Obituaries

ALBANY – Jane D. DeRusso, 78, of Albany, passed away peacefully at Albany Memorial Hospital on Friday, June 22, 2012.  Jane was born in Rensselaer, the daughter of the late Charles and Jane Roberts McAuley.  She lived in Schenectady and Albany all her life.  She was a communicant of the Parish of Mater Christi and the former St. Catherine of...

ALBANY – Marion A. Frederick Fox, 89, of Albany, died  Tuesday, June 19, 2012 in the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Mrs. Fox was born in Albany, the daughter of the late George W. and Anna J. Steinel Frederick.  She lived here nearly all her life.  She was a graduate of the Academy of the Holy Names, class of...

ALBANY – George J. Dawson, Jr., 89, of Albany, died Saturday, June 16, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Delmar.  George was born in Jersey City, NJ, but lived in Albany since childhood.  He was a graduate of St. John’s High School in Albany, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II.  He was employed for...

ALBANY – Wayne A. Sheldrick, 60, of Albany, died Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at his home.  Wayne was born in Albany, the son of the late Warren H. Sheldrick, Sr. and Alice Garhartt Sheldrick.  He lived here most of his life, and was employed for many years by the Greenville Packing Co. (Waldemire Farms), and by Owens Corning in Selkirk. ...

ALBANY – Patricia R. Baker, 57, of Albany, died Saturday, June 9, 2012 at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Pat was born in Albany, the daughter of the late Warren and Ruth Bergman Baker.  She was a graduate of Mercy High School, and earned a Medical Technology degree from the Albany College of Pharmacy, and a Masters in Education from the State...

ALBANY – Raymond J. “Ray” Sullivan, 91, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Saturday, June 2, 2012 in the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Ray was born in Brooklyn, and was a graduate of St. John’s University in Queens.  He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.  In 1945 he married the love...

ALBANY – Joan E. Schrader Moore died peacefully on May 27, 2012 at Teresian House.  Joan was born in Waterford, NY on September 4, 1924, the daughter of the late Roy F. Schrader and Grace McGarry Schrader.  She was a graduate of Waterford High School and Albany Business College. She was employed by the New York State Health Department at...

GUILDERLAND – Maria Isabel Alcala-Frasqueri, 88 of Guilderland, New York, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at home surrounded by her loving family. Ms. Alcala-Frasqueri was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on December 19, 1923. She graduated from Villa Maria College in Erie, Pennsylvania with a Bachelors Degree and earned her Masters in Science from the University of...

ALBANY – Michael A. Cioffi, 87, of Albany, died Monday, May 14, 2012 at St. Peter’s Hospital.  Mr. Cioffi was born in Albany and lived here all his life.  He was a graduate of Philip Schuyler High School, and was the youngest person drafted into the service from the City of Albany during World War II.  He served in the...

ALBANY – Anthony F. Russo, 95, of Albany, died Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at home, surrounded by his loving family.  Anthony (Tony) was born in Albany, the son of the late Antonio and Carmela Aliberti Russo.  A lifelong resident of Albany, he served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was employed by the U.S. Postal Service...

ALBANY – Mary P. DiScipio Kavanaugh, 94, of Albany, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at the Teresian House.  Mrs. Kavanaugh was born in Albany, and lived here nearly all her life.  She was employed by the Colonial Dry Cleaners and by the New York State Dept. of Transportation.  She also was a communicant...

ALBANY – Mary Benoit Thibault, 71, of Albany, died Friday, April 20, 2012 at Albany Medical Center Hospital.  Mrs. Thibault was born in Albany on July 26, 1940, the daughter of the late Eleanor J. Smith and Arthur “Frenchie” Benoit.  She lived here all her life.  She was a graduate of Vincentian Institute; a 1961 graduate of the Albany Medical...

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 – 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...