Harriet D. Bartow
Dec. 15, 2011

Harriett D. Bartow passed on peacefully Dec. 15, at the Hospice Inn at St. Peter’s Hospital, Albany, N.Y. She was born on Feb. 13, 1933, in Buffalo, N.Y., the daughter of the late Wallace and Marian (Cole) Donald. She was the beloved wife of J. Kenwood Bartow who passed away on May 4, 2008. Together they had four children, Virginia L. Bartow (Jack Goldstein), Karyn B. Richards (Dan), John K. Bartow, Jr. (Janet), and Bruce D. Bartow (Gloria). She is also survived by three grandchildren Jessmyn Schwartz (Bartow), and Sara and Charlotte Richards.  Harriett was a Daughter of the Eastern Star, and a member of St. Peters Church in Albany, N.Y. She graduated from Buffalo State Teachers College and was a New York State school teacher for many years. Ken and Harriett moved to the village of Raquette Lake in 1985. On her retirement from the Raquette Lake Union Free School, Harriett worked for the Raquette Lake Supply Co. and Raquette Lake Navigation. After years of spending mud seasons in Siesta Key, they moved to Venice, Florida in 2001. There she volunteered as a seamstress in the costume department of the Venice Theatre. She returned to Cohoes, N.Y., in May 2011, to be closer to her children and grandchildren. 
Harriett loved to bake and was known far and wide for her cheesecakes, her special plum cake, and all kinds of special birthday cakes and holiday treats that she shared with friends and loved ones. She enjoyed travel and most recently took her family to a homecoming in Scotland in 2009, where she searched in the archives for her ancestors. She was a terrific storyteller. And her motto was “Think Snow”.  Donations in her memory may be sent to the Venice Theatre, 140 Tampa Ave W., Venice, Fla. 34285, or the Raquette Lake Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance Fund, P.O. Box 21, Raquette Lake, N.Y. 13436.  Services will be held in the spring in Raquette Lake, where she and her family enjoyed their summer home. A memorial service will be held in Raquette Lake, aboard the W.W. Durant, on the afternoon of June 30, 2012.

Alfred Starkweather
Dec. 21, 2011

Alfred L. Starkweather, 85, of Utica, passed away peacefully at home on Dec. 21.
He was born in New York Mills on July 4, 1926, to the late Lester and Alice Wines Starkweather. He served in the US Navy during WWII. Alfred was united in marriage to Beverly Mickelson on August 31, 1946, a union of 65 years. He was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. Alfred worked as a licensed practical nurse and retired as a salesman for Prudential Insurance Co. He was a generous man who spent his time volunteering with the youth fellowship and Boy Scouts of America. Alfred was a talented painter, published poet, and a hardworking man who liked to keep busy doing woodworking and gardening. He enjoyed summers at camp, and treasured the time spent with his family most of all.
Alfred is survived by his wife Beverly; his four children and their spouses, Sharon and Dr. Ovid Neulander of Jamesville, David and Karen Starkweather of Argyle, Bethany Starkweather and her husband James Stevenson of Liverpool and Darlene and Earl Wilson of Holland Patent; his nine beloved grandchildren whom he always looked forward to seeing, Mark, Damian, Vanessa, Tricia, Kiere, Shellybrooke, Carolyn, Andrea and Aaron; and eleven great-grandchildren. He was also predeceased by a brother, Lester Starkweather.
Private services will be held for the family with burial at Crown Hill Memorial Park in the spring.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the American Heart Association, Heart Gifts Processing Center, P.O. Box 3049, Syracuse, NY 13220-3049.