Archive » March 2015 » Obituaries

GUILDERLAND — Blanche M. Pratt, the former owner of Candy Kraft Candies, died on Sunday, March 22, 2015. She was 96.

Mrs. Pratt was born in New Jersey, but grew up on a working farm on Curry Road. She graduated from Draper High School in Rotterdam.

VOORHEESVILLE — Ruth Vincent, a small woman with a large personality, died in the home she had built, the home where she had lived most of her life.

She died on Tuesday, March 17, 2015.  She was 92.

“She was a teeny, tiny little firecracker of a person,” said her granddaughter, Rhonda Doherty.

VOORHEESVILLE — Robert A. Meilinger was a forthright family man with a dry sense of humor. He died Monday, March 16, 2015, at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady. He was 72.

“He was a very honest person. If you asked him a question, he answered it,” said his wife, Anne Meilinger.

VOORHEESVILLE — Frank W. Warner was a loving husband and father, and a leader among industrial photographers. He died Thursday, March 12, 2015, at the age of 94.

“He was my loving father for 60 years,” said his son, Brian.

WRIGHT — Mildred E. Tegiacchi was a homemaker and a mother who supported her children and believed deeply in their abilities.

She died on Saturday, March 7, 2015, at the Ellis Hospital after a brief illness. She was 78.

ALBANY — Gerald Miller was a bricklayer with a keen eye and a deep heart.

Mr. Miller died at Cornerstone Hospice in The Villages, Florida, surrounded by his family on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. He was 75.