Louis C Forte Jr
Apr 24, 2016
Guilderland- Louis C. Forte Jr. 79, of Schoolcraft Street passed away peacefully at home on April 24, 2016 after a short illness. He was born in Rensselaer NY on January 27, 1937 a son of the Louis Sr. and Marie Roulf Forte. Louis served in the United States Navy during Korea and was honorably discharge in 1962. He was a...
Katherine L Levielle
Apr 24, 2016
Katherine L. LeVielle, 65, of Rotterdam passed away at her home on Sunday, April 24, 2016 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Schenectady, Katherine is the daughter of the late Robert and Adele (Levanavich) LeVielle. Katherine worked for many years in customer service at Hannaford in Rotterdam. She dedicated her life to raising her children. She had a kind...
Frank J Rossi
Apr 23, 2016
Frank J. Rossi Milpitas, CA -Frank J. Rossi, 60 - formerly of Schenectady, NY passed away Saturday, April 23, 2016 with his family by his side after a short illness.Born on May 17, 1955, son of the Beatrice (Mazzone) Rossi and the late Michael Rossi. Frank was a graduate of Mt Pleasant High School and Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam,...
Leon D Sobieski
Apr 20, 2016
Rotterdam - Col. Leon "Sob" Sobieski, 81, passed away surrounded by his family on Wednesday April 20, 2016 at Ellis Hospital. Born in Rotterdam on June 15, 1934, He was the son of Leon and Helen Wicks Sobieski. A 38 year veteran of the United States Air Force and New York Air National Guard he took his airman basic training...
Augustine Gus Balascio
Apr 18, 2016
Obituary: Augustine "Gus" Balascio Augustine "Gus" Balascio entered into eternal rest on April 18, 2016, after a brief illness. Gus was born in Albany (N.Y.) on February 22, 1928 to Nicholas and Mary (née Fuina) Balascio. He attended Albany parochial schools and was a proud graduate of the former Vincentian Institute. Gus moved to Schenectady in 1960. A World War...
Clara (D'Amelio) Pieciuk
Apr 15, 2016
Rotterdam - Clara Pieciuk, 86, of Rotterdam, passed away Friday April 15, 2016 after a brief illness. Born in Schenectady, she was the daughter of Anthony and Amelia Tiere D'Amelio. Clara was a volunteer at Carmen United Methodist Church and enjoyed spending time with friends and family. Her husband, Stanley Pieciuk, passed away in 1987. She is survived by her...
Mary Katherine (Mcquade) Dickerman
Apr 14, 2016
Schenectady - Mary Katherine "GeeGee" Dickerman (née McQuade) passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Samaritan Hospital in Troy, New York on April 14th. Mary was born in Schenectady, New York on June 30th, 1924 and was a graduate of Nott Terrace High School. She was predeceased by her father, Joseph, her mother, Alice (née McDermott), and siblings Margaret and...
Rose (Demarco) Cotugno
Apr 12, 2016
Rotterdam -It is with great sorrow we announce thepeaceful passing of Rose Cotugno on April 12, 2016 at home.She was born in Schenectady on September 17, 1921.She was the daughter of the late Carmine and Mary (DeNisio) DeMarco.She was predeceased by her loving husband of 54 years, Albert Cotugno.She was also predeceased by her two sisters, Marie (Anthony) Mauriello and...
Eleonora (Guzzo) Madia
Apr 10, 2016
Eleonora Madia, 83, passed away at home on Sunday, April 10, 2016. Eleonora was born in Pianopoli, Italy to the late Rosina and Saverio Guzzo. She is survived by her husband, Ralph Madia and three children, Frank (Sue) Madia, Sammy (Jean) Madia, and Tina (Paul)Corradi.She is also survived by her seven grandchildren, Adam Madia, Danielle Madia, Rachel Madia, Stephen Madia,...
David Smith Jr
Apr 8, 2016
David Smith, Jr., 43, passed away on Friday, April 8, 2016 surrounded by his loving family at Albany Medical Center. Born in Troy, NY, David is the son of Janice Sellie (Lashway) and David Smith, Sr. Dave was an avid outdoorsman and lover of animals. He was a hard worker and dedicated friend. To know him was to love him....
Frederick J Harding
Apr 6, 2016
Clifton Park - Frederick J. Harding, 94, of Clifton Park, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at his home with his three daughters by his side. Frederick came to the United States with his wife, Elizabeth, in 1951.They were married 64 years.Elizabeth went to be with the Lord in 2010.Frederick served in the...
Joann (Pietzykowski) Acevedo
Mar 30, 2016
Joann (Pietzykowski) Acevedo, 65, passed away peacefully surrounded b y her family on March 30, 2016 after a valiant fight against cancer. Joann was born on December 20, 1950 in Schenectady, NY. She attended St. Columbus School and Albany College of Pharmacy. Upon graduation from college, she went on to work for St. Peter's Hospital in the Chemistry Department for...
Salvatore J Esperti
Mar 28, 2016
Salvatore Joseph Esperti, 86, died at his home on Monday, March 28, 2016 after a long illness surrounded by his family. Sal was born on May 30, 1929 in Troy, NY. He was the son of the late Pasquale and Josephine Esperti. A graduate of Scotia-Glenville High School, Sal worked at Randall Boat Co. and Scotia Marine until 1986. He...
Albert Joseph Zeppieri Jr
Mar 27, 2016
Albert Joseph Zeppieri, Jr Associate Professor Emeritus Albert J. Zeppieri, Jr., 75, passed away peacefully after a short illness on Sunday, March 27, 2016 at The Hospice Inn at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, NY. He was born in Amsterdam, NY on September 5, 1940, the son of Albert J. Zeppieri, Sr and Palmiera Papa Zeppieri and was destined to...
Martin T Govel
Mar 26, 2016
Schenectady-Martin T. Govel, 83, passed away peacefully on March 26, 2016 after a brief illness. He was born on October 15, 1932 in Albany NY, son of the late Martin H. and Anna Kochan Govel. Martin loved life. He enjoyed dancing, traveling, fishing, golfing and hunting with his sons and grandsons. He enjoyed spending time with his family, friends and...
Josephine F Mageean
Mar 22, 2016
On Tuesday, March 22, 2016, Josephine F. Mageean, 84, daughter of Anna Pisano Lombardi and Albino Lombardi, in the presence of her daughter, died of a very long and debilitating illness. With the passing of her beloved husband of 46 years John, just two short months ago, she peacefully passed on to join him. They were devoted to each other,...
James "Jim" Martin
Mar 19, 2016
Schenectady - James Joseph "Jim" Martin, 55, passed away surrounded by his loving family on Saturday March 19, 2016 at Ellis Hospital after a short illness.Born in Schenectady he was the son of the late Alanzo and Mary Rose Tedesco Martin. Jim attended Linton High School and was a courier for many local businesses including Bellevue Women's Hospital and Clark...
Audrey (Feidner) Meyer
Mar 19, 2016
Audrey Meyer, 70, of Rotterdam, passed away at home on Saturday, March 19, 2016.Audrey was born in Rockville Center, NY, the daughter of the late Joseph and Lillian Allspach Feidner. She was employed as a Scanner with 1st National Bank of Scotia for 20 years. Prior to she was employed by Fleet/Bank of America. In addition to her parents, Audrey...
Paul J Tariello
Mar 19, 2016
Guilderland - Paul J. Tariello, 90, passed away peacefully at home on Friday March 18, 2016. Born in Schenectady to the late Erasimo and Rosalie Tariello, Paul went on to graduate from Mont Pleasant High School and attend Union College. From 1943-1946 Paul served our country in the United States Army Air Corps. Following his service Paul worked as a...
Agnes Theresa (Marotta) Graffeo
Mar 19, 2016
Guilderland - Agnes Theresa Graffeo (Marotta), 88, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, March 19, 2016, after spending an evening celebrating her birthday with her family. She was born in Brooklyn on March 18, 1928 to the late Peter and Rosaria Marotta. Agnes was the devoted wife of over 66 years to Edward M. Graffeo. She was the adored...
