Albany County, New York Obituary and Death Notices Collection
(Searches various funeral homes and newspapers in the Albany, Altamont, Berne, Bethlehem, Coeymans, Cohoes, Colonie, Green Island, Guilderland, Knox, New Scotland, Ravena, Rensselaerville, Slingerlands, Voorheesville, and Watervliet areas.)
Randy A. Merese
PITTSTOWN - Randy A. Merese, 19, of Elsie Way, died Thursday at Samaritan Hospital, Troy.
Born in Albany, Mr. Merese had resided in the Brunswick area most of his life and was educated at Tamarac schools.
He was a warehouseman for Sysco Foods in Albany and had previously worked for Roofers Local 241.
Survivors include his mother, Kimberly Hedden Merese of Pittstown; two sisters, Connie Ryan and Lora Merese, both of Troy; a brother, Darrell Merese of Troy; and his paternal grandparents, Warren and Lorraine Hedden of Clifton Park and Marilyn and Peter Siedner of Latham.
A service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Bryce Funeral Home, corner of Pawling at Maple Avenue, Troy.
Calling hours will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Memory's Garden, Colonie.
Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1450 Western Ave., Albany, NY 12203.
[Published 14-Oct-2000]
Phyllis Hoyt
SCHENECTADY - Mrs. Phyllis LaPoint Hoyt, 70, of Baker Road, Ballston Spa, formerly of Strong Street, Schenectady, died Friday at Saratoga Hospital after a long illness.
Born and educated in Potsdam, Mrs. Hoyt was a longtime Schenectady resident. She had recently moved to Ballston Spa.
She was a longtime member of the Jimmy Perkins Fan Club.
Her husband, Frederick W. Hoyt, died in 1998.
Survivors include seven daughters, Gloria Richards of Malone, Wendy McMahon and Sandy Thompson, both of Schenectady, Darlene Carmen of Ballston Spa, Melinda Merrill of Syracuse, Patti Olsen of Loudonville and Lorie Hoyt Capobianco of Rotterdam; four sons, Bernard Hoyt of Ballston Spa, Terry Hoyt of Rotterdam and Tommy Hoyt and Phillip Hoyt, both of Schenectady; her stepfather, Carman Durham of Schenectady; four sisters, Audrey Bennett of California, Gertrude Keefer of Syracuse, Nancy Carl of Utica and Bernadine Peabody of Interlochen, Fla.; a brother, Thomas LaPoint of Georgia; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.
A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at Memory's Garden, Colonie.
There are no calling hours.
Contributions may be made to the Community Hospice of Saratoga, 179 Lawrence St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.
Arrangements are by the Daly Funeral Home, Schenectady.
[Published 14-Oct-2000]
Paul M.W. Roach
SCHENECTADY - Paul M.W. Roach, 82, of Altamont Avenue, died Wednesday at St. Clare's Hospital after a long illness.
Born in Schenectady, Mr. Roach was an office worker at the Schenectady Post Office for many years.
He was a former member of St. John the Evangelist Church.
There are no survivors.
The service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Bond Funeral Home, Broadway at Guilderland Avenue. There are no calling hours. Burial will be in Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Niskayuna.
[Published 14-Oct-2000]
Patricia Archambault
SCHENECTADY - Private services will be held for Mrs. Patricia McGivney Archambault, 70, of Arthur Street, who died Thursday at home after a long illness.
Born in Schenectady, Mrs. Archambault was a graduate of Mont Pleasant High School and Union University School of Nursing.
She was a registered nurse for more than 30 years, retiring as a nursing supervisor from the Hallmark Nursing Center in 1992.
Mrs. Archambault was a member of the Nurses Association.
Survivors include her husband, Roger Archambault, whom she married April 19, 1952; two daughters, Jacqueline Croft of San Diego, Calif., and Ann Marie Gillmore of Schenectady; two sons, Michael Archambault of Schenectady and David Archambault of San Antonio, Texas; three sisters, Barrie Daniels of Scotia, Phyllis Brisco of Brewster, Mass., and Carol Grande of Bennington, Vt.; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
There are no calling hours.
Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Dr. Richard Edelson, Yale University, Dept. of Dermatology, 333 Cedar St., Room LCI 501, New Haven, CT 06520-8059.
Arrangements are by the Bond Funeral Home.
[Published 14-Oct-2000]
Louise Delaney
WEST SAND LAKE - Mrs. Louise Paolino Delaney of Route 43 died Friday at Villa Mary Immaculate, Albany, after a long illness.
Born in Albany, Mrs. Delaney had been a longtime resident of the Rensselaer and West Sand Lake area.
She owned a concession stand with her husband in the City & County Savings Bank Building, Albany.
Mrs. Delaney was a volunteer at the West Sand Lake School for many years.
She was a communicant of Historic St. Mary's Church, Albany, and St. Henry's Church, Averill Park.
Mrs. Delaney was the widow of Edward J. Delaney Sr.
Survivors include her son, Edward J. Delaney of West Sand Lake; a daughter, Jean Chenette of West Sand Lake; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 8:30 a.m. Monday at the W. J. Lyons Funeral Home, 1700 Washington Ave., Rensselaer, followed at 9:30 at Historic St. Mary's Church, where a Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated.
Calling hours will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Greenbush.
Contributions may be made to the library fund in care of West Sand Lake Parent-Teacher Association, 24 Meeler Road, West Sand Lake, NY 12196.
[Published 14-Oct-2000]
Lena Weisman
GLOVERSVILLE - Miss Lena Weisman, 86, of East State Street, died Friday at Nathan Littauer Hospital.
Miss Weisman was born in New York City.
She moved to Gloversville in 1988 and worked for the Lexington Day Treatment Center.
Survivors include three brothers, Solomon, Irving and Paul Weisman, all of New York City; and three sisters, Clara Zenger, and Rachel and Rebecca Weisman, all of New York City.
A service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Hollenbeck Funeral Home, 4 Second Ave. A calling hour will precede the service Monday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Knesseth Israel Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lexington Center of Gloversville.
[Published 14-Oct-2000]
Kenneth J. Keefer
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Kenneth J. Keefer, 34, of Congress Street, died Thursday at Saratoga Hospital after being stricken at home.
Born in Troy, Mr. Keefer was raised in Stillwater. He had lived in Saratoga Springs since 1990 and had previously lived in Schuylerville.
He had been a self employed contractor for a number of years.
Survivors include three sons, Andrew, Jason and Nicholas Keefer, all of Saratoga Springs; a daughter, Melinda Keefer of Saratoga Springs; his parents, Ronald and Sharon Keefer of Stillwater and Sharon and Britt Callanan of Mechanicville; his longtime companion and the mother of his children, Christine Grant of Saratoga Springs; four sisters, Kimberly Rivers, Veronica Jones and Jody Grant, all of Mechanicville, and Kelly Callanan of Albany; and a brother, Scott Callanan of California.
A service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the DeVito-Salvadore Funeral Home, 39 S. Main St., Mechanicville.
Calling hours will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Hudson View Cemetery, Mechanicville.
[Published 14-Oct-2000]
Joseph A. Coleman, Jr.
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Joseph A. Coleman, Jr., 76, of Brookwood Drive, died Friday at Saratoga Hospital.
Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Coleman lived in Saratoga Springs for 32 years.
He was a graduate of Keveny Academy and attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
For 38 years, Mr. Coleman worked for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. in Troy, Schenectady, Clifton Park and Saratoga, retiring in 1987.
He was a Navy veteran of World War II.
Mr. Coleman was a member of the Saratoga County YMCA.
He was a third degree member of Council 246 Knights of Columbus and a member of Saratoga Assembly 0745 fourth degree Knights of Columbus.
Mr. Coleman served on many council committees, was chairman of the house and bingo committees and was instrumental in the transition to the council's new home on Pine Road.
He was past president of Saratoga Columbian Association and was named Knight of the Year for 1999 and 2000.
Mr. Coleman was a was a communicant of the Church of St. Peter, where for several years he served as tabulator of the weekly collections.
Mr. Coleman was predeceased by a son, Jeffrey E. Coleman, who died this past year.
Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Jeanne Walthers Colemam; a son, Joseph A. Coleman, III of Dayton, Ohio; a daughter, Cynthia House of Ballston Spa; a brother, Jerome Coleman of Loudonville; two sisters, Virginia Morris of Cohoes and Florence Holohean of Syracuse; and five grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at the Church of St. Peter, 241 Broadway.
Burial will follow in the family plot at St. Joseph's Cemetery, Waterford.
Calling hours are from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the William J. Burke & Sons Funeral Home, 628 N. Broadway, where third and fourth degree members of the Knights of Columbus will conduct a service at 7:30.
Contributions may be made to Hospice of Saratoga, 179 Lawrence St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.
[Published 14-Oct-2000]
Gertrude Plemenik
COLONIE - Mrs. Gertrude Bahr Plemenik, 78, of Winners Circle, died Oct. 7 in Grossniedesheim, Germany, while visiting her family.
Born in Altlussheim, Germany, Mrs. Plemenik emigrated to the United States and married Richard Plemenik.
She had lived in Ballston Spa for several years before moving to Colonie in 1999.
Mrs. Plemenik was a file clerk for Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield in Albany for 15 years, retiring in 1982.
She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Schenectady.
Survivors include two sisters, Mary Schwedhelm of Baddurkheim, Germany, and Kate Diether-Bahr of Grossniedesheim, Germany; and a brother, Henry Bahr of Otterstadt, Germany.
A memorial service will be announced by the Glenville Funeral Home, East Glenville.
Burial will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to the church, 153 Nott St., Schenectady, NY 12308.
[Published 14-Oct-2000]
Frances Butterfield
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Mrs. Frances E. Butterfield, 59, of Jordan Drive, died Thursday at home.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Mrs. Butterfield was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Howard J. Butterfield, whom she married Nov. 21, 1959; two daughters, Marcia A. Little of Stillwater and Kimberly A. Schaff of Queensbury; four brothers, Donald Duffney of Milton, Joseph Duffney and Brad Duffney, both of Saratoga Springs, and Elliot Duffney of Rochester; four sisters, Gwendolyn Delaurie of Rock City Falls, Nancy Carleton of Victory Mills, Sharon Wood of Lake Luzerne and Amber Duffney of Nashville, Tenn.; and five grandchildren.
The service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Tunison Funeral Home, 105 Lake Ave. Calling hours will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, Northeast Region, 440 New Karner Road, Albany, NY 12205-3890.
[Published 14-Oct-2000]
