituaries

ALBANY – Margaret J. Schweigard, 97, of Albany, died Thursday, June 23, 2011 while surrounded by her family at the Hospice Inn in St. Peter’s Hospital. Mrs. Schweigard was born in New York City, but had lived in this area for sixteen years. She was employed for many years by Reader’s Digest in Pleasantville, NY where she also raised her...

ALBANY – Mary Ravida Benoit, 88, of Albany, died Saturday, June 18, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Lutheran Health Care Center in Delmar. Mrs. Benoit was born in Albany, and lived here all her life. She was a communicant of the former St. Margaret Mary’s Church, and was employed for many years by the Albany City School District. She also...

ALBANY – Mary Gaffney Lapetina, 88, died at St. Peter’s Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, Albany, on Monday, June 13, 2011. Born in Saratoga Springs, New York, Mary was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Gaffney. Mary graduated from Vincentian Institute and the College of St. Rose, where she received both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree. She...

ALBANY – Angela M. (Michela) Pezzulo, 90, of Latham, died peacefully Friday, June 3, 2011 at the Teresian House in Albany surrounded by family. Mrs. Pezzulo was born in the South End of Albany, and lived most of her life at the home she built with her husband in Guilderland. As a woman of deep faith, and beloved homemaker, mother,...

ALBANY – Laura M. Beebe, 89, of Albany, died Monday, May 23, 2011 at the Avenue Nursing Center in Schenectady.  Mrs. Beebe was born in Altamont, and lived for ten years in Hendersonville, TN, but lived most of her life in the Capital District.  While living in the Capital District she was a chaperone of a 4H Square Dance Club,...

ALBANY – Jennie A. Siy, 83, died peacefully on Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Born in Albany on February 8, 1928, she was the daughter of Lucas and Sofia Siy. Jennie was a graduate of the College of St. Rose, and earned two Masters Degrees from the State University at Albany. For many years she taught and served as a librarian...

ALBANY – John W. Randall, 84, of Westmere, died Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Mr. Randall was born in Albany, and lived in the area all his life. He graduated with a B.A. from Siena College, and worked for the State for 20 years, retiring as First Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Substance Abuse Services....

ALBANY – Br. Aloysius Urban Myers (born John Francis Paul Myers) died on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Riverview Hospital in Red Bank, NJ.  He was born on August 16, 1930, in Manchester, New Hampshire to Arthur J. and Gertrude Boyle Myers.  His early education was at St. Joseph’s in Manchester, and he entered the Juniorate of the Brothers of...

ALBANY – Edward J. Gibson, 89, of Slingerlands died peacefully on May 1, 2011 at Our Lady of Mercy Life Center in Guilderland, where he had been cared for lovingly by members of his family, Our Lady staff and hospice for the last seven months.  Born in Buffalo on February 24, 1922, he was the youngest son of Helen Jones...

ALBANY – Anthony T. Mirabile, 88, passed away on April 29, 2011 with his loving wife Mary, of 68 years, by his side.  Tony was born in Albany on January 11, 1923, the son of Patsy and Domenica Mirabile.  He graduated from Philip Schuyler High School where he began his training for a career in the printing industry.  He worked...

WEBSTER – Gloria A. (Crowley) Malone, 76, of Webster, NY, died Monday, April 25, 2011 at Rochester General Hospital. Mrs. Malone was born in Albany, and lived for many years in Gloversville before moving to Webster several years ago. She was employed by General Electric and later retired from the Fulton County Youth Bureau in Johnstown, NY.

Mrs. Malone was...

SLINGERLANDS – M. Dorothy Mazzola, 86, of Slingerlands, died Friday, April 22, 2011 in the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital. Mrs. Mazzola was born in Cohoes, and during her married life lived in Endicott and Poughkeepsie before moving to Albany in 1980. She was a communicant for many years of the former St. Teresa of Avila Church in Albany,...

ALBANY – John J. Sickles, aka “Pop Sickles” and “Uncle Buddy,” 84, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2011 in Naples, FL.  John was a lifelong resident of Albany, and was proud to have served in the US Navy during both World War II and the Korean War.  He was a retiree of National Grid Power Corp where he served as...

RENSSELAER – Donald C. Hoen passed away Sunday April 17, 2011 at the age of 61. Don was born in Baltimore, MD. He moved to the area in the early 50’s, was educated by CBA, and graduated from Siena in 1971 with a B.A. He worked throughout his life as a corporate pilot, flying more than 16000 hours throughout his...

ALBANY – Grace Scalzetto Anderson passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 13, 2011.  Born in Albany on August 9, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Gelardo and Angelina Fiato Scalzetto.  Grace graduated from Philip Schuyler, and worked for the NY State Dept. of Labor for twenty years, retiring in 1972.  Grace enjoyed going to the races and doing...

ALBANY – Josephine M. DeMase Sebast, at the age of 103, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at the Teresian House.  Mrs. Sebast was born in New York City, the daughter of the late Nicholas and Marguerite Cozzi DeMase.  She lived in Albany since the age of seven.  She was employed by the New York Telephone Co. in Albany for thirty...

Albany, NY – Marie A. Lynch, 70, died Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at St. Peters Hospital in Albany. Mrs. Lynch was born in Albany, NY and lived here most of her life. Mrs. Lynch was the wife of the late James V. Lynch Jr. Mrs. Lynch had a passion for crafting and created most her own decorations for the holidays....

COLONIE – John Siy, 88, died peacefully on Friday, April 8, 2011. Born in Albany on September 16, 1922, he was the son of Lucas and Sofia Siy. John last worked for the Nashua Corporation in Watervliet. He was a devoted husband and father, and enjoyed a close relationship with his sister and brother and many brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.    As...

ALBANY –  Alice McDermott Pinckney, 91, of Albany, died peacefully Tuesday, March 22, 2011,  at the Teresian House , surrounded by her loving family.  Alice was born in Watervliet, but lived most of her life in Albany. She spent many happy years with her devoted husband, Andrew, raising their seven children. Her greatest joy in life was being surrounded by...

TROY – James J. Phillips, 87, of Syracuse, died Thursday, March 10, 2011 at the Diamond Hill Nursing Center in Troy.  Mr. Phillips was born in Kane, PA, but lived most of his life in Syracuse.  He attended the University of Notre Dame, and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the USS Selfridge.  He worked as...