Obituaries

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...

CLIFTON PARK –Jane Elizabeth Murphy Ryan, 82, died peacefully on Sunday, March 13, 2011, surrounded by her loving family. She was a resident at the Schuyler Ridge Nursing & Rehab Center in Clifton Park. Jane grew up in Brookview, N.Y. and graduated from Castleton High School. Jane worked as a secretary at Fort Orange Radio and later was the program...

GUILDERLAND – Carl M. Bellinger, 86, of Guilderland, died peacefully Saturday, March 5, 2011 at his home surrounded by his family.  Mr. Bellinger was born in Schoharie, but lived most of his life in Albany and Guilderland.  He proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, and fought in the South Pacific battles of Saipan, Tinian and...

ALBANY – Elizabeth C. “Betty” Bishop, 87, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at St. Peter’s Hospital with her family by her side.  Betty was born in Cohoes on August 28, 1923 and grew up the beautiful and vibrant daughter of Edmund Connery and Josephine Betonia Connery.  Betty graduated from Keveny Academy in 1939. 

She met her husband Frank J....

VOORHEESVILLE  – John J. Brophy, 85, of Voorheesville, died Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Lutheran Health Care Center in Delmar.  Mr. Brophy was born in Oneonta, and lived in Copiague, East Greenbush and Guilderland.  He was employed as a teacher at high schools in Amityville and Plainview before coming to Columbia High School in East Greenbush.  He...

NISKAYUNA – Carol George, 71, passed away peacefully on her birthday February 17, 2011  in her home with her family and pets;  her long courageous battle with cancer is now over.  Carol moved to Schenectady as a newlywed in June of 1962.  After a brief nursing career, she was devoted to raising her two children.  She performed volunteer work for...

ALBANY – Dr. Paul J. Centi, PhD, of Albany, passed away peacefully with family by his side on Friday, February 11, 2011 at the Albany Medical Center.  Dr. Centi was born in Amsterdam on September 20, 1923 to Anthony and Mary (Agosta) Centi.  He was a veteran of service in the U.S. Army during World War II, where he first...

AMSTERDAM – Helen M. Haywood Lennebecker, 73, of Amsterdam, died on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at St. Mary’s Hospital.  Mrs. Lennebecker was born in Amsterdam, where she lived most of her life.  She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church, where she was also a member of the Ladies Sewing Circle and the Heralders.  She also was an avid...