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Sabina R. Myers
EAST GREENBUSH - Mrs. Sabina R. Myers, 89, of Rosewood Gardens died Tuesday at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany.
Born in Watervliet, Mrs. Myers was a graduate of St. Patrick's Academy and Catholic Central High School. She lived in Watervliet until moving to Cohoes in 1962. She moved to the nursing home two years ago.
She worked for the D&H Railroad before her marriage and was later employed by the Albany County Department of Social Services in Cohoes from which she retired.
Mrs. Myers was communicant of St. Patrick's Church while residing in Watervliet.
She was the widow of John C. Myers.
Survivors include two sons, Gerard P. Myers of Chesapeake, Va., and Martin A. Myers of East Point, Ga.; a daughter, Kathryn Kirsch of Castleton; a sister, Sarah A. Strong of Cohoes; and two grandchildren.
The services will be held at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the Parker Bros. Memorial Funeral Home, 2013 Broadway, Watervliet, and at 9 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church, Watervliet.
Calling hours will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Colonie.
Dated: Thursday, 29-Apr-1999
Valteina LaBounty
BALLSTON SPA - Mrs. Valteina LaBounty, 77, of Fairground Avenue died Tuesday at Saratoga Hospital after a long illness.
Born in Glens Falls, Mrs. LaBounty lived in Keeseville before moving to Ballston Spa in 1951.
She was a secretary for LaBounty Refuse Service for 35 years, retiring in 1990.
Mrs. LaBounty was a past regent of Court St. Mary, Catholic Daughters of America.
She was a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church and its Altar and Rosary Society.
Mrs. LaBounty was a member of the Ballston Spa Senior Citizens.
Survivors include her husband, Leonard G. LaBounty; a son, Leonard G. LaBounty of Ballston Spa; a brother, Richard Bell of Schenectady; two sisters, Christina Leamy of Ballston Spa and Beatrice LaBounty of Ormond Beach, Fla.; and three grandchildren.
The services will be held at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the Mevec Funeral Home, 224 Milton Ave., and at 9:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Church, where a Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated.
Calling hours will be 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery, Saratoga Springs.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary's Church, 167 Milton Ave., Ballston Spa, NY 12020.
Dated: Thursday, 29-Apr-1999
William A. Cary
CHRISTMAS, Fla. - William A. Cary, 79, of Cupid Avenue, formerly of Valley Falls, N.Y., died Sunday at home after a brief illness.
Born in Johnsonville, N.Y., Mr. Cary was a truck driver for the Grand Union warehouse in Waterford for more than 15 years before retiring.
He was an Army veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Doris Coonradt Cary, whom he married June 15, 1940; three sons, William E. Cary of Valley Falls, John R. Cary of Jacksonville and Kenneth R. Cary of Buskirk, N.Y.; two daughters, Doris Lee Salisbury of Charlton, N.Y., and Nannette Palmer of Schaghticoke, N.Y.; three sisters, Frances Farina and Edith Lucarelli, both of Mechanicville, and Beverley Fossett of Stillwater; 16 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
The service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Chase Funeral Home, 173 Main St., Schaghticoke.
Calling hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Millertown Cemetery, Johnsonville.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Rensselaer County in Troy.
Dated: Thursday, 29-Apr-1999
Mildred Knowlson, operated Libby's Restaurant in Delmar
TROY - Mrs. Mildred Libbey Knowlson, 87, of Tibbits Avenue, formerly of the Troy Hills Apartments, died Saturday at Samaritan Hospital after a long illness.
Born in Rutland, Vt., Mrs. Knowlson was a graduate of the Emma Willard School and the Callen Hall School for Girls and attended the Troy Conservatory of Music.
She lived in Troy for several years and moved to Delmar in 1967.
She was employed at Stanley's Department Store as a clerk and operated Libby's Restaurant in Delmar for several years.
Mrs. Knowlson was president of Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary 7411 and the Cootiettes in Albany and a former president of the Elks Auxiliary in Colonie. She was a member of Christ Church United Methodist.
She was married to Walter T. Knowlson until his death.
Survivors include two granddaughters, Debra Stalker of Loudonville and Teresa Wright of Latham; and two great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Bryce Funeral Home, Pawling and Maple avenues. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
There will be no calling hours.
Contributions in memory of Mrs. Knowlson may be made to the Christ Church United Methodist Memorial Fund, 35 State St., Troy 12180, or to the American Lung Association, 8 Mountain View Ave., Albany 12205.
Dated: Sunday, 10-Oct-1999
Linda Rippel, ex-head of Sch'dy Human Rights Commission, 59
GLENVILLE - Mrs. Linda Shumate Rippel, 59, of Glenville, died Thursday at her summer residence in Lake George after a long illness.
Mrs. Rippel was born in McAlpin, W.Va., and raised in Sophia, W.Va. She came to Schenectady in 1960.
She was a graduate of Sophia High School, West Virginia University and the State University at Albany.
For more than 30 years, Mrs. Rippel was an advocate for individuals with disabilities and their families. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she and her husband were instrumental in planning and building the Clover Patch summer camp operated by the Cerebral Palsy Association of Schenectady County.
Mrs. Rippel was a co-founder and longtime board member of the Spina Bifida/Hydrocephalus Association.
She was a founder of the Parent Advisory Council for Special Education in the Schenectady School District and a co-founder of the Parent and Professional Special Education Advocacy Council Inc. (PPSEAC).
For many years, Mrs. Rippel was a planner of regional and statewide conferences on the topic of inclusive education for people with disabilities.
From 1982 to 1991, she served as a commissioner for the Human Rights Commission of Schenectady County. She also served on the Schoharie-Albany-Schenectady BOCES Advisory Council and was a member of the Family Support Services Consumer Advisory Board of the Capital District Developmental Disabilities Service Organization (DDSO).
Appointed by Gov. Cuomo in 1988, Mrs. Rippel was a member and past president (1993 to 1997) of the board of visitors of the O.D. Heck Developmental Center and the Capital District DDSO.
She played a major role in the founding of Parent To Parent, a support group for parents of children with disabilities, and secured funding through the state Office of Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities to open nine offices statewide, which she directed until becoming ill.
Mrs. Rippel was a member of the East Glenville Community Church.
Her husband, Robert Ross Rippel Jr., died in 1987.
Survivors include two daughters, Rain Rippel of Scotia and Kate McCarthy of Clinton, N.J.; a son, Robert Ross Rippel III of Scotia; three sisters, Brenda Greene of Belding, Mich., Pamela Mancuso of Ocala, Fla., and Renee Edwards of Mooresville, N.C.; a brother, George Clinton Shumate of Towson, Md.; and a grandson.
A service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the East Glenville Community Church, Route 50, Glenville. Burial will be in Park View Cemetery, Schenectady.
Calling hours will be 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Jones Funeral Home, 1503 Union St., Schenectady.
Contributions in Mrs. Rippel's memory may be made to the Leukemia Society, 85 Watervliet Ave., Albany, NY 12206.
Dated: Sunday, 10-Oct-1999
`Bud' Kelly
WATERVLIET - Frank "Bud" Kelly Jr., 76, of the Hilton Apartments on Fifth Street, formerly of Fifth Avenue and Colonial Green in Loudonville, died Saturday at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany.
Mr. Kelly was born in Watervliet.
He retired in 1981 after 38 years with the Postal Service on New Karner Road in Albany, where he was a transporter.
In 1986, Mr. Kelly retired from the Albany County Nursing Home, where he had been a courier for 11 years.
At the time of his death, he had been a longtime assistant for wakes and funerals and a chauffeur for funerals for the J. Gregory Nealon & Son Funeral Home and the Nealon & Sanvidge Funeral Home, and a chauffeur for weddings.
Mr. Kelly had served on the board of commissioners of the Watervliet Housing Authority since 1978 and was a former vice chairman of the board.
He was a communicant of St. Brigid's Church and a member of its Holy Name Society and Elks Lodge 1500.
He was married to Marion Kivlin Kelly until her death.
Survivors include a daughter, Kimberly A. Valente of Loudonville; two sisters, Mary Ashline of Watervliet and Helen Ashline of Menands; his friend, Grace Kennedy Golden of Watervliet; and a grandson.
Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Nealon & Sanvidge Funeral Home, 611 Fourth Ave., and at 10 at St. Brigid's Church, where a Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated.
Calling hours will be 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Burial will be in St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands.
Dated: Sunday, 10-Oct-1999
Barbara Poole
LOUDONVILLE - Mrs. Barbara B. Poole, 57, of Loudonville, died Friday at the Inn of Community Hospice at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany after a short illness.
Born in Albany, Mrs. Poole was a 1961 graduate of St. Joseph's Academy.
She was a member of the Our Lady of Angels Church choir and the church's Mothers' Club.
Survivors include her husband of 37 years, Robert H. Poole Sr.; five sons, Robert H. Poole Jr. of Latham, James M. Poole of Rexford, Joseph M. Poole of Loudonville, and Michael P. Poole and Daniel S. Poole, both of Colonie; two sisters, Shirley Parker of Wellsville, Allegany County, and Joan Garrison of Colonie; two brothers, John Guiry and Ronald Guiry, both of Colonie; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at the New Comer-Cannon Family Funeral Home, 343 New Karner Road, Colonie, and at 10 at Our Lady of Angels Church, where a Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated.
Burial will be in Memory's Garden, Colonie.
Calling hours will be 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Memorial contribution may be made to Our Lady of Angels Church, 183 Central Ave., Albany, NY 12206.
Dated: Sunday, 10-Oct-1999
Bernice T. Phillips
AMSTERDAM - Mrs. Bernice T. Phillips, 60, of West Main Street, died Friday at home.
Mrs. Phillips was born in New York City. She lived in Ohio and Virginia before moving to Amsterdam in 1983.
She was employed as a machine operator for T.P.I. Plastic USA.
Survivors include her husband, Norman T. Phillips, whom she married July 3, 1996; a son, William Wickert of Rock Creek, Ohio; a daughter, Deborah Switzer of Rock Creek; a sister, Lorna Moian of Wayne, N.J.; and two grandchildren.
A service is set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Betz, Rossi & Bellinger Family Funeral Home. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.
Calling hours will be 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Dated: Sunday, 10-Oct-1999
