Ilse Rijssen
Oct 9, 2020
Ilse Marleen Darfour-Rijssen passed away on October 9, 2020 at Ellis Hospital. Born in Suriname, she was the daughter of late Leo Dalfour and Cornelia Jameson. She was a home health aide at Living Resources which she enjoyed to the full. Ilse was compassionate about helping the sick and elderly. She was a devoted servant of Jehovah for many...
Alvin (Smitty) Smith
Oct 4, 2020
Alvin (Smitty) Smith, 86, passed away peacefully at his home in Mariaville Lake, NY on October 4, 2020. He worked for GE for 28 years, until he retired in 1994. After retirement, he hosted a Nascar group for 20 years and loved to garden. He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Dorothy (Stone) Smith; 7 children,...
Edward Legere
Oct 2, 2020
Edward Q. LeGere, 86 passed away on Friday October 2nd at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, NY Born and educated in Schenectady, Edward was the son of the late Charles and Margaret (Ballmes) LeGere and a graduate of the former Draper High School. The owner of RAYCO of Schenectady, Inc in Amsterdam, NY since 1985, Ed loved spending time with...
Keith William Snare
Sep 12, 2020
Keith William Snare,60, of Schenectady passed away on Saturday September 12, 2020. Born in Schenectady, he was the son of the late Earl L. and Barbara (Raimondo) Snare. He was self employed in construction for many years. Keith was a passionate fan of the Dallas Cowboys, NY Yankees and NY Knicks. Besides his parents, Keith is predeceased by his...
Edmund P Plankis
Sep 10, 2020
Edmund (Ed) Plankis died September 10, 2020 in Albany, NY after a short illness. Born in Amsterdam, NY on July 7, 1926, Ed was the son of Paul and Anna Plankis, and a graduate of Wilbur Lynch High School in 1944. Ed served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. While in the Navy one of Ed’s...
Lester F Reid
Sep 10, 2020
Lester F. Reid, 68, of Schenectady passed away at home on Thursday September 10, 2020. Born in Schenectady, he was the son of the late Lester and Antoinette (Lyles) Reid. He was employed as a driver for Clark Courier in Schenectady. Lester is survived by his wife MaryAnn Leabitt Reid. Services for Lester are private. Arrangements are by the...
Jerry Arul
Sep 6, 2020
Jerry H. Arul, 23, of Niskayuna passed away on Sunday September 6, 2020. Born in India, he was the son of Arul John and Ezhil Arul. He was a medical student at American University. Besides his parents, he is survived by his grandparents S. Rajamanickam, R. Sulochana and Rajam John, his sister Jessica Arul, his aunts Seldvi Suba, Rani...
Peter R Cowie
Sep 4, 2020
Peter Robert Cowie, 72, of Rotterdam, NY, passed away on Friday, September 4, 2020 after a short illness .He was born on a farm in Chester, NJ to William and Beatrice Cowie. After graduating from High School, he received his undergraduate degree at Newark College of Engineering and completed his Master's in Mechanical Engineering at Union College. He relocated...
Terry L Mickey (Borst)
Sep 4, 2020
Terry L. Mickey, 66, of Guilderland passed away at St. Peter’s Hospital on Friday September 4, 2020 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Schenectady, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Emma (Wiedeman) Borst. She was a graduate of RPI with a bachelors degree in computer science. Terry before raising a family, was employed as a...
Nicholas Kouroupakis
Sep 2, 2020
Nicholas J. Kouroupakis, 86, of Albany passed away at St. Peter’s Hospice Inn in Albany on September 2, 2020. He was born in New York City. He served his country in the US Marine Corp. Nicholas was employed as a Community Integration Professional for New York State. Nicholas was proud of his Greek heritage. He enjoyed food especially sweets...
Mark Anthony Kownack
Sep 2, 2020
Mark Anthony Kownack, 51, passed away at home on Wednesday September 2, 2020, the youngest of 4 sons, Mark was born in Rotterdam, NY on May 28th, 1969 to Robert John Kownack Sr. and Edna Elizabeth {Walton} Kownack. Mark loved spending time with friends, photography, firelight, tongue-in-cheek comments, and a good glass of wine. Above all though, Mark loved...
Greg Stephen Barkley
Sep 2, 2020
Greg S. Barkley, 67, of Schenectady, passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at Albany Stratton VA Medical Center. Son of Stanley and Nessie Barkley was born in Harris County, Texas, Greg served his country in the US Marines from 1972-1973. He was employed prior to his illness by Xerox Corporation as a Technician in Albany. Greg is survived by...
S Helen Shaver
Aug 26, 2020
S. Helen Shaver, 92, formerly of Rotterdam passed away on Wednesday August 26th at the Schenectady Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. Born and educated in Schenectady, Helen was the daughter of the late Thomas and Theresa (Buzek) Racko and a graduate of Mont Pleasant High School. Helen went on to receive her Bachelors Degree in English from Union College....
John S Becker Sr
Aug 23, 2020
John S. Becker Sr., 79, passed away Sunday evening, August 23rd peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Born in Niskayuna, John was the son of the late Robert and Mabel (Leffler) Becker. John graduated from Niskayuna High School and served his country honorably in the Army. John retired after 36 years with local 12 of the Iron Workers...
Andrew Levey
Aug 22, 2020
Andrew James Levey passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday August 22, 2020, at the age of 90. A lifelong resident of Rotterdam, Andrew (Andy) was born January 1, 1930 to the late Andrew M. and Edna (Tidball) Levey. After graduating from Draper High School, Andy went on to receive his Bachelors Degree in Agriculture from Cornell University,...
Rosalie M Hughes (Cooper)
Aug 22, 2020
Rosalie Margaret Hughes, 80, of Schenectady died at Albany Medical Center on August 22, 2020. We think she did it on purpose because we told her not to and she never did like being told what to do. Born in Nottingham, England in 1940, Rosalie was the daughter of the late Thomas and Mabel (Gilson) Cooper (a bookie/dog trainer...
Kelley Ferguson
Aug 20, 2020
Kelley D. Ferguson,59, passed away on Thursday evening August 20th as a result of a motorcycle accident. Born in Schenectady, Kelley was the son of the late Marshall and Marie (Kelley) Ferguson. A graduate of Schalmont High School in 1978, Kelley worked in the forestry and construction business for many years but his true passion was the standardbred horses...
Ella Mae Shepherd
Aug 17, 2020
Ella Mae Shepherd,72, died on Monday August 17th at home after a long illness. Born in Niskayuna, NY., Ella was the daughter of the late William and Hazel (McKeone) Shepherd and a graduate of Linton High School. An employee of New York State Department of Tax and Finance in Data Entry for over 34 years, Ella was a member...
