Celebration of Life for Patricia Brennan Spohr

A Celebration of Life ceremony for Patricia Brennan Spohr, a Guilderland teacher and Altamont library leader who died on July 4, 2024, will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, in the community room of the Altamont Village Hall, located at 115 Main St. in Altamont.

More Obituaries

  • VORHEESVILLE — Rosemond Ann Lawson, an artist and a teacher, was a kind and patient wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend.

  • William N. Grosch

    GUILDERLAND — William N. Grosch, a doctor, a minister, husband and father, had a kind and gentle spirit. 

    He died on April 7, 2026, at home at the age of 81. He died from complications of Alzheimer’s.

  • ALBANY — “Lois Marie Leikhim, age 96, entered into Eternal Life on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at her home,” her family wrote in a tribute.

    She was born on Aug. 24, 1929, in Albany, to the late John Albert and Margaret Theresa (née Welch) Umholtz.

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