Obituaries

Genevieve H. Quackenbush, 83, of Delhi, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 at home surrounded by her family. She was born Jan. 3, 1926 in Prattsville, the daughter of Abram and Etta (Plankenhorn) Post. She married Vetal Quackenbush in 1946.

Roy James Cammer, 65, a lifelong resident of Roxbury, passed away Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, surrounded by family and friends, at Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany. He was born Oct. 2, 1944 in Margaretville, the son of Lynn and Bertha Slauson Cammer. Roy married Deborah Decker on Feb. 2, 1963, at St. Philip Neri Church at Grand Gorge. He attended Roxbury Central School.

Malcolm Becker died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009 at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence at the age of 75.

Rosemarie Zimmermann, 77, died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 at her home in New Kingston.
Rosemarie Zimmerman, our dear wife and mother, was born on August 26, 1932 in Bay Shore to John and Mary Marie Victor. Tragically, her father drowned in a boating accident seven years later, leaving her mother to singly raise two young daughters, Rosemarie and her younger sister Julia. Both of her daughters faithfully cared for their mother before her death.

William H. Cure, 86, of Upper Birch Creek Road, Pine Hill, died Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009 at his residence after a brief illness. He was born May 28, 1923 in Pine Hill, the son of the late Obed and Luella Lasher Cure.

Nicolaie (Nick) Cibu, 65, of Arkville, passed away Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 at his residence.
He was born November 9, 1943 in Romania, the son of Nagu and Alexandra Cibu.
He was the owner and operator of Cibu Electric on Route 28, Arkville.
He moved to Arkville permanently in 1989, from New York City.

Sophia Van Benschoten Wilkes, 101, was born August 11, 1908 in Andes, the daughter of Jay and Lena (Hasbrouck) Van Benschoten died Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 in Alexandria, Va.
She attended school during her elementary years and graduated from Margaretville High School after which she left the area to attend Plattsburgh State Normal School to obtain a teaching degree.

Rebecca H. Wickham, 89, of Margaretville passed away peacefully Tuesday evening, Oct. 6, 2009, at Margaretville Hospital. Rebecca was born November 11, 1919, in the Town of Hardenburgh, the daughter of Burton and Lula Hall. Rebecca married Eugene Wickham Jr. March 28, 1937 in Arena.

Doris M. Cariot, 88, of Margaretville, passed away at Kingston Hospital, Kingston, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. She was born August 10, 1921, in Margaretville, the daughter of Fred and Clara (McCumber) Myers. She graduated from the Margaretville High School and was a lifelong Margaretville resident.

Albert A. Filupeit, 87, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, a former resident of Dry Brook, Arkville, died Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 at Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne. Mr. Filupeit was born March 27, 1922, in Brooklyn and had lived in Dry Brook from 1932-1939. He had lived in Cheyenne since 1963.