Substitute Teachers of Bethlehem Central

SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS - ENTIRE DISTRICT (17)
NAME	DEATH DATE	POSITION & SCHOOL	COMMENTS

Boutelle, Patricia (Curry)	2018 Apr 2	Substitute (school & subject unknown)	Obit (photo)
Bridges, Norma (Shepard)	2013 Aug 13	Substitute, probably Elementary	Obit
Burdick, Patricia (Curry)	2018 Apr 2	Substitute (subject unknown)	Obit (2 photos)
Dering, Virginia Niven (Lyons)	1997 Nov 6	Substitute (school & subject unknown)	Obit below
Fairbank, Elizabeth "Betty" (McConnell)	2010 Jul 25	Substitute, HS (prob. English or Latin)	Obit (photo)
Huba, Patricia Ann	2012 Feb 22	Substitute, primary grades	Obit
Laffin, James Robert	1984 Nov 21	Substitute, Science, sometime between 1976 and Apr 1980	Obit (photo)
Leonard, Agnes Ellen (Wilcox)	2006 Sep 25	Substitute, Music 30+ years	Obit#2 (photo) age 108
Lombard, Bettie Barnett	2022 Sep 28	Substitute (school & subject unknown)	Obit (photo) 2/22/23
Miles, Marie (Bartholomew)	2013 Dec 18	Substitute, prob. Business	Obit (photo)
Morosoff, Merna (Rosensweig)	1994 Jun 3	Substitute, English (school unknown)	Obit below
McDowell, Ruth Harbison	2010 Dec 30	Substitute Art Teacher	Obit (photo) 2/22/23
Newell, Florence (Somerville)	1995 Jan 29	Substitute, HS Business	Obit below Age 80
Thorne, Vivian (Hillier)	2005 Dec 10	Substitute, prob. Business	Obit (photo)
Tice, Donna L. (Bulson)	2002 Dec 15	Substitute, HS (subject unknown)	Obit below Mrs. Bulson
Tilaro, Elizabeth M. (Manley)	2004 Jun 27	Substitute, Elementary	Obit
Wenzl, Pauline (Bader)	2005 Dec 31	Substitute (subject & school unknown)	Obit Born 1910

Bethlehem Central Deceased (webpages)

Teachers - HS & MS

Non-teachers - HS & MS (administrators, guidance counselors, office personnel, secretaries, teachers' aides, custodians, cafeteria personnel, hall monitors, etc.)

Deceased Employees not at HS or MS

1) Elementary Teachers and Non-teachers

2) District-wide Non-teaching Staff

(business office personnel, bus drivers, bus

garage, district-wide specialized fields,

musical instrument instructors, etc.)

3) Substitute Teachers

4) Unknown Job or Location

Includes people who worked for the BC School District, but whose job and school were not mentioned in their obituary (so they are unknown at the present time). Please help with these.

Graduates - proof of death is mostly obituaries, but may be other sources like Social Security Death Index

Alumni Directory of 1993 named 413 Deceased Graduates. At least two were alive in 2019, however.

Students - died while attending Bethlehem Central

Visit my Bethlehem Central website to also access Yearbooks,

Spotlight issues, Spotlight obituary index, and much more.

Dering, Virginia Niven (Lyons) -- [Published 11/7/1997 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]

DELMAR -- Virginia Niven Lyons Dering, 57, died Thursday at home after a courageous year long battle with cancer. Born in Monticello, NY, Mrs. Dering was a 1962 graduate of SUNY Potsdam. She taught school in the North Colonie School District for several years and then became a substitute teacher in the Bethlehem Central School District until 1992. Mrs. Dering was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Albany. Mrs. Dering is survived by her husband, Elmer C. Dering; her daughter, Heather L. D. Kostue of Kingston; her son, James Eric Dering of Glenmont; her grandson, Samuel L. Kostue; a sister, Sally Augusta Bonnell of Gramsville, NY and two brothers, James G. Lyons, Jr. of Monticello, NY and John K. Lyons of Denver, CO. She was predeceased by a grandson, Daniel S. Kostue. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Applebee Funeral Home, 403 Kenwood Ave., Delmar. Friends may call today (Friday) from 4 to 8 p.m. Interment will be in Bethlehem Cemetery, Delmar. APPLEBEE FUNERAL HOME 439-2715

Morosoff, Merna (Rosensweig) -- [Published 6/4/1994 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]

ALBANY -- A graveside service will be held for Merna Rosensweig Morosoff, 61, of the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Home, who died Friday in the home after a long illness.
    Mrs. Morosoff was born in the Bronx and had lived in the Capital Region since 1962. She was a graduate of Hunter College in New York City.
    She was a substitute English teacher in the Bethlehem Central School District at one time.
    Mrs. Morosoff was a member of Hadassah and a former member of Temple Beth Emeth in Albany.
    She was the widow of Seymour Morosoff.
    Survivors include two daughters, Mia Morosoff of Albany and Ellen Morosoff of Colonie; and two brothers, Harvey Rosensweig of Spring Valley, Rockland County, and Simon Meyer of Atlanta.
    The service will be held at noon Sunday in Beth Emeth Cemetery, Turner Lane, Loudonville.
    Contributions may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Capital District Chapter, 324 Broadway, Albany, NY 12207 or the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Home, Washington Avenue Extension, Albany, NY 12203.
    Arrangements are by the Levine Memorial Chapel, Albany.

Newell, Florence -- [Published Sat. 1/31/1995 in the Times Union, Albany, NY - pg B7]

GLENMONT -- Florence Somerville Newell, 80, died Sunday at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Delmar.

Mrs. Newell was born in Amsterdam and lived in Glenmont most of her life. She was a graduate of the Albany State Teachers College.

She taught business education in Homer, Cortland County, and Coxsackie high schools. Mrs. Newell was a substitute business teacher for the Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar, and was also a tutor of disabled students. She operated the Sandy Creek Farm for 30 years with her late husband, Ernest A. Newell.

Mrs. Newell was a member of the Delmar Reformed Church for 56 years, and taught Sunday School there. She was also a board member of the Bethlehem Public Library in Delmar.

Survivors include two sons, Thomas E. Newell of Selkirk and James W. Newell of Philadelphia; one sister, Edith Foster of Colonie; one brother, John Somerville of Oswego; and two granddaughters.

A service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Delmar Reformed Church, 386 Delaware Ave., Delmar.

Contributions may be made to the Delmar Reformed Church Endowment Fund, or the Bethlehem Public Library.

Tice, Donna L. -- [Published 12/17/2002 in the Times Union, Albany, NY, pg B7]

SLINGERLANDS -- Donna L. Tice, 56, died Sunday evening at St. Peter's Hospital.

Mrs. Tice was born in Albany and was the daughter of the late Stanton and Alice Bulson. She was a graduate of Bethlehem Central High School, SUNY Albany and St. Rose College. Mrs. Tice was a teacher at the W.K. Doyle Middle School in Troy for 20 years, retiring in September 2002. Previously, she taught at the St. Thomas Grade School in Delmar and was a substitute teacher at the Bethlehem Central High School. Mrs. Tice was a communicant of the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Delmar.

Mrs. Tice is survived by her son, Jason M. Tice of Slingerlands and many cousins and friends.

Relatives and friends may call at the Applebee Funeral Home, 403 Kenwood Ave., Delmar on Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. at the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, 35 Adams Place, Delmar. Interment will be in Eagle Mills Cemetery, Brunswick, N.Y. Contributions in Mrs. Tice's memory may be sent to the W.K. Doyle Middle School, 1976 Burdett Ave., Troy, NY 12180 or the Delmar Rescue Squad, 145 Adams St., Delmar, NY 12054.