Deceased Staff Members of

New Lebanon Central School District,

New Lebanon, New York

by Clifford Lamere, Science Teacher (Sep 1963 - June 1966)

October 30, 2016    Updated July 22, 2024

This webpage is an incomplete index of deceased staff (employees) of New Lebanon Central School District, Columbia County, NY.   The names are arranged alphabetically.  

Please send me the name of any other deceased staff member who should be added to this list.  Use the email address above.  To help me find an obituary, include any information that you know.  Things that would be useful are the approximate year/date when the person died, where the person lived, and the first name of the spouse. 

Visit the HOME page and the companion webpage of deceased NLCS graduates. 

Abbreviations & Icons used on this and/or other webpages on this website

c.           = about (from the word circa)

CemEvergreens  =  Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, NY

CJF      =  Charles John French, co-editor of Sequax newsletter

HS         = High School

LS         =  Linda Sullivan, who finds new obituaries

NLCS    = New Lebanon Central School

NLCSD = New Lebanon Central School District

prob.     = probably

S      = Sequax (publication) without which the right obituary or important information would not have been found

SS App = Social Security Applications and Claims Index (1936-2007)

SSDI     = Social Security Death Index (1935-2014).  Provides dates of birth and death.

w.          = with

WBH   = Walter B. Howard Elementary

         = served in the U.S. military

        = the person's name was added to this webpage less than 3 months ago, on the date shown

DECEASED TEACHERS AND STAFF OF THE NEW LEBANON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL  (141)

Atwater, Calvin B.

     [Photo by Charles John French, Garfield Cemetery, Stephentown, NY]

Barth, Bertha Sarah (Laier)  --  [Social Security Death Index]

Bermas, Tami (Lobdell)  --  [Social Security Death Index]

Black, Claire E. (Serven)  --  [Published Monday, December 30, 1991 in the Union-News, Springfield, MA]

Claire E Serven Black, 71
Claire E. Black, was district clerk
    Claire E. (Serven) Black, 71, of Great Barrington and formerly of Queechy Shore, Canaan, N.Y, a retired 25-year district clerk for the Lebanon School District in New York, died Saturday in a nursing and retirement facility in Great Barrington, where she resided the past eight years.  She retired in 1982.
    Born in Pittsfield, she graduated from New Lebanon High School and the former Berkshire Business College.  She was a communicant of The Church of the Immaculate Conception in New Lebanon and a volunteer dispatcher for the Lebanon Valley Protective Association.
    Her husband, William B. Black, died in 1977.  She leaves two sons, James W. of Chicago, Ill., and William H. of New Lebanon; four daughters, Denise B. Bell of Merritt Island, Fla., Joan Liles of Stephentown, N.Y., Anne E. Jost of Great Barrington and Mary Margaret Black of Cobleskill, N.Y.; a sister, Frances Serven of Pittsfield; and 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
    The funeral will be Tuesday morning in Dwyer Funeral Home and the church, with burial in the Cemetery of the Evergreens in Lebanon Springs. Calling hours are this evening. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lebanon Valley Protective Association in care of the funeral home.
 

Blanchard, Irene Elizabeth (Shepard)

Brewer, Ruth Augusta (Young)  --  3 obits below

    [Published February 10, 1991 in the Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA]
LANESBORO  --  Mrs. Ruth Augusta Brewer, 87, of 5 Victoria Lane, formerly of Main Street, Hancock, died Friday at Hillcrest Hospital.
    Born in Williamstown on Dec. 30, 1903, she was the daughter of Arthur B. and Grace H. Blair Young. She moved with her family to Salisbury, Conn., where she attended public schools, including Lakeville High School. She moved to North Adams with her family in 1919 and was a 1922 graduate of the former Drury High School. In 1924 she graduated from North Adams State College.
    She taught in public schools in Huntington, N.Y.. for three years and later taught in schools in Hancock, Stephentown, N.Y., and New Lebanon, N.Y. She retired in 1972 after 24 years of teaching 3rd grade for the New Lebanon schools.
    Mrs. Brewer was a member of the South Williamstown Second Congregational Church. She was also a member of the North Adams State College Alumni Association. She and her husband, Clarence W. Brewer, were married on July 7, 1928. Mr. Brewer died on Feb. 14, 1987.
    She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Marion A. Durfee of Lanesboro; a sister, Mrs. Florence M. Wescott of Millersville, Pa., and one granddaughter.
    The funeral will be today at 4 at the George M. Hopkins Funeral Home, Williamstown, with the Rev. Ernest Smith, pastor of the New Lebanon Congregational Church, and the Rev. Betty Lou Ure, pastor of the Second Congregational Church, officiating. Burial will be in Southlawn Cemetery following cremation.
    Calling hours at the funeral home are today from 2 until the time of the funeral. The family requests the omission of flowers and suggests memorial donations be made to the Lebanon Valley Protective Association ambulance through the funeral home.
     [Photo by Charles John French, Southlawn Cemetery, Williamstown, MA]

Brightly, Martha G. (VanEtten)  --  [Social Security Death Index]

Bronson, Jay Willard  --  [Published Jan 5, 1952 in the Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA]

Jay W. Bronson Dies at Age 85

    NEW LEBANON, N.Y.  --  Jay Willard Bronson, 85, a resident of this town for 35 years died last night at his home in Lebanon Springs.

    A native of Hamilton, N.Y., Mr. Bronson was a farmer in this area most of his life.  He was also custodian of the New Lebanon Central School for several years, retiring about 10 years ago.

    He was a member of United Lodge No. 9, F. and A.M.  A Masonic service will be held tomorrow night at 8 at the Hall &Higgins Funeral Home in Stephentown.

    Mr. Bronson was the husband of the late Nellie E. Davis Bronson.  He leaves a son, George of Hudson Falls, N.Y., and a brother, Merton of Georgetown, N.Y.

    The funeral will be Monday afternoon at 2 at the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. John MacNab, pastor of the New Lebanon Congregational Church officiating. 

    Friends may call at the funeral home at their convenience.

Bunting, Brenda [Papen]  --  [Published November 9, 1999 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]  

EAST NASSAU -- Brenda Papen Bunting, 85, of Gentile Road, died Monday at the Opitimum Care of Pittsfield where she has been a resident for the past year. Born in Albany, NY on May 10, 1914, she was the daughter of the late George and Lila Ramsdell Papen.

    She was the loving wife of Edward F. Bunting whom she married on May 28, 1958 in Vermont. She has been a resident of the East Nassau/Stephentown area for the past 50 years. Mrs. Bunting was a graduate of Albany High School and Boston University. She taught in many school districts before teaching in the New Lebanon Central School District in 1958. She retired in 1970.

    Mrs. Bunting was a life member of the New Lebanon Women's Club, past president of the New Lebanon Garden Club, a member of Botanical Gardens of Stockbridge, MA and was an expert gardener.

    Survivors include her loving husband of 41 years, Edward; three sons, William J. Casazza of Saratoga Springs, Peter G. Casazza of Columbia, MS, George P. Casazza of Los Angeles, CA; three grandchildren, Amy H. Casazza of Troy, Ryan T. Casazza of Boston, MA and Perry E. Casazza of Ames, IA. She was predeceased by a brother George.

    Funeral services will be on Thursday at 11 a.m. from the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home, 457 NY 43, Stephentown, where Rev. Trygve Tomlinson will officiate.

    Burial will be private at the convenience of the family. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the funeral home on Wednesday evening from 5-8 p.m. Contributions may be made to the Stephentown Rescue Squad in care of the funeral home. HALL & HIGGINS FUNERAL HOME 457 NY 43 P.O. Box 9 Stephentown, NY 12168 (518) 733-5362

Church, A. Warren  --  2 items below

    [Social Security Death Index]

     [Photo by Charles John French, Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, NY]

Clark, Marguerite (Spencer)  --  [Published January 17, 1995 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]

NORTH GREENBUSH  --  Marguerite Spencer Clark, 88, of Wynantskill died Monday at the Crescent Manor Nursing Home, Bennington, Vt.  Mrs. Clark was born in South Stephentown and lived in Wynantskill most of her life. She was educated at New Lebanon High School and Oneonta and Albany state teachers colleges. Mrs. Clark taught elementary grades in Stephentown, Berlin, Wynantskill and Averill Park. She worked at the Averill Park Central School District for 29 years and was the first principal of Miller Hill Elementary School. She introduced the concept of the middle school to the district and was the first principal of Algonquin Middle School, retiring in 1970.  Mrs. Clark was a member of the Troy Area Retired Teachers Association and the First Baptist Church in Troy for more than 50 years.
    She was the widow of Arthur J. Clark.  Survivors include a daughter, Carol C. Owens of Wynantskill, and three grandsons and a great-grandson.
    A service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Bryce Funeral Home, 276 Pawling Ave., Troy.  Burial will be in the Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon.  Calling hours are 3-5 and 7-7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.  Contributions may be made to the Middle School Educational Fund, Averill Park Central Schools, c/o John Thero, Superintendent of Schools, Averill Park, NY 12018.

Cornman, Dorothy Belle (Shear)  --  [Published December 3, 1999 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]

COLRAIN, MA -- Dorothy Belle (Shear) Cornman, 84, of Colrain, MA, died Wednesday, December 1, 1999 in her home on Shelburne Line Road, in the care of her family, with help from the hospice, after a long battle with cancer.

    Born in Oneonta, NY, on December 8, 1914, she was a descendant of the early 19th century settlers of the Susquehanna Valley. She was the daughter of Earl and Nella Parish Shear and was predeceased by her brother, Bruce Shear. She was the widow of Martin E. Cornman, who died in 1990. She was a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Columbia University Teachers College.

    As an English and reading teacher for many years, Dorothy taught at McDonogh School in Maryland, Homer High School in Homer, NY, East Greenbush Junior High and New Lebanon Junior High. After her retirement, she taught at the Mohawk Trail Regional High School in Buckland, MA and tutored at the Aquarius House in Colrain, MA, until this past year. She was part of the original Hospice group in Franklin County, MA and was the first volunteer to be assigned to a private home. She was also active with numerous other community organizations, including the Mt. Holyoke Club of Franklin County.

    She is survived by her three children, Daniel S. Cornman of East Greenbush, NY, John R. Cornman of Colorado Springs, CO and Betsy Corner of Colrain, MA; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

    A memorial service will take place at the Brick Church in Old Deerfield, MA, at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 5, 1999. Memorial contributions, in the name of Martin and Dorothy Cornman, may be made to The Education Foundation, East Greenbush Central School District Administration Center, 673 Columbia Turnpike, East Greenbush, NY 12061. SMITH-KELLEHER FUNERAL HOME P.O. Box 143 Shelburne Falls, MA 01370 (413) 625-2121

Crosby, Sherman Albert "Bing"

     [Photo by Charles John French, Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, NY]

Cruikshank, Ruth Lytle  --  [Published Sep 3, 1977 in the Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA]

Mrs. Ruth Cruikshank, retired school teacher

    LEBANON SPRINGS, N.Y.  --  Mrs. Ruth Lytle Cruikshank, former resident, died Tuesday at her home in Dallas, Tex., after a brief illness.  She was the wife of Malcolm Cruikshank, who died several years ago.

    Mrs. Cruikshank was an elementary school teacher in the New Lebanon Central School District for more than 20 years before retiring.

    She leaves two sons, Peter VanBuren of San Francisco, Calif.,and John VanBuren of Dallas, Tex., and three grandchildren.

    Friends may call at the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home, Stephentown, Wednesday evening from 7 to 9.

Danforth, Frederick St. Clair "Harry"

   (died Feb 13, not 14)

Eaton, Osgood Shirley  --  [Published January 13, 2001 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]   [Note:  He died at age 79.]

OLD CHATHAM  --  Osgood S. Eaton, died peacefully at home with his family on January 11, 2001 in his 80th year. He was born in Washington, DC, the son of James Shirley Eaton and Ethel Mason Eaton, and grew up in Ridgefield, NJ.

    After serving in the Army Air Force during World War II, he attended NYU on the GI bill to become a teacher. He taught first in Armonk, NY then in Dobbs Ferry, NY where he met his wife of 45 years. Together, they moved to Old Chatham, NY where they raised five children. He worked with his family and friends to construct a home from stone they gathered from the fields.

    His teaching career continued for 28 years at New Lebanon Central High School in the social studies department. Oz loved his family, teaching, gardening, chopping wood, his land, his animals and raising guide dogs. He was a supporter of the arts, civil liberties and social justice.

    He is survived by his wife, Agnes; his five children, Niles Eaton of Seattle, WA, Lisa Eaton of Kennebunk, ME, Josh Eaton of Alliance, OH, Angus Eaton of Old Chatham, NY, Daniel Eaton of Old Chatham, NY; eight grandchildren and a sister, Phoebe K. Eaton of Gwynedd, PA.

    A celebration of his life will be held at the Church of Our Savior in Lebanon Springs, across the road from the high school, at 3 p.m. on Monday, January 15, 2001. The family will also be at home from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, January 13 and Sunday, January 14 to receive friends. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation to the Community Hospice of Columbia-Greene, The American Cancer Society, The American Diabetes Association, or your local rescue squad.

     [Social Security Applications and Claims Index]

English, Mary E.  --    [Published May 5, 2005 in the Watertown Daily Times [NY]]

Mary E. English, 91, professor emeritus at Potsdam State University College's Crane School of Music, died Wednesday at her home in Potsdam.
    Born Aug. 6, 1913, in Ilion, daughter of Albert A. and Anna R. English, she received a bachelor's degree in music education from the Crane School of Music at Potsdam Normal School and a master's degree in music and music education and a professional diploma in advanced study from the state teachers college at Columbia University, New York City.
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   [Social Security Death Index]

Face, Lois I.  --  [Social Security Death Index]

Gentile, John J.  --  [Published January 19, 1983 in the Times Record, Troy, NY]

Haley, Frederica (Launt)  --  [Published April 19, 1994 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]

STEPHENTOWN  --  Frederica Launt Haley, 90, of Main Street died Monday in her home after a brief illness.
    Mrs. Haley was born in Lebanon Springs. She was a lifelong Capital Region resident and had graduated from Berlin High School in 1923. She and her husband lived in Dunedin, Fla., from 1968 until his death in 1988.
    She had worked in the cafeteria at the New Lebanon High School and was more recently a homemaker.
    Mrs. Haley was a member of the Walter Adams American Legion Post 1021 Ladies Auxiliary in Averill Park and a former president and former county and state president of the American Legion Ladies Auxillary. She was a member of the Taconic Valley Grange, the Stone Bridge Community Club Inc., a trustee of the Stephentown Memorial Library where she had been the secretary-treasurer for more than 30 years, and was a member of the Stephentown Senior Citizens. She was a communicant of the Church of Our Saviour of Lebanon Springs and the Stephentown Center Baptist Church. She also enjoyed knitting and crocheting.
    She was the widow of Jesse C. ''Jack'' Haley.
    A service will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Church of Our Saviour, Route 22, Lebanon Springs.  Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery in West Stephentown.  Calling hours will be 5-8 p.m. Wednesday in the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home, 318 Main St., Stephentown.
    Contributions may be made to the Stephentown Volunteer Fire Department Rescue Squad, Hoags Corners Ambulance or the Stephentown Memorial Library in care of the funeral home at P.O. Box 250, Stephentown, N.Y. 12168-0250.

Hemenway, Earl S.  --  [Published May 17, 1965 in the Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA]

Earl S. Hemenway, Former Grocer in Lebanon Springs

    LEBANON SPRINGS, N.Y.  --  Earl S. Hemenway, 72, resident of this hamlet until about 10 years ago, died Saturday at the home of a niece, Mrs. Vivian Wolfe, in East Galway, Saratoga County, following a long illness.  He was born in Lebanon Springs, Nov 2, 1892, and was the husband of Eva Tayer Hemenway, who died in 1951.

    Mr. Hemenway operated a grocery and variety store here for many years, was a former town clerk, had served as president of the Cemteery of the Evergreens, had been employed as a bus driver and custodian at New Lebanon Central School and was clerk and member of the Board of Education.  He was a charter member and one of the first directors of the LVPA and a member of the Church of Our Saviour.

    Surviving, besides Mrs. Wolfe, is another niece, Mrs. Marguerite Clark, of Troy

    Friends may call at the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home in Stephentown this evening.  A Masonic service will be held at 8 by Unity Lodge No. 9. F&AM.

    Funeral services will be at 2 tomorrow at the funeral home with the Rev. George G. Greenway Jr. rector of the Church of Our Saviour, officiating.  Burial will be in the Cemetery of the Evergreens.

Holze, Susanne Virginia (Meeker)  [2 photos]

     [Photos by Charles John French, cemetery in Claverack, NY]

Howard, Walter Baker  --  5 items below

     [Published May 7, 1993 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]

KATHERINE AND WALTER HOWARD, BOTH 76; LONGTIME EDUCATORS
    Katherine Rogers Howard, 76, died Thursday at home after a long illness.
    Her husband, Walter Baker Howard, 76, died Tuesday in Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Winston-Salem, N.C., after a brief illness. They lived on Idols Road in Clemmons. They were both educators and had lived in Stephentown for many years.
    Mrs. Howard was born in Mechanicville and was a graduate of Mechanicville High School and Albany State Teachers College.
    Mr. Howard was born in Canton, St. Lawrence County, and was a graduate of Canton High School. He also earned bachelor's and master's degrees in education from St. Lawrence University. He was a member of Sigma Pi.
    While in Stephentown, they were members of the New Lebanon Congregational Church. They moved to Lakeland, Fla., in 1980 and to Clemmons in 1986.
    Mr. Howard retired in 1977 as superintendent of the New Lebanon Central School District, where he worked for many years. He was also a principal.  The Walter B. Howard Elementary School in the district was named in his honor.
    Mrs. Howard taught at Liberty High School in Liberty, Sullivan County, many years ago. She retired in 1978 as administrative assistant at the Berkshire Farm for Boys in Canaan. She had worked there since 1961.
    Mr. Howard served with the Army Air Corps as a weather officer in Grand Rapids, Mich. He had also taught school in Morrisonville, Clinton County, many years ago.  He was a charter member of the Lebanon Valley Lions Club and a member of the Floyd Carlton/Gerst-Williams American Legion Post, Canton Masonic Lodge, the New York State Council of School Superintendents, the New York State Retired Teachers Association and the National Teachers Association.
    Mrs. Howard was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Unity Star Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, and was active with the Boy and Girl Scouts for many years.
    They are survived by three daughters, Carolyn Frederick of Denver, Barbara Wigzell of Saratoga Springs and Frances Lane of Winston-Salem; two sons, Dr. Courtland Howard of Pulaski, Oswego County, and Walter Howard of Saratoga Springs; and 11 grandchildren.  Mr. Howard is also survived by a sister, Frances Howard of Canajoharie, Montgomery County.
    A service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home, 318 Main St., Stephentown, with burial in the Cemetery of the Evergreens, Lebanon Springs.  Calling hours are 7-9 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home.  Contributions may be made to the Walter B. and Katherine R. Howard Scholarship Fund in care of Superintendent Thaddeus S. Obloy, New Lebanon Central Schools, P.O. Box 38, West Lebanon, NY 12195.

    [Photo by Charles John French, Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, NY]

Johnson, Ralph E. Sr.  --  [Published August 24, 1995 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]

NORTH CHATHAM  --  Services will be Saturday for Ralph E. Johnson Sr. of Route 203, who died Wednesday at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany.  He was born in Hudson, and lived in North Chatham all his life. At the time of his death, Mr. Johnson was a bus driver and custodian for the New Lebanon Central School District, where he had worked since 1986.
    He was a life member and past president of the North Chatham Fire Department, where he was captain of the fire police, and was a member and past president of the Columbia County Firemen's Association, and was former secretary for the Falzo Bowling League.
    He was the widower of Esther Brown Johnson.  Survivors include a son, Ralph E. Johnson Jr. of Poughkeepsie; a daughter, Cheryl Miller of Stuyvesant Falls; his mother, Violet Johnson of North Chatham; a sister, Alice Teator of Wake Forest, N.C.; and four grandchildren.
    The service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Thomas P. Mooney Funeral Home, 11 Elm St., Nassau, with burial in North Chatham Cemetery.  Calling hours are 5-9 p.m. Friday in the funeral home.  Contributions may be made to the North Chatham Fire Department or the Nassau Rescue Squad.

Kayser, Barbara Jacques

Koepp, C. Edward  --  [Published November 22, 1994 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]

LEBANON SPRINGS C. Edward Koepp, 79, of Spring Hill Road died Monday at his residence.
    Mr. Koepp was born in Schenectady. He had lived in Halfmoon and Stephentown before moving to Lebanon Springs in 1940. He was a 1933 graduate of New Lebanon Central School, and attended Cornell University in Ithaca. He worked on the family farm before he became a plastics inspector for General Electric in Pittsfield for a number of years. He had owned and operated C. Edward Koepp Trucking Co. for 10 years, was employed with the maintainence department at Darrow School in New Lebanon and drove the school bus for New Lebanon Central Schools. He remained an active bush-hogger, and cleared land for Captal Region residents up to July of this year.
    Mr. Koepp was a member several Masonic organizations, including the Unity Lodge 9 F&AM in New Lebanon. He also was a member of the SO-ED Ballroom Dance Club of Pittsfield, Mass., the New Lebanon Senior Citizens and the Lebanon Valley Historical Society. He was involved with Cub Scout Pack 116 in New Lebanon, and was active at one time with Boy Scout Troop 123 in New Lebanon. He had been a deacon and trustee of the First Baptist Church of Lebanon Springs. He also was a member of the church's choir and taught Sunday school.
    Survivors include his wife, Lucretia Roberts Koepp; two sons, John R. Koepp and Robert E. Koepp, both of Lebanon Springs; a daughter, Barbara Fahrenkrug of Farmington Hill, Mich.; two brothers, Arthur F. and Kenneth G. Koepp, both of Stephentown; a sister, Helen M. Koepp of Stephentown; and three grandchildren.
    A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the First Baptist Church of Lebanon Springs.

Koepp, Kenneth Gilbert

     [Photo by Charles John French, Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, NY]

Korkosz, Alfred W.  --  [Social Security Death Index]

Korkosz, Alice (Benzal)  --  [Social Security Applications and Claims Index]

Laier, Lois Jean (Brown)  --  [Social Security Death Index]

Liscinsky, Edith A.  --  [Published December 5, 1998 in the Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA]

LEBANON SPRINGS, N.Y.  --  Edith A. Liscinsky, 88, of Rutland, Vt., a former resident of Lebanon Springs, died Thursday evening at Eden Park Nursing Home in Rutland where she had resided for six months.
    Born in Garfield on March 29, 1910, daughter of Fred and Mabel Jolls Kipp, she attended schools there.  Mrs. Liscinsky was a baker at New Lebanon Central School and for Berkshire Industrial Farms in Canaan, N.Y.  She was a member of First Baptist Church of Lebanon Springs N.Y.
    Her husband, Anthony J. Liscinsky, died in 1958.  She leaves a son, Robert A. Liscinsky of Rutland; a daughter, Anne Bjorkman of Columbia, Md.; six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

 

FUNERAL NOTICE -- Graveside services for Edith A. Liscinsky will be held Sunday at 1 in the Cemetery of the Evergreens in Lebanon Springs, N.Y. Arrangements are under the direction of Clifford Funeral Home, Rutland, Vt.

Martin, Carol A. (Litano)  --  [Social Security Death Index]

Mathis, Frances  --  [Published April 26, 1965 in the Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA]

McCartan, Bertha M.  --  [Social Security Death Index]

Messina, Richard Edward John  --  [Social Security Death Index]

McDougall, Douglas N.

     [3 Photos by Charles John French, Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, NY]

Bronze military plaque at the foot of the grave.

Monterosso, Diane M.  --  [Social Security Death Index]

Mooney, Geraldine (Alesio)  --  [Social Security Death Index]

Hicks, Murray B.

Oldenburg, Ernest P.  --  [Social Security Death Index]

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     [Photo by Charles John French, Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, NY]

Phelps, Allen Eber  --  2 items

[Published July 4, 1950 in Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA]

    A. E. Phelps Dies at Wheel Of School Bus in Valley

LEBANON SPRINGS, N.Y. -- The sudden death yesterday afternoon of Allen Eber Phelps, 66, one of the best-known men in town, came as a shock to area residents. Mr. Phelps was stricken with a heart attack about 3.50 [sic] while operating a New Lebanon Central School bus at New Lebanon Center and was dead when a physician arrived. Coroner Lawrence J. Andrews of Chatham viewed the body and gave a verdict of death due to natural causes. 

    Mr. Phelps, a bus driver for the past two years, had stopped the vehicle in front of the home of Harold T. Lunde to discharge some of the pupils and had just started toward the main highway when he was stricken. The bus, with 30 children still aboard, traveled about 40 feet and struck a tree on the left side of the road. Mrs. Lunde heard the crash, went to the bus and after seeing the condition of the driver summoned Dr. F. J. Lancaster who was soon on the scene. None of the children were injured in the crash as the bus was going at a slow speed. They were taken to their homes in another bus.

    Mr. Phelps was born May 14, 1883, in Stephentown, the son of Nathan and Alice Moffitt Phelps, and resided in this area all his life. Prior to coming here 26 years ago he resided in Hancock where he served as auditor for a time. He was Republican supervisor of New Lebanon from 1931 to 1945 and 10 years of that time he was chairman of the Columbia County Board of Supervisors. In 1944 he was appointed chairman of the law and legislation committee of the Town Officers' Association of New York. Since he left the political field Mr. Phelps devoted his time to farming and maintained a small herd of cattle.

    A member of the First Baptist Church for approximately 50 years, he was a deacon of the church for 25 years. In addition, he was Sunday school superintendent about 40 years. He was a past master of Unity Lodge of Masons and at the time of his death was serving as its treasurer. He was re-elected to the latter post two weeks ago and was to have been installed at last night's ceremony when his son-in-law, Herbert M. Lasch, was installed as master. Mr. Phelps was also a member of Lebanon Chapter, R.A.M., Chatham.

    Survivors include his widow, Bessie Ostrander Phelps; two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Carlton of this town and Mrs. Amy Kingdon of Delmar; two daughters, Mrs. Raymond Fancher and Mrs. Herbert Lasch, both of this town; a son, Allen E. Jr., and several grandchildren.

    The body will rest at the Wellington Funeral Home, Pittsfield, until Friday morning when it will be removed to the Lebanon Springs Baptist Church at 11 where it will lie in state until the hour of the funeral at 2.  Rev. John C. Hatch, pastor, assisted by Rev. Raymond Gibson, pastor of the New Lebanon Congregational Church, will officiate.  Unity Lodge of Masons will conduct a Masonic service at the grave.

    Members of the family will meet friends at the funeral home tonight and tomorrow evening from 7 to 9.

    [Published July 5, 1950 in Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA]

School To Close At Noon Because of Phelps Funeral

    LEBANON SPRINGS, N.Y.  --  The New Lebanon Central School will close at noon tomorrow to allow staff members to attend the funeral of Allen E. Phelps, school bus driver who died suddenly Tuesday afternoon.

    Funeral services for the longtime resident of this community will be at 2 tomorrow afternoon at the Lebanon Springs Baptist Church followed by burial in the Cemetery of the Evergreens.

    The body is at the Wellington Funeral Home in Pittsfield where friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight.  It will be taken to the local church tomorrow morning at 11 and will lie in state until the 2 o'clock service. 

    One of the many tributes given Mr. Phelps was by H. S. Johnson Jr., of Canaan who was elected chairman of the county Board of Supervisors Tuesday afternoon.  Mr. Johnson said: "I am deeply shocked at the passing of Allen E. Phelps.  He served his town and county faithfully as chairman of the Board of Superviosrs for many years.  He gave his best.  We have lost a good andrespected citizen."

Rabi, Stephen J.  --  [Published June 1, 1976 in the Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA]

Stephen J. Rabi; drove school bus

    EAST NASSAU, N.Y.  --  Stephen J. Rabi, 70, of East Nassau, died Sunday at his home following a long illness.

    Born in New York City, he was a bus driver with the New Lebanon Central School District for many years.  He was a communicant of the Immaculate Conception Church in New Lebanon.

    Mr. Rabi is survived by his wife, the former Jennie Hawryluk; a daughter, Mrs. Norma Russell of Miami, Fla.; a brother, Nicholas Rabi of New Jersy; a sister, Mrs. Helen Lombardo of New Jersey; four grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren.

    Funeral services will be tomorrow at 10:30 from the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home in Stephentown, with a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 11 at the Immaculate Conception Church.  The Rev. Joseph Halloran, pastor, will officiate.  Burial will be in the Cemetery of the Evergreens in New Lebanon.

    Calling hours at the funeral home are today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9.

Robertson, Henry Douglass  --  2 items below

    [Published Jan 9, 1989 in The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA]

LEBANON SPRINGS, N.Y.  --  Henry D. Robertson, 65, a poet and teacher, died Saturday at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass.

    Born Oct. 9, 1923, in Paterson N.J., son of Henry and Mildred Douglass Robertson, he graduated from high school in Katonah in 1941. He attended Ithaca College and graduated from Ohio University at Athens in 1949 and from the University of Florida at Gainesville in 1950 with a master's degree in education.

    Mr. Robertson taught high school in Sarasota, Fla., for a year before moving to Pittsfield, Mass., in 1952, when he began a 27-year career at the New Lebanon Central School. He moved to Lebanon Springs in 1954. He taught English and French at New Lebanon and was the head of the drama department. He retired in 1979 and then taught at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield until December.

    He was awarded a Fulbright exchange to Norway to teach English in 1955 and 1956, and returned there on a private teaching exchange for 1967 and 1968.

    He was a translator of Norwegian literature and a published poet.

    An Army Air Corps veteran, of World War II and the Korean conflict, he served as a radio operator.

    He was former member of the Town Players of Pittsfield, a former member and president of the Joseph A. Hooper Library in New Lebanon, a former member of the Friends Council at Hancock Shaker Village, and a member of the Berkshire Concert Choir.

    He leaves his wife, Jean Petras Robertson, whom he married Aug. 24, 1948, in Beaver Falls, Pa.; a son, Bruce M. Robertson of Schenectady, and three daughters, Ms. Janet L. Robertson-Cardona of New York City and Miss Margaret E. Robertson and Miss Kristin E. Robertson, both of Pittsfield.

    The funeral will be at a time and date to be announced. Burial will be in Cemetery of the Evergreens, Lebanon Springs.

    There will be no calling hours.

    Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor's choice in care of the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home.

    [Social Security Applications and Claims Index]

     [Photo by Charles John French, Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, NY]

Roden, Gerald  --  [Social Security Death Index]

       [Photo by Charles John French, Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, NY]

Roeder, Albert E.  --  [Social Security Death Index]

Rose, John J.  --  [Published August 4, 1995 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]

QUEENSBURY -- John J. Rose, 76, died Wednesday at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Mr. Rose was born in Albany and graduated from Siena College in Loudonville in 1942. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He served aboard the USS South Dakota and participated in 11 campaigns. He was awarded nine battle stars.
    Mr. Rose worked as a teacher in the New Lebanon Central School District for many years, retiring in 1974. He was a communicant of Our Lady of the Annunciation Church in Queensbury.
    He was the widower of Ann Patricia Dunn Rose, who died July 17. Survivors include a sister, Mary Hannan of Glenville.
    A service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, with the burial in St. Agnes Cemetery in Menands. Arrangements are by the Singleton-Healy Funeral Home, 407 Bay Road, Queensbury, NY 12804.

    [Social Security Applications and Claims Index]

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     [Photo by Charles John French, St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, NY]

Salls, Ethel L. (Relation)  --  [Published March 24, 2002 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]

     [Photo by Charles John French, Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, NY]

Salls, Joseph Bernard

     [Photo by Charles John French, Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, NY] 

Schroeder, Mary Turner  --  [Published March 31, 2001 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]

DUANESBURG -- Mary Turner Schroeder, 80, of Western Turnpike, died Thursday at her home, after a long illness. Born in Albany, NY on October 17, 1920, Mrs. Schroeder lived in Westmere before moving to Duanesburg in 1969.

    Graduated from Vincentian Institute in 1938 and the College of St. Rose in 1942, a member of the alumni of both schools. Also a member of Golden Roses Society of the College of St. Rose. She and her late husband owned the former Schroeder Heating and Fuel Oil Company in Albany and also the Westmere Nursery, a business they moved to Duanesburg in 1969.

    Mrs. Schroeder taught mathematics at Lyons Falls High School, New Lebanon Central High School and in Guilderland Central School District for five years and was a regular substitute at Duanesburg Junior and Senior High School over a period of 17 years. Member of Our Lady of Fatima Church in Delanson and had been a member of and president of the parish council of Our Lady of Fatima Church.

    Wife of 48 years of John J. 'Bud' Schroeder who died in March of 1999. Mrs. Schroeder is survived by her children, Marilyn Schroeder-Howard of Delanson, John Joseph Schroeder Jr. of New Berlin, Ann Schroeder Mosher of Austin, TX and Michael Schroeder of Elmira; eight grandchildren; her three sisters; Irene Hines of Webster, Elizabeth Williams of Schaghticoke and Rose Harrington, formerly of Albany. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Delanson.

    There will be no calling hours at Mary's request. Burial will be at a later date at Grove Cemetery, Quaker St., NY. Memorial contributions may be made to Community Hospice of Schenectady, 1411 Union St., Schenectady, NY 12308 or Our Lady of Fatima Church, P.O. Box 219, Delanson 12053. Arrangements by the White-Van Buren Funeral Home, 1779 Main St., Delanson. WHITE-VAN BUREN FUNERAL HOME 1779 Main St. Delanson, NY 12053 (518) 895-2380

Scully, Madeline N.  --  [Published April 17, 2001 in the Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA]

Madeline N. Scully, 89, retired school worker

WEST LEBANON, N.Y.  --  Madeline N. Scully, 89, of West Lebanon and Mesa, Ariz., died April 10 in Mesa. Born in New York City on Nov. 16, 1911, daughter of Carl and Thea Thorsen Neilsen, she was a 1928 graduate of New Lebanon Central High School.

    Mrs. Scully was employed by the New Lebanon Central School System for 25 years, retiring in 1985. Before that she worked for Arma Corp. in Brooklyn as a machinist.

    She was a member of New Lebanon Congregational Church, Women's Fellowship, Lebanon Valley Women's Club and the New Lebanon Senior Citizens.

    She enjoyed traveling with her daughter Barbara Dewey Fallon, doing crossword puzzles and reading. She was known for her cookies and baked goods, which she donated to area church bazaars.

    Her husband, Peter Scully, whom she married May 16, 1944, died Oct. 10, 1994.

    Besides her daughter, of West Lebanon and Mesa, she leaves a son, Peter Scully of Canaan; two other daughters, Sandra Decker of West Yarmouth, Mass., and Patricia Bagnall of Marlboro; five grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Sherwood, Bruce Teed  --  [Published Saturday May 6, 1995 in the Portland Press Herald, ME]

     Bruce T. Sherwood, 60, former director of the Victoria Society of Maine and an expert on Victorian restorations, died of a heart attack Wednesday in North Blenheim, N.Y.
     Mr. Sherwood was director of the Victoria Society from 1991 until he retired last Friday. The society manages and gives tours of the 1859 Morse Mansion, also known as the Victorian Mansion, at 109 Danforth St. in Portland.
     During his tenure, Mr. Sherwood oversaw several major restoration projects, most notably the dark stone sidewalk and granite fence that surround the mansion.
     ''He was extremely intelligent,'' said Corinne Cartwright, secretary to the director at the museum. ''He took pride in restoring the mansion.''
     ''He was a consummate museum director,'' said Robert Crane, president of the Victorian Society. ''He knew all there was to know about the decorative arts, and restoration and preservation. Whatever needed to be done at the mansion, he knew exactly how to do it.''
     Friends said that he directed his efforts at stabilizing the mansion and keeping it from deteriorating, and that he generously shared his knowledge with residents who were doing Victorian restorations.
     Mr. Sherwood had restored his own Victorian homes in the past, and had done mansion restorations in other parts of the country. He oversaw the restoration of the Hermitage, the historic home of President Andrew Jackson near Nashville, Tenn.
     Before coming to Maine, he was a staff member of H.F. DuPont Winterthur museum and gardens in Winterthur, Del. At Winterthur he oversaw education of the 92 full-time and 800 part-time guides at the giant H.F. DuPont mansion. He introduced foreign language tours of the DuPont collections.
     Mr. Sherwood lectured widely at colleges and universities, and wrote many articles on historic preservation. He was a professor of history and design at New York State University, and later was an adjunct professor of architecture and history at the University of Delaware.
     Mr. Sherwood was a former director of Hay House, a Victorian museum and national historic landmark in Macon, Ga., and a former director of the Orlando (Fla.) Historic Preservation Commission.
     He had bachelor's and master's degrees from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
     Born in Canada, he was a son of Frederick and Evangeline T. Sherwood. His parents died when he was a child, and he was brought up by his aunt, Lena J. Niles. He grew up and attended schools in Trout Creek, N.Y., and later in Smyrna, N.Y.
     ''He was a very kind person, and very much family-minded,'' said his cousin's wife, Rosemary Niles. ''We appreciated him very much.''
     Surviving are two cousins, John Niles and Eva Niles, both of West Edmensten, N.Y.
     A graveside service and burial will be held next week in Trout Creek. Arrangements are by Palmer and Shayler Funeral Home, Middleburg, N.Y.

Soldato, Mario Anthony

     [Photo by Charles John French, Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, NY]

Spencer, Charles W.  --  2 obits below

     [Published about March 26, 1997 in unknown newspaper]

     [Published March 26, 1997 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]

NEW LEBANON -- Charles W. Spencer, 96, of Route 20 & 22 died on Monday at Willowwood of Pittsfield Adult Care Center where he has been a resident for the past six months. Survivors include his wife of 70 years, Marguerite B. Spencer; one son, Richard B. Spencer of Albany and New Lebanon along with one sister Isabelle S. Smith, Riverside, California. Funeral services will be held on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock from the Hall & Higgins Funeral Home, 457 NY43 Stephentown, NY where the Rev. Ernest Smith will officiate. Burial will be at a later date in the family lot in the Cemetery of the Evergreens in Lebanon Springs. There will be no calling hours.
 

Taber, Duane

Stocklas, Leah R.  --  [Social Security Death Index]

Tinger, Carolyn A. (VanDeusen)  --  [Social Security Death Index]

Traver, Charles Spencer  --  [Published in The Columbia Paper (link) on March 19, 2011]

Tucker, Persis H.  --  [Social Security Death Index]

Turner, Mary E. (Ploughman)  --  [Published Jan 10, 1970 in the Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA]

Mrs. Mary Turner, Retired Teacher

    STEPHENTOWN, N.Y.  --  Mrs. Mary E. Turner, 88, a retired educator who began her career in 1899 in the schools here and in Nassau, died Dec. 8 at the home of her daughter in Troy.

    Mrs. Turner was born in Nassau and resided at Hoags Corners for most of her life.  She was a graduate of Coxsackie High School and earned a teaching certificate under the New York State uniform system of examinations.  The former Mary Ploughman, she taught the 2nd grade in the New Lebanon Central School District for 17 years, retiring in 1955.  She had been a correspondent for the New Lebanon Echo since its inception in 1939.  A communicant of the Hoags Corners Methodist Church from 1903 until it ceased activities, she then became a communicant of the West Sand Lake Methodist Church.

    She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Otto E. Khul of Troy, Mrs. Lawrence R. Drowne of Old Chatham, and Mrs. Matthew W. Bruder of Albany; a son, T. Wilbur Turner of West Caldwell; a sister, Mrs. Lavina Miller of East Nassau, several grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Vosburgh, Joyce M. (Mareska)

Warren, Charles Joseph 

     [Photo by Charles John French, Cemetery of the Evergreens, New Lebanon, NY]

Wheeler, Thomas B.  --  [Photo by Charles John French, Stephentown Baptist Cemetery, Stephentown, NY]

Wilcox, Albert L. Jr.  --  [Social Security Death Index]

York, Helen F. (Lynn)  --  [Social Security Death Index]

Deceased Graduates of NLCS
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