WESTERLO — “The kindest, hardest-working, most patient man in the world decided it was time to leave this life and begin the ultimate retirement on June 11th, 2021,” wrote the family of Andrew Christopher Marrone Sr. He was 78.
WESTERLO — Martin Gerard Duffy “shook hands with JFK and conducted himself with that man’s vision of public service and patriotism,” his family wrote in a tribute. He “entered Eternal Life” on Sunday, June 6, 2021 at his Westerlo home. He was 70.
The bats were on fire at the start of the game for the BKW softball team at Schoharie on Tuesday, June 1, but then went iced cold till the seventh where they clawed to tie the game but fell in the bottom of the seventh on a passed ball, losing 6-to-5.
On Friday, May 14, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo baseball team hosted Western Athletic Conference foe in Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville. The Bulldogs fell behind 6-0 but could only chip away for two runs and fell 6-to-2 at home.
WESTERLO — Patricia “Trish” Parker Fisher of Virginia Beach, Virginia, formerly of Westerlo, “entered into eternal rest at the age of 87 on May 10, 2021, joining her dearly missed husband, Walter M. Fisher Jr., son Robert D. Fisher, and sister Judith Parker Dyndor,” her family wrote in a tribute.
EAST BERNE — Barabara Ann Roney-Genter, of East Berne, died at home on Monday, March 8, 2021, while surrounded by family and her cat Mimi-kins and golden retriever, Missy. She was 89.
On Thursday, May 6, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo outdoor track n’ field team hit the track for the first time at home. The Bulldogs took on Western Athletic Conference foe in Duanesburg. BKW led from start to finish. The boys won 66-to-31 and the girls won 57-to-40.
On Friday, April 23, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo and Duanesburg boys combined soccer team held their senior night before playing the Meekel Christian Academy Lions at Duanesburg High School in Delanson. The Bulldogs led at the half but Meekel came on strong and defeated BKW-Duanesburg 3 to 1.
