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Michaline Yurchuk
AMSTERDAM - Mrs. Michaline Yurchuk, 84, of Van Derveer Street, died Tuesday at Amsterdam Memorial hospital.
Born in Mikulyntsi, Ukraine, Mrs. Yurchuk was educated in Ukraine. She came to the Utica area in 1953 and later settled in Amsterdam.
Mrs. Yurchuk was a homemaker.
She was a member of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church.
Her husband, Miroslav Yurchuk, whom she married Nov. 2, 1939, died August 28.
Survivors include a son, Irenaeus J. Yurchuk of Livingston, N.J.; and three grandchildren.
The services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Guzielek-Pomykaj Funeral Home, 13 Belmont Place, and at 11 a.m. a Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church.
Calling hours will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, during which a Panachada service will be held at 7:30.
Burial will be in St. Nicholas Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Orphans in Ukraine Scholarship Fund in care of the funeral home.
Dated: Wednesday, 02-Dec-1998
Mildred Myers
JOHNSTOWN - Mrs. Mildred Myers, 92, of Fort Myers Beach, Fla., formerly of Johnstown, died Monday at Marriott Caluso Harbour, Fort Myers, after a long illness.
Born in Amsterdam, Mrs. Myers lived most of her life in the Johnstown area before moving to Florida in 1996.
For 20 years, she was a cafeteria worker in Johnstown schools, retiring in 1970.
Mrs. Myers was a member of Southwest Baptist Church in Fort Myers Beach and Hoosic Valley Community Church in Schaghticoke. She was a former member of the First Baptist Church in Johnstown, where she was a primary Sunday school teacher for many years.
Her husband, Chauncey L. Myers, whom she married April 4, 1931, died in 1989.
Survivors include two daughters, Sandra McElroy of Fort Myers Beach and Carol Green of Spencerport; a brother, Charles Holdorf of Cooperstown; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the A.G. Cole Funeral Home, 215 E. Main St.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Fonda.
There will be no calling hours.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hoosic Valley Community Church, Schaghticoke, NY 12154.
Dated: Wednesday, 02-Dec-1998
Nina Watkins
SHUSHAN - Mrs. Nina Jackson Watkins, 88, died Monday at home.
A lifelong Shushan resident, Mrs. Watkins was a graduate of Salem High School and earned a teaching certificate from Oneonta Normal School.
For many years, she taught elementary grades at Cambridge Central School, retiring in 1971.
Mrs. Watkins was a longtime member of Shushan United Methodist Church.
She also was a member and past matron of the Cambridge Valley Chapter Order of the Eastern Star; a member of the New York State Retired Teachers Association; a longtime member of the Shushan Grange; a member of the Mary McClellan Hospital Auxiliary; and a volunteer at Cambridge and Salem schools.
Her husband, Edgar Watkins, died in 1964.
Survivors include three daughters, Marcia Logan of Redmond, Ore., Mary Ellen Nevin of Schenectady and Jane Grant of New Hartford; a sister, Eleanor Shaw of Shushan; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at the Shushan United Methodist Church.
Burial will be private in Woodlands Cemetery, Cambridge.
Calling hours will be 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Ackley & Ross Funeral Home, 73 W. Main St., Cambridge, during which the OES will conduct a service at 5.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church in care of Mrs. Gayle Shaw, P.O. Box 122, Shushan, NY 12873; or to charity.
Dated: Wednesday, 02-Dec-1998
Raymond J. Oare
GLOVERSVILLE - Raymond J. Oare, 66, of Gloversville, died Monday in Manning, S.C., after a long illness.
Born in Gloversville, Mr. Oare served with the Air Force as a gunner and precision photo operator from 1952 to 1974 when he retired.
Later for 12 years, he worked for the Gloversville and Johnstown Joint Wastewater and Treatment Facilities, retiring in 1988.
Mr. Oare was of the Roman Catholic faith.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Lair Oare, whom he married May 26, 1951; a daughter, Susan Martin of Grafton, Va.; a son, Steven Oare of Gloversville; six sisters, Ethel Ambrosino and Phylis Oare, both of Gloversville, Mary Smith of Johnstown, Gloria Dygert and Marilyn Fredericks, both of Palatine Bridge, and Jean Wohegemuth of Fort Plain; three brothers, James Oare of Gloversville, John Oare of Portsmouth, Va., and Paul Oare of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and four grandchildren.
A service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the A.G. Cole Funeral Home, 215 E. Main St., Johnstown.
Burial will be in Fern Dale Cemetery, Johnstown.
Calling hours will be 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, prior to the service at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Dated: Wednesday, 02-Dec-1998
Ruth Gage Lambert
SCHENECTADY - Mrs. Ruth Gage Lambert, 84, of DeWitt Street, formerly of Gage Road, Delanson, died Monday at the Hallmark Nursing Center in Rotterdam.
Born in Delanson, Mrs. Lambert lived there until moving to Schenectady in 1990. She was a graduate of Delanson High School.
Mrs. Lambert and her husband operated a dairy farm in Delanson until she became a nurse's aide at the Glendale Home. She worked at the home for 10 years, retiring in 1968. She later provided private home care.
She was a member of the former Duane Grange and attended the Annie Schaffer Senior Citizens Center in Schenectady.
Mrs. Lambert was a member of Trinity Reformed Church in Rotterdam.
Her husband, J. Austin Lambert, died in 1990.
Survivors include two daughters, Patricia O'Clair of Rotterdam and Mildred Fink of Schenectady; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
The service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the White-Van Buren Funeral Home, 1779 Main St., Delanson.
Calling hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Spring burial will be in Esperance Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to charity.
Dated: Wednesday, 02-Dec-1998
Ruthann Cohen
ALBANY - Miss Ruthann Cohen, 56, of Arborwood Drive, Burlington, Mass., died of breast cancer Monday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Miss Cohen was born in Albany. A teacher, she began her career in the Ravena-Coeymans school system.
She moved to Boston and taught at the elementary level in the Lexington school system for 28 years.
Survivors include a brother, Marvin Cohen of Albany; and her companion, Richard Rosengard of Haverhill, Mass.
A service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Levine Memorial Chapel, 649 Washington Ave.
Burial will follow in Temple Israel Cemetery, Guilderland.
Contributions may be made to the Elsie and Louis Cohen Memorial Fund in care of Temple Israel, 600 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY, 12208.
Dated: Wednesday, 02-Dec-1998
Sr. Mary Rose Eagan, principal of schools in Troy and Watervliet
LATHAM - Sister Mary Rose Eagan, formerly Sister William Edmund, died Saturday at St. Joseph's Provincial House.
Born in Albany, Sister Eagan was a sister of St. Joseph for 64 years.
She was a graduate of Cathedral Academy and received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the College of St. Rose.
Sister Eagan taught in schools of the Albany and Syracuse Diocese for many years. She served as principal of St. Anthony's and St. Joseph's schools in Troy, Our Lady of Solace School in Syracuse and St. Brigid's School in Watervliet. She served as regional superior of the Albany Province of her community while residing in Amsterdam. She later taught at St. Joseph's School in Albany before retiring to the Provincial House in 1982.
Survivors include a brother, William J. Eagan of Albany.
The services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the chapel of Our Lady Queen of Virgins at St. Joseph's Provincial House.
Calling hours will be from 4 this afternoon until 8 tonight at the Heritage Room of the Provincial House. A vesper service will be held at 7 tonight at the chapel.
Burial will be in Our Lady Queen of Virgins Cemetery on the grounds of the Provincial House.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of St. Joseph, 385 Watervliet-Shaker Road, Latham, NY 12110.
Arrangements are by the McLoughlin & Mason Funeral Home, Troy.
Dated: Tuesday, 02-Feb-1999
Louise Ashcroft
GREEN ISLAND - Mrs. Louise Robitaille Ashcroft, 77, of Hudson Avenue, died Sunday at St. Mary's Hospital in Troy.
Mrs. Ashcroft was born in New York City and moved to Green Island in 1953.
A homemaker, she also worked for the state Department of Motor Vehicles and Williams Press. Mrs. Ashcroft was an Avon representative during the late 1950s and 1960s.
She was a member of the Green Island Senior Citizens and was active in the former Mother's Club of St. Joseph's School.
She was a communicant of St. Joseph's Church.
Mrs. Ashcroft was the widow of Roger O. Ashcroft.
Survivors include two daughters, Diane M. Rootes of Latham and Barbara Jean Ashcroft of Green Island; a son, Roger O. Ashcroft Jr. of Interlachen, Fla.; two sisters, Mildred Shepard of Troy and Alyce Frament of Cohoes; a brother, Henry Robitaille of Long Branch, N.J.; five grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
The services will be held at 10:15 a.m. Thursday at the McNulty Funeral Home, 147 Hudson Ave., and at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church, Cohoes.
Calling hours are 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Waterford.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Northeastern New York chapter of Multiple Sclerosis, 9 Columbia Circle, Albany, NY, 12203.
Dated: Tuesday, 02-Feb-1999