Longtime Troy Mayor John J. Purcell Dies at 70
John J. Purcell former Troy mayor and 15 year Rensselaer County Democratic chairman died this morning at St Mary's Hospital He was 70 last Saturday and had led the Servicemen's Voting for New York State for over two decades Purcell served as mayor 1956 to 1959 and as county party chief since 1953 He served in World War II with the 105th Infantry and held brigadier general status on the state reserve list Survivors include wife Ann daughter and two brothers Funeral arrangements are pending Leahy Funeral Home Troy
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John J. Purcell
Troy
Rensselaer County
Democratic
St. Mary's Hospital
Purcell
William R. Murray
Joseph F. Purcell
Patrick J. and
Bridget L. Ryan Purcell
Trentje Willis
Connecticut
Lawrence A. Staats
Castleton
Joachim Staats
East Greenbush
Barent Staats
Palmyra
N.J
William L. Staats
Rensselaer
Bleecker Staats
Red Hook
Card of Thanks Zita
The family of the late Mrs. Rose Zita expresses sincere appreciation for Mass Card donations received during their bereavement. Angeline Rinkus and family.
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Zita
Rose Zita
Angeline Rinkus
In Memoriam Lavazzo and Family Remembrances
In loving memory of Sgt Vincent P Lavazzo who died September 13 1974. A daughter and grandchildren send tender thoughts and lasting love. Also entries for wife Bette Rome and siblings for John J Romeo and Lance Carporal Anthony Steen, noting deaths on September 13 in various years and messages of enduring memory.
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Rome
John J Romeo
Steen
Lance Carporal
Anthony AA
Quang Nam
South Vietnam
Guilio Tozzi
Obituaries Parade for Campbell Curley Dwyer Elder in Troy Area
Notices detail Francis J. Campbell Helen Tinney Campbell and family in Troy and Stephentown with funeral set at St. Patrick's Church Elmwood Hill Cemetery. Winnifred Curley and Francis P Dwyer obituaries follow with calls and services listed. James Elder Jr. remembered with lodge services and memorial fund appeal.
Multiple Obituaries and Funeral Notices From Local Area
Notices announce the deaths and funeral plans for Karl J. Kautz of Pittstown Thomas F Mullany of Watervliet John J Purcell former Troy mayor Nettie May Allen Sheldon of Schaghticoke. Services set at Howard B Tate and Son Parker Bros Leahy Stegemann Hack with calling hours and interment details provided.
James Elder 92 Retired Cluett Agent Dies in Troy Area
James Elder Jr. 92 of 590 6th Ave Watervliet died after a long illness at Samaritan Hospital Troy. A 42 year Cluett Peabody employee and 30 years retired, he was a past president of the Purchasing Agents Association of New York State and a longtime Jermain Memorial Presbyterian Church member. Funeral Thursday 10:30 from Bowen Watervliet. Interment Albany Rural Cemetery Colonie.
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Watervliett
James Elder Jr
6Th Ave
Cluett, Peabody Co., Inc
Troy
Evening Star Masonic Lodge
Latham
Samaritan Hospital
Elder
Purchasing Agents Association of
New York State
Jermain Memorial Presbyterian Church
Barclay Jermain Club
Bowen Funeral Home
Sixth Street
Fifth Avenue
Watervliet
James R. Thompson
Albany Rural Cemetery
Colonie
Angelo DiNovo dies chief of labor relations at Watervliet Arsenal
Angelo M. DiNovo 47 of 378 2nd St. Albany a Korean War air force veteran and chief of labor relations at Watervliet Arsenal died after being stricken at home. Funeral 9 a.m. Wednesday Our Lady of Angels Church Albany with Lasak and Gigliotti Funeral Home arranging. Interment Our Lady of Angels Cemetery Colonie.
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Albany
Angelo M. DiNovo
2Nd St
Watervliet Arsenal
Our Lady of Angels Church
Lasak and
Gigliotti Funeral Home
DiNovo
St. Peter's Hospital
Air Force
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Funeral for Lt. Francis P. Dwyer Held in Newburgh
The funeral for Lt. Francis P. Dwyer 69 longtime New York State Police retiree and former Loudonville resident was set for 10 am Wednesday at Toohey Funeral Home Newburgh after a brief illness Born in Green Island he lived in Newburgh eight years after forty years service Survivors include his wife Lee two daughters Elizabeth Ross of Ridgewood New Jersey two sons Thomas D Dwyer Painted Post and Donald Dwyer Ridgewood sisters Lucille Dwyer Troy and Eileen Pohl Boynton Beach Florida brothers John C Dwyer Cornwall and Thomas Dwyer Cambridge A graveside service was held for Rev Frederick W Evans in Oakwood Cemetery with his son Rev Frederick W Evans Jr officiating.
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Toohey
Gidney Ave
Newburgh
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
James Elder Jr
6Th Ave
Watervliet
Adah Cushing Elder
Howard
Dorothy) Fert
Douglas Brooks
Rochester
Bowen Funeral Home
6Th St
5Th Ave
Jermain Memorial Presbyterian Church
Evening
Francis P. Dwyer
Roan Lane
New York State
Loudonville
Toohey Funeral Home
Dwyer
Green Island
State Police
Lee Dwyer
Elizabeth Ross
Ridgewood
N.J
Thomas D. Dwyer
Painted Post
Donald Dwyer
Lucille Dwyer
Eileen Pohl
Boynton Beach
Fla
John C. Dwyer
Cornwall
Thomas Dwyer
Cambridge
Frederick W. Evans
Cincinnati
Ohio
Second Presbyterian Church of Troy
Oakwood Cemetery
Frederick W. Evans Jr
Walnut Grove Chapel
Indianapolis
Ind
John Merrill
First United Presbyterian Church of Troy
George T. Kautz Jr
Pittstown
Ronald D. Kautz
U.S. Air Force
John Lewis
Clifford Desautels
Lansingburgh
Elva Kautz
Adeline Hoffay
Howard B. Tate & Son Funeral Home
Raymertown
David Hubbard
Funeral Notices Map Lillian Shepard Hans Dirzuweit Anna May Evertsen
Funeral services were held for Lillian D. Shepard formerly of 225 Remsen St at Ernest L. Dufresne Funeral Home and St. Joseph's Church with interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery Waterford. East Greenbush clerk Hans H. Dirzuweit 57 of 22 Bruen Court Clinton Heights died after church service. service at First Presbyterian Church Rensselaer with burial at convenience of family. Anna May Evertsen of 34 Main St. Funeral by A G Boivin's Sons from Dufresne Funeral Home and St. Joseph's Church. Lloyd Brown musician of Kennedy Towers Troy funeral at Parker Brothers Memorial Watervliet and Sacred Heart of Mary Church with interment in Memory's Garden Colonie. Irving A. Cook of Rdt Ticonderoga funeral from Dunn Funeral Home Mechanicville with burial at Hudson View Cemetery.
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East Greenbush
Hans H. Dirzuwell
Bruen Court
Clinton Heights
First Presbyterian Church
Rensselaer
William J. Rockefeller
Lloyd §. Brown
Kennedy Towers
Troy
Parker Brothers Memorial
Watervliet
Sacred Heart of Mary Church
That City
Daniel J. Maher
Mechanicville
Irving A. Cook
Rdt
Ticonderoga
Dunn Funeral Home
Robert G. Field
Christ Episcopal Church of
Ballston Spa
Robert Lowell obituary marks poet at 60 in New York
Renowned poet Robert Trail Spence Lowell Jr. dies at age 60 from an apparent heart attack after arriving from JFK Airport. A Pulitzer winner for Lord Weary's Castle, he served as Harvard lecturer and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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New York
Robert Trail Spence Lowell Jr
Manhattan
John F. Kennedy International
Lowell
Ireland
Caroline Blackwell
Boston
Harvard University
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Wake fades as old Boston Irish power vibe ends with O'Donnell death
Kenneth P. O'Donnell, Kennedy aide known as part of Boston's Irish Mafia, dies at 53. The wake at McNamara's Funeral Home reflects a waning era as few big politicians attend, with only muted ties to recent power figures and hints of lingering ward politics.
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Boston
Frank Skeffington
Edwin O’connor
McNamara
Albert
O'Neil
Dapper
Kennedy
Cushing
Robert R. McNamara
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Humberto Cardinal Medeiras
Massachusetts
O'Donnell
White House
Dave Powers
Watervliet Man Dies After Brief Illness
Thomas F. Mullany 74 of 1635 9th Ave Watervliet retired tool and diemaker for Ford Motor Co Green Island died at Samaritan Hospital Troy after a brief illness Born in Watervliet he was son of the late Thomas and Ellen Mullany Survived by three sisters Frances Mullany Mrs Robert Conlon Mrs Thomas Kenney and a brother Edward P Mullany Funeral from Parker Brothers Memorial Watervliet to Sacred Heart of Mary Church Interment St Patrick's Cemetery Colonie A Lansingburgh Village Cemetery tour will be Sept 24 at 1 p.m. starting Third Ave and 107 Street with donation requested
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Joseph A. O'Bryan
6Th Ave
St. Patrick's Church
Elmwood Hill Cemetery
Troy
Curley
Winnifred R
Kautz
Samaritan Hospital
Karl J. Kautz
Pittstown
George T
Dora Hoffay Kautz
George T. Kautz
Tomhannock
Ronald D. Kautz
USAF
John
Mary) Lewis
Clifford
Susan) Desautels
North Troy
Elva Kautz
Adeline Hoffa
Mullany
Watervliet
Thomas F. Mullany
Ave
Thomas Mullany
Ellen Toomey
Robert
Eleanor) Conlen
Frances Mullany
Thomas
Kathryn) Kenney
Edward P. Mullany
Mary McElligott
Parker Bros
Broadway
Church of the Sacred Heart of Mary
9Th Ave
Ford Motor Co
Green Island
Thomas and
Ellen Toomey Mullany
St. Patrick's School
Mr. Mullany
Watervliet High School
Watervliet Arsenal
Ford Motor
Sacred Heart of Mary Church
Robert Conlon
Thomas Kenney
Parker Brothers Memorial
St. Patrick's Cemetery
Colonie
Lansingburgh
Zerubbabel Colins
Hartwick College Names Two Local Women to Dean’s List
Lauren Albright and Leslie Fowler of Troy have been named to Hartwick College's dean's list in Oneonta for earning at least a 3.40 GPA while maintaining a full course load. Both are daughters of local residents, listed with their parents.
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Lauren Albright
Robert Albright
Leslie Fowler
Arnold F. Fowler
Troy
Hartwick College
Oneonta
Hartwick
Liberal Arts
Teen Kautz Dies After Pittstown Crash
Karl J. Kautz, 16, a Tamarac High School senior from Pittstown, died at Samaritan Hospital after a Sunday two car wreck. Survivors include parents George and Dora, siblings, a U S Air Force brother, and grandparents. A private funeral is planned in Pittstown.
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Pittstown
Karl J. Kautz
Tamarac High School
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Deaf institute acceptance for Troy student Slade
John B. Slade son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Slade of Troy has been accepted as a student at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester The Rochester school is the only national technical college for the deaf Established by Congress in 1985 the college is funded through the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare Slade is a graduate of the New York School for the Deaf in Rome
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John B. Slade
Clarence Slade
Troy
National Technical Institute For the Deaf
Rochester
Rochester School
Technical College For the
Congress
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Slade Is
The
New York School For the Deaf
Rome
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Troy Corporation
Patrick J. Purcell
War Assets Administration
Home Savings Bank
Ann E
Sis) McDermott
A. Walter Saburn
Darien, Conn
John J. Purcell II
Harrisburg
Philip J
Frank T. Purcell
Leahy Funeral Home
3Rd St
Memoriam
Nave
Bette
Leahy
Sheldon
Saratoga
N.Y
Nettie May Allen Sheldon
RD 2
Verbeck Ave
Schaghticoke
C. Wilson Sheldon
Allen L. Sheldon
Johnsonville
Wayne A. Sheldon
Gertrude I. Sheldon
Presbyterian United Church of
James Elder
Cluett
Mr. Elder
Troy Business College
Troy Firm
Howard Fort
Angelo DiNovo
Arsenal Labor Relations
Normande Anselmi
Nicholas
Mary DiNovo
Andrew DiNovo
Philip DiNovo
Mary Denovo
Gladys Hettie
Evelyn Moore
Our Lady of Angels Cemetery
F. P. Dwyer
Evans
Norman Vautrin
Walter Krupski
Edward Pozniakas
Gary Shepard
Arthur LaCoste
David Seguin
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Waterford
Father Robitaille
Mrs. Dirzuwell
Mrs. Evertsen
Charles Jacques Sr
Charles Jacques Jr
Mark Jacques
Robert Morse
George J. Lemire
Lloyd Brown
Bruce Robertson
Nicholas Barbera
Edward Smith
Frank Morrison
Rexford
William Weitzel
Father Maher
Irving Cook
Lars, Yule
Chris Cook
Richard Morrissey
Edward McArdle
Edmund Henke
Hudson View Cemetery
Father Field
Robert Lowell
Lord Weary's Castle
Elizabeth Hardwick
Amy Lowell
James Russell Lowell
Charles Russell Lowell
Charlotte Winslow
Moses Mordecai
Mordecai Moses
St. Mark's Preparatory School
Caligula
Cal
Harvard
Kenyon College
Gambier
Sheed and Ward
Grand Boston
T. F. Mullany
Third Avenue
107 Street
George
Sherry Road
McLeod Drive
Themba Knowles
Edith A. Hacker
Madison Ave
Second Streets
Paul Moses
Moses
Gary R. Clifford
Seventh Ave
Robert J. Meyer
Ouimet Drive
Meyer
Kenneth O'Donnell
Blessed Sacrament Church
Jamaica Plain
John F. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
Ethel
Robert Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
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