Marshall Levine, dedicated husband and father of three, passed away at the age of 88. He had a fall at home and suffered a hip fracture requiring surgery. He struggled during his recovery with several complications, and left us on Saturday, September 26 at Albany Medical Center. Marshall was born July 12, 1932 to Louis and Sara (Alpert) Levine. He and his siblings Robert, Lenore (Zislin), and Daniel were raised in Troy, New York. They lost their father when Marshall was 10 years old, and...

    Shirley Frager Cohen, age 93, died at her home at the Beverwyck Independent Living Apartments, on Saturday, September 26, 2020. Born on February 17, 1927, in Newburgh, New York, to Julius and Rebecca Frager, she graduated from Newburgh Free Academy, and received her BA in Elementary Education from SUNY New Paltz. On August 22, 1948, she married Roy Cohen and they settled in Newburgh. Shirley was employed by the Newburgh City School District for 25 years where she worked as...

  Irving Dinowitz, 96 of the United Hebrew Geriatric Center in New Rochelle, NY died on September 25 , 2020 of natural causes at United Hebrew Center. Irving was born in Troy, New York on August 4, 1924 and was the son of the late Anna and Percy Dinowitz. He was a graduate of Troy High School and was married  for 74 years to Gloria Lasky Dinowitz who predeceased  him by 3 months. Irving owned and operated Leather Arts, a gift shop in downtown Troy,...

  Martha Herkowits Karp, age 102 of Eddy Village Green in Cohoes, NY died on September 22, 2020 at the Eddy. Martha was born on August 14 1918 to Samuel and Rae Herkowits in Albany NY. Martha graduated from Albany High School and the Jr. College of Albany as well as the Albany Business College    Martha married Dr Harrison Karp in 1943 and moved to Schenectady in 1951 where Dr Karp practiced medicine until his death in 1991. Mrs. Karp was a member of Congregation...

  Suzanne Cohen Fialkoff, age 82, died at home with her family by her side on Monday, September 21 after an illness that quickly took her life.   Born May 21, 1938 in Albany New York to Jacob and Florence Cohen, Sue attended Schenectady public schools where she met her best life-long friend Sheila Kruh. She graduated from Nott Terrace High School in 1956 and continued with her education by obtaining a secretarial degree from Mildred Elley Business School. On June 22, 1958 Sue...

Albany - MARTIN BECKER  Martin Becker, age 93, of Albany, NY, passed away peacefully September 20th, 2020 Martin Becker was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1926. He left there at the beginning of 1939, shortly after the “Night of Broken Glass” due to the persecution of Jews by the Hitler Regime and went to live with his uncle in Lyon, France until April 1940 at which time he traveled alone to Genoa, Italy and hence to Schenectady, New York where his parents already had been...

Jane Ann Smith of Troy, New York died on Friday, September 11, 2020 Jane was predeceased by her parents Wilhelmina Scherhans Smith and Ellsworth G. Smith, and granddaughter Victoria Marie. Jane is survived by her son Douglas (Laura Ehrich), grandchildren Lianna Mae,  Scott Douglas, and Kaileigh Marie, niece Marlene Naumann, nephew Eric Smith, dear friends Carol and Robert Prescott, and acquaintances from Lansingburgh, in particular Verdiles. Jane was a talented artist, designing the...

https://www.michaeljfox.org/donate    Dr. Michael Lee Scher, 74, died at home in Slingerlands, N.Y., on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. The cause was Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy Body Disease. Survivors include wife Barbara Scher; son Jeremy Scher of Slingerlands; son Daniel (Aliza) Scher and their children Ellie, Evan, and Lily of Delmar, N.Y.; and siblings Sandy (Valerie) Scher of New Rochelle, N.Y., Floyd Scher of Deerfield Beach, Fla., and Leslie Scher (Dr. Dean) Dobbin of Boca...

Alan M. Bloom, age 71 of Delmar, NY, passed away unexpectedly from cardiac arrest on Friday night, September 11, 2020.  Alan was born in Brooklyn, NY on December 28, 1948.  He was the beloved son of Pearl and Walter Bloom and a loving brother to Carol Kaplan, Gary (Barbara) Bloom and Richard (Barbara) Bloom.  Alan graduated from Duke University with a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was married to his loving wife Carol for almost 50 years.  He was an incredible...

On Monday, September 7th, Sally Goldstein, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away at the age of 82 after a long battle with lung cancer.  Sally was born August 25, 1938 in Albany New York to Gertrude (Cohen) and Alfred Gallup.  She graduated from Albany High School in 1956 and Russell Sage College in 1960, and taught elementary school in Niskayuna and South Colonie schools until 1965.  In 1962, she married Herbert (Chickie) Goldstein and they had two children,...