Curry College’s Chief Academic Officer David Potash is pleased to announce that Drew Webster of Petersburgh attained membership to the Curry College Dean’s List for the Spring 2011 term.
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UAlbany Announces Dean’s List
The following students were named to the University at Albany’s spring 2011 Dean’s List for outstanding academic achievement:
Rachel Hart of Petersburgh
Sarah Morris of Stephentown
UAlbany Announces Dean’s Commendation Recipients
The following students earned the University at Albany’s spring 2011 Dean’s Commendation for outstanding academic achievement:
Ben Connally of Berlin
Helen Noeth of Stephentown
Kiwanis Gas Raffle For Irick And Larson
The Hoosick Falls Kiwanis is raffling off $250 in gas cards for $1 a ticket or 6 tickets for $5. The proceeds of this gas raffle will be split between Julie Irick who has been stricken by illness and James Larson who has had an accident. The drawing is October 1. Anyone wishing to purchase a raffle ticket should contact Denim & Deeds Real Estate at 518-686-4426 or any Kiwanis member.
Community Fund-Raiser For Julie Irick
Please help Julie get back on her feet. Due to a sudden illness Julie was left with double vision. Julie is now unable to drive and has numerous doctor bills. She was hospitalized at Albany Med. for six days, sent home without a definite diagnosis and does not have one to date. Julie has a lesion on her brain that has left her paralyzed on the left side of her face. She was told they are almost certain it is MS. The lesion Julie has that makes the doctors believe it is MS or a stroke is on the 7th cranial nerve also causing Bell’s palsy. If that was not enough she was told she has an aneurysm. [Read more…] about Community Fund-Raiser For Julie Irick
Relay For Life Pancake Breakfast
There will be an all you can eat pancake breakfast on Sunday, August 7, from 7 am to noon at the Hoosick Falls Fire House on Main Street. The cost for adults is $7, $3.50 for children 10 and under.
The breakfast is sponsored by Hathaway Electric’s Relay For Life Team. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society and Relay For Life 2011
County Veterans Hall Still Seeking Donations
The Schaghticoke Fair Fund-Raising Committee is continuing its efforts to convert a section of the Freihofer’s Building at the Fairgrounds into a Veterans Hall. They are seeking donations to purchase one more flagpole to place in front of the current Freihofer’s Building – for a total of six – one for each branch of the service and one for the American flag. We have funds for five. The Committee thanks the community for its help thus far.
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Joe-Pye Weed With Visitors
Elva G. Brenenstuhl
Petersburgh – Elva G. Brenenstuhl, 81, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2011, at the Hoosick Falls Health Center in Hoosick Falls, NY. She had resided at the Village at Fillmore Pond in Bennington, VT, and formerly in Petersburgh, NY.
Born on April 23, 1930, in Cambridge, NY, Elva was the daughter of the late David W. and M. Beatrice (Haswell) Brenenstuhl. She attended the two room school house in North Petersburgh and graduated from Hoosick Falls High School. Elva continued her education at Albany College of Pharmacy where she earned her Bachelor of Science and at the College of St. Rose where she earned her Masters Degree in Science. She worked at the North Adams Hospital in Massachusetts and for United Hospitals of Newark, NJ. Elva later worked at the Samaritan Hospital in Troy, NY, where she held positions of Hematology Supervisor, LIS Coordinator and Lab Supply Coordinator, retiring in 1992. Elva was a member of the North Petersburgh United Methodist Church, where she also served as Treasurer.
Survivors include several cousins and her close friends.
A graveside service is on Friday, August 5, at 2 pm the Maple Grove Cemetery in Hoosick Falls. There are no calling hours. Arrangements are under the care of the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls.
Clyde H. Tomlinson Jr.
Stephentown – Clyde H. “Tom” Tomlinson Jr., 90, of South Road, Stephentown, NY, died on Sunday, July 31, 2011, at his residence after a long illness. Born in Hoosick Falls, NY, Clyde was the son of the late Clyde H.
and Marcia Webster Tomlinson and the husband of the late Thelma Olsen Tomlinson.
Clyde was a lifelong resident of Rensselaer County and had served in the Navy during WW II. Clyde was a meat cutter by trade and had worked for Oneida Markets, Price Chopper, Millers Market in West Sand Lake, NY, and Sykes Store in Stephentown. Clyde was a member of numerous organizations including life member of the Stephentown Historical Society. He was a former member of the American Legion, the Stephentown Fire Company, the Tamarac Twirlers in Brunswick, NY, the Quadrille Square Dance Club in Pittsfield, MA, the Albany Camera Club, the Photographic Society of America and the Berkshire Museum Camera Club. Clyde was a longtime member of the West Stephentown Baptist Church.
Clyde was the brother of the late Helen T. Grady, William C. and John H. Tomlinson.
Survivors include his son, Rev. Trygve C. “Trig” and wife Becky Tomlinson of Averill Park, NY, his sister, Marcia Tomlinson of Clifton Park, NY, his grandsons, Thaddaeus, Aaron, Isaac and wife Heather and Ethan Tomlinson.
Relatives and friends are invited to a Memorial Service on Sunday, August 7, at 3 pm at the West Stephentown Baptist Church.
If desired, donations in memory of Clyde H. Tomlinson Jr. may be made to the West Stephentown Baptist Church, 1672 NY 43, West Stephentown, NY, 12168.
Arrangements are by the Perry-Komdat Funeral Chapel Inc. in Averill Park.