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Helen L. Ford
Jun 12, 2016
Saratoga Springs, NY – Helen L. (DuPont) Tragni Ford passed away Sunday, June 12, 2016 at Saratoga Hospital. She was 80.
Born on April 30, 1936 in Schenectady, she is a daughter of the late Alfred and Alexina (Caisse) DuPont and was a 1954 graduate of Mt. Pleasant High School. Employed for 19 years at Upstate Loan...
Audrey Toolan
Jun 12, 2016
Saratoga Springs, NY - Audrey Toolan passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Sunday, June 12, 2016 at the Wesley Nursing Home. She was 84 years old and was a wonderful mother to Mary (Rob) Rasefske of Broadalbin, NY, Beth of Salem, MA and Michael (Debbie) of Bend, OR. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Adam, Caitlin...
Dina M. Fittipaldi
Jun 7, 2016
Saratoga Springs, NY - Dina Marie Fittipaldi went to be with God on Tuesday,  June 7, 2016, following a short illness. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends who Dina had touched in many ways throughout her full and very memorable life. Born March 22, 1975 to Kevin and Margaret Fittipaldi...
Hugh Alan Nelson
Jun 3, 2016
Saratoga Springs, NY - Hugh Alan Nelson, 92, a veteran of World War II, an alumnus of Union College and a professor of English at Union for 35 years, died peacefully surrounded by family on June 3, 2016, in Saratoga Springs. Known as Alan, he was born on March 21, 1924, in Erie, Pa., the...
Robert Shirley, Jr.
Jun 1, 2016
SCHUYLERVILLE - Robert "Bruce" Shirley Jr, aged 57, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday June 1, 2016 at Albany Medical Center, with his family by his side. Born on December 21, 1958 he was the son of the late Robert Shirley and Patricia Shirley Pearson. Bruce was the owner and operator of RBS Lumber and Millwork Company for over 20 years...
Richard F. Lyman
Jun 1, 2016
Saratoga Springs, NY - Richard Francis Lyman, 83, passed away on Wednesday June 1, 2016, surrounded by his loving family. Born May 28, 1933 in Utica, N.Y., Richard was the son of Richard Oren Lyman and Mary Margaret (Lynch)Lyman. A graduate of SUNY Brockport, Richard earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education and a Master's degree in Educational...
Arthur E. Allen
May 31, 2016
Saratoga Springs, NY - Arthur Eugene Allen, retired resident of Saratoga Springs died after a long illness on Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at the age of 77.
Arthur was born in Harrisburg, PA on October 6, 1938 to the late Arthur Eugene and Anita Allen.  He graduated from Windham College, in Putney, VT, with a BS degree...
Venita Breton Sweet
May 26, 2016
Saratoga Springs, NY - Venita Breton Sweet, 91, passed away peacefully at Wesley Health Care Center on Thursday May 26, 2016.
Born February 13, 1925 in Westbrook, Maine, she was the daughter of the late Aime and Noella Drovin Breton. Venita graduated from the Maine General Hospital School of Nursing and enjoyed using her skills as an...
Wesley R. Dammes
May 23, 2016
Saratoga Springs, NY - Wesley R. Dammes, 87, died on Monday, May 23, 2016 at Saratoga Hospital.
Born on August 11, 1928 in Jamaica Queens, NY, he was the son of the late Marguerite Roberts and Wesley Dammes. Wes served at the 7th Regiment in Manhattan from 1948-1975 retiring as Lt. Col. On...
Jean Rosenbach
May 22, 2016
Saratoga Springs, NY – Jean Rosenbach passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2016 at the age of 78. She was the daughter of the late Charles Irving Baker and Gladys (Thompson) Baker of Stillwater, NY. In addition to her parents she was predeceased by her brothers, Donald and Paul Baker and her husband Arthur Rosenbach.
Jean worked...
John (Jack) Polacsek
May 22, 2016
Saratoga Springs - John (Jack) Polacsek arrived into the world on December 8, 1936. He died at home on Sunday, May 22, 2016. A native Saratogian, Jack was a graduate of Saratoga Springs High School, class of 1954 and Siena College, class of 1958. In High School, Jack played football, baseball and wrestled. His personality...
Thomas W. Neal
May 21, 2016
Thomas William Neal, 24, born in Upstate NY on Feb 1, 1992, went to be with the Lord on May 21, 2016. He is now at peace ... in a better place ... where he is no doubt discovering new adventures and "makin' moves". Throughout his life - to the moment of his death, and...
Antonetta (Netty) Devivo Roth Van Wie
May 20, 2016
Saratoga Springs, NY - Antonetta (Netty) DeVivo Roth VanWie went to meet her Lord and Savior on Friday, May 20, 2016.
Netty was born on April 18, 1923, the daughter of the late Frank and Mary (Simone) DeVivo. In 1943, she married the late Paul Roth of Whitehall, NY, who died in World War Two. In 1948,...
Jeri D. Utter
May 8, 2016
Greenfield Center, NY - Jeri D. Utter, born in Oneonta, NY to the late David and Elizabeth (Gibbons) Devine, was a forty year resident of Greenfield Center. She was called to The Kingdom of God with her loving family by her side on Sunday, May 8, 2016 at Glens Falls Hospital.
Mrs. Utter was loved deeply by...
Robert H. Spratt, Sr.
May 8, 2016
Saratoga Springs, NY – Robert H. Spratt, Sr., of Vichy Dr., passed away Sunday (May 8, 2016) at Saratoga Hospital. He was 71.
Born on Nov. 15, 1944 in Troy, NY, he was the son of the late Dorothy A. (Egan) Spratt Lloyd and Howard R. Spratt. In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by his...
Ford C. Keefe
May 7, 2016
Ballston Spa, NY – Ford Clinton Keefe, 55, passed away in Saratoga Springs on Saturday, May 7th, 2016. Ford was born in Troy, NY, on June 5, 1960. He enjoyed music, working with his hands and especially loved to play the guitar. Ford was predeceased by his mother, Loleta MacDonald Keefe; father, John Thomas Keefe; his sisters Dell Keefe,...
Janice Carol Eldred
May 4, 2016
Janice Carol Eldred died peacefully in the early morning hours of May 4, 2016 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. She had been held in the continual embrace of touch and song by her family and friends throughout the previous two days. Her sisters were by her side when she passed gently into the light.
Bruce Tayler
May 2, 2016
Saratoga Springs – Bruce Tayler, passed away Monday, May 2 at The Home of the Good Shepherd after spending a weekend filled with love, talking with, and hugging his family, and surrounded with kindness and compassion from the incredible staff and his friends at Good Shepherd and Hospice.
Bruce was born to Thelma Hannis and Llewellyn Tayler,...
Cpt. Joseph R. Hackett, Jr.
Apr 30, 2016
Saratoga Springs, NY – Cpt. Joseph Raphael Hackett, Jr., 85, formerly of Ridgefield, CT, flew home to his Creator on Saturday, April 30, 2016 at Saratoga Hospital, surrounded by adoring family. A long-time pilot for Eastern Air Lines, his late wife Maureen (Durkin) Hackett and their youngest daughter Christine Hackett were waiting for him at his final gate.
...Rose M. Yakush
Apr 27, 2016
Greenfield Center, NY – Rose M. Yakush passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2016, surrounded by her loving family, after a long illness. She was 81.
Born on October 2, 1934 in Saratoga Springs, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Eva Haviland. Rose was married to her beloved husband John for 52 years before his...
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