Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Delmar, New York
Christine P. Lombardi
Jul 7, 2018
DELMAR – Christine P. Lombardi, 85, formerly of Kenwood Ave., passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2018 at Palatine Nursing Home, Palatine Bridge. Born in Poland on November 27, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Helen (Sobiecki) Pekrol. She came to this country at age 16 and had attended comptometer school for accounting. She worked in...
Evan D. Wrightington
Jul 3, 2018
With great sadness, the family of Evan Wrightington announces his passing July 3, 2018 at the age of 40, after battling a long illness. A graduate of Otselic Valley Central School, then employed as an accomplished cook for many years, he is survived by his beloved son Gavin, his mother Lucy, and sisters Christy and Kate. His father Stephen predeceased...
Jimmie D. Levay
Jun 28, 2018
SLINGERLANDS - Jim D. Levay of Slingerlands, N.Y. died Thursday, June 28, 2018. Jim was born in Pocahontas, Virginia on July 3, 1933. Jim was the son of Julius and Mary Levay. He was very proud of his Hungarian heritage. His family came to Virginia and the coal mines in the late 1870's. Jim's grandfather died in the mines and...
George H. Lenhardt
Jun 27, 2018
DELMAR – George Lenhardt, 71, passed away on June 27 after a valiant fight with brain cancer. Born in Albany, he was the son of the late Earl H. and Alice Bennett Lenhardt. George is survived by his loving wife of over 45 years, Lynne, his son Brian (Valerie) of Charlotte, NC, his daughter, Kimberly, of Warwick, RI, his brother...
Virginia L. Gregory
Jun 24, 2018
DELMAR - Virginia DeWitt Gregory (Ginny), 87, of Delmar, died Saturday, June 23, 2018 at home with her family. She was a graduate of Columbia High School, East Greenbush, and graduated from Albany Business College. She was the manager and buyer for Little Folks Shop at Delaware Plaza for many years. She subsequently worked at Linens by Gail in Delmar....
Joan T. Schleinitz
Jun 17, 2018
Schleinitz, Joan T. ALBANY Joan Therese (Nutting) Schleinitz, 90, passed away peacefully after a long illness, surrounded by her beloved family. Born December 1, 1927, in Brooklyn, NY, Joan grew up in Flatbush. She was the daughter of the late Henry Nutting and Grace Leiser Nutting, and daughter-in-law of the late Elizabeth Windrum Schleinitz. Joan attended Saint Vincent Ferrer Catholic...
Irene A. Pesnel
Jun 15, 2018
GLENMONT – Irene Pesnel, 97, died Friday, June 15, 2018 at Kingsway Arms Nursing Center in Schenectady.She was born in Tivoli, NY to Walter and Mary Guski. Irene received her nursing degree from St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie and in 1942 she married M. Edwin Pesnel. Irene was a loyal volunteer with The Daughters of Charity, St. Thomas the Apostle...
John Henry Thompson
Jun 5, 2018
John Henry Thompson, 90, died on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 after a long illness. He was born November 2, 1927, the first of five children, in Brooklyn to John Stanley Thompson and Margaret Egbert Thompson. His parents moved to Hudson and then to Claverack, one of the oldest villages in the Hudson Valley. John went to Claverack Grade School and...
Richard E. Duffy
Jun 4, 2018
Richard Eugene Duffy, 80, of Glenmont died peacefully on Monday June 4, 2018 at Autumn Leaves of South Austin in Austin, Texas with family by his side.Born in Watervliet NY, he was the son of the late Margaret Rapisarta and Richard J. Duffy, and husband of the late Marian Duffy. He resided in Glenmont since 1973 and moved to Austin...
Anthony Spadaro, Jr.
May 27, 2018
DELMAR - Anthony Spadaro, Jr., 95, of Delmar, passed away on May 27, 2018 after a brief illness. Tony was predeceased by his beautiful wife, Patricia Egan Spadaro in July 2010. His survivors include his daughters, Nancy S. Bielawa of Glenmont and Tracy S. Maynard of Newburyport, MA, grandsons Austin A. Bielawa and Michael C. Maynard, and granddaughter Katherine M....
Corinne R. Carlson
May 27, 2018
BETHLEHEM – Corinne R. Carlson, 95, of Glenmont died Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Eddy Village Green, Cohoes. Born and raised in Buffalo, Erie County, she graduated from New York State Teachers College (Buffalo State) and began her teaching career in western New York. Moving to the Albany area in 1948, Corinne continued teaching in Rensselaer County school systems. During...
Renato Bonanni
May 21, 2018
Renato Bonanni, a resident of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and Slingerlands, New York, died peacefully on May 21, 2018 in Albany, New York, at the age of 93 (a day before his 94thbirthday) with his devoted children by his side, and his beloved wifeAntoniettawith him in spirit.Renato is pre-deceased by his cherished, dedicated and caring wife of 64 years,Antonietta Bonanni,...
Sigbjorn S. Eilertsen
May 20, 2018
Sigbjorn S. Eilertsen, age 88, died May 20, 2018. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Sigbjorn was the son of the late Sigbjorn Eilertsen Sr. and Anna Eilertsen. He proudly served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. After working as a stock trader on Wall Street, he brought the NASDAQ trading operations to First Albany Corporation in 1971...
Jean M. Balint
May 11, 2018
SLINGERLANDS - Jean M. Balint died May 11, 2018 after a long and fulfilling life. She was beloved by family, friends, and acquaintances alike. She was one of a pioneering group of female medical college graduates in England in the 1940s, but she described herself as a "reluctant physician and happy daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, friend, and volunteer."...
Rebecca D. Newborn
May 9, 2018
DELMAR – Rebecca D. “Becky” (Lasher) Newborn, 48, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2018 after a two year long battle with breast cancer.Born in Albany on January 18, 1970, Becky was the daughter of Judith Lasher and the late Richard A. Lasher, Sr. and was the sister of the late Richard A. Lasher, Jr. A graduate of Shaker High School,...
Matthew Alfred Manzella
May 1, 2018
SLINGERLANDS - Matthew A. Manzella was taken to heaven suddenly on May 1, 2018. He leaves behind his broken hearted parents, Maureen and Alfred Manzella, his siblings Kathleen, Michael and Christopher and their families: Yasuo, Kiyo and Emiko Saso, Anna Georgiopoulos, Elena and Sophia Manzella, Anne, Noah, Renee and Sam Manzella as well as his aunts, uncles and cousins.Matt graduated...
Robert H. Blank
Apr 30, 2018
ALBANY - Robert H. Blank passed away peacefully on Monday morning April 30 at Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center in Albany at the age of 101. Bob was born in New York City on July 13, 1916, the son of Samuel Blank and Minnie Liberman. He grew up in the Bronx and completed his early education there. As a young...
Virginia M. Collen
Apr 30, 2018
SARATOGA SPRINGS - Virginia M. Collen, 98, passed away on April 30, 2018 at the Wesley Health Care Community in Saratoga Springs, New York. Born and raised in Albany, Virginia was a member of St. Theresa’s Parish on New Scotland Avenue and later an active member of St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Delmar. Virginia was graduated from Vincentian Institute...
Helen F. Scott
Apr 27, 2018
DELMAR – Helen Rae Farrell Scott died surrounded by her family in the Intensive Care Unit at St. Peter's Hospital on April 27, 2018 after a brief illness. Born in Albany to Charles E. and Marion (Smith) Farrell, Helen was raised in Rensselaer and Lake Placid, where she graduated from Lake Placid High School. She graduated from the Albany College...
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