OBITUARIES

Alice Mary Parkhurst

Alice Mary Parkhurst

Feb 12, 2009

Alice Mary Parkhurst of Prince Lane, Town of Ulster died Thursday, February 12, 2009 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center. She was 74. She was born in Manhattan on February 18, 1934, a daughter of the late Thomas and Williamina Benton Dolan. Alice moved to Kingston in 1961. For 42 years she was the controller at Greylock Electronics, Town of...

Gladys Lucille James

Gladys Lucille James

Feb 10, 2009

Gladys Lucille James, 79, of Naples, FL, and Kingston, died Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at Avow Hospice, Naples, FL. She was born November 13, 1929 in Norfolk, VA to the late John E. and Hattie Eva Hill Spencer. She was married to Horace James who died in August of 1983. For many years she worked for Trailways of...

Marcia Gikner

Marcia Gikner

Feb 9, 2009

Marcia Gikner, 76, formerly of Woodstock, NY passed away on February 9th, 2009, after a brave battle with cancer in Bloomfield, CT. Marcia was born in the Bronx on June 27, 1932, a daughter of the late Wiliam and Sarah Mankuta Simon. She graduated from City College with a B.A. in Sociology. On June 16, 1957, Marcia married Daniel Gikner....

William E. Mayhon Sr.

William E. Mayhon Sr.

Feb 9, 2009

Eulogy offered at St. Mary's Church on February 12, 2009 by Bill's daughter: Dad was a man of contradictions. He was a gentle man who would carefully carry an insect out of the house so it would live, but for most of his life, carried two pistols on his person. He was a man's man, and would get down in...

Charles Theodore Gogolen

Charles Theodore Gogolen

Feb 7, 2009

Charles Theodore Gogolen of DeWitt Lake Road, Town of Ulster died Saturday, February 7, 2009 at Benedictine Hospital. He was 92. He was born in Saddlebrook, NJ on January 19, 1917 a son of the late William and Lena Strecker Gogolen. A longtime resident of northern New Jersey, for many years he worked as a machinest. Mr. Gogolen moved with...

Clarence Sonny W. Lown

Clarence Sonny W. Lown

Feb 6, 2009

Clarence W. "Sonny" Lown of Roosevelt Ave., Kingston died Friday, February 6, 2009 at Kingston Hospital. He was 85. He was born in Red Hook on July 31, 1923, a son of the late Frederick and Florence Lown. A US Army Veteran of WW II, he was a Staff Sergeant. He served with the Signal Corps in Belgium, Germany and...

Phillip A. Harrington

Phillip A. Harrington

Feb 5, 2009

Phillip A. Harrington of Wagner Ave., Fleischmanns died Thursday, February 5, 2009 at Kingston Hospital. He was 88. He was born in Holland, Michigan on April 29, 1920, a son of the late Harry and Clara Harrington. A longtime Brooklyn resident, Mr. Harrington was a graduate of the Clarence White School of Photography, NYC. His 40-year career began, during the...

Robert  Jay Kreines

Robert Jay Kreines

Feb 4, 2009

Robert Jay "Uncle Bob" Kreines of Boulder Ave., Kingston died Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at Kingston Hospital. He was 95. He was born in Brooklyn on June 4, 1913, a son of the late Morris David and Sophie Pearl Seigel Kreines. An area resident since 1934, Mr. Kreines established a practice of Electrolysis in Kingston and Albany. He graduated from...

Henry Kaufman

Henry Kaufman

Feb 3, 2009

Henry Kaufman of the Northeast Center for Special Care died Tuesday, February 3, 2009 at Kingston Hospital. He was 62. He was born in New York City on October 23, 1942, a son of the late Arnold and Marietta Lewis Kaufman. For many years Mr. Kaufman worked for Hannaford Bros. in Schaghticoke, NY. He lived in Rensselaer county for many...

Dr. Arnold Erik Nathanson O.D.

Dr. Arnold Erik Nathanson O.D.

Feb 2, 2009

Dr. Arnold Erik Nathanson, OD of Glasco Tpke. died Tuesday, February 2, 2009 at Benedictine Hospital. He was 64. He was born October 6, 1944 in the Bronx, a son of the late Jack and Lena Waxman Nathanson. He graduated from the Bronx High School of Science. Dr. Nathanson is a graduate of SUNY Buffalo with a BA in Psychology...

Edward R. Cooper

Edward R. Cooper

Feb 1, 2009

Edward R. Cooper of Broadway, West Park died Sunday, February 1, 2009 at St. Peter's Hospital, Albany. He was 62. He was born in Albany on March 19, 1946, a son of Antoinette Corella Cooper Johnson and the late Asa Cooper. An area resident for many years, Mr. Cooper has owned and operated Ed Cooper Paving, in Lake Katrine, Spring...

Barbara K. Schacklinscky

Barbara K. Schacklinscky

Feb 1, 2009

Barbara K. (Grainger) Schacklinscky, 77, of Kingston, NY, died Sunday, February 1, 2009 at Benedictine Hospital, Kingston, NY. She was born October 30, 1931 in Port Chester, NY to the late Richard and Irene Maher Grainger. She was married to Theo "Ted" W. Schacklinscky, who survives at home. Barbara was a graduate of F. E. Bellows High School,...

Harry Joseph Wong

Harry Joseph Wong

Jan 31, 2009

Harry Joseph Wong, Jr., 68, of New Salem Road, Kingston, died Saturday, January 31, 2009 at Benedictine Hospital, after a lengthy illness. He was born March 4, 1940 in NYC, to Olivia (Fair) Wong Jeffress of Kingston and the late Harry Wong, Sr. He was raised by his mother and his step father Garfield Jeffress who died on...

Helen Braverman

Helen Braverman

Jan 30, 2009

Helen Braverman, formerly of West O'Reilly St., Kingston died Friday, January 30, 2009. She was 92. She was born in Mount Vernon on February 9, 1916, a daughter of the late Theodore and Rose Barnett Braverman. A Kingston resident since the 1950's, Ms. Braverman worked at Sears as a saleslady for 10 years. She retired in the late 1960's. Two...

Carolyn M. Brightly

Carolyn M. Brightly

Jan 30, 2009

Carolyn M. Brightly of Whitney Drive, Woodstock died Friday, January 30, 2009 at Benedictine Hospital. She was 60. She was born in Elizaville on March 6, 1948, a daughter of the late David and Mary Svingala Brightly. Formerly of Staatsburg, Carolyn was a teacher's aide in Red Hook Central Schools for 15 years. An avid outdoor enthusiast, Carolyn, as a...

Virginia H. Dahlem

Virginia H. Dahlem

Jan 29, 2009

Virginia H. Dahlem, passed into the hands of our Lord on Thursday, January 29, 2009 at Northern Dutchess Hospital after a short illness. She was 81. She was born in the Bronx on May 19, 1927, a daughter of the late Edward and Anna Poole Hurley. Virginia was a 1947 graduate of St. Vincent's Hospital, School of Nursing in Manhattan....

Beth Boms

Beth Boms

Jan 26, 2009

Beth Boms of Sheldon Hill Road, Olivebridge died Monday, January 26, 2009 at Benedictine Hospital. She was 58. She was born in Brooklyn on May 11, 1950, a daughter of the late William and Ethel Luban Besterman. Formerly of Brooklyn, she moved to Olivebridge in 1977. A special education teacher, Mrs. Boms received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from SUNY...

Natale A. Ciccone

Natale A. Ciccone

Jan 26, 2009

On January 26, 2009 Nat A. (Natale) Ciccone, of Esopus , New York passed away at Benedictine Hospital, in Kingston, New York after a long battle with cancer Nat was born in White Plains, New York on February 11, 1946 He graduated from White Plains High School in 1965, and from the University of Baltimore with a BA...

Walter J. Lyons

Walter J. Lyons

Jan 26, 2009

Walter J. Lyons of Saugerties died Monday, January 26, 2009 at Benedictine Hospital. He was 58. He was born April 24, 1950 in Kingston, the son of Lauretta Gulisano Lyons and the late Walter J. Lyons. He served in the army in Viet Nam from 1968-1969 serving as a helicopter door gunner with the 717th. Air Calvary, Ruthless Riders, A...

Louise R. Short

Louise R. Short

Jan 25, 2009

Louise R. (Studd) Short, 96, of Kingston, NY, formerly of East Stout Avenue Port Ewen, NY, died Sunday, January 25, 2009 at Golden Hill Health Care Center, Kingston, NY. She was born December 4, 1912 in Corry, PA to the late Austin and Margaret (Cudahy) Studd. She was married to John "Jack" Robert Short, they wed on June...