OBITUARIES

Clifford Charles Spiesman

Clifford Charles Spiesman

Feb 20, 2009

Clifford Charles Spiesman, 84, formerly of Kingston, died unexpectedly on Friday, February 20, 2009 at his home at Hunters Run, Boynton Beach, Florida. He was born December 30, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York, a son of the late Harry and Ann Marcus Spiesman. He moved to Kingston in 1940 and was a graduate of Kingston High School. He was a...

Lee Silberstein

Lee Silberstein

Feb 20, 2009

Lee Silberstein of Millers Lane, Kingston died Friday, February 20, 2009 at TenBroeck Commons Nursing Home. She was 94. She was born in Bayside, Queens on May 30, 1914 a daughter of the late Mendel and Miriam Greenberg. Her husband Albert Silberstein died June 6, 1981. One sister Bertha Bieber and one brother Abraham Greenberg both died previously. Surviving are...

Abraham Al Eisman

Abraham Al Eisman

Feb 20, 2009

Eulogy from his son Steve: This eulogy will be short and sweet, just like my Dad : ) I think of my Dad as a quiet giant. Unassuming, but always there. He was a gift. It's said that in life there are 'Givers' and there are 'Takers'. My Dad was the ultimate 'Giver'. He was a selfless man. He was...

Violet G. Williams

Violet G. Williams

Feb 16, 2009

Violet G. Williams, formerly of 42 First Ave., Kingston died Monday, February 16, 2009 at Ten Broeck Commons Nursing Home. She was 85. She was born in Kingston on March 1, 1923, a daughter of the late Clayton and Jeanette Hillis Stalter. A member of the Ponckhockie Congregational Church, Violet was an avid bowler. She moved to Sterley Ave., Saugerties...

Pearl Adams

Pearl Adams

Feb 14, 2009

Pearl Adams formerly of Saugerties died Saturday, February 14, 2009 at Golden Hill Health Care Center. She was 92. She was born in the Bronx in 1916, a daughter of Joseph and Frieda. She received a BA in Fine Arts from Ramapo College in New Jersey. Following service in WW II, in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, she continued service...

Mildred C. O'Reilly

Mildred C. O'Reilly

Feb 13, 2009

Town of Ulster - Mildred C. O'Reilly of Flatbush Road, Town of Ulster died Friday, February 13, 2009 at Benedictine Hospital. She was 79. She was born in Kingston on August 12, 1929, a daughter of the late Charles and Elizabeth Weslowski McCullough. Millie moved to Flatbush after her marriage to Francis E. O'Reilly, Jr. on May 19, 1953. She...

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...