All Obituaries

Wynantskill - Teresa P. Lonz Sunkes, 92, of Wynantskill died Friday, January 22, 2021, at Van Rensselaer Manor after a brief  illness. Born in Troy, she was daughter of the late Patrick Lonz and Mary  Marzinsky Lonz and wife of the late Thomas F.  Sunkes. She was raised in Troy and resided in Wynantskill since 1954 and attended Troy High School.  Teresa, many years ago, worked for Cluett, Peabody & Company and for many years was a homemaker. Raising her kids was her...

Brunswick - Mary Lou Harley Goyer, 85, of Miller Avenue died Wednesday, January 20, 2021, at her residence after a brief illness, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Troy, she was daughter of the late Lewis S. Harley and Mae Glasheen Harley and wife for 65 years of Robert J. Goyer. She had resided in the Troy area all her life, was a 1954 graduate of Catholic Central High School and a graduate of Austin Beauty School.  Mary Lou was a self employed hairdresser for many years and...

Latham - Yervant Bardakjian, 94, died Sunday, January 17, 2021, at  St. Peter's Hospice Inn. Born in Aleppo, Syria , he was son of the late Hagop Bardakjian and Nectar Manoukian Bardakjian and husband of the late Rozina Manoukian Bardakjian who passed away in 1996. After being raised in Aleppo, Syria, Yervant and his wife Rozina moved to the United States settling in the Troy area in 1984.  Yervant was very involved with Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic Church  where he...

Wynantskill - Eugene E. Brady Jr., 89, passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at St. Peter's Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Troy,  he was son of the late Eugene E. Brady Sr. and Dorothy Conroy Brady and husband for 66 years of Mary Ellen  Mooradian Brady. He was a lifelong resident of the Troy area and attended Troy School #18, was a graduate of Catholic Central High School and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the State University of New...

Saratoga Springs - Robert ‘Sox’ Howard Wilcox, 87, died Friday, January 15, 2021, at his residence, after a long battle with asbestosis caused by his service in the Navy. Born at Leonard Hospital in Troy, he was son of the late John Howard Wilcox and Marguerite Hubbard Wilcox, and husband of 60 years of Jean (Lawrence) Wilcox. Bob was raised in Troy, but had lived in Saratoga Springs since 1970. He attended Knickerbocker Junior High School and Troy High School, and earned his...

Colonie - Thomas Peter DiGiorgio was born June 8, 1931 in Elizabeth, NJ, son of immigrants Pietro and Agostilia Roccatani DiGiorgio, who imparted values of hard work, fairness to all, a love of good home-cooking and some homemade vino.  Tom trained as a cabinetmaker at Thomas Edison HS; served proudly in the US Navy (1951-55) as a metal smith aboard the Destroyer Escort Willard Keith; settled and raised his family in Rockaway, NY and later in Coram, LI. He later relocated to the...

Brunswick - Betsey Rohn MacIver, 79, formerly of Birchkill Lane Brunswick died Thursday, January 7, 2021, at Van Rensselaer Manor after a long illness. Born in Troy, she was daughter of the late Dr. John C. Rohn and Margaret Helmbold Rohn and wife of the late J. Robert MacIver. She had resided in the Troy area most her life and was a graduate of St. Agnes School (The Doane Stuart School) and Endicott College in Beverly, MA.  Mrs. MacIver was a homemaker, a communicant of St....

Troy - Joseph P. Renehan, 72, of Pawling Avenue  died Monday, December 28, 2020, at Samaritan Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Troy, he was son of the late Cornelius Renehan and Elizabeth Eagan Renehan and husband of Patricia  Malise Renehan. He was raised in Lansingburgh, resided on the east side of Troy for 43 years and was a graduate of Lansingburgh High School and Hudson Valley Community College.  Joe was employed at Owens Corning in Delmar for several years,...

Troy - Julio Laranjo, passed peacefully at home on December 28, 2020 surrounded by his family. Born in New Bedford, MA, he was the son of the late Joseph and Josephine (Rodrgues) Laranjo. Julio worked for the Boston Store in Latham for over 25 years where he retired. He was a WWII Army veteran stationed at Fort McClellan, AL. Julio was a coach for the South Troy Babe Ruth for over 20 years where he was known as POP. He loved traveling and most of all Aruba with his granddaughters, Juliana...

West Sand Lake - Charles F. Van Brocklen, 81, died Monday, December 28, 2020, at Samaritan Hospital in Troy. Born in Amsterdam, NY, he was son of the late Douglas B. Van Brocklen and Nancy  Marnie Van Brocklen and husband for 52 years of Ruth Killingbeck Van Brocklen. He had resided  in the West Sand Lake area for the past 45 years. He attended Ravena Schools until 11 grade and was a 1958 graduate of Philip Schuyler High School. After high school, Charles served in the United...