BERNE — Victor William Porlier Jr. was a man of ferocious intellect and stellar achievement. He died unexpectedly with his wife, Lois Porlier, at their East Berne home on Friday, June 4, 2021. He was 83.
BERNE — Lois Kleinhans Porlier was known for her bright mind and tender care of her garden. She died suddenly with her husband, Victor Porlier, at their East Berne home on Friday, June 4, 2021. She was 72.
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.
