Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Delmar, New York
Beth Pritchett
Feb 7, 2023
We regretfully announce the passing of Beth Pritchett of Delmar, NY on February 7th, 2023.Our mother, Margaret Elizabeth Pritchett, was better known by her family and friends as Beth. She was born to Jim and Gwen Hardin in Houston, TX on June 13th, 1977. Most of her childhood was spent in Little Rock, Arkansas, growing up alongside her brother, James....
Robert J. White
Feb 7, 2023
Robert Joseph Francis White, 71, was born in Fort Benning, Georgia on May 5, 1951 to Elisabeth (Schlitz) White and Robert White. His father was in the U.S. Army and began his service during World War II, and his mother was born in Germany. Robert lived in Germany, Japan, and near Washington, D.C., among other places, before settling with his...
Peter E. Ramos
Feb 3, 2023
Peter E. Ramos, 62, of Albany, NY, passed away on February 3rd 2023 unexpectedly at Albany Medical Center surrounded by family.Peter was born in Brooklyn, NY to Raquel an Miguel Ramos on February 28, 1960. He worked as a Caretaker for the Chelsea Shul Synagogue for 10 years. He enjoyed spending time with his family, baseball, football, taking pictures and...
Carolyn O. Weatherwax
Jan 31, 2023
Carolyn O. Weatherwax, 81, passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.Born in Albany on April 27, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Allen and Olive VanHoesen Hotaling. Carolyn was a graduate of Saratoga High School in 1959, Broome Technical Community College and completed a one year internship at Binghamton General Hospital, Kilmer Memorial Lab School for Medical Technology. ...
Becky Plog
Jan 27, 2023
Becky Plog, 34, of Delmar, NY passed away at home on January 27, 2023, surrounded by her family after a long illness. Becky was born August 2, 1988 in Saratoga Springs, NY to Kathleen (Neumann) & Keith Plog.Becky was a 2006 graduate of Bethlehem High School and went on to study education at The College of St. Rose. Becky worked...
Paul Joseph Richer
Jan 27, 2023
Paul Joseph Richer, 88,A/K/A Peretz Yossel ben Moishedied Friday, January 27, 2023 at his home.Son of Mose and SaraGrandson of Rose and SamGrandson of Harry and SaraBrother of Ted, Deanna and TobieHusband of LindaFather of Marshall, Sefi and ShanaHusband of BarbaraWannabe Father of Geoff, Lisa and JacquiElective Father of Tammi, Tera and JenFoster Father of Mark, Joel, Richard, Randy, Joanne,...
Dr. Nathan Parker Reed
Jan 27, 2023
Delmar - Nathan Parker ReedDr. Nathan Parker Reed, 86, of Delmar, NY passed away peacefully on January 27, 2023. He was born on August 11, 1936 in Boston, MA to Burgess and Priscilla Reed. He grew up in Walpole MA and spent summers on the shores in Scituate MA, making lasting memories with siblings and cousins. He graduated from The...
Margaret J. Gilday
Jan 19, 2023
Margaret Joan Gilday died on January 19 in Belmont, Massachusetts, at the age of 97.Margaret was born in New York City on August 6, 1925, to Nicholas and Helen Feretich, immigrants from Croatia. The family lived in a tenement apartment on 9thAvenue, in what is now the heart of the Chelsea neighborhood. Her mother Helen worked until retirement at the...
Mary Theresa Hooper
Jan 16, 2023
Mary TheresaRocheHooper "Theresa",born November 13, 1929, of Glenmont, NY, passed away peacefully onJanuary 16, 2023, in her home with her beloved family surrounding her.Theresa was a creative and passionate artist, an avid lover of nature and the world around her, and a faithful member of St. Thomas the Apostle Church. Theresa was an inquisitive person who loved to learn. Her...
Robert Matthew Cushing
Jan 3, 2023
Robert Matthew Cushing, 53, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.Born July 13, 1969 in Miami, FL, he is survived by his mother, Angela A. Cushing; sister, Mary A. McVey; step-sister, Alison Kinsey; three children, Devon Radzewicz, Ashley Wands and Hunter Yancey; two nieces, Taryn Cushing and Kya Davis, and grandchildren, grandnieces and grandnephews.Robert graduated from Prattsville High School in...
Rev. James D. Daley
Dec 26, 2022
Father James D. Daley, 95, son of the late John H. and Margaret (Harpinger) Daley, died Monday, December 26, 2022 at Ellis Hospital.Father graduated from Vincentian Institute in Albany. After serving in the Army during WW II and studying at Siena College, he entered Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, MD. Ordained in 1954, Father Daley served at Saint Patrick’s...
Judith A. Ragone
Dec 25, 2022
Judith Anne Ragone, 76, passed away on December 25th, 2022 at home after a courageous battle with cancer.Judi was born May 12th, 1946 to the late George W. Chesbro and Maxine (Sharpe) Chesbro. She lived most of her life in Delmar and graduated from Bethlehem Central in 1964. She was married over 48 years to her high school sweetheart Richard...
Nancy E. Poehlmann
Dec 15, 2022
Nancy Elizabeth Poehlmann left this world in the early morning hours of December 15th, 2022. She was born in Winston-Salem, NC and when she was 8 weeks of age, her parents moved to Avondale Estates, GA, where Nancy and her 3 siblings were raised. She is a graduate of Agnes Scott College, and was a double major in English and...
James W. Fossett
Dec 15, 2022
James W. Fossett, PhD, 72, died peacefully at home December 15, 2022 at his home in Delmar, New York.Jim was born in Emory, GA and raised in suburban Atlanta. He earned a bachelor’s degree with honors in political science from Vanderbilt University, and a doctoral degree in political science from the University of Michigan. Jim was recently retired from a...
Mary Frances Griffin
Dec 13, 2022
Mary Frances Griffin, née Cavanagh, 81 of Delmar, NY, formerly of Riverdale, NY and Clearwater Beach, FL, peacefully entered into eternal life on December 13, 2022.Born on September 8, 1941 in The Bronx, NY, Mary is predeceased by her parents William H. and Delia Cavanagh, as well as her loving husband Edward Griffin.After attending St. Anselm’s Grammar School and graduating...
Marie Louise Millspaugh
Dec 10, 2022
Marie Louise Millspaugh, 92, entered into eternal life on Saturday, December 10, 2022.Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late George and Clara (Rottenberg) Schwemler and sister of the late Luella Schwemler.Marie graduated from Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing in Cleveland and Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio where she earned a B.S. in Education...
Shirley A. Lewis
Dec 8, 2022
Selkirk - Shirley A. Lewis, age 87, entered into eternal life Thursday, December 8, 2022. Born in Ilion, NY she was the daughter of the late Howard and Anne (Seaver) Haman.She attended West Schuyler School (Utica Free Academy) and graduated from UFA High School in 1952. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in 1956 and her Master’s Degree in 1959 from...
Brian Emmett Kennedy
Dec 7, 2022
Brian Emmett Kennedy of Slingerlands, NY, passed away peacefully on December 7, 2022, surrounded by his family, after a short illness. He was 78 years old.Born January 11, 1944 to Harold Thomas Kennedy and Anna Egan Kennedy, Brian grew up in New York City where he became a lifelong lover of jazz. He went on to study English at the...
John J. Canning
Nov 24, 2022
John (Jack) James Canning died November 24, 2022 in Albany, New York. Jack was 95 years old.Jack was born in Babylon, New York on 17 June 1927, the fifth of six children of William Canning and Gertrude Keogh. He enjoyed a Roman Catholic primary education in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan and later attended secondary school in Queens, New...
Mary K. DeAngelis
Nov 21, 2022
DELMAR - Mary K. DeAngelis (Dunigan), 87, a Delmar, N.Y. resident who also had a home in Chatham, MA for almost 50 years, passed away on November 21, 2022, at her Delmar residence. She was born in Cambridge, N.Y. on February 24, 1935, to James B. and Margaret E. (Arnold) Dunigan. Mary was singing and dancing from the time she...
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