Guilderland - Steven E. Hoffman, 81, died Thursday, September 29, 2022, at St. Peter’s Hospice Inn,  after a long battle with esophageal cancer and bladder cancer. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was son of the late Edward Thomas Hoffman and Carrie Myrdal Hoffman. He was raised in College Point, resided in Guilderland for several years and was a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School (1958), and New York University (1962).  Steve was a Senior Budget Analyst for 26 years at the...

Troy - Lloyd S. Schiesser, 79, died Tuesday, September 27, 2022, at Rosewood Gardens in East Greenbush, after a  long illness. Born in Appleton, WI, he was son of the late Gordon Schiesser and Alice Baker Schiesser and husband for 7 years of Joan Collins Whitney Schiesser and husband for 39 years of, the late, Donna E. Dustin Schiesser. He was a graduate of New London High School in Wisconsin and the Farm-Industry Short Course at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.  Lloyd was...

Rensselaer – Roy J Krasse, 91, of Summit at Eastwyck died Thursday, September 22, 2022, at Albany Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Queens, NY, he was the son of the late Jeremiah Krasse and Edna Hohlfeld Krasse, the adopted son of the late George and Eileen Vaughan and husband of the late Elizabeth Dameron Krasse. He had resided in Summit at Eastwyck in North Greenbush, NY and was a graduate of Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY where he earned his BS degree in Applied...

Brunswick - Louis C. Sanders, Sr., 62, died suddenly Monday, September 19, 2022, at his residence. Born in Albany, he was son of Annette Rizzo Sanders and the late Thomas B. Sanders and husband for 37 years of Antoinette M. Dunham Sanders. He had resided in the Troy area most of his life and was a graduate of Christian Brothers Academy in Albany.  Lou was a mason for New York State Office of General Services in Albany retiring June 2022.   He enjoyed camping, boating,...

Troy - Janice Ernst McCarty, 96, passed away on September 17, 2022. Her extraordinary beauty and keen intelligence, her early accomplishments and hard-won credentials, her capacity to take on great hardship with resolve and decisiveness all could have led to an epitaph of a leading actress, a famous civic leader, or a cultural or academic all-star. Yet Jan’s singular devotion to her husband and family has led, today, to her family’s loving remembrance of her as a wife, mother,...

Poestenkill - Thomas Terrance ‘Terry’ Hackett, 79, died Thursday, September 15, 2022, at his residence after a long illness. Born in Troy, he was son of the late Thomas Hackett and Kathryn Angus Hackett and husband for 21 years of Alice E. Sambrook Hackett. He had resided most of his life in Wynantskill and graduated in the first class of St. Jude's School in Wynantskill.  Terry was a truck driver for Valente Sand and Gravel in Wynantskill for 37 1/2 years retiring in...

East Greenbush - Charles ‘Chuck’ R. Alger, 80, died suddenly Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at his residence. Born in Troy, he was son of the late Andring and Martha L. Bulson Essegian. He was raised in Troy , was a graduate of Troy High School and resided in East Greenbush since 1976.   Chuck was a retired computer operator for the NYS Division of State Police. Chuck was a Marine Corps Veteran of the Vietnam war.  He was a volunteer at Gerald B.H. Solomon...

Camden, NY - John D. Berg, 60, died Sunday, September 11, 2022, at Rome Health after a long illness. Born in Troy, he was son of the late Paul R. Berg and Ella R. Jenkins Berg. He was raised on Locust Avenue in Troy and was a graduate of Troy High School. He was a member of the Cub Scouts with his mother as Den Mother.     Survivors include two sisters, Peggy Mae (Thomas) Botteicher, Callaway, VA and Mary E. (Ronald) Kelly, Ballston Lake; several nieces and nephews and friends...

Troy - Walter H. Zinck, 95, formerly of Yonkers, died Friday, September 9, 2022, at Daughters of Sarah Albany, after a brief  illness. Born in Manhattan, NY, he was son of the late Heinrich Zinck and Martha Wenzel Zinck and husband of the late Ellen Saushen Zinck. He had resided in Manhattan for 9 years and in Hamburg, Germany before moving to Yonkers at the age of 20 where he lived most of his life. He did an electrical apprenticeship in Germany.  Walter  was a machinist...

Troy - L. Charles Breiner, 78, died Friday, September 9, 2022, at his residence after a year long illness. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he was son of the late Harry Breiner and Jeanette Heintz Breiner and husband for 55 years of Nicolina (Nicky) Fontana Breiner. He had resided in  Brooklyn NY  and earned his Bachelor's degree from Wagner College in Staten Island. He moved to Troy NY and received his Master's degree from the State University of New York at...