VALLEY FALLS - Joseph J. Kardas of Kardas Road passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at the Schuyler Ridge Residential Health Care Center. He was 98.

Funeral service will be conducted at 10am on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at the Chase-Smith Family Funeral Homes, 173 Main Street, Schaghticoke. Burial will follow in the family plot in St. John’s Cemetery.

The family would like to thank Dr. Luke Nightengale, caregivers Pat Hebert, Mel and Maggie, the staff at Samaritan Hospital, Albany Medical Center and Schuyler Ridge and all the family and friends that have supported them in these hard times.

In lieu of flowers kindly consider donations to the Hoosic Valley Rescue Squad or the Transfiguration Parish in loving memory of Joseph Kardas. Online remembrances may be made at www.chasesmithfamily.com