Obituary Listing

Ella Belden

Ella Belden

Dec 19, 2015

Middleburgh- Ella Belden, 77, of Dolan Lane, died Saturday at her residence with her family at her side. Born September 11, 1938 in Summit, she was the daughter Louis and Ethel (VanBuren) Woodbeck. Ella retired from Walmart in Cobleskill as a deli clerk. She enjoyed crafts and working their booth at the Sunshine Fair, along with cooking, baking, crocheting and...

Cindy Jackson

Cindy Jackson

Dec 3, 2015

Richmondville: Cindy L. Jackson, 62, of Smith Road died Thursday, December 03, 2015 at her home following a brief illness. Cindy was born in Cobleskill on July 29, 1953 to Virginia (Miller) and Orville Chandler. She graduated from the former Richmondville Central School in 1971 and lived her entire life in Richmondville. Cindy worked as a letter carrier for the...

Doris Dyke

Doris Dyke

Dec 3, 2015

Middleburgh- Doris W. Van Dyke, 91, of Clauverwie, died Thursday, December 03, 2015 at Cobleskill Regional Hospital following a brief illness. Doris was born in Middleburgh on December 29, 1923 to Edna I. (Joslyn) and Harry J. West. She graduated from Middleburgh Central School in 1941. Doris worked as a private secretary to "Prof Smith" at MCS, a bookkeeper for...

Christine Polak

Christine Polak

Dec 2, 2015

Middleburgh: Christine E. Polak, 70, passed away on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at her home on Middle Fort Road, surrounded by family members, following a two year battle with cancer. Born in Albany on June 6, 1945, she was the daughter of John E. and Barbara J. (Moot) Palmer. On Dec. 22, 1979 she married her loving husband, Jerome A."Jerry"...

Nathaniel Southworth

Nathaniel Southworth

Nov 12, 2015

Seward- Nathaniel "Dick" Southworth, 77, of Gardnersville Road, died Thursday, November 12, 2015 at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, NY. Born May 2, 1938 in Seward, he was the son of Nathaniel R. and Marie (King) Southworth. A lifetime area resident, Dick retired from NY State Department of Corrections in Summit as a motor vehicle resident. Prior to that, he had...

Franklin Fancher

Franklin Fancher

Nov 11, 2015

Cobleskill- Franklin D. Fancher, 84, formerly of Cobleskill, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at Wilkinson Residential Health Care Facility in Amsterdam, where he has been a resident for the past few years. Born July 17, 1931 in Summit, he was the son of Byron and Nellie (Dauley) Fancher. Franklin was a lifelong area resident, growing up on the Fancher Home...

James Nellis

James Nellis

Nov 9, 2015

Middleburgh- James A. Nellis, 80, of Wells Ave., died Monday, November 9, 2015, at his residence. Born July 8, 1935 in Middleburgh, he was the son of Earl and Nellie (Garner) Nellis. Jim was a lifelong area resident, graduating from Middleburgh Central School and enlisting in the United States Army in 1954. He proudly served his country until receiving an...

Nancy Lyons

Nancy Lyons

Nov 1, 2015

Richmondville- Nancy D. Lyons, 71, of West Main St., died Sunday, November 1, 2015 at Albany Medical Center. Born March 25, 1944 in Cobleskill, she was the daughter of Wendell and Irene (Bowers) Schwartz. Nancy was a lifelong area resident, graduating from the former Cobleskill Central School. Nancy was employed at the former Ace Glove Factory in Richmondville of thirty...

Howard Klein

Howard Klein

Oct 29, 2015

Schoharie- Howard W. Klein, 76, of Sunnyside Road, died Thursday, October 29, 2015 at his home following a brief illness. Howard was born on September 2, 1939 in Worcester, MA to the late Goldie (Feldman) and Edwin Klein. Howard worked in the maintenance and security departments at the Jewish Healthcare Center in Worcester, MA before retiring. Howard was of Jewish...

Jayne Munzo

Jayne Munzo

Oct 28, 2015

Middleburgh: Jayne D. Munzo, 44, of Pleasant Avenue died Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, following a long illness. Jayne was born on February 24, 1971 in Cobleskill to the late Caroline (Parslow) and Maynard D. Payne, Sr. Jayne was a homemaker and thoroughly enjoyed painting her fingernails. She helped coordinate the Idol contest at the...

Forest Johnson

Forest Johnson

Oct 26, 2015

Cobleskill- Forest S. Johnson, 68, of Hammerstone Village, died Monday, October 26, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Johnson was born in Nyack, NY on March 22, 1947 and was the son of John and Violet (Whitney) Johnson. Prior to moving to the Cobleskill area, he was Head of Maintenance at Country Manor Apartments in Middletown, NY Survivors include 3 children,...

John Schrom

John Schrom

Oct 25, 2015

Seward- John Wesley, "Wes", Schrom, 88, of Lowe Road, died unexpectedly on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at Cobleskill Regional Hospital. Born September 10, 1927 in Oak Hill, he was the son of Harley and Florence (Warner) Schrom. Wes was a United States Army veteran, proudly serving his country as a paratrooper, and receiving an honorable discharge in 1952. He retired...

Eric Armlin

Eric Armlin

Oct 23, 2015

Schoharie- Eric N. Armlin, 94, of Sunnyside Road, died peacefully Friday, October 23, 2015 in the loving care of his family. Eric was born in the Town of Broome on June 1, 1921 to Clara H. (Wittig) and William I. Armlin. He attended Middleburgh Central School and worked as a laborer, retiring after thirty years with the Laborer's Local #...

Grace Slifer

Grace Slifer

Oct 22, 2015

Middleburgh- Grace Slifer, 97, formerly of Middleburgh, died Thursday, October 22, 2015, at the River Ridge Living Center in Amsterdam, where she had resided since 2007. Grace was born on September 20, 1918 in Jamaica, NY to Dorothy (Lauterbach) and John Achenbach. She was a homemaker and loved cats, tending to her vegetable gardens, crocheting, making puzzles, fishing, and enjoyed...

Lorraine Werner

Lorraine Werner

Oct 9, 2015

Middleburgh- Lorraine S. Werner, 70, of Clauverwie, formerly of Dix Hills, died Friday, October 9, 2015 in the comfort of her home. Born April 18, 1945 in Brooklyn, she was the daughter of John and Sue (Lucash) Kanyock. Lorraine retired from Half Hollow Hills School District where she had been employed as an administrative assistant. She and her husband moved...

Nicholas Kaszay

Nicholas Kaszay

Oct 5, 2015

Cobleskill-Nicholas J. Kaszay, 70, of Pine Street, died Monday, October 5, 2015, at his residence. Born January 25, 1945 in Manhattan, he was the son of Nicholas and Rose (Toth) Kaszay. Since 1995, Nicholas attended the Schoharie County ARC Day Hab. He formerly lived in the ARC Grove Street home in Middleburgh. He is survived by his ARC family. A...

Susan Alfone

Susan Alfone

Oct 5, 2015

Cobleskill- Susan Razey Alfone, 53, of Lawyersville Road, died Monday, October 5, 2015 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. Sue was born on December 19, 1961 in Kingston, a daughter of Marianne (Harlow) and Philip Razey. She grew up in Kingston and graduated from Kingston High School in 1981. Sue then settled with her family in Cobleskill. She...

Bernice Putnam

Bernice Putnam

Oct 5, 2015

Sharon Springs - Bernice J. Putnam, 88, formerly of Sharon Springs, entered eternal life Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 at Capital Living Rehabilitation Center in Schenectady, where she had been a resident for the past year. Born October 22, 1926 in Sharon Springs, she and her twin sister, Betty, were the youngest of eleven children born to Emmett and Grace (Best)...

Magaret Glenn

Magaret Glenn

Oct 2, 2015

Cobleskill- Margaret, "Midge", Glenn, 99, formerly of Cobleskill, died Friday, October 2, 2015 at Palatine Bridge Nursing Home where she had been a resident for the past ten years. Born April 1, 1916 in Cobleskill, she was the daughter of Vincent and Angelina (Tocinelli) Florio, Sr. Midge was a lifelong area resident and graduated from the former Cobleskill Central School....

Kyle Salisbury

Kyle Salisbury

Sep 30, 2015

Fultonham - Kyle A. Salisbury, 22, of Pleasant Valley Road, died Wednesday, September 30, 2015 due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Born July 23, 1993 in Schenectady he was the son of Jessica (Lollar) O'Hearn and Carl Salisbury. Kyle was most recently employed at ShopRite in Niskayuna as an assistant stock manager. His favorite hobby was motorcycle...