Apr 20, 2023

Voorheesville- Carolann "Carol" Batchelder, 86, passed away on Thursday, April 20, 2023. Born in Albany, she was the daughter of the late John and Wilhelmina Deitz. Husband Kenneth "Mike" Batchelder predeceases Carol. Carol was previously a volunteer with Voorheesville Ambulance. Carol enjoyed many things but above all, she was a proud grandmother to her seven grandsons. She is survived by...

Apr 20, 2023

ALBANY-Ruczynski, Donna L., 71, sadly passed away on April 20, 2023 at the Albany Medical Center, after a long battle with Diabetes and Kidney Failure.Donna was born in October 1951 to Marie Ann Fish Ruczynski and Nicodemus Paul Ruczynski. She was an Albany High School graduate, a United States Navy Hospital Corpsman, and a graduate of the Virginia Tidewater Community...

Apr 20, 2023

Patricia M. Zaremski, 89, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center in Albany, New York.Born on June 9, 1933, in Albany, NY, to the late Benjamin and Blanche Kross of Colonie, NY. She was the youngest of eight children, five sisters and two brothers.Patricia grew up in Colonie, NY, graduating from Roessleville High...

Apr 20, 2023

Therese Rita Dansereau, 91, of Loudonville, passed away peacefully on April 20, 2023. She was the daughter of the late Alexandrine and Joseph Blanchard.Therese grew up in Claremont, NH. She attended the Elliot School of Nursing in Manchester, NH, and greatly enjoyed being a RN. On June 27, 1953 she married the love of her life, Raymond, and they worked...

Apr 18, 2023

Jean Somers Miller of Albany, N.Y., and Palm Beach, Fl., a warm, soft-spoken, and brilliant person, the longtime significant other of Fredric Dicker and mother of six, passed away April 18 at the Albany Medical Hospital after a long illness.Jean, the former New York State Commissioner of the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) was born in Ironton,...

Apr 18, 2023

ALBANY-McCormick, William Gregory "Greg", 76, passed away on April 18, 2023, at the Veterans Medical Center in Albany, NY after a courageous struggle with cancer.Always known by his middle name, Greg was the son of the late William McCormick and Marjorie (Greier) McCormick. He is survived by his sister, Suzanne Pinto of Tampa, Florida; niece Kimberly Shurtleff; and nephew Jeffery...

Apr 17, 2023

GLENMONT - Brian Caldwell, 71, passed away suddenly on April 17, 2023.Brian was born in Troy to John Leonard Caldwell and Elizabeth "Betty" Harrat. He was raised in Latham and attended Shaker High School. He earned a B.S. in Organizational Behavior from Boston College and an M.S. in Counseling from the University of Albany.He worked for two years at the...

Apr 17, 2023

Eric R Brendle 61, devoted husband and father of Colonie, NY. passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family April 17th, 2023. Born December 2, 1961 in Ephrata, PA. He was the son of late Ronald Brendle and Elaine Brendle. Eric enjoyed sitting back and relaxing with a cold beer and sharing old stories with his children and...

Apr 16, 2023

Kelly L. Norris, 55, passed away suddenly at home on Sunday April 16, 2023.Born in Schenectady, she was the daughter of the late Elizabeth M. (Macejka) Norris and Richard M. Norris Sr.She was a graduate of Mont Pleasant High School. Through the years Kelly worked for O.D. Heck Developmental Center, Original Pizza, Petta's Restaurant, and Brother Dominick's Pub.Kelly enjoyed seafood,...

Apr 16, 2023

Albany- George E. Mears II, age 81, passed away peacefully on Sunday April, 16, 2023, at Saint Joseph's Rehabilitation and Residence in Portland, ME. He was born April 19, 1941, in Albany, NY. George was a graduate of Albany High School ('59). He married Sheila on April 28, 1962 in Sylvan Beach, NY. He worked at various NYS agencies and...

Apr 15, 2023

Clarks Summit, PA - Pierce , Nancy, at the age of 81, on Saturday April 15,2023 passed away peacefully. Born in Schenectady NY. she was the daughter of Richard Stanley and Elizabeth Lambert. For the majority of her life she lived in the capital region of NY. Nancy was a very religious person and loved the catholic church. Nancy was...

Apr 15, 2023

Loudonville- Maria Vitale, 90, of Loudonville, passed away on April 15, 2023 in North Carolina.She was born in Caiazzo, Italy to the late Francisco and Concetta Diana. She worked for the State of New York for many years. She loved gardening, cooking and spending time with her family and friends. She loved going to Yankee games and watching wrestling. In...

Apr 15, 2023

Marissa Elise Relyea passed away peacefully at home on Saturday April 15, 2023.She was born on March 9, 2004, in Albany, NY and was the beloved daughter of Angelia M. Relyea (Gagliardi-Turner) and Jason K. Relyea as well as cherished sister of Dominic E. Kirker. Marissa attended the Voorheesville Central School District most of her life and graduated from Albany...

Apr 15, 2023

James DeSacia passed away peacefully on Friday, April 14, 2023. Born on September 5, 1944 and raised in Hoosick Falls, N.Y. He was the beloved husband of Nuala DeSacia, for over 54 years. Nuala predeceased him just over 3 months ago. He met Nuala in Paris, France while he was stationed there with the US Air Force and she had...

Apr 15, 2023

Joseph A. Belleville, Jr., 84, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 15, 2023 with his loving family by his side. Joseph was born on July 17, 1938 and was the son of the late Joseph A. Belleville, Sr. and Lillian (Zinzow) Belleville of Albany. Joseph was the devoted husband to the late Filomena "Phyllis" Belleville. They were married for 60...

Apr 15, 2023

Schenectady- LaKeysha Marie (Turner) Mills 44, passed away at home after a long battle with cancer. She passed away peacefully surrounded by family & friends on Saturday, April 15, 2023. Born in Albany she was the daughter of Gil Turner and late Judith Ann Kennedy. Lakeysha took pride in working both of her jobs as a supervisor at Equinox and...

Apr 13, 2023

Beverly A. Kopsaftis, 89, wife of the late George C. Kopsaftis of Poestenkill, New York, passed away and Journeyed into heaven on Thursday, April 13, 2023 in East Greenbush New York.Born February 9, 1934 in Troy, New York, she was the daughter of the late Elsie Sweet Cushman.Beverly attended Lansingburgh high school. She later owned multiple restaurants with her husband...

Apr 13, 2023

Mary R Morin, 87 wife of the late John Morin, passed away Thursday April 13th 2023 at Albany Medical Hospital with her son Mark by her side.Mary was born May 2nd 1935 in Albany NY. She was the daughter of Antonio and Caroline DiDominico(Caputo). Mary grew up in a large and loving family in Cohoes, NY. She had an extremely...

Apr 12, 2023

ALBANY - Richard J. Turner, 35, passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Richard was born on February 7, 1988 in New York City to Jennifer D. Turner and the late Richard McCrayer. He was raised in the Bronx and graduated form the New School for Arts and Science. He worked for...

Apr 12, 2023