Buskirk – Inez (Lockrow) Scaglione, 85, died peacefully on Saturday, July 10, 2010, at Albany Memorial Hospital.
Born on October 23, 1924, in Cambridge, NY. Inez was the daughter of the late Mary Mears and Myron Lockrow. Inez grew up on the Lockrow family farm on Oak Hill Road in Cambridge, and she loved to drive by and reminisce about her childhood days.
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Angelo Bud Acocella
Stephentown – Angelo Bud Acocella died on Wednesday, June 30, 2010, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Troy, NY. He was 61.
Bud and his wife Susan moved to Stephentown from New Rochelle, NY, ten years ago. They would have celebrated 41 years of marriage this September. [Read more…] about Angelo Bud Acocella
Cecil Roy Boutard
New Lebanon – Cecil Roy Boutard died Thursday afternoon, July 1, 2010, at his home in New Lebanon, NY. He was 94 years old and had spent a pleasant afternoon planting flower pots on his deck.
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Janet R. Smith
Hoosick Falls – Janet R. Smith, 75, passed away on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at the Hoosick Falls Health Center where she had resided since 2008. She was the wife of the late John A. Smith. Janet formerly resided in Cambridge, NY, and on Fox Hollow Road in Hoosick Falls, NY.
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Wilma L. Barthel
East Nassau – Wilma L. Face Barthel, 71, of Garfield Road, East Nassau, NY, died on Sunday evening, July 11, 2010, at Craneville Place of Dalton, MA.
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Glen Timmerman
Vista, CA – Glen Timmerman, 54, passed away recently in California. He was the son of Peter and Doris (Lockrow) Timmerman of Buskirk, NY. He was born on May 10, 1956. Glen was employed as a warehouse worker for the US Food Service Company in CA. He enjoyed watching sports and was an avid NY Giants fan.
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An Assault On John F.
Saturday, October 22, 1853: Quite rainy, this forenoon John F. went to N. Harrison’s cider mill and got the last of the cider which was nine barrels and paid said Harrison for the making 56 cts. Today I paid Patrick two dollars cash.
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Happy Fourth Of July!
In 1754, Benjamin Franklin published a drawing of a snake cut into eight parts (Georgia was not included). This was to show the members of the Albany Congress the danger of disunity. The rattlesnake had become a favored symbol among pre-Revolutionary War colonists.
