MECHANICVILLE – Raphael D. “Butch” Fiorino, of No. Main St., and a longtime resident of Altamont, died Sunday, Nov 11th, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Troy, in the company of his loving family.
Born in Troy, April 6, 1949, he was son of the late Raphael “Ray” and Leona Stalter Fiorino and attended Mechanicville Schools.
He was a US Army Vietnam Veteran, serving in the Pleiku region of South Vietnam from Aug 69 – Sept 70.
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MECHANICVILLE – Anthony F. “Tut” Zappone, 88, native and lifelong resident of Mechanicville, died early Monday morning, Nov. 19th a Baptist Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Scotia, in the loving company of his three daughters.
Born November 16, 1924, he was son of the late Michael and Mary Veraldi Zappone.
During WWII, Tut proudly joined the US Marine Corps, serving in the Pacific Theatre of operations, as an anti-aircraft machine gun crewman.
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MECHANICVILLE – Francis J. DeVito, 84, of No. Third Ave., died Friday morning, Nov. 16th, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Troy following a short illness.
A native and lifelong resident of Mechanicville, born June 24, 1928, son of the late Orlando and Mary Valentino DeVito, Sr., he was a 1945 graduate of Mechanicville High School. A US Army Korean veteran, he served with 50thArmy Field Artillery Anti Aircraft unit in Korea for over a year.
A Funeral Mass will be held Monday at Noon at All Saints on the Hudson SouthChurch (St. Paul’s) 121 No. Main ST., Mechanicville. Burial with military honors at the Saratoga National Cemetery.
Calling hours at the DeVito-Salvadore Funeral Home, 39 So. Main St., Mechanicville on Sunday from 3-6 PM.
In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Community Hospice of Rensselaer County in loving memory of Francis J. DeVito.
www.devito-salvadorefh.com to leave condolences and for directions.
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MECHANICVILLE – Anna Sluti Durante, 87, of Hemstreet Park, died at home, Monday, Nov 12th, after being stricken.
A native and lifelong area resident, daughter of the late Michael and Susie Sluti, and wife of the late Ralph Durante, who died in 1991. A homemaker, Anna had worked years ago for Galante Paper and Stillwater Knitting Mill.
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BALLSTON SPA, November 8 – Saratoga County taxpayers will pay a little less property tax than previously estimated. Two developments have added almost $500,000 to the 2013 Tentative Budget which will be voted on by the Board of Supervisors in December.
A change in the way the County pays for health care, and the newly-pending purchase of 15 acres of the never utilized County landfill in Northumberland will enable officials to reduce an anticipated 2.5 percent increase to a little less than 1.6 percent, as Law and Finance Committee Chairman Alan Grattidge of Charlton announced at a Nov. 8 budget workshop.
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The students at Mechanicville Elementary School arrived at school on Friday morning knowing that it was a special day, that they would have a special assembly that morning honoring veterans. Imagine the children’s surprise when they climbed down from their buses and filed through the front doors to find their hallway lined with bearded, leather-jacketed and be-medaled, American flag-toting members of the Patriot Guard. Yes, it was going to be a special day indeed.
In a moving and meaningful ceremony organized by elementary school teachers and staff, Elks Veteran Chairperson Justine Crowley-Duncan and the students themselves, the assembly featured many honored guests, introductions, music and song, recitations, video, and a panel of military representatives who answered questions from the kids on what serving in the military is all about.
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MECHANICVILLE – Rosemarie Gemmiti Corbett, 74, of Riverside Park North, died Saturday evening at home, Oct. 27th, after a brief battle with respiratory ailments, in the loving company of her family.
Born in Mechanicville, and longtime resident of South Main St., Rosemarie was born March 15, 1938, daughter of the late Saratoga County Commissioner of Social Services Joseph V. and wife Fanny Conte Gemmiti.
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Katherine A. Foote Gotts - 100
HALFMOON - Katherine A. Foote Gotts, 100, formerly of Flint, N.Y. died (October 30), at the Hoosick Falls Health Center after a long illness. She was the beloved wife of the late Harold Gotts. They were married for 75 years.
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MECHANICVILLE – Mrs. Nancy M. Gandron, 78, of River Road, HemstreetPark, died Thursday evening, Nov. 8th, at Albany Medical Center, from complications resulting from a fall the previous day.
A native and lifelong resident of Mechanicville, born January 13, 1934, daughter of the late Joseph and Caroline Pitcheralle, she was a Mechanicville High School graduate, Class of 1951.
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