Albany County, New York Obituary and Death Notices Collection
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Margaret Wells
SUN CITY, Ariz. - Mrs. Margaret L. Wells, 74, of Phoenix, Ariz., died Thursday at Hospice of the Valley in Sun City.
Mrs. Wells was born in Cohoes, N.Y.
She was the widow of Albert F. Wells.
Survivors include a son, James Wells of Beverly, Mass.; five daughters, Mary Papetros of Latham, Anne Glynn-Baldwin of Phoenix, Judy Davis of Highland Falls, Kathy Buff of Guilderland, and Peggy Wells of Beacon; two sisters, Mary E. Hill of Berne and Madeline Sapone of Stillwater; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The services will be held at 8 a.m. Monday at the Gordon C. Emerick Funeral Home, 1550 Route 9, Clifton Park, and at 9 a.m. a Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St. Mary's Church, Waterford.
Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Waterford.
[Published 3-Feb-2001]
Louise Larmour
SCHENECTADY - Private services will be held for Mrs. Louise Marucci Larmour, of Dalton Drive, who died Thursday at Ellis Hospital after a long illness.
Mrs. Larmour was born in Little Falls.
She was a graduate of Gloversville High School and the Nathan Littauer School of Nursing.
Mrs. Larmour was a registered nurse in various Schenectady health facilities for many years.
She was a Catholic.
Survivors include her husband of 54 years, Jack E. Larmour; a son, Richard Clemente of Saratoga Springs; a brother, Alfred Marucci of Cocoa Beach, Fla.; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
There are no calling hours.
Private burial will be in Saratoga National Cemetery, Schuylerville.
Contributions may be made to Community Hospice of Schenectady, 1411 Union St., Schenectady, NY 12308.
Arrangements are by the Jones Funeral Home.
[Published 3-Feb-2001]
Kenneth Gervais
COHOES - Kenneth A. Gervais, 43, of Main Street, died Thursday at Samaritan Hospital in Troy after a short illness.
Mr. Gervais was born and educated in Cohoes.
He was a truck driver for Crowley Foods in Albany at the time of his death.
Mr. Gervais served in the Navy.
Survivors include a daughter, Tauyna Gervais of Waterford; a sister, Darlene Gervais of Waterford; and two brothers, George Gervais of Waterford and Kevin Gervais of Speigletown.
The services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Dufresne Funeral Home, 216 Columbia St., and at 9:30 a.m. a Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St. Bernard's Church.
Calling hours will be from 4 this afternoon until 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Waterford.
[Published 3-Feb-2001]
James Jennings
CLIFTON PARK - James A. Jennings, 58, of Plank Road, died Thursday at the Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center Hospital after a long illness.
Mr. Jennings was born in North Adams, Mass.
He was a graduate of McCanns Technical Vocational School and the U.S. Naval Hospital Corps School in Great Lakes, Ill. He attended Hudson Valley Community College.
Mr. Jennings served in the Navy from 1959 to 1962.
He worked for the Internal Revenue Service in Albany for 10 years, retiring as an assistant to the director.
Mr. Jennings was a member of the Elks Lodge of Clifton Park, the Disabled American Veterans and the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans of America.
He was a member of St. Edward the Confessor Church.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Sheehan Jennings; his father, Albert Jennings of Adams, Mass.; a brother, Michael Jennings of New Lebanon; and a sister, June Wetherill of Anahuac, Texas.
Services will be held Monday at 9 a.m. at the Trottier-Pringle Funeral Home, 6 Summers St., Adams, Mass., and at 10 at St. Anthony's Church, North Adams, where a Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated.
Calling hours are 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Gordon C. Emerick Funeral Home, 1550 Route 9, and 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Trottier-Pringle Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Bellevue Cemetery, Adams.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1450 Western Ave., Albany, NY 12203-3572; the Paralyzed Veterans of America, 801 18th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20006; or the Mohawk & Hudson Humane Society, Oakland Avenue, Menands, NY 12204.
[Published 3-Feb-2001]
James Greenway, survived freak air mishap
SEATTLE - James Greenway Sr., featured in newspapers around the world after he fell partway out of a commercial airplane in 1954, died at age 96.
Greenway, who was embarrassed by the attention, died Jan. 21 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center of complications from a stroke.
He was an active-duty Army Reserve officer when he flew to New York on a United Airlines DC-6 on Oct. 2, 1954.
As he dozed with his seat belt loosened, 13,000 feet over Indiana, the emergency hatch beside his seat flew off, leaving him dangling partly outside the propeller-driven plane.
Greenway managed to reach back into the plane, and other passengers hauled him into the cabin, badly bruised and his clothing in tatters.
"He wasn't going to tell anybody, but a reporter in the airport found out about it and it made world news, very much to my dad's chagrin," said his son, Robert, of Port Townsend.
Greenway retired in 1972 after a career as a Carnation dairy and ice cream worker, manager and plant superintendent.
Survivors include another son, James Jr. of Kirkland.
[Published 3-Feb-2001]
Cecilia Begin
HOOSICK FALLS - Mrs. Cecilia Paquet Begin, 94, formerly of Main Street, died Thursday at the Hoosick Falls Health Center.
Born in Barre, Vt., Mrs. Begin was a graduate of Spaulding High School and a 1926 graduate of Goddard Academy, where she studied business.
She worked for a short time at the Bilideau Granite Co. in Barre. In 1946, Mrs. Begin, her husband and brother-in-law started the Hoosick Falls Monumental Works on Main Street. Mrs. Begin moved from Barre to Hoosick Falls in 1949. She was active in the business until 1990.
Mrs. Begin was a communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church and was one its first eucharistic ministers. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America.
She was a member of the Cambridge Garden Club, Hoosick Falls Home Bureau, Monument Builders of North America and the United States Trotting Association.
Her husband, Antonio R. Begin, whom she married June 4, 1929, died in 1990.
Survivors include a daughter, Rita H. Powers of Hoosick Falls; two sons, David L. Begin of Hoosick Falls and Dennis A. Begin of Quakertown, Pa.; four sisters, Florence Paquet of Barre, Yvonne Covino of Port Chester, N.Y., Madelyn Unger of St. Louis, Mo., and Lorraine Adams of Montpelier, Vt.; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
The Liturgy of Christian death and burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday at the Immaculate Conception Church, Main Street. Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Robson-Reinfurt Funeral Home, 72 Main St.
Spring burial will be in St. Monica's Cemetery, Barre.
[Published 3-Feb-2001]
Carmella Neikityk
SCHENECTADY - Mrs. Carmella Miele Neikityk, 80, of Woolsey Street, died Thursday at Ellis Hospital after a long illness.
Born and educated in Schenectady, Mrs. Neikityk was a lifetime area resident.
She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Neikityk was a member of St. Columbus-Sacred Heart Church.
Survivors include her husband of 54 years, Alexander Neikityk; a daughter, Helen Weisgerber of Glenville; four sisters, Connie Greco of Schenectady, and Rose Masullo, Helen Suraci and Angie Masullo, all of Rotterdam; a brother, Frank Miele; and four grandchildren.
The services will be held at 9:15 a.m. Monday at the DeMarco-Stone Funeral Home, 1605 Helderberg Ave., Rotterdam, and at 10 a.m. a Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St. Columbus-Sacred Heart Church. Visitation will take place from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Community Hospice of Schenectady, 1411 Union St., Schenectady, NY 12308.
[Published 3-Feb-2001]
Ninian Smart, college prof.
Ninian Smart, a popular professor of religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and England's Lancaster University and a prolific author on comparative religions, has died at the age of 73.
Smart died Monday in Lancaster Royal Infirmary in Lancaster, England, after suffering a stroke Sunday night. He had recently moved to Lancaster after retiring from UC Santa Barbara, where he taught for 25 years and was J.F. Rowny Professor of Comparative Religions.
Internationally respected, Smart was president of the American Association of Religion, the primary professional association for scholars of religious studies, theology and ministerial training.
Revered for his teaching, Smart was better known to the general public for about three dozen highly readable books on religions around the world.
[Published 3-Feb-2001]
Samuel Clair, was president of a former glove company
ALBANY - Samuel Clair, 93, of Western Avenue, died Wednesday at the Inn of Community Hospice at St. Peter's Hospital.
Mr. Clair was born in Gloversville and moved to Albany in 1955.
He was president of the former Clair Glove Co. in Gloversville for many years. His company made gloves for servicemen during World War II. He subsequently worked for KeyBank.
Mr. Clair was a member of Albany City Lodge 540, Knights of Pythias.
He was a member of Temple Israel.
Survivors include his wife, Esther Gandelman Clair; a son, Joel Clair of Slingerlands; a daughter, Paula Clair of Garrison; a sister, Frieda Clair of Gloversville; and two grandchildren.
A service will be held at 2 this afternoon at the Levine Memorial Chapel, 649 Washington Ave.
Burial will be in Temple Israel Cemetery, Western Avenue, Guilderland.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 260 Osborne Road, Loudonville, NY 12211; or the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society, Oakland Avenue, Menands, NY 12204.
[Published 31-Mar-2001]
William Baker, was deputy correctional commissioner
LANSINGBURGH - William J. Baker, 85, formerly of 112th Street, died Thursday at Van Rensselaer Manor in North Greenbush after a long illness.
Mr. Baker was born in Troy.
He graduated from Catholic Central High School (1933) and Albany Business College. He attended Siena College and The College of Saint Rose.
Mr. Baker was an Army veteran of World War II, serving in Europe.
He retired in 1975 as a deputy commissioner, after 39 years service, from the state Department of Correctional Services. He also worked for the Division of Parole. During his tenure, he was responsible for the training of newly appointed personnel who would work under his direction.
Mr. Baker taught crime and delinquency at the Moran Institute at St. Lawrence University.
He was a member and past president of the Van Schaick Country Club in Cohoes. He was a member of the Troy Lodge of Elks, a past president of the Board of Education of Catholic Central High School, and a former member of the Troy Knights of Columbus.
Mr. Baker was an active communicant of St. Augustine's Church, where he was a lecturer and usher. He was a member of the church's bingo committee for more than 20 years.
He was the widower of Lucille Baird Baker.
Survivors include three daughters, Anne Baker O'Connor, Martha Baker Hart and Mary Baker, all of New York; a son, William R. Baker of New York; a brother, Joseph A. Baker of Troy; a sister, Ruth Lewis of Newtonville; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10:45 a.m. Monday at St. Augustine's Church.
There are no calling hours.
Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Waterford.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Augustine's Church Preservation Fund, 25 25 115th St., Troy, NY 12182.
Arrangements are by the John J. Sanvidge Funeral Home in Troy.
[Published 31-Mar-2001]
