Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Delmar, New York
Margiana Benza
Jan 10, 2014
DELMAR - Margiana T. Benza, 78, of Delmar passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, January 10, 2014. Born in Liberty, NY on June 15, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Lee R. and Grace E. (Meyer) Tompkins and sister of Nancy T. Steele and Lee R. Tompkins, Jr. Mrs. Benza was a graduate of Knox...
Bernice Miller
Jan 8, 2014
DELMAR - Bernice A. Miller, 82, passed away on Wednesday, January 8th, 2014 at Albany Memorial Hospital. Born in Augusta, NY, she was the daughter of the late Ralph G. and Reba M. (Van Slyke) DeNauro and was also predeceased by three brothers and two sisters. A longtime resident of Utica, Bernice came to the Albany area in 1986. Prior...
Frank Davis
Jan 8, 2014
DELMAR - Frank Davis, 93, of Delmar passed away Wednesday, January 8th, 2014 at Albany Medical Center Hospital . A native of Decatur, NY he was the son of the late John and Mary (Sernel) Davis. Frank honorably served his country as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a life member of the American...
Katherine M. Griffin
Jan 3, 2014
GLENMONT - Katherine M. Griffin, 57, of Glenmont died Friday, January 3, 2014 after a long battle with cancer and sarcoma. She is survived by her husband, Rick; her son, Alex; her mother, Jennie (Brognano) Surace; aunts, Patricia Grillone and Ann Brognano; uncle, Dr. James Brognano; several cousins and in-laws. Her strong -willed Italian relatives, who predeceased her, never left...
Robert Summers
Dec 26, 2013
SLINGERLANDS - Robert M. Summers, 88, passed away on December 26, 2013 after a brief illness. He was born December 9, 1925, at the US Naval-Air Base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, while his father, the late Dr. Bruce M. Summers, was serving in the navy. Robert traveled extensively throughout the United States as a boy, living at various naval bases with...
Bridget Maher
Dec 26, 2013
GLENMONT - Bridget M. Maher, 51, of Glenmont passed away suddenly on Dec. 26, 2013. Born August 15, 1962 in Hornell, NY, she was the daughter of Rose M. (Conrad) Maher of Glenmont and the late Charles E. Maher. Bridget graduated from Hornell High School in 1981 and spent four years in the U.S. Coast Guard. She later received an...
Marie Bartholomew Miles
Dec 18, 2013
DELMAR - Marie Bartholomew Miles, age 72, passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side on December 18, 2013, from pancreatic cancer. Marie was born in Utica, NY on January 3, 1941 to the late Ernest and Frances Turley Bartholomew. She was the Valedictorian of St. Francis de Sales School in Utica and received her Bachelor of...
Sam F. Venezia
Dec 18, 2013
GLENMONT - Sam Venezia, 91, died December 18, 2013. He was born in Paterson, NJ on December 16, 1922 to Teatolinda and Aniello Venezia. On February 22, 1952 he married Hermina (Mina) Schweighardt and they spent the next 60 years together. Sadly, Mina passed away in 2012 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Sam spent many years working for Hobart...
Peter Collins
Dec 12, 2013
SCHENECTADY - Peter Collins,63, died suddenly Thursday evening. Born in Skipton, England, he was the son of Alan Collins and the late Marcia Collins. He traveled widely, living in Ghana, Australia, The Solomon Islands, Bolivia and South Africa which gave him his abiding love of Geography. He lived in the US since the 1980's and settled in the Albany area...
Fred K. Budzyna
Dec 12, 2013
GLENMONT, New York -- U.S. Army Lt. Col. (Ret.) Fred K. "Bud" Budzyna of Glenmont, New York, passed away Thursday, Dec. 12. He is survived by his wife, Peggy, and children Tom, Susan and John. Born in Burlington, Vermont, March 25, 1938, Bud grew up in Worcester, Mass., married Oct. 8, 1960 and enjoyed an exciting life as a Soldier...
Bernard Skaskiw
Dec 7, 2013
DELMAR - Bernard Harry Skaskiw, 89, died on December 7, 2013. He was the son of Michael and Barbara (Zahorvjko) Skaskiw both of whom came to the United States from the Ukraine at the ages of 17. "Bernie" was born in Little Falls, New York March 8, 1924. Bernie was a veteran of the United States Navy and a graduate...
Charles C. Mackey
Dec 7, 2013
DELMAR - Charles C. Mackey, Jr., "Charlie", died on December 7, 2013 at his home in Delmar, New York after a long illness. Charlie was born in Cranston, Rhode Island. He moved with his wife Nancy to Albany, New York in 1968 where he raised three children and worked professionally for the State of New York. He received his B.S....
Harold Kleinhans
Dec 6, 2013
DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA - December 6, 2013 - Harold Raymond Kleinhans passed away peacefully at the age of 93. Son, Brother, Husband, Father, Grand and Great-Grandfather, Co-worker, Neighbor, and Friend, Harold was everyone's "go-to" guy, and will be missed by everyone that knew him. Harold was born July 29, 1920 in Selkirk, NY, the second son of Raymond Kleinhans and...
Gina Ricci
Nov 28, 2013
DELMAR - Gina Ricci, 86, died November 28, 2013 at St. Peter's Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Gina was born in Caserta, Italy in 1927 and married Guy Ricci, Sr. in 1945 in Caserta. She immigrated to the US in May 1946, and lived in Mamaroneck NY until 1984, when she and her husband relocated to Delmar. Gina is survived by...
Ruth Wiley
Nov 28, 2013
WILEY, Ruth (Hummer), 91, loving wife, mother, grandmother, recently of the Beverwyck Retirement Community, Slingerlands, N.Y., passed away Thanksgiving night at St. Peter 's Medical Center, Albany, NY with her family at her side. Ruth was the wife of 61 years of the late Leslie Jay Wiley who died in 2006. They lived most of their married life and raised...
Catherine Henderson
Nov 19, 2013
DELMAR - Catherine A. (Arnold) Henderson passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 after a brief illness. Born in Newburgh, NY she was the daughter of the late John Edward and Catharine (Coffey) Arnold. Catherine was retired from the NYS Thruway Authority where she was an administrative assistant. Catherine was predeceased by her husband, Robert R. Henderson, and her sister,...
Madelene Sutter
Nov 15, 2013
Madelene F. Sutter, 81, originally from Tupper Lake, longtime Delmar resident and most recently of Malta died on Friday, November 15, 2013. One of thirteen children, she was the daughter of the late Harvey and Florence (Disotell) St. Onge and wife of the late Irvin O. Sutter. Survivors include three daughters, Karen Sutter Runge of Coral Springs, FL, Jill Sutter...
John Hooper
Nov 8, 2013
DELMAR - Beloved, John R. Hooper died on Friday, November 8, 2013 after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. He was born in Albany, NY on January 25, 1930 to Francis E. Hooper and Catherine E. Nagle. John attended Christian Brothers Academy in Albany, and graduated from St. Bonaventure University, Olean, NY. After college John was...
Josephine Stevens
Nov 1, 2013
DELMAR - Josephine Stevens, 82, of Delmar passed away on Friday, November 1, 2013 at Kindred Nursing and Rehabilitation in Great Barrington, MA. Born in Munich, Germany on March 19, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Karl and Maria (Kammermeier) Dechant. She came to this country in the mid 1950's and worked for many years as an accountant...
Margaret Lynch
Oct 31, 2013
DELMAR - Margaret Murphy Lynch joined her loved ones and Christ, Our Lord, on Thursday Oct 31, 2013, surrounded by her loving daughters Marita and Kathy. She was born in Freeport, L.I., NY on January 6, 1920, to William J. Murphy and Margaret Shalvoy Murphy. Marge was a graduate of Freeport High School and St. Joseph's College for Women in...
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