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Ann Elizabeth Iberger

Ann Elizabeth Iberger, a loving wife, andmother and a retired paralegal, died on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at home. She was 87.

Mrs. Iberger was born in Narrowsburg, New York, the daughter of the late Alvin and Anna Steine Holfeld.

Charles Lee Pollard

Pastor Charles Lee Pollard, described as “mild” and “happy” by his sister, managed to love his enemies, even on the battlefield, and served as a pastor to bikers.

Joan McDermott

WESTERLO — Joan McDermott, who worked as a clerk and hairdresser, valued her family and her privacy.

She died on Monday, May 18, 2015. She was 77.

Sean P. McCutcheon

GUILDERLAND — Sean P. McCutcheon, a 19-year town employee with a great sense of humor, died on Friday, May 22, 2015. He was 54.

Mr. McCutcheon was born in Schenectady to Anne Johnson McCutcheon and the late John P. McCutcheon.

Edward G. Sellnow Jr.

VOORHEESVILLE — Edward G. Sellnow Jr., a husband, father, and grandfather, died Friday, May 15, 2015 at the Guilderland Nursing Home. He was 77.

Mr. Sellnow was the son of Edward G. Sellnow Sr. and Dorothea Ochse.

Alexander R. Grone

CLARKSVILLE — Alexander R. Grone, a physics professor at Hudson Valley Community College and an active freemason, died on Monday, May 4, 2015. He was 83. 

He was born in Danville, Pennsylvania on June 21, 1931, to Dr. Robert Y. and Ethyl (née Lloyd) Grone. 

Violet A. Empie

GUILDERLAND CENTER — Violet A. Empie, a mother of three sons, loved to sing and to travel. She stepped up to fill her husband’s job as postmaster in Guilderland Center while he served in World War II, and after his death.

She died on Saturday, May 9, 2015. She was 102.

Fred E. Osterman

WRIGHT — A Marine and World War II veteran, Fred Osterman worked for and identified with the military all of his life.

Mark Von Haugg

KNOX — Mark Von Haugg worked in his career at trouble-shooting technology, but he had his domestic lifestyle figured out at a young age.

Mark Benedict Von Haugg died peacefully at his home in Knox on May 9, 2015. He was 74.

Mr. Von Haugg was born on Feb. 19, 1941 in Albany to Lothar and Bertha (née Hasse) Von Haugg.

Alan R. McCartney

VOORHEESVILLE — Dr. Alan R. McCartney, Ed. D., a school leader, former football athlete and golfer who loved his grandchildren, died unexpectedly at home on Friday, May 8, 2015, after a brief illness. He was 67.

Born in Yonkers on July 30, 1947, he was the son of the late Alan J. and Marion (née Raymond) McCartney.

Jane Paul

Jane Paul, a top Berne-Knox scholar, worked for General Electric and the State of New York, and was active in her church.

She died peacefully on Monday, April 27, 2015, after a brief illness, at the Doak Walker House at Casey’s Pond, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. She was 90.

Peter J.R. Buttner

Peter J.R. Buttner was a man who, by his own reckoning, worked to build a brighter future no matter how dark the present.

Joseph W. Merwin

JEFFERSON — Joseph W. Merwin, who painted industrial equipment and loved the freedom of the wilderness, died on Monday, May 4, 2015, after a long illness, surrounded by family at his home. He was 68.

Richard Allen Spadaro

ALTAMONT — Ever since he was a kid, Dick Spadaro had an interest in “wheels.” As a man, he had a business selling parts for early Fords and was known across the country and around the world for his expertise in antique car restoration.

Theodore E. Theisen

Theodore “Ted” E. Theisen, a devoted husband and father, died at Memorial Medical Center, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Thursday, April 9, 2015. He was 88.

Mr. Theisen was born on Aug. 30, 1926, in Schenectady, to Mildred Dingman Theisen and Theodore Theisen.

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