Obituaries for Deceased Students of

Bethlehem Central School District,

Delmar, New York

by Clifford Lamere, Science Teacher (Sep 1967 - June 1991)

Webpage September 4, 2017     Revised December 13, 2021

Students who died while attending Bethlehem Central School District  (38)
NAME	DEATH DATE	BIRTH DATE	AGE	CLASS	COMMENT
Fyfe, Margaret Louise	1934 Sep 3	c. 1917	17	1935	Obit (column 2 near top)  YB memoriam  12/14/21
Osterhout, John A.	1937 May 2	c. 1918	19	1938	Article  Memoriam  A junior at death  12/14/21
Stahl, Frederick Bennett	1937 May 15	1921 Apr 1	16	c. 1940	Article  Not SSDI or SSAC  Grave
Van Liew, Clifford S.	1943 Apr 1	c. 1926	17	c. 1944	Article  Not SSDI or SSAC
Williams, Judith Marie	1949 Mar 24	1932	17	1950	Death Notice  YB Memorial  Gravestone  12/14/21
Applegate, George Anthony	1958 Jun 21	c. 1940	18	1958	Article (top left)  YB Memorial  Not SSDI  12/14/21
Leisenfelder, Peter J.	1961 Apr 6	c. 1943	18	1961	Article  YB photo  Too late to omit from yearbook.
Link, Peter V. Jr.	1957 Dec 17	c. 1943	14	1961	Obit below.  YB Memoriam  Died while in Ninth Grade at the Junior High School.  That grade later moved to the high school, so Peter is included here.  12/14/21
Newell, John M. 2d	1961 Apr 10	c. 1943	18	1961	Article  YB photo  Too late to omit from YB
Snyder, Barbara Ann	1957 Dec 12	1943	14	1961	Obit below.  YB Memoriam  Died while in Ninth Grade at the Junior High School.  That grade later moved to the high school, so Barbara is included here.
Hammond, William	1961 Apr 6	c. 1944	17	1962	Article  YB photo  Not SSDI or SSAC
Baker, Cheryl Ann	1963 Jan 20	c. 1946	17	1963	Obit + death notice.  YB memory & photo  Not SSDI or SSAC
Coyne, Thomas J.	1970 Jan 22	c. 1952	18	c. 1970	Automobile Accident
Oakes, David J.	1970 Jan 22	c. 1952	18	c. 1970	Automobile Accident
Geel, Marion Elizabeth	1969 Jan 29	1952 Dec 23	16	1971	Article and YB tribute & photo  below
Elbow, Anne Gibson	1970 Aug 9	1954 Aug 31	15	1972	Article and YB memorial & photo below  Grave  Died and was buried in Peru (airplane crash)
Gammel, John A.	1971 Nov 28	1955 Sep 16	16	1973	YB Memoriam  Grave
Ryan, Joseph Patrick	1975 Jun __	c. 1958	c. 17	1975	YB  Not SSDI or SSAC.  AlumD-1993 reported him as deceased.  Died a week before graduation. [S: Steve Mereu]
Wyatt, Henry	1975 bef. Oct 16	c. 1959	c. 17	1976	YB Memoriam & photo
Isachsen, Craig A.	1978 Oct 5	c. 1961	17	c. 1979	Article  Not SSDI or SSAC
Shipp, Leland P.	1978 Oct 5	c. 1961	17	c. 1979	Article  Not SSDI or SSAC
Thorndike, Elizabeth	1982 Jul 27	c. 1967	15	c. 1985	Article below  Not SSAC or SSDI
Sherman, Amie Beth	1986 Aug 7	1969 Oct 22	16	1987	Obit pg 20  YB Memorial  Not SSAC or SSDI  12/14/21
Mitchell, Jeffrey	1986 Jul 29	1969 Sep 14	16	1988	Obit-pg28  YB memorial  Driving alone in a stolen car.  12/14/21
Quinn, Cathleen Marie	1987 Aug 6	1972	15	1989	Two Articles and YB memorial & photo  below.  Grave
Cox, Erin M.	1992 Aug 26	1976 Mar 21	16	1994	1 Spotlight Obit, 1 Times Union Obit, and 2 Times Union Articles below.
Sievert, Karen Elizabeth	1991 Jan 27	1978 Mar 27	12	c. 1996	Obit  7th grade.   7/19/21
Smith, Timothy Jarod	1996 Feb 22	c. 1978	18	1996	Obit-pg13  Article pg 1  Obit & Article below.  Not SSDI or SSAC  12/14/21
Viglucci, Justin	1991 or 1992	c. 1979	c. 13	1996	See 2 items below
Baron, Lindsey Elissa	1996 Jul 2	1979	16	1997	Obit-pg17 Article below  Obit2 below  Grave  12/14/21
Jukins, Andrew D.	1993 Dec 16	1979 Jun 1	14	1997	Obit-pg22  Obit below  SSAC says died Dec 13  12/14/21
Whiting, Sarah Renee	1996 Nov 2	1982 May 17	14	2000	Obit-pg20  Obit  Article-pg1  SSDI  12/14/21
Stanton, Colin Newall  [not Newell]	2003 Feb 20	1985 Oct 26	17	2004	Obit (photo)  Obit-pg18  Obit below  SSAC  12/14/21
Halbedel, David P.	2003 Feb 20	1987 Apr 21	15	2005	Obit  Obit-pg18  SSDI  12/14/21
Van Denburg, Ryan D.	2006 May 13	1988 Feb 8	18	2007	Obit w. photo below  Obit-pg19    12/14/21
Gould, Alexander Raymond	2007 Nov 23	1990 Jun 6	17	2009	Obit (photo)  Obit-pg26  Article below  Article2-pg1  12/14/21
McHugh, Jacqueline E.	2007 Nov 23	1991 Jun 16	16	2009	Obit (photo)  Obit-pg26  Article below  Article2-pg1  SSDI  12/14/21
Davila, Derek Jaziel Soto	2021 Sep 25	2012 Jun 20	9	c. 2030	Obit (photo & 30 minute video includes baby photos)  Obit2 (photo)  Hamagrael Elementary.  10/4/21

Baker, Cheryl Ann  --  [Published 1/22/1963 in The Knickerbocker News, Albany, NY]

Baron, Lindsey  --  [Published 6/29/1996 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]
GIRL HIT BY JEEP STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION
    BETHLEHEM -- A teenage girl remained in critical condition Friday with head injuries after being struck by a Jeep while walking with her sisters in Delmar. Lindsey Baron, 16, was hit on Roweland Avenue, about a half mile from her Tamarack Drive home, at about 8:10 p.m. Thursday. The vehicle was driven by an 18-year-old driver who has not been charged, Bethlehem Detective John Cox said. The incident happened near the intersection with Pinedale Avenue, Cox said.
 

Baron, Lindsey  --  [Published 7/3/1996 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]
DELMAR -- Lindsey Baron, 16, of 27 Tamarack Drive, Delmar, died Tuesday July 2, 1996, in the Albany Medical Center Hospital from injuries she sustained in a car pedestrian accident last week in Delmar. Lindsey was born in Albany and had just completed her Junior Year at the Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar. She was a Snow Board Instructor at Okemo Mountain in Ludlow, Vermont, she was a member of the Key Club at the Bethlehem Central High School, she was a Boces Buddy which was a program that tutored children with learning disabilities. She was a member of the Junior Varsity Soccer Team at the Bethlehem Central High School, a member of the Lacrosse Team and the Travel Soccer Team. She was also a member and past President of the Ski Club at the High School. She is survived by her parents Amnon and Susan Davidson Baron; her two sisters, Hillary and Danielle Baron both of Delmar and her paternal grandmother, Ruth Baron of Israel and her maternal grandmother Lillian Davidson of Florida. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Temple Israel, 600 New Scotland Avenue, Albany. Interment will follow in the Temple Israel Cemetery in Guilderland. Memorial contributions may be made to the Childrens Hospital at the Albany Medical Center Hospital Room A119, 43 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208. The period of mourning will be observed at the Baron residence, 27 Tamarack Drive, Delmar on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday until sundown, Saturday after sundown, Sunday and Monday with a service Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday and Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m.

Coyne, Thomas J. & David J. Oakes  --  [Published 1/23/1970 in The Troy Record (NY)]

Cox, Erin M.  --  [Published 9/2/1992 in The Spotlight, Delmar, NY]

ERIN M. COX, 16; BETHLEHEM HIGH JUNIOR  --  [Published 8/29/1992 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]
    Erin M. Cox, 16, of Haddington Lane, Delmar, died Wednesday after an automobile accident on Route 155 in Guilderland.
Erin was born in Glen Cove, Nassau County, and attended schools in Carle Place, Nassau County, and Bethlehem. She was a junior at Bethlehem
Central High School in Delmar.
    Erin attended the Barbara School of Dance in Delmar and participated in its annual production. She was an active volunteer care-giver for many local charitable organizations.

    Survivors include her mother, Corinne Cox of Delmar; her father and stepmother, Donald and Susan Cox of Ashland, Chemung County; her maternal
grandmother, Winifred Luft of Clearwater, Fla.; her sister, Nicole Cox of Delmar; and her half- sister, Casey Cox of Ashland.  She was the special friend of Bob Martinez.
    A service will be 9:30 a.m. Monday in the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, 35 Adams Place, Delmar.  Burial will be in St. Agnes Mausoleum, Menands. Calling hours will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday in the Applebee Funeral Home, 403 Kenwood Ave., Delmar.
    Contributions may be made to the Farano Center, 25 N. Main Ave., Albany, NY 12203.  Arrangements are by the C.J. Applegate & Sons Funeral Home, Ilion, Herkimer County.

BEER, JOY RIDE LED TO TRAGEDY  --  [Published 10/14/1992 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]
    Christopher H. Arnold remembers little of what happened the night some summer fun fueled by a case and half of beer ended in a ditch on Route 155.
The Bethlehem High School senior admitted in state Supreme Court on Tuesday that he was driving when his friend`s pickup truck "started to fishtail" near Wormer Road. The next thing he remembered was waking up in a hospital.
    In between, a classmate, 16-year- old Erin M. Cox, was killed. She died when the pickup overturned and ejected her from her seat in the bed of the
truck. Arnold, 17, of 13 Bedell Ave., Delmar, pleaded guilty before state Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Keegan to second-degree vehicular manslaughter, a felony, and driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor, in the Aug. 26 crash in Guilderland.
    Arnold will get a plea-bargained 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison on the felony and six months on the DWI, with the terms to run concurrently.
    For the family of Erin Cox, still trying to cope with her death, it was not enough.  "Honestly, I think he`s getting off easy, very easy," said Corinne Cox, the victim`s mother, after the court proceeding. "I can only tell you that the way I feel right now is my daughter is dead and there`s nothing that can satisfy me."  "I don`t know that much about DWI," added Cox, of Delmar. "I only know what I read in the newspapers. I am now learning about DWI, and I am learning about the shortfalls in the law."
    Keegan allowed the youth to remain free on $10,000 bail until his sentencing on Nov. 17 and gave him a curfew and other conditions he must meet. Cox would have been a junior at Bethlehem High.  In an unusual twist in the courtroom, Arnold told Keegan the name of the man who bought beer for him and his friends.
    Joseph Dunn, 25, of New Scotland Avenue, Albany, has been charged with unlawfully dealing with a child, a misdemeanor. He is scheduled to appear in City Court Friday. If convicted, he faces a maximum of 90 days in jail.
    During the proceeding, Arnold told Keegan how a night on the town turned tragic.  "I had been drinking, and we were out. ... We decided we wanted to get more beer," Arnold began.  So he and others pooled their money, came up with $28, and gave it to Dunn, who bought them a case and a half of beer at a Stewart`s store, Arnold said. They went to a couple of playgrounds to drink, he said. 

    At some point in the evening, Arnold said he saw Erin Cox and her cousin, Keri Cox, 15, walking along the road and offered them a ride.  They climbed in the back with 17- year-old Mark Herzog, whose pickup Arnold was driving. Daniel O`Brien, 17, rode in the front. All five teens were Bethlehem High students.
    The defendant angered the victim`s family and the prosecutor by telling the judge the girls were drunk when he picked them up.  He never said in the courtroom that he was sorry about what happened.  Arnold was driving recklessly and at speeds of up to 80 mph, authorities said, causing the truck to careen out of control.
    An hour and a half after the crash, Arnold`s blood-alcohol level registered at 0.15.  Assistant District Attorney Cheryl F. Coleman, who prosecuted the case, estimated his blood-alcohol content was upward of 0.18 at the time of the accident. The state`s legal limit is 0.10.
    Coleman later said Arnold`s assertion the Cox cousins were drunk is "contrary to the testimony of eight to 10 witnesses who testified before
the grand jury." Those witnesses, all teenagers from Bethlehem, said they had seen the girls, and they were not drunk. 

    "The facts of the case were never really told because we didn't go to trial, so nobody knows," Corinne Cox said. "I know some of them. My daughter, Erin, was not drunk when she came upon Chris Arnold. She did not go with him to purchase the beer. That was all done ahead of time. "  It was a "wrong place, wrong time, bad decision" made by her daughter to get into the truck, her mother said.
    Arnold was an acquaintance, the mother said, and "I don`t think she (Erin) spent enough time with him prior to getting into the truck to know
he was as drunk as he was." 

    Arnold, represented by Albany attorney William J. Gray, has to abide by conditions set down by Keegan. The judge told him if he violates any of them, the guilty plea would hold, but the court would not be bound by the plea-bargained sentence.  The teen is not to drive under any circumstances, not drink alcohol, continue to attend classes and not leave home between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless he is with a parent.
    Vehicular manslaughter carries a maximum penalty of 2 1/3 to 7 years in prison, which Arnold would be subject to should he violate the conditions. His guilty plea to the two counts satisfied a six-count indictment against him, with the top count being second-degree manslaughter.

HUNDREDS SIGN PETITION URGING LENIENCY FOR TEEN IN DWI FATALITY  --  [Published 11/14/1992 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]
    In an effort to keep him out of state prison, high school friends of Christopher H. Arnold submitted a petition with 701 names to a judge Friday,
asking leniency for the youth convicted in a drunken-driving crash that killed another teen.
    Arnold, 17, of 13 Bedell Ave., Delmar, a Bethlehem Central High School senior, is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday to 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison by state Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Keegan.  He was charged in the death of 16-year-old Erin M. Cox, who was killed Aug. 26 in Guilderland when she was ejected from her seat in the bed of a pickup truck that overturned with Arnold at the wheel. The term was agreed upon by the judge and lawyers at the time Arnold pleaded guilty Oct. 13 to second-degree vehicular manslaughter, a felony, and driving while intoxicated, a misdemeanor.
    Now, his friends have rallied to convince the judge that sending Arnold to prison would serve no useful purpose. They are asking for either community service, time in the county jail or confinement to a halfway house.
    Assistant District Attorney Cheryl F. Coleman, the prosecutor, said she is adamantly opposed to a lessening of the plea- bargained sentence.  "I also feel very strongly that he should be sentenced as an adult and not be afforded youthful offender status," Coleman said. As a youthful offender, he could still receive the same sentence, but the record would be sealed, and it would be as though no conviction occurred, she said.  "I have written to the judge that I believe that the defendant`s age has already been taken into consideration at arriving at a plea agreement which included a lesser sentence than many DWI fatalities," she said.
    "I`ve handled a lot of DWI fatality cases, a lot of cases where kids have been involved," Coleman continued, and "one of the things that upset me
in this case was Chris Arnold`s statements made at the time of the plea."  "He never apologized for the incident. That bothered me. Usually, kids are very remorseful," she said. "The first things out of his mouth were to degrade the victim. He said, `We picked the girls up. She (Erin Cox) was drunk at the time. ...` That is contrary to the evidence," Coleman said.
    Arnold, whose blood-alcohol level was estimated at upward of 0.18 at the time of the accident, had consumed a lot of beer and was driving
recklessly and at speeds of up to 80 mph when he lost control of the truck on Route 155 near Wormer Road. Five teens were in the truck - all Bethlehem High Schoolstudents.
    A delegation of seven students, including two who were injured in the accident, arrived at Keegan`s Albany County Courthouse chambers at lunchtime Friday and gave the petition to Rhoda Caulfield, the judge`s secretary.  Of the 701 names on the petition, 112 are Bethlehem High School
students, said Jennifer Paine, 17, a senior and organizer of the drive. The signatures represent 10 percent of the student body of 1,141.  The other 589 names are those of adults who either signed in a door-to- door campaign or at Delmar churches which posted the petition, Paine said.
    In the contingent was Keri Cox, 15, a sophomore injured in the crash.  She was walking with her cousin, Erin, when they got into the truck. Also
there was Mark Herzog, 17, a senior, who had a bandaged foot and was on crutches. Arnold was driving Herzog`s truck that night.
    A statement on the petition mentions that Arnold`s actions were "unlawful and irresponsible" and that "some punishment is appropriate." The
signers suggest that a term in state prison would be "counterproductive."  "The purpose of this petition is not to reduce the sense of guilt nor
eliminate the just punishment for taking a life but to seek positive correction, not negative vengeance in the life of a teenager."
    William J. Gray, Arnold`s attorney, left several letters for the judge to read along with a videotape. The 45-minute video was made recently when
Arnold addressed an assembly at a Methodist church in Delmar, Gray said.
 

Elbow, Anne Gibson  --  [Published Sunday 8/16/1970 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]

2 From Area Identified As Peru Crash Victims
    The bodies of Anne Elbow of Delmar and Kim Miller of Corinth, who were killed in a plane crash in Peru five days ago, have been identified.
    The total of identified bodies from the crash has now reached 10.
    The Peruvian, government will not allow the bodies to leave the country for burial or allow them to be buried in Peru until a death certificate has been issued. And a death certificate cannot be issued until the bodies are identified.
    Ann Elbow is to be buried in Peru at the request of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Elbow.
    Regarding the problem of getting the bodies out of the country for burial, the founder of a cultural exchange program between Peru and the United States, Mrs. Mildred Brown of Buffalo, criticised the government for the delay.
    "They know these children were killed in this accident," she said. "There should be no hang-up as far as getting a death certificate. I think it is unbelievable . . . the red tape."
    Miss Elbow was one of 49 teenagers among 99 passengers killed when a Peruvian LANSA propjet crashed into a mountain near Cuzco, 310 miles southwest of Lima Sunday.

    [See next, written by her younger sister.]

Geel, Marion Elizabeth  --  [Published Friday 1/31/1969 in the Altamont Enterprise, Altamont, NY]

Gould, Alexander & Jacqueline McHugh  --  [Published 11/25/2007 in The Spotlight, Delmar, NY]  [Source]

Two Bethlehem teens die in fatal car crash
    Tragedy has struck three Bethlehem families following a double fatal car accident that killed two teenagers and critically injured a third.
    Jacqueline McHugh, 16, of Chrisken Drive, Glenmont, and Alexander Gould, 17, of Jacob Drive, Delmar, were killed when the car they were in struck a tree off Meads Lane Friday evening, Nov. 23, after veering off the road. A third person in the 1992 Acura, Brian Wood, 16, of Beacon Road, Glenmont, who was in the back seat of the car at the time of the accident, is the only survivor listed in critical condition at Albany Medical Center.
    Bethlehem police believe speed was a contributing factor in the crash that continues under investigation. The accident occurred around 9:30 p.m. Friday and has shocked many in the Bethlehem Central School District.
    Our entire school community is saddened and diminished by the loss of Jacqueline McHugh and Alexander Gould, said school Superintendent Les Loomis.
    McHugh was a junior at Bethlehem Central High School who, according to Principal Chuck Abba, was very popular among her peers and friends and `very well respected.`
    `She just had a special warmth,` said Loomis.
    McHugh was studying computer applications. She was also employed at Delmar Place where she served in various capacities.
    School officials termed Gould a real `success story` and someone who was able to complete his G.E.D. through his determination and hard work.
    `He loved art and had a special ability as an artist,` said Loomis. `He was always straightforward and respectful to everyone around him.`
    The high school crisis intervention team is being made available to students in need of support.
    Bethlehem police Lt. Thomas Heffernan said both McHugh and Gould, the front seat passengers, were wearing seat belts at the time of the accident. Officials could not determine if Wood was wearing his. Toxicology reports will not be back for several weeks.
    `The accident reconstruction could take several days to determine if there were other contributing factors,` said Heffernan.
    Funeral arrangements for McHugh and Gould will be made by The Applebee Funeral Home of Delmar. A Mass will be held for McHugh at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Delmar, Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 9:30 a.m.

Hammond, William & Peter J. Leisenfelder & John M. Newell 2d  --  [Published October 31, 1961 in the Knickerbocker News, Albany, NY]

$16,000 Settlement In Car Crash Death

    The parents of one of three Bethlehem Central High School pupils who died of injuries after an auto crash on Font Grove Road last April 6, have been paid a settlement of $16,000, according to papers filed in Surrogate's Court today.
    The insurance company which issued the policy on the car driven by one of the three victims agreed to pay the amount for the death of John M. Newell 2d, who was 18 when he died in Albany Medical Center Hospital four days after the accident.
    Killed in the crash were Peter J. Leisenfelder, 18, the driver, and William Hammond, 17. Three other youths survived after the light car hit a tree.
    Newell was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Newell of Wemple Road, Glenmont. In addition to his parents, he left three brothers.
    Leisenfelder was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Leisenfelder, 376 Wellington Road, Delmar. The father owned the car.
    Hammond was an orphan and lived with relatives at Magee Road, Glenmont.
    The papers in Surrogate's Court show that Ernest Newell, acting as administrator of the estate of his late son, agreed to accept the amount from the insurance company representing Mr. Leisenfelder and "the estate of Peter J. Leisenfelder Jr." The law firm of Maynard, O'Connor & Smith handled the negotiations.

Isachsen, Craig A. & Leland P. Shipp  --  [Published Friday 10/13/1978 in the Altamont Enterprise, Altamont, NY]

2 BCHS Students Killed; Motorcycle Hits Car
    Two Bethlehem Central High school students going to school were killed last Thursday when their motorcycle collided with a car.
    Craig A. Isachsen, 17, of 13 Maywood Rd., Elsmere, the motorcycle driver, and Leland P. Shipp, 17, of 65 Burhans Pl., Delmar, were both dead on arrrival at the Albany Medical Center hospital after police said their motorcygle [sic] collided broadside with a car driven by Kenneth D. Mosher, Jr. of Royal Blvd., Delmar, at Delaware and Kenaware Aves. in Delmar.
    The motorcycle was westbound on Delaware Ave. and struck the passenger side of Mosher's car as Mosher was making a left turn from Delaware Ave. onto Kenaware Ave., police said.
    Shipp, a member of the Bethlehem Central High school golf team, had worked as caddy master at the Normanside Country Club for the last two years.
    He is survived by his parents. Frank R and Letitia Shipp of Delmar; a brother Lawrence Shipp of Delmar; a sister, Sandra L. Shipp of Delmar, and his grandparents, Mrs. Leland Shipp of Carbondale, Colo., and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W Pinney of Bloomfield Hill, Mich.
    Funeral services for Isachsen were held Saturday afternoon at the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Delmar, under the direction of the Lasak and Gigliotti Fuiieral Home, Albany.

Jukins, Andrew D.  --  [Published 12/18/1993 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]
    Services will be held for Andrew D. Jukins, 14, of New Scotland Road, Slingerlands, who died Thursday in Albany Medical Center Hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident Wednesday.
    He was born in Albany and lived most of his life in Delmar and Slingerlands. He was a ninth-grade honor student at Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar.
    He was a member of the school band, the freshman soccer team, Students for Peace & Survival, the Model U.N., and the Bethlehem Soccer Team.
    Survivors include his parents, David and Pat Jukins of Slingerlands; a sister, Beth Jukins of Slingerlands; a brother, Greg Jukins of Slingerlands; and his maternal grandmother, Marion Hackett of Milwaukee.
    A service will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Delmar Presbyterian Church, 585 Delaware Ave., Delmar.  Following the service, the family will receive friends at the church until 12:30 p.m.  Contributions may be made to the Scholarship Fund, Blossoms Montessori Learning Program, P.O. Box 223, Delmar, NY 12054.  Arrangements are under the direction of the Applebee Funeral Home, Delmar.
 

Link, Peter V. Jr.  --  [Published 12/19/1957 in the Knickerbocker News, Albany, NY]

Peter link

    Funeral services will be conducted Saturday for Peter V. Link Jr., 14, of 14 Vagele Le., Glenmont, who died Tuesday of a fractured skull suffered when his bicycle was struck by a car in Route 9W. The youth was a pupil at Bethlehem Central Junior High School.

    He is survived by his parents, a sister, Catherine, his grandfather, Peter Link, his grandmother, Mrs. Gertrude Sidoti, and his great-grandfather, Michael Gimber.

    Services will be conducted at 9 a. m. in the Edmond J. C. Dascher Sons Funeral Home, 208 Second Ave., and at 9:30 in St. Ann's Church, Burial will be in Our Lady Help of Christians Cemetery.

Mitchell, Jeffrey  --  [Published 8/6/1986 in The Spotlight, Delmar, NY]

Osterhout, John A. --  [Published 5/7/1937 in the Albany County Post, Delmar, NY]

Quinn, Cathleen Marie  --  [Published 8/19/1987 in The Spotlight, Delmar, NY]

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DRIVER IN FATAL ACCIDENT FACES 3RD DRINKING-DRIVING CHARGE
    After two convictions for drinking and driving, Deborah A. Moquin of Albany temporarily lost her driving privileges. Now, following her third
alcohol-related arrest in less than five years, Moquin is being blamed for causing the death of a 15-year-old Delmar girl.
    Kathleen Quinn, who would have entered the 11th grade next month at Bethlehem Central High School, was riding in the back seat of her parents'
station wagon on the Slingerlands Bypass (Route 85) late Thursday night when Moquin's car veered into the wrong lane and struck the Quinn car, according to police.
    Moquin, 36, of 7 Magnolia Terrace, Albany, was arrested by Bethlehem Police Officer Tim Beebe following the accident and was charged with felony driving while intoxicated, vehicular manslaughter and failure to keep right.
    Kathleen's mother, Alice Quinn, who had been driving the station wagon, suffered serious internal injuries and underwent spleen-removal surgery at Albany Medical Center Hospital early Friday. Hospital officials said Friday night that she was in the intensive care unit, but that no condition report
would be available until today.
    Dr. Brian Quinn, Kathleen's father and a well-known orthopedic physician who had been riding in the front passenger seat, escaped serious injury, police said.
    News of the Kathleen Quinn's death sent shock waves through Delmar. "For a 15-year-old girl, Kathleen was amazing," said a grief-stricken Lynn
Dente, who operates a Delmar stable where the Quinn family boards horses. "It was more like you were dealing with somebody who was 25 years old. She was extremely considerate. And although she was an excellent rider, she was never the type to brag. She never complained."
    "Kathleen was tremendously popular in this community," said Ray McCluskey, another acquaintance of the family. "She was a super kid. She took the Regents exam recently and scored very high. It's just plain terrible for someone 15 years old to no longer be here because someone else has done something tragic."
    Moquin had been driving south on Route 85 in a 1985 Buick sedan, on a stretch of the road that narrows from a four-lane highway to two lanes, when she apparently passed another southbound vehicle, but failed to return to the southbound lane as the Quinn car approached from the opposite direction, police said. Moquin's car hit the Quinn car, forcing it into a guardrail, and then flipped over, landing on the roof, Bethlehem Police Lt. Richard L. Vanderbilt reported.
    Vanderbilt, the department's traffic unit supervisor, said rescue workers removed Moquin from her car and took her to Albany Med, where she was treated for minor injuries and released.
    About 3 a.m. Friday, Moquin was arraigned on the charges in Bethlehem Town Court.
    Moquin was then taken to Albany County Jail, but was escorted by jail guards later Friday to St. Peter's Hospital after she complained of pains, authorities reported. She was listed in fair condition late Friday.
    Police said they were still attempting to determine where Moquin had been drinking before the accident. She was believed to be headed to her Albany home at the time of the crash, police said. The DWI charge was based on observation by police. Police did not conduct a breath test on Moquin and are awaiting State Police laboratory results on a blood sample to determine her blood-alcohol content.
    Moquin, according to state Department of Motor Vehicle records, was arrested in November 1982 in Troy on a charge of driving with ability impaired by alcohol. She was convicted of that charge in February 1983, and her license was suspended.
Moquin received a conditional license in March 1983 and had her full driving privilege restored three months later, only to have it automatically
revoked in June 1984 after her arrest on a DWI charge following an accident in Troy one month earlier.
    In that accident, Moquin was injured when she struck a parked car, Troy police records show. She was fined $350 in Troy Police Court following that
DWI conviction.
    She had her full driving privileges restored when DMV reinstated her license Nov. 6, 1986.
    Doris Aiken of Schenectady, founder of Remove Intoxicated Drivers, said the Moquin case shows "we're not dealing with the problem of drunk drivers. This woman shouldn't have had a license in New York. We're much too relaxed on giving people their licenses back."
    Denis P. Foley, director of Albany County Stop-DWI, said the problem of social drinkers causing accidents appears to be waning while problem drinkers are becoming increasingly involved in fatal and serious-injury accidents. "We're finding that the repeaters are the real problem now," Foley said. "The progression of the disease of alcoholism gets worse and worse, and they seem to have no regard for any type of sanction because their drinking is out of control."
    The accident bore several similarities to another Slingerlands Bypass fatality, one in 1982 that claimed the life of 20-year-old Michele Martin of
Glenmont. She was killed, about 200 yards from the scene of Kathleen Quinn's death, when a driver with a record of DWI and speeding arrests swerved into the wrong lane of travel and struck her car head on.
    Kathleen was the youngest of the Quinns' six children, according to friends of the family. The Quinns were headed to Albany County Airport Thursday night to pick up one of their sons, David, who was coming home for a visit.
    Annette Forester, a friend of the Quinns, said tearfully: "Kathleen was just a happy-go-lucky kid. She was full of life. She was just one of those kids you took to right away. I can't believe she is gone."

Smith, Timothy J.  --  [Published 2/24/1996 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]

TIMOTHY J. SMITH, 18
    GLENMONT -- A service will be held Monday for Timothy Jarod Smith, 18, who died Thursday of injuries suffered in a skiing accident at Gore Mountain in Warren County.
    Mr. Smith was born in Albany, and was a senior at Bethlehem Central High School. Survivors include his parents, Timothy and Linda Smith of Glenmont; a brother, Aaron Christopher Smith of Glenmont; and his grandmother, Jeannette Constantino of Glenmont.
    The service will be at 10 a.m. in St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Delmar. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Glenmont.  Calling hours will be 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday in the Meyers Funeral Home, 741 Delaware Ave., Delmar.
    Contributions may be made to the Timothy Jarod Smith Memorial Fund at Bethlehem Central High School, 700 Delaware Ave., Delmar, NY 12054.

2 SKI DEATHS LEAVE PAIN ON AND OFF SLOPES  --  [Published 2/24/1996 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]
Timothy "T.J." Smith was a Guilderland [Glenmont] teenager who worked weekends as a ski instructor at Jiminy Peak in Massachusetts. He already had topped his self-imposed winter goal to ski more than 40 times. ...
    Thursday, Smith and Licata were killed in separate accidents on mountain trails. The tragedies left family and friends grieving.
    Smith, 18, died instantly after the tips of his skis crossed and he sailed off an intermediate trail at Gore Mountain in North Creek, crashing headfirst into a tree, said his aunt, Chris Tanski. He was pronounced dead of massive head injuries at Glens Falls Hospital shortly after the 11:30 a.m. accident. ...
    A senior at the Bethlehem Central Lab School who had dreamed of studying environmental science in college, Smith lived to ski, friends said Friday. He was on a three-day vacation with two high school buddies, Tanski said.  "That's what he loved more than anything,'' said 16-year-old J.T. Azaceta, who gathered Friday with six of Smith's closest friends for the most awkward and unnatural of teenage rituals: mourning.
    "He was just a big kid, is what he was. Full of energy all the time,'' said Azaceta, who said he spent countless hours with Smith listening to Pink Floyd music, biking and "just hanging out.''  "He was a great skier. He broke 40 this year,'' said Joe Bush, 17, referring to times Smith had skied. "That was his all-time record.''
    Smith's family and friends struggled to find words to explain their pain.  "Bless you, sweetheart. That's what I want to say, bless you sweetheart,'' said Linda Smith about her oldest child as she struggled to maintain composure.  "It's not too good. It's not good at all. T.J. was, like, friends with everyone. Everybody's going to feel terrible when they find out. He's just one of the nicest kids you could ever meet,'' said Dave Silbergleit, 18, Smith's childhood friend and one of dozens of Bethlehem students expected to be excused from school for Monday's funeral. ...
    Skiing fatalities are highly unusual, said Donald Krone, a spokesman for the Olympic Regional Development Authority. The last fatal accident at Gore Mountain occurred Dec. 31, 1988, Krone said. Information about fatalities at HoliMont was not available Friday.
 

Snyder, Barbara Ann  --  [Published December 13, 1957 in The Knickerbocker News, Albany, NY]

SNYDER -- At Albany Hospital Dec 12, 1957, Barbara Ann Snyder, age 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Snyder Sr., of Clarksville, N.Y., sister of Mrs. Stanley Mowers of Catskill, Charles W. Jr., Patricia, Donald and James Snyder. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. from the Hannay Funeral Home, Clarksville, N.Y. Friends may call Saturday and Sunday evening.
 

Stahl, Frederick B.  --  [Published May 15, 1937 in The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, NY]
DIES OF INJURIES

    ALBANY -- Frederick B. Stahl, 16, Bethlehem Central High School pupil, died in a hospital here today of injuries suffered when struck Thursday by the automobile of Woodrow Harper, Slingerlands.  The driver was not held.

    [NOTE:  The same article said he was 14 when it appeared in the Utica Observer-Dispatch (NY) on May 16, 1937.]

Stanton, Colin Newall [not Newell]  --  [Published 2/22/2003 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]
GLENMONT -- Colin Newall Stanton, 17, passed on to a peaceful place on February 20, 2003. Colin was an avid woodsman, who enjoyed camping, hiking and being involved with nature. He was also active in a wide variety of outdoor sports, such as downhill and cross-country skiing, along with waterskiing, dirt biking, and paint ball. Other outdoor interests were vegetable gardening, beekeeping, and growing Christmas trees. In recent years, his gift for mechanical repair expanded and brought him and those around him great satisfaction. Colin was proud of himself for being a hard worker and trusted friend. He was a unique person and will be held in our hearts forever. Colin is survived by his parents Marshall Stanton and Lisa Faist-Stanton; devoted brother and best friend of Ross Stanton who will miss him greatly; maternal grandson of Elizabeth Faist; paternal grandson of Edward and Lenore Stanton; nephew of Keith and Linda Stanton, Allyson Faist, Leslie Wingel; cousin of Erik and Kurt Stanton, Mat and Yann Wingel, Rob, Kate and Steve Harrison; and close friend, Nick Biernacki. A memorial service will be Tuesday, February 25, at 11 a.m. at the Delmar Reformed Church, 386 Delaware Ave., Delmar. Friends may call Monday 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. at the Durant Funeral Home, 17 Languish Place (opposite the Stone Ends Restaurant) Glenmont. Contributions may be made in Colin's memory to the Five Rivers Environmental Education Center, Delmar, NY 12054.

Thorndike, Elizabeth  --  [Published 8/4/1982 in The Spotlight, Delmar, NY]

Van Denburg, Ryan D.  --  [Published 5/16-17/2006 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]

Van Liew, Clifford S.  --  [Published 4/2/1943 in the Knickerbocker News, Albany, NY]

Car Operated by Friend Kills Delmar Schoolboy
    Clifford S. Van Liew, 17, of 24 Gardner Terr., Delmar, was killed last night by an automobile driven by a young friend two hours after he had given up his carrier route for The Knickerbocker News.
    Returning from a rehearsal of Blanchard Post Drum Corps, in which he had just been made a sergeant, Van Liew stood at the edge of Kenwood, near
Borthwick, handing candy to two friends, when he was struck.
    Trooper Ralph Travis of Delmar said the car was driven by Richard Halsdorf, 17, of 57 Cherry St., Delmar, one of Van Liew's school chums and newly elected co-captain of the Bethlehem Central School basketball team.
    Van Liew died before reaching Albany Hospital in the Delmar Rescue Squad ambulance. His injuries included a fractured skull and a broken leg.
    A bugler in the drum corps, Van Liew and two other members of the band, Richard Sheldon, 13, of 15 Gardner Ter., and Charles Quay, 12, of 10 Albright Pl., Delmar, were dividing some candy they had bought.
    "We didn't see or hear the car coming," Sheldon said today. "I must have been hit, too, because I suddenly woke up lying on the grass."
    He had bruses [sic] on his left leg and cuts on one hand. Quay was not hit. Both said they were standing beside the road, holding their bicycles, while Van Liew was standing on the road.
    Halsdorf told Trooper Travis he did not see the three boys until too late to avoid hitting them. Riding with him was Richard Simon, 16, of Darroch Rd., Delmar, who yesterday was named salutatorian of the Bethlehem Central senior class.
    Van Liew gave up his paper route last night in order to devote more time to operating the motion picture projector at the Delmar Theater.
    Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Van Liew Sr.; a grandfather, Edward Van Liew, Delmar; a brother, Pvt. Roland Van Liew Jr., Fort Bragg, N. C., and a sister, Thelma Van Liew. Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Sunday in the Applebee Funeral Home.

Viglucci, Justin  --  2 items

    [Published January 15, 1997 in The Spotlight, Delmar, NY]
BC student should be remembered
    Editor, The Spotlight:
In her Point of View column in the Jan. 8 issue, Pam Williams properly remembers the tragedy of the lost students of our community. However, she failed to mention a third student who would have been part of the Class of 1996, and whose memory we should keep -- Justin Viglucci.
   Stanley Zalen, Delmar"
 

Whiting, Sarah Renee  --  [Published 11/3/1996 in the Times Union, Albany, NY]
SLINGERLANDS -- Sarah Renee Whiting, 14, of Pinecrest Dr., died November 2, 1996, at Albany Medical Center. Sarah was born in Baltimore, MD and lived most of her life in the Capital District. She was a 9th grade honor student at Bethlehem Central High School, played on the Jr. Varsity soccer team, played cello in the Bethlehem High Symphonic Orchestra and was a member of the Key Club. She played piano, enjoyed skiing and talking to her friends on the phone. She was active in the Bethlehem Soccor Club. She was a member of Congregation B'nai Sholom and the Beth Emeth Youth Group. She was a multiple organ donor. Sarah is the daughter of Donald and Shari Whiting; sister of Corey and Andrew Whiting, all of Slingerlands, NY. She is the granddaughter of Donald and Helen Whiting of Port Orange, FL; neice of Barry and Cookie Kaplan of Rochester, NY, Ron and Cherly Kaplan of Rome, NY, Cindy and Fred Bennes of Appleton, NY, Nancy and Bob Stedman of Glens Falls, NY, Jeanne and Wade Sherman of Moreau, NY, and Jeff and Peg Whiting of Waldorf, MD; also survived by many family and friends. A funeral service will be held Tuesday 12:00 noon at B'nai Sholom Reform Congregation, 420 Whitehall Rd., Albany. Friends are invited to visit with the family from 10:30 to 12:00 at the Synagogue. Interment will follow at the Bethlehem Cemetery. The period of mourning will be observed at the Whiting residence, 9 Pinecrest Dr., Slingerlands, in the evenings through Thursday. Memorial contributions may be made to Make A Wish Foundation of Northeastern New York, 1275 Broadway, Albany, NY 12204, or the Bethlehem Soccor Club, PO Box 305, Delmar, NY 12054.


 

Williams, Judith Marie  --  [Published 3/26/1949 in the Knickerbocker News, Albany, NY]

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