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Marion Fitzpatrick
September 6, 1996
Marion 'Mimi' Fitzpatrick, 77, of Country Ridge Drive West in Amsterdam, died late Friday evening at the home of her daughter, after a long illness.
Born in Houlton, Maine on Aug. 21, 1919, she was the daughter of E. Frank and Ethel Bates Hawkins.
She was a graduate of Houlton High School and the Maine General Hospital School of Nursing in Portland.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick was employed as a registered nurse in Portland and later as the emergency room nurse at the State School for Boys in South Portland. After moving to Auburndale, Mass., she was employed as a night supervisor at the Wellsley Hospital in Newton and last worked at the Lassell Junior College as an OBGYN nurse. She retired in 1979 and moved with her husband to Florida. Mrs. Fitzpatrick moved to Amsterdam in February of this year to live with her daughter.
She was a member of the United Congregational Church in Boynton Beach, Fla. and was past president of the Women's Fellowship, and a past member of the Board of Officers of Church Women United in Boynton Beach.
She married Ralph 'Butch' Fitzpatrick in 1942. He died Aug. 5, 1993.
Survivors include her daughter, Melanie Meleski of Amsterdam; one sister, Dorothy Lawton of Alamo, Calif.; three brothers, Earl Hawkins of New Limerick, Maine, Ted Hawkins of Kansas City, Mo. and Dick Hawkins of Brewer, Maine; two grandsons, B.J. and Teddy Meleski of Amsterdam; nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 40 Guy Park Ave., with the Revs. James Skehan and William E. Siiss, officiating.
Interment will be in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Calling hours are from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Rossi Funeral Home, 11 Mohawk Place, Amsterdam.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Amsterdam, 40 Guy Park Ave., Amsterdam, 12010.
Dennis Carron
Dennis Carron, 35, of Rockton Street in Amsterdam, died Saturday at his home.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Rossi Funeral Home, 11 Mohawk Place, Amsterdam.
Clements Ostrowski
Sept. 3, 1996
Clements 'Happy' Ostrowski, 74, of 2400 Seabring Drive, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., died unexpectedly Tuesday, Sept. 3 in Lake Havasu City, Ariz.
Born in Amsterdam, he was the son of Szczepan and Aniela Wojnowska Ostrowski. Mr. Ostrowski was a former resident of Amsterdam, until he moved to California and for the past 10 years had resided in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. He was educated in Amsterdam.
Mr. Ostrowski was a tool and die maker until retiring several years ago.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Ostrowski; one daughter, Diane Manistra of Yorba Linda, Calif.; one son, David Ostrowski of La Mirada, Calif.; six grandchildren; and four nieces and several cousins. Mr. Ostrowski is predeceased by a son, Stephen Ostrowski.
Funeral services and burial took place on Saturday Sept. 7, in Lake Havasu.
Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Ostrowski's memory to the Church of St. John the Baptist Church, 44 Vanderveer St., Amsterdam.
Dorothy Byard
Sept. 9, 1996
Dorothy L. Byard, of State Highway 30, Delanson, died Monday at home after a short illness.
Born in Scotch Plains, N.J., she wintered in Bradenton, Fla. She moved to Delanson in 1965 from New Jersey.
Mrs. Byard worked at RCA in New Jersey and in the Hematology Lab at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady for 11 years.
She was a member of Pine Hill Beagle Club in Guilderland, and the Mohawk Valley Art and Wood Carving Association; and a volunteer for South Eastern Guide Dogs and Pelican Mans Bird Sanctuary, both in Florida.
She was married to Everett W. Byard. He died Sept. 27, 1990.
Mrs. Byard is survived by two sons, William Byard of Salem, Mass.; and Everett Byard Jr. of South Plainfield, N.J.; one daughter, Evelyn Hoops of Montville, N.J.; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made in Mrs. Byard's memory to the South Eastern Guide Dogs, 4210 77th St., East, Palmetto, Fla. 34221 or to Pelican Mans Bird Sanctuary, P.O. Box 2648, Sarasota, Fla., 34234.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Jones Funeral Home, 1503 Union St., Schenectady.
Burial will be private.
Calling hours will be held from 4 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Joseph LaRue
Sept. 8, 1996
Joseph B. LaRue, 73, of Springfield Road, Wilmington, died Sunday at the Adirondack Medical Center, Saranac Lake.
Born in Charlton, Mr. LaRue was a plant operator for the Cushing Stone & Gravel Company in Amsterdam for 20 years before retiring.
He was the widower of his first wife, Geneva LaFountain LaRue.
Survivors include his wife, Doris Geppner LaRue, whom he married June 12, 1982; nine daughters, Carolyn Way of Wilmington, Donna Warren of Scotia, Sandra Smith of Plattsburgh, Anna Payro of AuSable Forks, Victoria Macey of Saranac Lake, Alma Getman of Lassellsville, Margaret Haskell of Ballston Spa, Jo-Etta Butter of Schenectady, Susan Whitehead of Virginia; five sons, George LaRue of Ballston Spa, Monty, Marty and Marcel Bruce, all of Wilmington, and Michael LaRue of Virginia; eight sisters, Mary Perry of Ganesvoort, Bessie Curry of Norfolk, Alma Bass and Margaret Farrell, both of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; June Petrey of Las Vegas, Anna Stewart of Schenectady, Doris Hoffman of Bradenton, Fla., and Dorothy Broughton of Kissimmee, Fla., three brothers, Russell LaRue of Aurora, Colo., Herman LaRue of Fort Plain, and George LaRue of Ballston Spa.; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Cremation will be at Whispering Maples Crematory, Ellenburg Depot.
A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in Sweetman Cemetery, Ballston Spa.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Wilmington Ambulance Service or to the American Lung Association.
Arrangements are by the Zaumetzer-Sprague Funeral Home, AuSable Forks.
Martha Baker
Sept. 9, 1996
Martha LaMothe Baker, 79, of Greenfield., a former resident of Amsterdam, died Monday afternoon at the home of her daughter, in Goffstown, N.H., following long illness.
Mrs. Baker was born June 25, 1917 in Amsterdam, the daughter of George and Anna Severin Abraham. She resided in Amsterdam until 1942 when she moved to Greenfield.
She was a 1935 graduate of the Wilbur H. Lynch High School in Amsterdam.
Mrs. Baker was first employed by the former Van Raalte Corporation in Saratoga Springs. She was later employed as a staff attendant by the New York State Department of Mental Health at the Mount McGregor facility in Wilton. She retired several years ago.
Mrs. Baker was of the Lutheran faith.
She was first married in 1942 to Eugene R. LaMothe. He died in 1968. In 1978 she was married to Bernard Baker. He died in 1993.
She is survived by three sons, Eugene G. LaMothe of Fort Worth, Texas, and Gary J. LaMothe and Wayne E. LaMothe, both of Greenfield; three daughters, Bonnie LaMothe of Goffstown, N.H., Doreen Emery of Greenfield, and Sandra Cox of Manchester; 14 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
The funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. at the Betz Funeral Home, Inc., 171 Guy Park Ave., Amsterdam, with the Rev. Robert Doxey, and Guy LaMothe officiating. The interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Fort Johnson.
Calling hours will be held today from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Evelyn Felker
Sept. 9, 1996
Evelyn Felker, 60, of Noble, Oklahoma, died Monday at her home in Noble.
Born June 18, 1936, in Little Rock, Ark., Mrs. Felker had lived in the Noble/Purcell area for the past seven years, after moving there from Amsterdam. She was raised and attended schools in Vilnia, Ark.
She was married to Donald Henry Felker. He died in 1989.
Mrs. Felker worked for Four Seasons Nursing Home as a certified nurses aide until her retirement in July of 1996.
She was a member of the Norman First Pentecostal Church of God.
Survivors include her mother, Elva Waddle of Conway, Ark.; two sons, David Felker and Robert Felker both of Noble;one daughter, Donna Myers of Amsterdam; three brothers, Calvin Hall, Royce Waddle and David Waddle all of Arkansas; six sisters, Joe Dyson, Catherine Taylor, Dorothy Sparkman, Bobbie Lewis, Laura McEntarfrer, and Jennete Cleaver all of Arkansas; and two grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. today at Wadley's Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Doy Elmore officiating.
Interment will be in Hopping Cemetery, Wayne, Okla.
Arrangements are by the Wadley's Funeral Service, Purcell, Oklahoma.
Emma Clarke
Sept. 10, 1996
Emma L. O'Brien Clarke, 95, of 265 Southshore Road, Edinburgh, formerly of Brooklyn, died Tuesday at the Edward L. Wilkinson Residential Health Care Facility, Amsterdam.
Born in Brooklyn on May 13, 1901, she resided in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn on East 37th St., for many years. Mrs. Clarke moved to Northville in 1989 to be with her daughter. She had been a purchasing agent for St. John's Hospital in Brooklyn for more than 20 years retiring in 1989.
She married Howard W. Clarke on Oct. 1, 1920 in Brooklyn. He died March 22, 1970.
Mrs. Clarke was of the Roman Catholic Faith.
Survivors include a daughter, Elizabeth Ferrara of Northville; and one sister, Elizabeth DeVoy of Brooklyn.
Services will be held Friday at 7:30 a.m. from the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Glenville.
Calling hours will be held Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Glenville Funeral Home, 9 Glenridge Road.
A graveside service will be conducted on Friday at 1 p.m. in Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale.
Memorial contributions may be made in her name to the church, in care of M.E. DeMarco Glenville Funeral Home, 9 Glenridge Road, Glenville, 12302.
