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The Mtamont Enterprise - Thursday, March 9,2006 27 F.^W^MI, , y,l, i| L M,J jj^liifiiBp u Dit;ii£M*ies / -4, '••••*• '• ' • ~ Isabell Q. Baker Isabel! Q. Baker KNOX—Isabell Q. Baker died on Saturday, March 4,2006, at the Community Hospice Inn at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. She was 93. Mrs. Baker was born in Knox, the daughter of the late Clarence and Alta Quay. She was a irfember-of the Thompson's Lake Reformed Church and served as- its trea- surer for many years. She also was a member of the Hilltown Senior Citizens. Her husband, Walter Baker, died in 1972. Mrs. Baker is survived by her son James E. Baker and his wife, Dorothy, of Johnstown; her. son Robert Baker and his wife, Catherine, of Duntocher, Scot- land; her granddaughter Amy Elaine Baker and. her husband, John; her granddaughter Betsy Lynne Martineau and her hus- band, Lance; her grandson, Mor- gan McBride Baker and his wife, Elaine; and her great-grandchil- dren, Taylor Elaine Martineau, Zachery James Martineau, and Leah Catherine Baker. A funeral service will be held Saturday a t 11 a.m. a t the Fredendall Funeral Home in Altamont. Friends and relatives may call on Friday from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Guilderland. Memorial contributions may be made to the Thompson's Lake Reformed Church, Post Office Box 94, East Berne, NY 12059. Edna M. (Simmons) Gardner Edna M. (Simmons) Gardner, who, with her husband, lived and owned a business on Carman Road in Guilderland, died on Sunday, March 5, 2006 at St. Clare's Hospital in Schenectady with special friends surrounding her. She was 96. She was born in Schenectady, a daughter of the late Edward and Luella Clement Simmons. She lived in Scotia for over 50 years, during which time she was an active member of the Scotia Methodist Church. She graduate^ from Scotia High School and completed some courses at Spencer Business School, New Paltz Normal School, and New York State College for Teachers. She worked for 17 years as secretary to the Scotia superintendent of schools and later as secretary to the board of education as well. After the war was over in 1945, she married George Foskett Gardner, an engineer. She then did volunteer work as a Red Cross Nurses' Aid and as secretary to the Schenectady UNESCO (United Nations Educa- tional, Scientific and Cultural Organizations) Council. In 1956, with her husband, George, she formed Gardner Associates, Inc., makers of measuring instruments, and later moved the corpora- tion to Carman Road in Guilderland where the residence and corpora- tion remained until 1994 when her husband died. While at this location, she became a member of the Lynnwood Reformed Church and for 10 years served on the Fort Hunter Volunteer Fire Company Auxiliary. Survivors include two nephews, Willard Carey of Neptune, N.J. and Frank Carey of West Melbourne, Fla.; two nieces, Margery Feitig of Lebanon, Pa. and Lucille Gardner of East Haddam, Conn.; dear friends Jean Dean and Suzanne DiBartolomeo and her aids whom she called \special angels,\ Katy Ayres, Patty Buchalski, Virginia Catalfamo, Linda Clifford, Clare Durant, Annete Liszewski, Thelma Cuff, Linda DiLorenzo, and Dorina Radu. Her two brothers, Edward Robert Simmons and Elmer Eugene Simmons, and one sister, Mary Carey, died before her. A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 11, at 2 p.m. at the Lynnwood Reformed Church on Carman Road in Guilderland. Sharing memories of her life will be celebrated a t Parkland Garden Apartments, where she lived, 325 Kings Road, Schenectady on Monday, March 13, at 10:30 a.m. Arrangements are by Fredendall Funeral Home of Altamont. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lynnwood Reformed Church, 3714 Carman Road, Schenectady, NY 12303 or to Community . Hospice of Schenectady, 1411 Union St., Schenectady, NY 12308. Winifred Daley Kaasa Winifred Daley Kaasa, a long-time Altamont resident and preschool teacher, died Friday, Feb. 17, 2006 in the Carolina House of Bluffton, S.C. She was 95. Born in Watertown, S.D. on Nov. 08, 1910, the daughter of the late Andrew Daley and Violet Flora Walsh Daley, she was a graduate of Stephens College and the University of Minnesota. For over 40 years, Mrs. Kaasa and her late husband, Herman T. Kaasa, lived in Altamont, where they raised their four children. During these years, Mrs. Kaasa taught preschool to many of Altamont's children. In 1977, the couple moved to Astatula, Fla. Ten years later, they relocated to Lakeview Terrace Retirement Center in Altoona, Fla. In 2005, Mrs. Kaasa moved to Hilton Head, S.C. to be near her daughter and son-in-law. She is survived by her son, John Kaasa and his wife, Rosemary, of Atlanta, Ga.; her three daughters, Karen Davis and her husband, Robert, of Northport, N.Y., Margit Cook and her husband, Brad, of Hilton Head, S.C, and Ellen Zevillo and her husband, Edward, of Glastonbury, Conn.; and nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchil- dren. Her husband of 54 years, Herman T. Kaasa, died before her. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., April 1,2006 at St. Philip Lutheran Church, Mt. Dora, Fla. Memorial donations may be made to Lutheran World Relief, Community Quilt/Children, in her name on line at www.lwr.org (select the Community Quilt, then Children under Gift Squares) or mailed to: Lutheran World Relief, Community Quilt/ Children, Post Office Box 17061, Baltimore, MD 21298-9832. Sauls Funeral Home of Bluffton, S.C. will be assisting the family with their arrangements. Mildred Quick WESTERLO — Mildred Quick was a caring woman. She cared for her children; she cared for the elderly; and she cared for construction workers her hus- band or son would bring home from their jobs. \She loved all who knew her,\ wrote family members in a trib- ute, including daughter; Carolyn and son-in-law Jack Haley of East Berne, and grandchildren and great-grandchildren Sandra and William Willsey, and Denise and Cassandra Willsey. She died on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006, at the Hospice Inn a t St. Peter's Hospital in Albany. She was 88. She was born on April 2, 1917, the daughter of Madison and Myrtle Merwin. Mrs. Quick ran an adult home for many years in the Hilltowns, taking in people who needed care. \She was licensed; she did it all her life,\ said her daughter, Carolyn Haley. She was a good mother, Mrs. Haley said, and would take in people who needed a place to stay. \My stepfather worked for the county and my brother, Clyde, worked construction, and they'd know workers, sometimes ' U»> 't\\T\ •V # '<* / 'She loved all who knew her.' from out of town, who would need a place to stay. She'd take them in,\ said Mrs. Haley. \We had an extra bedroom,\ she said of her family's home on Airport Road in Westerlo. Mrs. Quick used to have fun with her sisters, said her daugh- ter.. \We'd all go shopping — Aunt Viv and Aunt Gert and my mother — at the plaza in Del- mar. We'd all go out to lunch together there at Woolworth's and joke and have fun,\ she said. Mrs. Quick had six children, four of whom died before her —• Catherine Quick, and Leland (Sunny), Clyde, and Betty Jane Sisson, who died as an infant. Her husbands, Leland Sisson and Edsel Quick, also died before her. She is survived by two chil- dren, Carolyn Haley of East Berne and Kenneth Sisson of Highland, 16 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren, and some great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a sis- ter, Vivian Lee, and her hus- band, John, and many nieces and nephews. Her sister, Gertrude Bouton, died before her. A memorial and interment service was held at the Greenville Cemetery in Greenville on March 4. Arrangements are by the Cunningham Funeral Home in Greenville. — Melissa Hale-Spencer PERSONAL NOTICE ST. JUDE NOVENA May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved'and pre- served, throughout the world, now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us. St. Jude, worker of miracles, pray for us. St. Jude, helper of the hopeless, pray for us. Say this prayer nine times a day. By the eighth day, your prayer will have been an- swered. It has never failed. It worked for me. Publication promised. Pd. Adv. 3/3/06 Roberta Fay Robert C. Fay EAST BERNE — Robert C. Fay, a decorated bombardier during World War II, was a quiet man who loved his family and loved the outdoors. He died unexpectedly in his East Berne home on Sunday, March 5, 2006. He was 85. Mr. Fay was born in New York City, the son of the late Emmett and Daisey Fay. He was one of 11 children, \He loved his family,\ said his niece, Irene Peck of Altamont. \He was the baby of the family.\ While he was raised in New York City, he relished spending time at his family's summer home on Warner's Lake in the Helderbergs, his niece said. \As a youngster, he loved to swim and fish; he did some hunting. He was an athlete,\ said Mrs. Peck. \He liked to use his hands to make things.\ So, when he married, he settled • in East Berne. His wife, Dorothy Fay, died in 1986. Mr. Fay worked for 28 years as a test driver for Walter Motor Truck in Voorheesville. \He loved his job,\ said his niece. Mr. Fay proudly served his coun- try during World War II, after en- listing in the United States Army on Sept. 17, 1940. He began his tour of duty as an aircraft mechanic with the 1 st Bomb Squad, 9 th Bomb Group and went on to become a B-29 bombardier, serving in Hawaii and Tinian in the Pacific Theater. \You couldn't get him to talk about it,\ said Mrs. Peck of her uncle's war service. Mrs. Peck's son, Lance Peck, said, \I'm a flyer myself, in the military 25 years, and I could never get him to talk about it.\ His medals speak for him. Mr. Fay's many awards include two Bronze Stars, the American Service Medal, the American Defense Service Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal. He was honorably discharged on Nov. 3, 1945. \He was a very quiet, very private man,\ said Mr. Peck. Mr. Fay is survived by his daughter-in-law, Maria Fay, of Scotia, and by seven nieces and nephews, two of them from Altamont, Irene Peck and Walter Fay. He is also survived by his sister-in-law, Anna Fay of Altamont. His son, Robert H. Fay, died before him, as did his brothers and sisters, Marion, Alice, Ada, Irene, Walter, George, Howard, Charlie, Arthur, and Milton Fay. A funeral service will be held today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. at the Fredendall Funeral Home in Altamont. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Berne. — Melissa Hale-Spencer Lansing Christman Lansing Christman, author, journalist, and retired newsman, died March 2,2006 at the Summit Hills Retirement Community, in Inman, South Carolina. He was 96. Mr. Christman was editor of The Altamont Enterprise from 1934 to 1947, and wrote a weekly column, \Countryside Gleanings\ for The Enterprise in recent years. (See tribute on page 2.) Widower of Lucile Skinner Christman, he was born in Duanesburg, and was the son of the late W.W. and Catherine Bradt Christman. He had lived in South Carolina, his wife's home state, since 1970. . Mr. Christman was Poet Laureate of the Bill Drake show on WSPA- AM. He was a contributing editor for Ideals magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, and columnist for The Inman Times. He gained national recognition for his four books — A Hill Farm Year (1956), A Hillside Harvest (1957), Harpstrings In The Mud (1998) and Stitching Stars (2000) — and for his poetry and country essays which have appeared in more than 60 magazines and newspapers throughout the United States including The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Household, Defenders of Wildlife News, and Nature'Magazine. An ardent environmentalist, Mr. Christman and his wife lived for 60 years at the Christman Sanctuary in the Helderbergs; nearly 100 acres of which now belongs to The Nature Conservancy. The sanctuary is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Mr. Christman entered the news field at age 17 while a student in high school. Although never attending college, he quickly became editor of The Altamont Enterprise and served in that position from 1934 to 1947. From that post he served nearly 20 years as news director for radio and TV stations WGY-WRGB in Schenectady. He was past president of the New York Associated Press Broadcasters Association. Mr. Christman's career included many sidelines: public relations consultant for St. Clare's Hospital in Schenectady, Schenectady County and town of Duanesburg historian, president of the Schenectady County Historical Society, member of the board of directors of the John Burroughs Memorial Association in New York City, He was an honorary and life member of the Albany Public Library, a charter member of the Thoreau Fellowship, and an honorary member of the Mohawk Valley Hiking Club. He is survived by nine nieces, Gayle Q. McCants of Reidsville, S.C; Melody S. Wright of Wellford, S.C; Mary Jane Cooper of Illinois; Carolina Burnette of Vermont; Emily June Wood of Spartansburg, S.C; Alise Louise Gingery of Greenville, S.C; Anne Christman of New York; Joan Arnold of Rhode Island; and Helen Mead of New York. He is also survived by four nephews, Donnie Johnson of Gramling, S.C; Roger Harmon of Spartanburg, S.C; Donald Avery of Massachu- setts; and Corky Christman of New York. Mr. Christman's body is being cremated and a memorial service was held Tuesday, March 7, at the Seawright Funeral Home in Inman, S.C. A private burial followed at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions may be made to The Carolina Foothills Artisan Center, Post Office Box 517, Chesnee, SC 29323.
