Deaths and Obituaries in Troy Area These Days
A list of local deaths and funeral notices from Troy and surrounding areas. Ellen M Rankin Danforth 67, widow of Lysander B Danforth, died at 191 Sixth Avenue North. Emma Sausville DesLaurier, Canadian born, died at a Watervliet area home after illness. Melvin J Reynolds of Pleasantdale found dead in his car. funeral at Fonda's Funeral Home. Edgar S Traver of Sand Lake died after lingering illness. Multiple other obituaries note services, burials, and ministers involved across Troy Cohoes and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen M. Rankin Danforth
Lysander B. Danforth
Old Troy Steel Co
Sixth Avenue
North
Robert and
Jean Rankin
Ben Danforth
Albany
Marian Danforth
Troy
Bridgeport
Conn
Alexander Rankin
Jean Rankin Long
Scotia
Thomas Rankin, Jr
Danforth
Sixth Avenue Baptist Church
Emma Sausville DesLaurier
Canada
Edward Perry
Watervliet
Edward C. Shanshan
Heninngton
St. Anne’s Society of the Sacred Heart Church
Shanahan
Edmond LaFranchise
John D. Lane
Winsted
George
Torrington
Frank
Bennington
William
Springfield
Fred Sausville
Sacred Heart Church
Melvin J. Reynolds
Pleasantdale
Fonda
River Street
Elmwood Cemetery
Mr. Reynolds
Waterford
American Locomotive Co
Schenectady
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Hattie Lester
Edgar
Traver
Lillian Ford Traver
Sand Lake
Greenfield
Mass
J. E. DeGraaf
Robert Russell
Sand Lake Presbyterian Church
Hall
George Dillon
Mary Agnes Boivin Dillon
Mohawk Street
Cohoes
Dillion
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
St. Joseph’s Church
Union of Prayer
Chat Lewis
Ellenville
A. G. Boivin
Troy Man Held on Body Execution
Alex Bomba of Troy city faced a $1,129.75 judgment won by Stephanie Gingeresky in the 1943 Supreme Court slander case. Justice William H. Murray signed a body execution order, and Bomba was seized and jailed until payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Bomba
Supreme Court
Stephanie Gingeresky
Bomba
William H. Murray
Thomas J. O’connor
Sheriff's Office
O'Connor
Murray
Cambridge and area obituaries mark long careers and family ties
Reports note the deaths of Ernest E. Smith former Cambridge Union School principal and longtime Manhattan educator. Interment was in Cambridge with services led by local clergy. Also memorials for Lester B Brownell and Mrs Ella May Goodrich Purcell mention family survivors and burials in Whiteside and Elmwood Hill Cemeteries with local ministers officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest E. Smith
Cambridge Union School
St. Petersburg
Fla
Rhoades
Cambridge
Mr. Smith
Brooklyn
Manual Training High School
Lved
Florida
Grace Devendort
Lester B. Brownell
B. Brownell
Glens Falls
Center Cambridge
Job
Sarah Kenyon Brownell
Minnie Wright
Warrensburg
Lester Be, Brownell, Jr
Howard Brownell
Valley Falls
Troy Council President Named as Navy War Service Begins
Mayor John J. Ahern and Republican leaders will confer this week on a successor to Thomas H. Brown as president of the Common Council who will leave for war service. Brown was informed by the Navy to report Friday, April 7, with at least six candidates said to seek the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Ahern
Thomas H. Brown
Common Council
Brown
Navy
Man Tampering With Meter Fined $10 in Troy Court
John T. Best, 44, of 80 James Street Green Island paid a $10 fine to Judge James F. Byron in Troy Police Court after pleading guilty to tampering with a parking meter. Officers Harold J. McKeon and Martin L. Burke arrested Best using a bottle opener at a meter in front of the Cannon Building on Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Best
James Street
Green Island
James F. Byron
Troy
Harold J. McKeon
Martin L. Burke
Best
Cannon Building
Broadway
Cousins Reunite in Italy Red Cross Meeting During War
In Italy Pvt Francis McHale son of Frank J. and Mrs. McHale of 153 Seventh Ave discovers his cousin Pfc Jim Ormsby son of Thomas and Mrs. Ormsby of 54 Hoosick Street in the Red Cross rooms. The two arranged to meet weekly while stationed nearby. The column notes other local servicemen and training updates from Troy area, including basic training at Fort Knox and Clemson College preflight entries, plus ship and air force movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Francis McHale
Frank J. McHale
Seventh Avenue
Italy
Pfc
Jim Ormsby
Thomas Ormsby
Hoosick Street
Frank
Troy Hi
Jim
Catholic Central
Troy Area
Armored
Fort Knox
Larry Anderson
Niels P. Anderson
Third Avenue
Charlie Marchese
Louis Marchese
Liberty Street
AL Franco
Philomena Franco
First Street
Charlie Ashdown
Rose Gaffney
New York Avenue
Cohoes
Clemson College
South Carolina
Dick Calkins
Bill Pendergast
Woodlawn Court
Walt Brady
Spring Hill
Ala
AL Leroy
Leason
Cox Army Field
Paris
Tex
Wayam
Martin
LeRoy
Excelsior Avenue
Pic
George
Mickey) Ryan
Green Island
Camp Phillips
Kans
New Caledonia
AL Lawrence
Third Street
Waterford
LaSalle
W. S.lawrence
Jack Stickelmyer
L. Stickelmyer
England
Air Force Technical School
Lincoln
Neb
Unemployment Insurance Division
New York State
Bill Cahill
Corp
Dennis Cahill
Dennis
Air Force
South Pacific
Andy Dzembo
R. D
Andy
Marco Dzembo
Australia
Bouganville
Guadalcanal
Jack Mattimore
San Francisco
Margaret Mattimore
Sixth Avenue
Hudson Gibbs
Chambersburg
Alice Gibbs
Fifth Avenue
Watervliet
Naval
Colgate University
ED .Grady
Carlton Grady
Ball Place
Watervvliet
Fitchburg
Mass
State Teachers’ College
Ray Roberts
Jack Roberts
Second Street
Lqona Freehan
Seaman Avenue
Castleton
WAC
Panama
AL Oc’rourke
Marines
Jack O'Rourke
Watervliet Arsenal
E. J. O'Rourke
Second Avenue
Michael Masenas
Belle Avenue
Edgewood Arsenal
Siena College
Kreemflake Baking Co
Gasoline Spill After Tractor Trailer Overturns on Hudson Fort Ann Road
A tractor trailer loaded with high test gasoline overturned about a mile north of Hinsburg on the Hudson Fort Ann highway. The driver Robert Walkup, 26, of Bennington Vermont, sustained head lacerations and a possible concussion. He was hospitalized in Glens Falls in good condition. The 4000 gallon load spilled, flooding the highway and prompting police to curb smoking near the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Ann
Robert Walkup
Bennington
Hingsbury
Walkup
Glens Falls
Local Servicemen Arrive for Training and Overseas Duty
Realty lists Troy and Watervliet residents arriving for Coast Guard and Army training at various bases. Individuals include Virginia Livingston Ton and Mary Jane Manno in Troy, Rachel By and Jean Ballentyne in Watervliet, with notices of Jack O’Hara in the British Isles and Norm Canfield nearing overseas duty in Pueblo. Other updates mention Aviation Cadet Bill Miller, Charlie Larkins’ Navy graduation, and local officers in Camp Barkely Medical Administrative Corps training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard Station
Palm Beach
Fla
Virginia Livingston
Sixteenth Street
Jean Ballentyne
Eighth Street
Mary Jane Manno
Sixth Avenue
Troy
Rachel
Seventh Avenue
Watervliet
Jack O'Hara
British Isles
First Avenue
Jack
Watervliet Arsenal
Norm Ganfield
Edward H. Canfield
Oakwood Avenue
Army Air Base
Pueblo
Colo
Mnaim
Bill Miller
Shaw Field
Sumter
D. C
Charlie Larkins
Anna Mae Larkins
Latham
Navy Diesel School
Chicago
Troy Area
School For Medical Administrative Corps
Camp Barkely
Tex
ED Murphy
Third Street
ED Bauer
Fred Bauer
Ninth Street
AL Murray
Harry Murray
Loudon Road
Chees
Elks Honor Dr Gallico At Tomorrow Dinner
Troy Lodge of Elks plans a dinner tomorrow with Dr J Edward Gallico to award an honorary life membership. Attending will be Arch Elks leaders including James T Hallinan and George J Hall along with several state and district officials. The 8 pm dinner follows a 7 pm lodge meeting and aims to draw many local members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Gallico
Troy Lodge of Elks
Dr. Gallico
Elkdom
James T. Hallinan
New York
George J. Hall
Lynbrook
L. I
Elks
George J. Halpin
Watervliet
Fred Beck
Mechanicville
Leon Reohan
Saratoga Springs
Grand Lodge
Robert J. Walsh
Schenectady
T. Emmett Ryan
Albany
Rehabilitation Conference Called
Mayor John J. Ahern announced a city rehabilitation conference with delegates from various organizations meeting at 2 30 pm today in the Troy public welfare office to hear Joseph Snow speak on veteran rehabilitation. Snow is a representative of the Veterans Administration for this area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Ahern
Troys
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ellen Danforth
Emma
DesLaurier
Eagar
Edna B. Hall
Norman R. Adams
D.D
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
John J. Wallace Sr
J. W. Burns Sons’ Inc
St. Peter’s Church
Michael F. English
W. Leo McCarthy
Louis J. Anderson
Harold T. Tilley
Walter J. Kane
Ar. Thomas C. McGrath
Michael F. Coyne
Andrew J. Sears
St. Mary's Cemetery
Edward A. McManus
Wilbert
Alice Ryan Wilbert
Sherman Avenue
St Michael's Church
William 8. Connell
James B. McGrath
Mary Murray Ryan
Thomas F. Ryan
John Ryan
Patrick Ryan
Michael Ryan
John Cahill
William Kennedy
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Father Connell
River ST. Troy
Troy’s Friendly Food Store
Haddock
Buck
Raney
Reney
Mohican
Meadowbrook
Lux Toilet Soz Swan Soap Swan Soap
RINSO
Lux Flakes
Mohican Sealect
Borden Gans
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
South Seas
U. S
USMC
NEA
Ers
Raymond Danis
Bernard Cavanaugh
Howard J. Messick
John J. Kelly
Father Doyle
Troy Council
Pete Fitz Simmons
Seabees
New Guinea
Seabee
AL Bouchard
White Street
Pi AL Brassard
Marshall Atolls
Marine Corps Headquarters
Correction Department
Jack Grygatis
South River Street
San Diego
Cal
Air Field
Dan Yamin
1312
Downey Fisher
Poestenkill
Sampson Naval Station
Arex
Famous Master
Pete Hagen
Efamorson
RED Cross War Fund
Dr. Gallico iTomorrow
Marvin Wallpaper & Paint CO
C. Stowell Carroll
Fifth Ave
Mendoza
Mouton
Hollander
Guanaco
Kolinsky
Schrager
Schrager’s
HIVE