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Anne P. Houghmaster, 89, owned book, antiques store
LANSINGBURGH - Private services will be held for Mrs. Anne P. Houghmaster, who owned and operated Houghmaster Books and Antiques. Mrs. Houghmaster, 89, formerly of Fourth Avenue, died Monday at the Rosewood Gardens in East Greenbush after a long illness.
She started the book and antiques store in 1963 on Second Avenue. She relocated the business to Fourth Avenue in 1983.
Mrs. Houghmaster was the founder of the First and Second Avenue Association of Lansingburgh. She was co-founder of the Lansingburgh Historical Society and a member of the Rensselaer County Historical Society. She was a member and former president of the board of directors of the Rensselaer County Junior Museum. She was an adult member of the Lansingburgh Boys and Girls Club.
She was the widow of John E. Houghmaster.
Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy.
Memorial contributions may be made to charity.
Arrangements are by the John J. Sanvidge Funeral Home.
Dated: Thursday, 08-Nov-2001
Frank Brott, 86, a founder of Stillwater Rescue Squad
STILLWATER - Frank W. Brott, who was a founder and former captain of the Stillwater Rescue Squad, died Monday at St. Mary's Hospital in Troy. Mr. Brott, of North Hudson Avenue, was 86.
Mr. Brott was born and educated in Stillwater.
He worked in signal maintenance for the New York state Department of Transportation in Waterford, retiring in 1977. He also worked at the former National Cash Register Co. in Mechanicville and Ballston-Stillwater knitting mills.
He was a member of the Newland Wood Fire Department.
He was an Army veteran of World War II, serving during the Normandy Invasion. He was also a hospital corpsman.
Mr. Brott was a member of American Legion Post 490.
His wife, Nora Fordham Brott, whom he married June 17, 1938, died on March 30.
Survivors include a sister, Alta Humphrey of Pasco, Wash.
Services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Dunn Funeral Home, 121 N. Hudson Ave.
Calling hours will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery.
Contributions may be made to the Stillwater Ambulance Fund, Box 584, Stillwater, NY 12170; or to the Newland Wood Fire Department, P.O. Box 411, Stillwater, NY 12170.
Dated: Thursday, 08-Nov-2001
Albert Schriner
ITHACA - Private services will be held for Albert T. "Big Al" Schriner, who worked at various hotels and restaurants during the Depression in the Fulton County area, including Pedrick's Restaurant in Gloversville. Mr. Schriner, of Titus Towers, died Tuesday at Cayuga Medical Center.
Born in the town of Deerfield, Oneida County, Mr. Schriner lived in Gloversville during the 1920s and 1930s.
He worked on the construction of military bomber bases and for the Tennessee Valley Authority atomic projects. He retired as an operating engineer from Local 545 in Syracuse.
Mr. Schriner was a member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Survivors include a niece, Fay L. Lock of Gloversville; and a nephew, Edward J. Lock of Gloversville.
There are no calling hours.
Burial will be in Union Rural Cemetery, Mayfield.
Memorial contributions may be made to charity or the Cayuga Medical Center, 101 Dates Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850.
Arrangements are by the Walrath & Stewart Funeral Home, Gloversville.
Dated: Thursday, 08-Nov-2001
Anthony Jakimovich
ROTTERDAM - Anthony Jakimovich, 75, of Silversmith Land, died Saturday at his daughter's home in Rochester.
Mr. Jakimovich was born in Yonkers.
He was a Navy veteran of World War II.
After his military service, Mr. Jakimovich graduated from Lawrence Institute of Technology in Detroit as an electrical engineer.
In 1949, he began working for the General Electric Co. as an electrical engineer and was part of the metal rolling and processing line engineering group of Schenectady.
From 1950 to the mid-1970s, Mr. Jakimovich provided system design, sales support and project management for domestic and international mill drive systems.
His foreign assignments included Mexico, Japan, Romania, Holland, France, Italy and South Africa.
Mr. Jakimovich's technical publications became basic references for the unique requirements of specific drive applications.
In 1978, he transferred to the electrical and electronic services department in Schenectady, providing guidance and support to GE field engineers and their drive system installation and modernization projects.
Mr. Jakimovich retired in 1986.
He was a member of the local chapter of the Great Decisions.
His wife, Jeanne Marie DiBlasio Jakimovich, died in 1988.
Survivors include a daughter, Laura Jakimovich of Rochester; a son, Stephen Jakimovich of Rotterdam; a sister, Tess Gilhousen of Slidell, La.; and two grandchildren.
There are no calling hours.
A service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at St. Basil's Orthodox Church, 21 Archibald St., Maplewood.
Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Route 20, Guilderland.
Contributions may be made to Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Capital Region, 649 State St., Albany, NY 12203; or TF Williams Foundation Treatment Research Fund, Monroe Community Hospital, 435 E. Henrietta Road, Rochester, NY 14620.
Arrangements are by the R.J. DeLuccia Funeral Service.
Dated: Thursday, 08-Nov-2001
Audrey Cronin
GLOVERSVILLE - Mrs. Audrey Yorks Cronin, 76, of the Eden Park Health Care Center in Cobleskill, formerly of Gloversville, died Wednesday at the center.
Mrs. Cronin was born and educated in Mayfield.
She was a machine operator at Allegro Shoe Co. in Gloversville and worked for other companies in the area.
Her husband, Robert S. Cronin, died in 1986.
Survivors include two daughters, Sharon A. Brower and Patricia I. Cronin, both of Gloversville; a son, Edward A. Cronin of Johnstown; a stepdaughter, Loretta Lee Kadle of Gloversville; a sister, Goldie M. Titus of Mayfield; a brother, Robert Yorks of Gloversville; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Walrath & Stewart Funeral Home, 51 Fremont St.
Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 this afternoon and 6 to 8 this evening at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Fern Dale Cemetery, Johnstown.
Contributions may be made to the Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care, 1 MacArthur Ave., Cobleskill, NY 12043.
Dated: Thursday, 08-Nov-2001
Austin Mark Williams
ST. JOHNSVILLE - Austin Mark Williams, infant son of Billy Jo Marie Darrow and Gary R. Williams of Route 5, died Saturday at St. Mary's Hospital in Amsterdam.
Survivors in addition to his parents include his maternal grandparents, Theresa Shibley of Herkimer and William Darrow of Fort Plain; his paternal grandparents, Pete and Nadine Williams of Canajoharie; his maternal great-grandparents, Lydia Shibley of Freys Bush and Lynn Darrow of Fort Plain; his paternal great-grandparents, Mike Kretser of Fort Plain and Loretta and Pete Williams of Fort Plain; and his paternal great-great-grandmother, Goldie Gordon of Buel.
A graveside service will be held at 2 this afternoon at the Fort Plain Cemetery.
There are no calling hours.
Arrangements are by the Lenz & Betz Funeral Home, Canajoharie.
Dated: Thursday, 08-Nov-2001
Carolyn Stradone
SCOTIA - Services for Carolyn Stradone, who died Monday, will be held at 1:15 p.m. Friday at the Glenville Funeral Home, 9 Glenridge Road, Glenville, followed at 2 at St. Joseph's Church, First Street, where a Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated.
Dated: Thursday, 08-Nov-2001
Charles Stark
SCOTIA - Charles J. Stark (Peltier), 43, of Bellevue, Neb., formerly of Scotia, died Oct. 11 in Omaha, Neb.
Mr. Stark was a graduate of Scotia-Glenville High School and was an Air Force veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Lisa Stark; a son, Michael Stark of Bellevue, Neb.; a daughter, Jennifer Stark of Bellevue, Neb.; his mother, Mary Peltier of Saratoga Springs; eight sisters, Judy Summers of Middle Grove, Jill Bailie of Galway, Sandra Stark of Florida, Susan Jesmian of Grafton, Dorothy Kelly of Stillwater, and Elsa Gragon, Joan Searles and Patricia Laude, all of Cohoes; and five brothers, Robert Peltier of Auburn, Calif., Dennis Peltier of Schenectady, Daniel Peltier of Scotia, Bill Peltier of Bakers Mills, and Harry "Clem" Stark Jr. of Cohoes.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Clement's Church, 231 Lake Ave. (Route 29), Saratoga Springs.
Burial was in West Lawn-Hillcrest Memorial Park in Omaha, Neb.
Arrangements were by West Lawn-Hillcrest Funeral Home in Omaha, Neb.
Dated: Thursday, 08-Nov-2001
Dr. Eldron B. Hickman
By MYRNA OLIVER
Los Angeles Times
LONG BEACH, Calif. - The patient was despised by many, revered by some and wanted on the witness stand. Was he malingering to avoid testifying?
The doctor ignored the swirling emotions and controversy of a nation roiled in Watergate and concentrated, as always, on treating the patient's illness - in this case potentially fatal phlebitis.
Dr. Eldon B. Hickman, the vascular surgeon from Long Beach, Calif., who headed the team that operated on President Nixon's clotted vein shortly after he resigned in 1974, has died. He was 69.
Hickman died of cancer Saturday in Long Beach, a year after retiring as CareLine director for Long Beach Memorial Medical Center.
The surgeon was tapped to help his most famous patient by Nixon's personal physician, Dr. John C. Lungren, a colleague of Hickman's for many years.
After Watergate revelations forced Nixon to resign Aug. 8, 1974, he returned to his home in San Clemente, Calif., where he suffered highly publicized flare-ups of phlebitis.
On Oct. 28 of that year, complications sent Nixon to Long Beach Memorial for tests that revealed a large blood clot in the iliac vein of his left thigh - a clot within dangerous striking distance of the lungs. If the clot raced there, it could result in pulmonary embolism and almost instant death.
Hickman joined Lungren and surgery professor Dr. Wiley Barker of the University of California, Los Angeles, to analyze the tests and then told Nixon he needed surgery quickly.
At 5:30 a.m. the next day, Hickman headed the five-man team, including Lungren and Barker, that performed the hourlong surgery.
Hickman, the vascular expert, placed a hairpin-like plastic Miles Clamp (named for its developer, Dr. Robert Miles) on the left iliac vein in Nixon's groin just above the potentially fatal clot. The serrated, inch-long device, which would remain inside Nixon for the rest of his life, squeezed the walls of the vein together and made five separate tiny passageways instead of the normal single large one. The small openings permitted blood to flow through but would catch the existing clot or any future ones, like leaves caught in a screen.
Later that day, Hickman helped bring Nixon through post-surgical vascular shock, also regarded as potentially fatal and probably brought on by chemical blood-thinners he had been taking. After Nixon left the hospital, Hickman supervised his recuperation in San Clemente.
At the time of the surgery, Nixon was due to testify before Judge John Sirica at the Watergate hearings in Washington, D.C. When lawyers delayed his appearance because of the illness, Sirica dispatched three surgeons to assess whether he needed the six weeks recuperation prior to travel that Hickman and his team recommended. The court-appointed doctors not only agreed with Hickman but extended the travel ban another two weeks. Nixon never testified in court because in the interim he was pardoned by President Ford.
Thanks largely to Hickman's efforts, Nixon, who had a premonition that if he entered the hospital for treatment of his phlebitis he would never come out, lived another 20 years. He died in 1994 at age 81.
Dated: Thursday, 08-Nov-2001
