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The Altamont Enterprise - Thursday, May 19, 2005
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Saint Rose
Summer Jazz
T h e College of S a i n t Rose
Summer High School Jazz Pro-
John F. Walsh Sr. gram will offer its 19th season of
p r o v i d i n g l e a r n i n g a n d per-
ALBANY — John F. (Jack) Walsh died on May 14, 2005, surrounded forming, o p p o r t u n i t i e s for
by his wife and children. middle-school and high-school
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Dec. 19,1924, he attended Francis Xavier musicians who want to use the
High School in Manhattan. He studied at Fordham University. s u m m e r to s h a r p e n their jazz
His studies were interrupted by performance skills.
his service for the United States in The p r o g r a m , comprised of
World War II. He served in the U.S. two 18-piece jazz ensembles, will
Army and rose to the rank of staff r u n from Monday, J u n e 27,
sergeant. t h r o u g h Friday, Aug. 5. Each
When he returned to civilian life, ensemble will meet twice a week
he continued his education at St. from 6 to 8 p.m. Both bands will
John's Law School. He was in pri- present public concerts in July
vate practice until 1962, at which and August.
time he went to work in the New Tuition for the six-week pro-
York State Department of Law Real gram is $200. Interested students
Property Bureau. He retired from should register as soon as pos-
public service in 1990. sible, as the ensembles fill up
He spent his retirement studying quickly. For more information or
the history of the Adirondacks and an application, contact the Saint
the Catskills, and avidly doing cross- Rose music d e p a r t m e n t a t 454-
word puzzles. 5178 or e-mail reelsole@yahoo-
Hack is survived by his wife of 54 .com.
years, Margaret M. Walsh, and his
children and their spouses: Kathy
and Marty Moakler, Patricia and Dean's list
Richard Praetorius, J a n e t Grippe, John F. Walsh Sr. — G r a c e Abele, of Berne, at
Margaret Walsh, Sharon and Fritz the S t a t e University of New
Carter, John and Margaret C. Walsh, Noreen and Ken Hoose, and Tracy York College at Fredonia.
and Ken DeRagon Jr.
He is also survived by his grandchildren: Marty, Matt and Megan — J u s t i n C. Parietti, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Parietti
Moakler; Richard and Brian Praetorius; Alex Grippe and his fiancee
of Altamont, at Alfred University
Sarah Ebeltoft; Jackie and Cici Carter; Anne and Sean Walsh; and
in Alfred, N.Y., where h e is a
Olivia, Samantha and Alice DeRagon.
sophomore in the School of
He is survived, too, by his sister-in-law, Patricia Wolynski and her
Engineering. He is a graduate of
children, Marian Bernard and Joseph Wolynski. Guilderland High School.
His son-in-law Ronald Grippe died before him.
Funeral services were held in the Hans Funeral Home in Albany,
The Enterprise — Melissa Hale-Spencer
Wednesday morning and at St. Margaret Mary's Church in Albany.
Free-wheeling shopper: Mark Camp III, of Middleburgh, who Interment was in St. Agnes Cemetery in Menands.
Correspondent*
is nine years old, settle? comfortably in his wagon with goods pur- Memorial contributions may be made to St. Margaret Mary's Church,
chased by his mother during Altamont's village-wide sale Satur- 1168 Western Ave., Albany, NY 12203.
day. The usually annual event was put off two years for road re-
construction; it's a fund-raiser for the elementary school's PTA.
Altamont
Leland E. Armstrong
WRIGHT — Leland E. Armstrong, formerly of Knox Road, died
Wednesday, May 11, 2005, at the Guilderland Center Nursing Home
where he had resided since 2002. He was 93. By
Mr. Armstrong was born March 8,1912 in the town of Wright, a song Rosemary
Obituary of Erskine and Elizabeth (Barton) Armstrong. He was a lifelong resi-
dent of the town of Wright in Schoharie County. He was educated in the
town of Wright one-room schoolhouse.
Caruso
861-6569
Mr. Armstrong was the owner and operator of the Armstrong family
farm on Knox Road for all of his adult life.
Norma Grippo He was a member of the Gallupville United Methodist Church and
SLINGERLANDS — Norma Grippo, of Chaucer Place, died Friday, the Dairyman's League.
May 13, 2005 at St. Peter's Hospital. His brother, Barton Armstrong, died on May 19, 1988.
She was 79. He is survived by many friends and neighbors in the area. T h e A l t a m o n t G a r a g e Sale
She is survived by her husband, Joseph C. Grippo. A funeral service was held on Saturday, May 14 from the Langan came and went. And so did the
She is also survived by her daughter Christine Hughes of Rockville Funeral Home in Schoharie. Burial was in the Armstrong family lot in rain. Unfortunately, the crowds
Centre, N.Y., and Lisa Gardner of Slingerlands; her grandchildren, the Gallupville Rural Cemetery in Gallupville. Reverend Jay Francis, were not as large as expected.
Lauren and David Friedman and Stephanie and Craig Gardner; and by Pastor of the Rock Road Chapel Ministries, officiated. Garage sales were set u p from
her sons-in-law, Walter Hughes and Mark Gardner. Memorial contributions may be made to the Gallupville United Guilderland Center to up on the
A memorial service, to which relatives and friends are invited, will be Methodist Church, Post Office Box 22, Gallupville, NY 12073. Hill outside of Altamont.
held Monday, May 23, at 11 a.m. at Memory's Garden Briarwood Many folks were looking for
Mausoleum Chapel. good bargains, and those items
Memorial contributions rauv be made to the Community Hospice of Award were snatched up quickly. A lot
Albany, 445 New Karner Rd.,'Albany, NY 12205. of h a r d work went into organ-
— A m a n d a T o m b a r i , of
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of DeMareo-Stone izing this garage sale by mem-
We want to thank the Duncan Basic Lane in Westerlo, a gradu-
Funeral Home. 5216 Western Turnpike, Guilderland. bers of the Altamont PTA. Their
ating senior at the State Univer-
Schanz family, and everyone else, efforts are appreciated by all
sity of New York College at
for their donations of food and for who held sales.
C o r t l a n d , was a w a r d e d The
a t t e n d i n g Leland Armstrong's Wall Street J o u r n a l Award by Singers say t h a n k s
funeral luncheon at the Gallupville the Economics Department, for G u i l d e r l a n d H i g h School
Memorial Services United Methodist Church.
The Ladies' Aid
outstanding academic achieve-
ment.
musicians, who set up refresh-
ments stands at two locations in
Altamont during the village-area
garage sale, thank the public for
its support. Unfortunately, due
Lorraine Ecker Clark to the small crowd, they did not
A memorial service for Lorraine Ecker Clark will be held May 21, make a large profit.
2005, at 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Gallupville, N.Y. "However, it was a bonding
experience for the students and
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery in Berne will follow.
their parents, and certainly got
Ms. Clark died at her home in South Carolina on April 16, 2005 after
everyone in the mood to do more
a long illness. She was 77.
projects," according to P a t t i
She was born on J a n . 29, 1928, in Knox, to George Chester and Alice Percoski, f u n d - r a i s i n g chair-
Bellinger Ecker. person.
She lived for m a n y years in Cobleskill, where she retired from the Condolences
Eden Park Nursing Home in 1989. She then moved to South Carolina Sympathy is extended to the
and worked as a private-duty health-care provider until 1999. family of Elizabeth Sisson, of the
Guilderland Center Nursing
Home, who p a s s e d away on
James H. Cavanaugh May 6. A service was conducted
at Grace Chapel of Clifton Park
A graveside committal service for James H. Cavanaugh will be held on May 10.,
Friday, May 20, 2005 a t 1 p.m. at the Knox Cemetery in Knox. Those Condolences are extended to
wishing to attend are welcome. FREDENDALL the family of Daniel Whyte, of
Mr. Cavanaugh, a lifetime Knox resident, died on J a n . 22, 2005. He S l i n g e r l a n d s . His M a s s of
was 53. Funeral Home, Inc. Christian Burial was conducted
Mr. Cavanaugh attended Berne-Knox-Westerlo High School. He Main Street - Altamont, N. Y. - 861 -6611 on May 10, at St. Catherine of
served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War and later in Siena Church.
the U.S. Army Reserves.
James R. Yohey, Lie. Mgr.
He worked for the town of Knox, and the Albany County Highway Mark R. Burlingame, Lie. Assoc. Correspondents...
Department, retiring in 2003. Porter E. Bidleman, Lie. Assoc. (Continued on next page)
Arrangements are by Fredendall Funeral Home of Altamont.