Pittsfield – Alinda Kaye Shank, 52, of 113 Plunkett Street, Pittsfield, MA, died at home on Sunday, March 6, 2011, following a courageous battle with cancer.
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Alonzo R. Thomas
Cherry Plain – Alonzo R. “Red” Thomas, 85, of Route 22, Cherry Plain, NY, died Saturday, March 5, 2011, at the Albany Medical Center Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Helen E. Whitman Thomas.
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Stanley A. Shepard
Stephentown – Stanley A. (Stan the Man, Stash) Shepard, 45, of Route 43, Stephentown, NY, died suddenly at his residence on Thursday, March 3, 2011. Death was attributed to natural causes.
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Ellsworth Irving Stevens
Hoosick Falls – On March 5, 2011, our beloved father and grandfather, Irving “Irv” Stevens, 83, of Hoosick Falls, NY, was called upon to join his family in heaven. Born July 23, 1927, in Hoosick Falls, Irv was the only son of Ellsworth “Bud” Stevens and Agnes (Prebble) Stevens of Petersburgh, NY, and Hoosick, NY. Besides his parents, he is pre-deceased by a sister, Eleanor (infant) and his loving wife, Shirley (Marker) Stevens. [Read more…] about Ellsworth Irving Stevens
Ini High Prior
Stephentown – Mrs. Ini High Prior died February 25, 2011, at Providence Care Center in Lenox, MA. She was 90 years old. Since her retirement she had resided in Stephentown, NY, at Salisbury Estates, Pittsfield, MA, and most recently at Sugar Hill, Dalton, MA.
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Arnold L. Goodermote
Berlin – Arnold Lee Goodermote, known to everyone as Arnie, of 7406 Crossbow Lane, Corryton, TN, died Thursday, March 3, 2011, after a long illness.
Born in Berlin, NY, on January 9, 1931, he was the son of the late Arthur and Josephine Goodermote and husband to Donna Amidon Goodermote. Arnie is pre-deceased by his twin brother, Arthur, and brother, Donald Goodermote.
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Marilyn Skidmore
Bennington – Marilyn Church Skidmore, 76, of Gage Street, Bennington, VT, died on Wednesday morning, February 23, 2011, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington.
Born on February 15, 1935, in Petersburgh, NY, she was the daughter of the late Gary and Helen (Zeigler) Church. She grew up in Petersburgh and was a graduate of Hoosick Falls High School, Class of 1952. She enjoyed cats and dogs.
Survivors include her daughters, Gayle and husband Robert Welch and Helen Skidmore, all of Bennington, and a son, Louis and wife Tracie Skidmore of Pittsfield, MA.
Ash Wednesday Rites
The Fruit Tree Business
Monday, April 16, 1855: This forenoon Geo P. rode one of John F. horses to the Shakers to count the fruit trees he had bought of them, and this afternoon Geo P. starts for Troy to buy fruit trees to carry on north where he has engaged a selection of fruit trees. He is going from Troy to Cambridge to take up a nursery that he had bought.
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North Hoosick Home Destroyed By Fire Wednesday Morning
13 Fire Companies Respond To Blaze
by Bea Peterson
The home of Jim and Michele Bettis of Cobble Hill Road was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived shortly after three Wednesday morning. The parents and their two children, one wheelchair bound, escaped safely. [Read more…] about North Hoosick Home Destroyed By Fire Wednesday Morning