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Obituaries

Janette M. Moseley

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Hoosick – Janette Marion Brix Moseley of West Hoosick, NY, passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday, January 26, 2013. Born March 6, 1922, on the Indian Hill Farm in Hoosick NY, Janette was the daughter of Marius Brix Kjelgaard and Stella (Hendricksen) Kjelgaard. For sixty-eight years she was the loving wife of Paul Raymond Moseley, who died in 2011. She was almost ninety-one years old when she passed.
She spent her childhood growing up in the Hoosick/Breese Hollow area during the depression. Her father and mother were farmers who had moved to the area from North Dakota. Janette was the youngest of three children; her older sister and brother, Erland and Genevieve, both pre-deceased her. The early school years were spent attending a one room country schoolhouse in Breese Hollow, walking to and from it during the fall, winter and spring. It was during this time period that she became acquainted with her life-long best friend, Marion (Goodermote) Hynick, who lived nearby. Later, she attended Walter A. Wood High School in Hoosick Falls, graduating in 1938. While in high school she fancied a boy by the name of Paul Raymond Moseley, but it wasn’t until a few years after graduation, when her brother Erland introduced them, that she got to know the one she would soon marry and spend the rest of her life with. Paul and Janette were wedded in Holy Matrimony on August 29, 1942, after which they moved to a parcel of farmland located in West Hoosick. It was there that they settled and raised five children, Paula, Gerry, Harold, Ann and Scott. She had various interests and hobbies that ranged from horseback riding and raising Boston terriers to co-piloting a Cessna 172. She was a member of the International Flying Farmers, and she organized a ceramic business that she ran on the farm. This latter venture turned into a more particular pastime, porcelain doll making. Dolls became a tremendous passion of hers, and she quickly became an avid collector and adorer. Occasionally, she would travel to different community establishments, such as the Danforth Center, Health Center or the Senior Center to give “doll talks” and demonstrations of doll fabrication and history.
Janette definitely loved and enjoyed her life to the fullest, always happy and always positive, but what she really cherished the most was the simple time spent with her husband, family and friends and the get-together at Christmas for the group dinner, fellowship and the celebration of her Lord – Jesus Christ. She was a proud and devoted member of the West Hoosick Baptist Church for over 50 years; when in her later years she was sometimes referred to as the “Matriarch of West Hoosick,” she would play along and give the queen’s wave.
Janette is survived by her children, Paula and husband Don Baker, Gerry and wife Donna Moseley. Harold Moseley, Ann and husband John Mayhew, Scott and wife Terry Moseley, along with 13 grand children and 12 great-grandchildren. She is pre-deceased by two grandsons, Timothy Scott Moseley and Glenn Edward Baker, and Harold Moseley’s wife, Lucy Springer Moseley.
Visitation hour is on Thursday, January 31, from 1 to 2 pm at the West Hoosick Baplist Church. The Funeral Service follows immediately at 2 pm in the same location. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the West Hoosick Baptist Church, 1339 Buskirk-West Hoosick Road,Buskirk, NY, 12028. Arrangements arc under the care of the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoosick Falls, NY.

Marilynn Thurber

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Hoosick/Hoosick Falls – Marilynn (Hill) Thurber, 72, passed away on Monday, January 28, 2013, at the Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington, VT. She had resided on Windy Hill Road in the Town of Hoosick, NY.
Born on December 10, 1940, Marilyn was the daughter of Malcolm Hill of Hoosick Falls, NY, and the late Cretta (Benway) Hill. She graduated from Hoosick Falls High School. In her earlier years Marilyn was a hairdresser; she later worked at St. Gobain in Hoosick Falls. Marilyn was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hoosick Falls.
She is survived by her father, Malcolm, and friends, Wendy and James Larson.
Funeral services were Wednesday, January 30, at 11 am from the Mahar Funeral Home, 43 Main Street in Hoossick Falls. Burial followed the service at Woodlands Cemetery in Cambridge, NY.  Friends called at the funeral home on Wednesday from 10 to 11 am.

Harold S. Ford Jr.

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Petersburgh – Harold S. “Fordy” Ford Jr., 82, of Lower Newtown Road, Waterford, NY, died on Sunday, January 6, 2013, at Samaritan Hospital in Troy, NY, surrounded by his loving family.  Born in Troy, he was the son of the late Harold S. Ford Sr. and Rosa M. Wright Ford.  Harold was educated in Berlin Schools and was a 1947 graduate of Berlin High School.
Harold had been employed as a truck driver for 21 years by the former Grand Union Co. in Waterford and retired due to disability in 1975. He was a member of the I.T.E.A. at the Grand Union. Harold was also a member of the Waterford United Methodist Church.
Harold struggled with MS for over 40 years, but his perpetual smile and positive attitude were noted by everyone who met him.
He was the husband of the late Carolyn Church Ford, who died in 1992. He is father of Camilla Goering and husband Robert of Fort Edward, NY, Jennifer Jessica Grozis and husband Chris of Waterford and the late Edward and Allison Ford. He is the brother of Jessie Deyoe of Tucson, AZ, Jeanette Ford of Roanoke, IN, Kathleen Lee Pinches and husband Warren of Stoughton, MA, and the late Roberta Cummings.  Other survivors include his grandchildren, Carolyn and James Goering and Cory, Cloé and Tanner Grozis, and his great-grandson, Xhanderr, as well as several nieces and nephews.  Harold was a patient for 14 years at the Rubin Dialysis Centers in Clifton Park, NY, and Troy and appreciated the loving care given to him by the staff.
Funeral services were held at Waterford United Methodist Church, Waterford, on Thursday, January 10.  Relatives and friends visited at the Philip J. Brendese Funeral Home on Wednesday from 4 to 7 pm. Interment followed in the Meadowlawn Cemetery in Petersburgh, NY.
Those who wish may make contributions to the Memorial Fund at the Waterford United Methodist Church or to the Rubin Dialysis Center in Clifton Park in care of the Philip J. Brendese Funeral Home, 133 Broad Street, Waterford, NY, 12188. To express your sympathy or share a treasured memory visit Brendesefuneralhome.com.

Elizabeth L. Wells

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Petersburgh – Elizabeth L. Wells, 91, of South Lake Avenue, Troy, NY, died Monday, January 21, 2013, at Samaritan Hospital in Troy after a brief illness.
Born in Petersburgh, NY, Mrs. Wells was the daughter of the late Ralph Babcock and the late Bessie Weaver Babcock and the wife of the late William Wayne Wells. A 1939 graduate of Hoosick Falls High School, she resided in Schenectady, NY, and Watervliet, NY, before moving to Troy in 1950.
Mrs. Wells was a homemaker and a member of Hope United Methodist Church in Eagle Mills, NY.
Survivors include a son, Glenn Wells of Waterford and his wife Susan Milstrey Wells, and two grandchildren, Victoria Lass of New Orleans, LA, and Raymond Milstrey of Scotia, NY. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Wells’s daughter, Lorraine Wells Lass, preceded her in death in 2001.
The funeral service is at the Bryce Funeral Home, Inc., 276 Pawling Avenue, Troy, on Friday, January 25, at 10 am with Rev. David Martin, pastor of Hope United Methodist Church, officiating. Interment will follow in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Petersburgh. Relatives and friends called at the funeral home on Thursday from 4 to 7 pm. For the guest book and service directions, visit www.brycefh.com.

Sheralyn C. Riggs

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Stephentown – Sherri Riggs, 61, passed away in the company of friends in Edgewood, NM, on Friday, January 11, 2013, after a valiant, three year struggle against cancer.
Sherri was born in Burlington, VT. She grew up in Williston, VT, and graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in Marine Biology. She participated in research in oyster farming in Maine while a UVM student.
After graduation, she returned to Maine to teach in the far north coastal area. Eventually she moved to Portland, OR, and worked there for a company that made medical testing equipment doing promotions and advertising before deciding she needed a little more sunshine in her life. She found the sun in New Mexico, where she designed and built her home and business in Edgewood.
Sherri loved photography, nature and creating something from nothing. She described herself as an artist rather than a scientist and indeed she was. Many landscapes and businesses bear witness to her artistry in metal with the myriad of gates, signs and landscape installations, each with her Chickadee signature hidden in the design. Sherri was featured in a book, Passion and Power: Metal Artists in the Western U.S., celebrating metal artists in 2010.
Sherri is survived by her mother, Christine Moffatt Riggs of South Burlington, VT, and two brothers, Terry and his wife Mary Lynn Conant Riggs of Fletcher, VT, and Gary and his wife Susan Bundy Riggs of Bakersfield VT. She is also survived by her sister, Dale Ila Riggs and her husband Don Miles of Stephentown, NY, as well as by numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins around the country.
It was her wish to have her friends remember her with a joyous, life- celebrating gathering at her home and to consign her ashes to the winds. Her effervescent and free spirit should not be contained in just one place. We are confident that everywhere her essence comes back to earth will always be a place of peace, harmony and beauty.
A family gathering took place at the home of her brother Terry and his wife Mary Lynn on Sunday, January 13.
If one wishes to, remembrances may be made to an animal shelter of one’s choice. Her three dogs and two donkeys would surely appreciate it

Clara Salluzzo

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Hoosick Falls – Clara Salluzzo, 94, passed away on Friday, January 11, 2013, at her daughter’s residence in Glenmont, NY. Clara formerly resided on First Street in Hoosick Falls, NY, and was the wife of the late Joseph Salluzzo.
Born on June 13, 1918, in Johnsonville, NY, Clara was the daughter of the late Fred and Eva (Gibbons) Motsiff. She worked at the Specialty Company in Hoosick Falls for many years. In her retirement Clara enjoyed gardening, reading, knitting, sewing and cooking delicious meals for her family at her home. Clara will be remembered most as a devoted mother and grandmother. She dedicated her life to her family and will live on forever in the hearts of all who knew her.
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Helen M. Miller

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New Lebanon – Helen M. Ham Miller, 92, formerly of West Street, New Lebanon, NY, died on Thursday evening, January 10, 2013, at Fairview Commons in Great Barrington, MA, where she had resided for four years.
Born in Philmont, NY, on January 13, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Arthur D. and Bertha Proper Ham. She was the loving wife of the late George B. Miller, who died on September 11, 2000. They were married in the Mellenville Dutch Reformed Church in Mellenville, NY, on June 25, 1938. She has been a resident of New Lebanon since 1942.
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