MECHANICVILLE – Catherine “Kate” Russo Izzo, 90, of Saratoga Ave., died Tuesday morning March 12th at Maplewood Manor, after an extended illness. A native and lifelong resident of Mechanicville, born June 1, 1922, daughter of the late Salvatore and Frances Parente Russo, she was a 1940 graduate of Mechanicville High School and had attended Oneonta State College.
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MECHANICVILLE – Mary R. Genevick, 94, longtime resident of Upper Newtown Road, died Tuesday morning, March 12th at her daughters home in So. Glens Falls, in the company of her family, after a short illness. Born in Mechanicville, Oct. 30, 1918, she was daughter of the late Angelo and Anna Dragonette. She and her late husband, Frank J. Genevick, who died Dec. 9, 1994, spent many happy years wintering in Florida.
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MECHANICVILLE – Michael D. Holder, 59, of Van Vranken St, Schenectady, died suddenly Friday evening, March 8th, at Ellis Hospital, after being stricken at home. Born in Vallejo, Ca. November 14, 1953, he is son of Mertie Izzo of Las Vegas, Nv. and the late Tony Izzo and Horace Holder. Mike grew up in California and moved to the Capital District in the early 1980’s.
Currently a warehouseman for Wal-Mart of Rotterdam, he had also been a selector for Sysco of Halfmoon for almost 20 years.
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Lynn Robinson (Linda Whalen), born July 8th, 1951, formerly of Hemstreet Park, and recently of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, passed away on February 3rd, 2013 at Hardin Memorial Hospital. Lynn died of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and had suffered with it for many years. Lynn was buried in the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery-Central in Radcliff, KY with full military honors.
Lynn was a 1969 graduate of Mechanicville High School and Colonna Beauty School in Albany, NY. She enlisted with the New York State Army National Guard in 1977 and had various assignments, including a security detail during the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, NY.
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MECHANICVILLE – Ralph “Eddie” Natalie, 60, former resident of Mechanicville, died suddenly Monday, March 4th at Knox Woods, Halfmoon, of a heart attack.
Born in Troy, November 6, 1952, he was the son of the late Vincent James and Irene Natalie, was educated in Mechanicville schools. He was a veteran of the US Marine Corps.
A machine operator with the General Electric of Schenectady for a number of years, Eddie was a talented wood worker, who enjoyed music, movies and had once been a Harley Davidson motorcycle owner.
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CLIFTON PARK – Raymond L. “Bomba” Parkis, 55, of D & R Village, died suddenly, Tuesday, March 5th, at Ellis Hospital, after being stricken at home.
Born in Schenectady, March 20, 1957, son of the late Billy and Mabelle Baird Parkis. Bomba grew up and was educated in Schenectady. He was a janitor for New Visions in Albany for many years.
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CLIFTON PARK – Barbara Mazza Karwowski, 69, of LaCosta Drive, died Wednesday, Feb. 27th at home, after a long battle with ALS.
Born in Northampton, NH, August 15, 1943, she was daughter of the late Jerry and Helen Mazza. Barb was a graduate of St. Michael’s Academy and Northampton Comm. College both ofNorthampton.
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MECHANICVILLE – Mrs. Anna Baisley Burrello, 73, of Hemstreet Park, died Tuesday evening Feb 26th, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Troy after a brief illness.
A native and lifelong resident of Hemstreet Park, born June 14, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Mildred Swars Baisley. She was a 1956 graduate of Mechanicville High School.
While and after raising her three sons, Annie was a bus driver for over 30 years for theMechanicville Public School District. Conscious of her passengers, safety was always Annie’s goal, and she prided herself with her driving record. In addition to bus driving, she assisted with her family’s business, Burrello Construction and Heavy Equipment for years.
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MECHANICVILLE – Joseph Siracusano Downs, 86 of Davenport Estates, died Tuesday evening, Feb. 26th at Saratoga Hospital, after a brief illness.
Born in Jamaica, NY, Oct. 18, 1926, Joe served in the US Army’s 458th Quartermaster Corps in the South Pacific during WWII. A self-employed house painting contractor his whole life, Joe was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church of Malta.
Joe was a devoted husband, father and grandfather to all his family.
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MECHANICVILLE – Carmella Palmer Scarati, 93, of No. Main St., died Tuesday evening at Evergreen Commons, East Greenbush, after a brief illness. A native and lifelong resident of Mechanicville, she was born April 23, 1919, daughter of the late Stanislaw and Marianne Enzogna Palmer.
A homemaker most of her life, she was an avid reader, enjoyed crocheting, and had a knack for word search puzzles. A member of the Mechanicville Area Senior Citizens, she was also a lifelong member of the Assumption-St. Paul Parish and the church’s Rosary Alter Society.
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