Archive » December 2014 » Obituaries

Colin Wardle

ALTAMONT — Colin Wardle, a man who will be missed across three continents, died on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital, surrounded by friends and family. He was 69.

Kenneth D. “Kenny” White

KNOX — Kenneth D. “Kenny” White, a kindergartner at Berne-Knox-Westerlo, of Thacher Park Road in Knox, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, at home.

Born on Aug. 22, 2009 in Schenectady; he was the son of Jayson and Christine VanAlstyne White.

John Allan Erickson

LOUDONVILLE — John Allan Erickson, known to his family and friends as Leif, was a hard-working business owner, an avid race car fan, and a loyal father, grandfather, and companion. He died on Dec. 15, 2014, in Albany. He was 80.

Ingeborg Barth Davis

ALTAMONT — Ingeborg Barth Davis, known to her family and friends as Inga, was a fun-loving florist. She died on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, at The Manor of Guilderland Center, surrounded by her loving family. She was 84.

Mrs. Davis was born on May 22, 1930, in Albany, to the late Rudolf J. and Hildegard (née Hesse) Barth.

Ingeborg Barth Davis

ALTAMONT — Ingeborg Barth Davis, known to her family and friends as Inga, was a fun-loving florist. She died on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, at The Manor of Guilderland Center, surrounded by her loving family. She was 84.

Mrs. Davis was born on May 22, 1930, in Albany, to the late Rudolf J. and Hildegard (née Hesse) Barth.

Helen Kinnally

ALTAMONT — “On Sunday morning, December 14, 2014, we lost our beautiful Helen,” wrote the family of Helen Kinnally in a tribute. “She left like the real lady she was, calm and sweet and knew how much she was loved.”

She was 90.

Florence A. Stanco

Florence A. Stanco, a homemaker who attended the Berne-Knox School when it was new, died peacefully on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. She was 95.

She was born in Berne, the daughter of the late Charles Jones Sr. and Edna Stevens-Jones. 

Lucette Lafferty Scholer

GUILDERLAND — Lucette Lafferty (née Millman) Scholer, a hardworking and caring woman, died on Nov. 30, 2014. She was 78.

“Absent from the body, present with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” wrote her family of her death.

Robert Leonard Gould

Robert “Bob” Gould, who spent his career at IBM, was a devoted family man who lived by the lessons he taught his children.

Stephen Alan Furman

EAST BERNE — Stephen Alan Furman had a sense of humor and purpose.

His children were “the light of his life,” his family wrote in a tribute.