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EAST GREENBUSH — Edward “Ed” Mead, who served in the Navy and later ran a successful pool business, died on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at Evergreen Commons nursing home in East Greenbush.

He was born on July 26, 1941 and grew up in Voorheesville, the son of Harold “Coach” Mead and Norma (née Weidman) Mead.

SLINGERLANDS — “Eric, EJ, Big E, Bobo, Erico, Ebert, Ben, Uncle E, Uncle Ben — no matter what name you called him, Eric J. Johnson was a force of nature,” his family wrote in a tribute.

SLINGERLANDS — “Norman Reynold Swanson, Ph.D., passed peacefully into Eternal Life on Oct. 12, 2023, from complications of Parkinson’s disease,” his family wrote in a tribute. “He passed during the night while sleeping. His wife, Ellen, was at his side.” He was 89.

NEW SCOTLAND — Mary Louise “Mary Lou” Brennan, a compassionate caregiver, died peacefully on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, at Our Lady of Mercy Life Center after a long illness. She was 81.

“She left on her next journey, surrounded by family and loving, compassionate caregivers,” her family wrote in a tribute.

ALTAMONT — Donald George Knaggs, owner of Knaggs Brothers Trucking, died at his Altamont home on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, after a battle with cancer. He was 69.

He was born in Schenectady on Dec. 16, 1953, the first of three children of the late Oscar and Joan Knaggs. He graduated from Guilderland High School.