Charleene L. Hafensteiner

Troy – Charleene L. Hafensteiner, 71, of Williams Road, Troy, NY, died peacefully at her home on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, under the care of Community Hospice of Rensselaer County.
Born in Petersburgh, NY, on March 28, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Lionel and Frances Brimmer Bentley. She was the loving wife of Michael J. Hafensteiner, whom she married on December 31, 1992, in Petersburgh.
Charleene graduated from the Walter A. Wood High School in Hoosick Falls, NY, in 1959. She was a member of the Petersburgh Baptist Church while living in Petersburgh. She worked for the Berlin Central School District as a bus driver and trainer then for Folmsbee Transportation as a bus monitor, retiring in 2008. She had worked with her mom in the B & B Ceramic Studio in Petersburgh. Besides ceramics, Charleene enjoyed knitting, cooking and handcrafts. Her true love was that of her family and grandchildren. She is pre-deceased by her former husbands, Robert Winn and Victor D. Weeden.
Besides her husband, she is survived by her children, James A. and wife Marie Winn and John P. and wife Stacy Winn of Berlin, NY, Sharla E. and husband Shane Clute of North Greenbush, NY, and Scott M. and wife Tami Weeden of Greenwood, AR, her step-children, Victor D. Weeden Jr, Lisa N. Weeden and Jamie L. Valero, and 14 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, September 15, at 6 pm in the Petersburgh Baptist Church where Rev. Trygve Tomlinson of the West Stephentown Baptist Church officiated. Relatives and friends were invited to the Church for visitation starting at 5 pm.
Committal services took place on Monday, September 16, at 10:30 am in the Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery.
Memorial contributions would be appreciated and can be given to either the West Stephentown Baptist Church or the Fred Shapiro’s Stem Cell Research Program at Albany Medical Center in care of the Thomas M. Barber Funeral Home, P.O. Box 361, Petersburgh, NY, 12138.