Hoosick – Frank O. Pierce, 98, passed away on Tuesday September 15, at his residence on NY Route 7 in Hoosick. He resided there with his wife of sixty-five years, Barbara (Fleming) Pierce.
Frank was born on December 19, 1916, in Hoosick, son of the late Roscoe and Ethel (Cloke) Pierce. He was educated at schools in the Town of Hoosick and graduated from Troy Business College with a degree in Accounting. Frank was a veteran of the United States Army, serving during World War II. He was formerly employed at the Noble & Wood Company in Hoosick Falls and then as an accountant for Rensselaer County until retiring.
Frank was an active member of the community, he was a charter member of the Hoosick Fire Department beginning in 1937, where he also served as the Treasurer of the Hoosick Fire District. He was also a member of the Town of Hoosick Planning Committee and a Trustee for the Hoosick Rural Cemetery Association. Frank was a member of the Hoosick Baptist Church for eighty-four years where he served as Deacon, Trustee and Treasurer in the past. Frank was an avid Red Sox fan, he enjoyed bowling, gardening and spending time with family.
Survivors include his wife Barbara, daughters Colleen (Jim) Monahan of Hoosick Falls, Kathy (John) Brown of Greenville, SC, sons David Pierce of White Creek, NY and Derrick Pierce of Troy, NY, grandchildren Michael, Morgan, Kristin Pierce, Matthew, Kevin and Stefanie Monahan and sister Mary Burdick. Frank is predeceased by a brother Harold Pierce.
Funeral services were held Friday September 18, at 1 pm from the Hoosick Baptist Church on South Street in Hoosick. Burial followed the service at Hoosick Rural Cemetery, Hoosick, New York.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls. Memorial contributions may be made to either the Hoosick Baptist Church or the Community Hospice of Rensselaer County through the funeral home.
The family would like to thank Frank’s caregivers Donna Adler, Sandy McCart and the staff of Peg’s Angels for the kind and loving care they all gave to Frank.
William J. Nugent, Jr.
Grafton – William J. Nugent, Jr., 92, died peacefully on Sunday, September 20, 2015. Born in Petersburgh on June 29, 1923, he was the son of the late William J. and Alice Reinhardt Nugent, Sr. He was educated in Petersburgh schools and was a graduate of Walter A. Wood High School in Hoosick Falls and later graduated from Siena College in Loudonville.
Mr. Nugent served as a First Lieutenant in the 15th US Army Air Corps as a pilot of a B-17 bomber with the 32nd Bomb Squadron in the European Theatre. He received a Purple Heart and a Silver Star for his gallantry in combat action.
Bill worked as a rural mail carrier out of the Petersburgh Post Office for 37 years before retiring on October 31, 1986. He was a former Deacon and Eucharistic Minister at St. John Francis Regis Catholic Church in Grafton. Active in politics, Bill was a Grafton Town Councilman and Deputy Supervisor during the 1990s. Beloved to all who knew him, Bill always made everyone feel better. His kindness, knowledge, conversations and advice will be dearly missed.
He was the husband of the late Marie H. Nugent and the late Bernice Bly Nugent; loving father of Helen Ann Hemendinger of Grafton, William H. Nugent of Grafton, Mary Kay (Edward) Rockenstire of Everett, WA and Rosie (Tony) Carelli of Grafton; proud grandfather of Ryan Hemendinger, Sean (Nicole) Hemendinger, Greg and Brianna Rockenstire, Colin Carelli and the late Courtney Carelli; great-grandfather of Helena, Gabe, Avery and Hudson Hemendinger; brother of Alice Evans of Lee, MA, Anna Ellen Hurlbut of Williamstown, MA and the late Andrew and Thomas Nugent. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews.
The funeral service will be Friday at 11 am at the Thomas M. Barber Funeral Home, 66 Armsby Road, Petersburgh with Rev. Kenneth Gregory officiating. Interment will follow in St. Peter’s Cemetery, Troy. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday from 4 to 7 pm.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Petersburgh Rescue Squad, PO Box 164, Petersburgh, NY 12138 or to the Grafton Rescue Squad, PO Box 2, Grafton, NY 12082.
Condolence book at ParkerBrosMemorial.com.
February: Snow, Cold And Illness
Monday, February 1, 1836: Today quite blustering with snow. This morning I carried my children to school and then I took my team and went into my swamp on my Rodgers Farm and chopped and drew home a load of wood. In coming home the road was drifted. Mr. John Russel and son helped me shovel out road before I could get home.
Friday Feb. 5: Today a severe cold day. I only tended to my chores and chopped wood to the door, and this evening I took the cutter and carried my wife to Mr. Salmon Oins on a visit.
Saturday: I called into Wm Hadsell’s store and he paid me up the note of two hundred and 97 dollars and 44 cts – by deducting out sixteen dollars which balances out his book account against me and I took a receipt in full. I then returned home. It was nearly twelve at night. Today a child died to Mr. R. Danford’s. The mother was there on a visit from Dalton, the name is Quimba.
Sunday: This afternoon I called down to see Russell Pierce, he is quite out of health with a swelled throat.
Monday: Today another snow storm, I only tended to my chores. tonight Ezra Butes stayed to our house. He came along with Doctor Thomas to help him through the snow drives going to doctor Russel Pierce for the swelled throat.
Tuesday: Today I shoveled snow on the highway, breaking out the road, and chopped wood to the door.
Conflict Over ADA Compliance In Petersburgh
by Alex Brooks
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