Obituaries

Muriel Protko
Mar 16, 2014
Muriel E. Protko 90, of Nassau, born on May 30, 1923 passed away on Sunday March 16, 2014 at her brothers' home after a long illness. She was born in Albany to the late Walter and Jessie (Brew) Latham. Muriel was employed at B.T. Babbitts in Albany for several years and then retired to be a homemaker. Wife of the...

Donald Raymond
Mar 10, 2014
Donald Raymond Nassau Donald Raymond, 81, passed away March 10, at St. Peter's Hospital. Born in Rochester; later resided in Albany, then in Nassau, New York. He Graduated from Columbia High School in 1950 and then served his country abroad at the rank of Corporal as a radiology technician, which allowed him to travel extensively during his tenure in the...

Marija Matulis
Mar 9, 2014
Marija Matulis, 93, of Nassau passed away on March 9, 2014 at her home. She will be missed by her loving family and all who knew her.

Doris Smith
Feb 11, 2014
Smith, Doris M. (Allison) (Lindeman). Doris M. Smith, 80, of Nassau passed away peacefully after a long illness with her family by her side and is now in the arms of the angels where she joins her parents, Adolph and Elsie Lindeman, and the two loves of her life, John A. Allison and Donald D. Smith. Born April 3, 1933,...

Arthur Morje
Feb 6, 2014
Arthur "Art" Morje Jr., of Nassau, NY, died on Thursday, February 6, at St. Peter's hospital in Albany. He was 85. Art was born in Albany on May 7, 1928, the only child of Arthur and Bertha (Bott) Morje. He was raised on his grandfather's farm in Nassau, which has been in his family since the 1860s. While growing up,...

Mitchell Passino
Feb 6, 2014
Mitchell J. Passino Jr., 80, of Valatie formerly of Nassau passed away on February 6th at Hillcrest Commons Nursing Home in Pittsfield MA. Born in Elizabethtown N.Y. he was the son of the late Mitchell J. Sr. and Lena (St. Clair) Passino and loving husband of the late Theresa Passino. Mitchell was a Korean War Navy Veteran who served his...

Jeanette Fusco
Jan 15, 2014
Jeanette M. Fusco Nassau Jeanette M. Fusco, 66, of Nassau formerly of East Greenbush and Yonkers NY passed away January 15, 2014 at St. Peters Hospital. Jeanette was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother and will be missed dearly by her family. She is survived by her loving husband Salvatore Fusco, son, Salvatore Fusco Jr., daughter, Annemarie Fusco and grandchildren,...

Margaret Mcgrath
Jan 13, 2014
Margaret A. McGrath Selkirk Margaret A. McGrath, 86, of Selkirk passed away peacefully on January 13th at her home. Margaret was a loving wife and mother and was devoted to her family. Wife of the late William D. McGrath, she is survived by her sons; William J. (Susan) McGrath of N. Chatham, Patrick D. of Redrock, Peter J. (Nancy) of...

Freda Druba
Dec 26, 2013
Freda L. Druba Schodack Freda L. Druba, 84, of Schodack passed away on December 26th, 2013 at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. Daughter of the late Dennis and Hazel (Woodward) Williams she was a homemaker who was extremely devoted to her family. Freda was a loving mother and grandmother and she was cherished by her family. She loved to go...

Raymond Schwartz
Dec 13, 2013
Nassau- Raymond (Phil) Schwartz, 90, of Nassau died on Friday December 13, 2013 at home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Albany NY, son of the late Morris and Ida Schwartz he is survived by his loving wife of 60 years Charlotte Bemiss Schwartz. Father of Gene Schwartz and Marlene (Jim) Hodge of Nassau, NY. Grandfather of Dan Schwartz,...

Kenneth Mulvaney
Dec 12, 2013
Kenneth Mulvaney, 51, of Kinderhook passed away on December 12, 2013. Funeral service from the Thomas P. Mooney funeral Home, 11 Elm St. Nassau NY on Wednesday Dec. 18 at 1:00pm. Relatives and friends may call prior to the service from 10:00am to 1:00pm.

Patricia Vandeusen
Nov 21, 2013
Patricia (Smith) VanDeusen, 79, passed away peacefully on November 21, 2013. She was born May 1, 1934 in Albany to Katherine and Joseph Smith. She will be deeply missed by her husband of 59 years, Jere and her 3 sons, Lane, Bob (Mary Jo) and Chris. She also leaves behind 2 sisters; Joan Irish of Okeechobee, FL and Sue Hoffman...

Alfred Anderson
Oct 30, 2013
West Sand Lake, Alfred C. Anderson of West Sand Lake, passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2013. He was born in Albany July 14, 1930 the son of the late Marrie and Jonathan Anderson. Alfred was predeceased by his wife Camilla and a daughter Debra. He is survived by his children Kelly Anderson, Steven Anderson, Victoria (Donald) Pulver Sr. and Rae-Ellen...

Lois Laier
Oct 18, 2013
Lois Laier Malden Bridge Lois Jean Laier, 85, of Malden Bridge passed away October 18, at Evergreen Commons in East Greenbush surrounded by her loving family. Born in Rensselaer she was the daughter of the late Clifford and Margaret (Schilling) Brown, stepdaughter of the late Grant Babcock and loving wife of 62 years to the late Frederick D. Laier. Before...

James Murphy
Oct 7, 2013
James F. Murphy East Greenbush James F. Murphy, 81, of East Greenbush passed away October 7, 2013 at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. Born in Albany he was the son of the late John and Alice (Ghaney) Murphy and loving husband to his wife Barbara Jean (Lout) Murphy. James was a truck driver for 29 years with the Tobin Packing...

Patricia Baltzel
Oct 2, 2013
Patricia Baltzel Nassau Patricia Baltzel, 79, of Nassau passed away October 2, 2013 at Albany Memorial Hospital. Born in Auburn NY she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Dorothy (Talbot) Heath, and loving wife of the late C. Stanton Baltzel. Patricia, once a Registered Nurse at Auburn Memorial Hospital, started her family in Binghamton where she resided until...

Donald Winters
Sep 30, 2013
Donald Charles Winters, 93, of Inverness FL, died Sept. 30, 2013, under the care of his family and Hospice of Citrus County. Donald was born June 2, 1920, in Nassau, N.Y. to the late Charles G. and Jeannette (Groat) Winters. He served our country in the United States Air Force. Donald was employed by the Department of Defense as an...

Alonzo Carpenter
Sep 28, 2013
Alonzo John Carpenter Florida Alonzo John Carpenter, 81, of Mims Florida, a former 32 year resident of Nassau NY, passed away at his home on Saturday September 28th. Born in Albany he was the son of the late Alonzo L. and Beatrice (Pratt) Carpenter. He faithfully served our country and was a veteran of the United States Navy. John was...

William Villeneuve
Sep 24, 2013
William A. Villeneuve Nassau William A. Villeneuve, 80, of Nassau, passed away Monday September 23rd, 2013 at his home. Bill was born November 1st, 1932. He was the son of the late Lester and Ethel Villeneuve and was predeceased by his brother, Arnold and his sister, Loretta LaPlante. Bill was a retired Master Sergeant, USAF with 22 years of service....

Linda Lopresti
Sep 21, 2013
Linda L. LoPresti Schodack Linda L. LoPresti, 67, of Schodack passed away at home on Saturday, September 21st. Born in Albany she was the daughter of the late Harold Robertson and Hattie Brazee Robertson. She was the beloved wife of the late Phillip LoPresti Jr. Linda loved to crochet and also loved to go camping. Most of all she was...