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Voice Of A Vet

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by Bea Peterson
Gail Smith reported some interesting statistics at the Hoosick Falls Community Alliance Church Veterans Breakfast on Saturday, April 13. Hoosick Falls has 333 veterans, or about ten percent of its population. That is a large percentage compared to other County towns. Yet the majority of veterans services are located on the other side of the County.
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Edward A. Hanselman

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Hoosick – Edward A. Hanselman, 88, of Bovie Hill Road, Hoosick, NY, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Bennington, VT. He was the husband of the late Jane (Lovell) Hanselman; they were married in 1945.
Born on September 10, 1924, Edward was the youngest child of William Hanselman Sr. and Regina (La Madeline) Hanselman. He was educated in Hoosick Falls schools. Edward enlisted in the Army Corps of Engineers in 1942 and spent twenty-two months 120 miles above the Artic Circle in Greenland with an engineer company assigned to the Air Force. He obtained the rank of Technical Staff Sergeant.
After discharge he was employed at the Noble & Wood Machine Company in Hoosick Falls, NY, and became a journeyman wood patternmaker. In 1958 he went to Eddy Valve in Waterford, NY, working as a patternmaker. By 1961 he was working for the original Dodge Fibers Company on John Street in Hoosick Falls. He stayed with the company until 1967 when he went to work for Dodge Machine Company. While there Ed, Ken Gifford, a company engineer, and the concept originator, John O’Rear, received a U.S. patent for the Aerovane.
In 1973 he was back to Oak Industries in Hoosick Falls and became Manager of the Extruded Tapes Department at Liberty Street. After seven years as Manager he returned to Dodge Machine as a design draftsman working on safety equipment until he retired in 1986.
Survivors include his children, Linda Horstmyer of Schenectady, NY, Caroline Hanselman of New Orleans, LA, and Michael Hanselman and his wife Priscilla and William Hanselman and his wife Mary Ann, all of Hoosick Falls, as well as eleven grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He is pre-deceased by a sister, Mary D’Jneres, and two brothers, Henry and William Hanselman Jr.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered on Friday, April 19, at 10 am from the Immaculate Conception Church on Main Street in Hoosick Falls. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. Relatives and friends may call at the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY, 12090, on Thursday evening from 6 to 8 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society in Shaftsbury, VT, through the funeral home.

Theresa Sica

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Stephentown – Theresa Sica, 77, of Route 22, Stephentown, NY, died suddenly at her residence of natural causes on Sunday, April 14, 2013.
Born in Brooklyn, NY, on April 16, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Frances Chippone DeSetto. She was the loving wife of the late John J. Sica, who died on December 10, 1995. They were married in Brooklyn on February 2, 1958. She had been a full time resident of Stephentown since 1993 and was of the Roman Catholic faith. A very religious person, Terry collected Native American artifacts. She ran a little knick-knack shop at her home called “3G’s” (think good, feel good, do good). She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who devoted her life to her family and to her God.
Survivors include her daughters, Deborah Sica, and Brian Carney, of New Ashford, MA, and Patricia and husband Dean Stangas of Islip Terrace, NY, and a grandson, Michael D’Amico Jr. of Long Island, NY.
A Liturgy of Christian Death and Burial will be celebrated by Rev. John Close on Friday, April 19, at 1 pm in St. Joseph’s Church, Route 43, Stephentown. Cremation will follow.
Relatives and friends are invited to visitation at the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home, 457 NY 43, Stephentown, on Friday from 10 am to 12:30 pm.
Memorial contributions may be made to either the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (where a child is never denied), 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38105, or to the Eleanor Sonsini Animal Shelter, 63 Downing Parkway, Pittsfield, MA, 01201, in loving memory of Theresa Sica.

Lucille Collier

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Petersburgh/Hoosick Falls – Lucille (ne’e Lucia) Virginia Collier, 99, passed away on Monday, April 8, 2013, at the Danforth Adult Care Center in Hoosick Falls, NY, where she had lived since February 2009. A resident of Petersburgh, NY, from 1975 until 2009, Lucille was the wife of the late Eugene Collier, who died in 1989. She is pre-deceased by her three brothers, Anthony, Angelo and Albert Incani.
Born on May 3, 1914, in Hoboken, NJ, Lucille was the daughter of Michael and Gabriela Incani. While working as a secretary during the day, Lucille pursued a passion for painting and drawing by attending night classes at the Grand Central Art School in NYC during the 1930s. It is there that she met and fell in love with Eugene Collier, a fellow student. When the Second World War broke out Eugene was drafted and sent to North Africa where he served his country from 1943 until 1945. When he returned home, Eugene and Lucille were married on September 26, 1945.
Survivors include her son, Michael and daughter-in-law Lynne Anderson of Canaan, NY, her devoted niece and nephew, Jane and Peter Curran of Barnegat, NJ., her loving granddaughter Rachel Collier and great-grandson, Roman.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Community Hospice of Rensselaer County.
The family also wishes to express its deep appreciation to the management and staff of the Danforth Adult Care Center for the tremendous love, care and support they extended to Lucille throughout her stay with them.

Florence Brown

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Hoosick Falls – Florence Brown, 78, passed away on Tuesday April 9, 2013, at the Center for Living & Rehabilitation in Hoosick Falls, NY. She was the wife of Earl C. Brown. Born on February 2, 1935, in Hoags Corners, NY, she was daughter of the late Vernon and Esther (Heimburge) Hall.
Survivors include her daughter, Joanna Patterson, her sons, Michael and Matthew Brown, two sisters, Angelina New and Ruth Skoda, and seven grandchildren. Services will be private and at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are under the care of the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street, in Hoosick Falls.

The Life Of George Holcomb – Still Dividing Property With William

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Thursday, May 3, 1827: I walked to Pittsfield and Dalton to market oats, rye, and corn, and flax, and returned home this evening.
Friday: Today I took the wagon and horses and carried 16 bushels of rye and four bushels of corn to Pittsfield and sold it for 15 dol.  I got 37 cts for the over plush on the rye.  I carried 41 pounds of flax and sold it at a number of places, and I carried part of it to Dalton.  I got for the whole four dol and eighty four cts.
Friday, June 1: We worked on the highway and the team and I, with cart, and plow counted three days.  Samuel worked this day, and Wm worked one of his.
Saturday: Today Samuel and myself worked on the highway, which counted me two days and the team and cart counted to Wm’s assessment, likewise he worked.
Sunday: Today I am quite unwell.
Wednesday: Today Wm and I went over to my Rodgers farm and divided our sheep.  I had 20 old ones and eight lambs.  We then divided the five yearlings calves.  He had his choice and took the two best heifers, and for his having his choice and I do agree to pasture his two, I have his half of the odd heifer and his half the odd sheep, and then we had four two year old heifers.  I agreed to take the white speckled one and the broaled one and he had the two dark red ones.  We divided our pine plank what was in my Rodgers barn.
Saturday: This forenoon Wm and I went over to Elijah Goodrich’s and reckoned with him.  He took our part of the boards that we had to his mill, which pays him up for the boards we borrowed of him in the year 1821.  This day we began to work our corn.  Rainy this afternoon, we hoed but little. Today Wm and I divided our wool, we had 51 pounds each and Mother had 7½ pounds.  On this evening I walked over to the widow Booge’s to see a man and his wife that had lately left the Shakers.  Their name is Haskings.  I bargained with them for his wife to come and spin wool, her week’s work and milk four cows twice a day and I agreed to pay them 52½ cts per week, and she further agreed to wash one day in each week in lieu of spinning, and she further agreed to do housework if we wanted in stead of spinning when my wife was not able to do it.
Tuesday: Today Samuel and I worked on the highway.  In the middle of the day we went to J. Maxon’s raising a shed.
Tuesday, June 2, 1827: This evening Wm and I took the single wagon and rode to Lebanon. We went to the Shakers to see what they would pay for wool. We did not market ours for the price was so low, Wm marketed his reel. We then called to Elem Tilden’s store and I paid in cash 33 cts for calico, paregoric, and corosive supplements. On this day Wm and I divided our oxen and horses. He had his choice and took the oxen and yearling colt, and I had a span of mares.