Card of Thanks

We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to our families, friends, and neighbors for their kind generosity and love shown to us after the sudden loss of our beloved sister and aunt, Arlene Nykorchuck.

Special thanks to Daniel Collett of the Fredendall Funeral Home, and to Pastor Nick Becker for his beautiful prayer service.

Also, special thanks to Chris Gaige and Mr. and Mrs. Ruggiero for setting up and handling the bereavement luncheon.

With blessings,

Linda and Gary Adams, and family.

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  • Joanne Marie Lauster

    Joanne Marie (née Salisbury) Lauster, who was passionate about her family’s genealogy, died on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, in Chesapeake, Virginia. She was 78.

    She was born in Albany on Oct. 25, 1947 — the same date as her passing.

  • Barbara Collett

    WATERVLIET — Barbara Collett, a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister, died Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, surrounded by her family.

    A long-time resident of Watervliet, she was the wife of the late James E. Collett Jr. and the daughter of the late Francis and Mary Bracken Sheehy.

  • Barbara Louise (née LaForge) Wolfe, age 69 years and 339 days, died peacefully on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, at Albany Medical Center, while under hospice care, following a short illness.

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