Gail E. Delehanty, 62 of Latham, beloved wife of Edward J. Delehanty for 38 years, died Friday morning, May 28, 2004 at Albany Memorial Hospital after an 18 year courageous battle with cancer. She was born in the Bronx, the daughter of Estelle Rathbun Nelson Innocent of Colonie and the late John F. Nelson. Gail was a 1959 graduate of Rye High School and St. Joseph's School of nursing, receiving an L.P.N. degree. She also attended Berkeley Secretarial School in White Plains. She worked at St. Agnes Hospital in White Plains, the Loudonville Home for Adults for several years, Albany Memorial Hospital and lastly for Central Nursing as an L.P.N. in Guilderland for several years. Gail was a communicant of Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Latham, a life member of the North Colonie Ambulance and member of the 1st Class of Paramedics, a member and former officer of the S.W. Pitts Hose Co. Ladies Axillary and a member of the Albany Ski Club. In Addition to her mother and husband, she is survived by her loving children, Colleen E. Stone of Waterford and John N. Delehanty of Albany; three sisters, Elaine Byers of Harahan, La., Sharon Honegger of Hawthorne, N.Y. and Marilynn McGrorty of Babylon, N.Y. She is also survived by her two cherished grandchildren, Lee Stone and Eli Stone; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 11:15 A.M. from the Dufresne & Cavanaugh Funeral Home, 149 Old Loudon Road, Latham and at 12:00 noon in Our Lady of the Assumption Church, 498 Watervliet-Shaker Road, Latham where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev. Geoffrey D. Burke, Pastor. Relatives and friends are invited to attend and may also call at the funeral home on Monday from 5-8 P.M. Interment will be in the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Schuylerville. Memorial contributions in memory of Gail may be made to the S.W. Pitts Hose Co. Ladies Axillary, 226 Old Loudon Road, Latham, NY 12110.
Bio by Robert Boehm Rathbun.
Henry "Hank" Rathbun III, the son of Henry Howe Rathbun, Jr. and his wife, Helen Boehm Rathbun, died on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 in Warner Robins, Georgia. He was 74 years old.
A native of Utica, New York, Hank was born on August 8, 1942 and raised in Oriskany Falls, New York, Milton, Massachusetts, and Claremont, New Hampshire. He graduated with the Class of 1960 Stevens High School in Claremont, New Hampshire and enlisted in the United States Air Force following graduation. Mr. Rathbun proudly served his country in the military for eight years and later graduated from Johnson and Wales College in Providence, Rhode Island with the Class of 1978. He was a restaurant manager, insurance agent, and business man. Hank was also a die-hard New York Yankees' fan.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Charles M. Rathbun.
Visitation will be Thursday, September 15th from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at McCullough Funeral Home. A committal service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 19th in Crown Hill Memorial Park in Kirkland, New York with the Rev. Christopher Adorno officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorial donations be given in memory of Mr. Rathbun to the Wounded Warrior Project Foundation, 4899 Belfort Road, Suite 300, Jacksonville, FL 32256.
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Source: McCullough Funeral Home.