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We celebrate the lives of fellow 46ers who are now climbing the celestial hills, wishing them peace.
2019
George M. Amedore #1354
George H. Amedore
1947 - 2019
SARATOGA SPRINGS: George H. Amedore, age 72, peacefully passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2019 from Lewy Body Dementia.George was born on April 22, 1947, the son of the late Carl and June Amedore. George attended Schenectady Schools graduating from Mt. Pleasant. While there, he competed in wrestling and had many undefeated seasons. George was a Boy Scout, reaching the rank of Eagle Scout.After graduating from SUNY-Albany he worked for Saratoga Schools as a school psychologist. Continuing his studies, he earned an Ed.D. in Educational Administration. He then served as principal of the Division Street School where he was loved by children and staff alike. He was a great advocate for Special Education students, integrating them into the regular classroom long before it was common practice. Dr. “A”, as students called him, then became Assistant Superintendent of South Glens Falls school district and a few years later took the job as Superintendent in Plattsburgh where he stayed for nine years until he retired in 2002. George was also Scout Master for Troop 16 in Saratoga, served as District Chairperson for two years and he served on the AAA Board of Directors for several years. Always active George hiked the 46 Peaks (46er) of the Adirondacks, camped, mountain biked, skied and golfed with his buddies at McGregor Golf links. He also taught skiing at Alpine Meadows in Greenfield, NY and Gore Mountain.As he moves on to Heaven, he leaves many who love him here; his wife of 38 years, Annie A. Amedore; stepsons, Mitchell (Sheri), Todd (Tina); grandsons, Ethan, Alex and the late Andrew; his brother Tom (Maria); a large Amedore family of cousins and many golf and ski buddies. His ashes will be sprinkled on April 22, 2020 on Whiteface Mountain.The family extends a thank you to the staff of Home of The Good Shepherd in Malta for their extraordinary care in the past three plus years.A memorial service will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday, January 2, 2020 at Compassionate Funeral Care, 402 Maple Ave. (Rte 9 and/or Marion Ave.), Saratoga Springs, NY. Family and friends may call from 9:00 am to 9:45 am prior to the service at the funeral home.In lieu of flowers, please make donations in honor of George to the Alzheimer’s Association of Albany.
Michael W. Stone #4358
Mimi Moulton #3148
Dallas Cain #1411
Dr. Richard L. Erenstone #683
Dr. Richard L. Erenstone
Dr. Richard L. Erenstone, of Lake Placid, passed peacefully surrounded by his family on the evening of Dec. 29, 2019. He had bravely battled against stage 4 cancer for five years. The diagnosis did not prevent him from living his active lifestyle until recently, when the disease finally overwhelmed his body.
Dr. Erenstone was born July 25, 1947, in Rochester, son of Morton and Adele Erenstone and older brother to Anne (Erenstone) Karpinski. During his active childhood he developed a love for skiing, the Adirondack Mountains and Lake Placid in particular, where he would later make his home. He also became an Eagle Scout, a point of honor throughout his life, instilling values that he proudly passed to his children and grandchildren. Dr. Erenstone met his wife Denise in Oregon while attending optometry school at Pacific University. The couple soon moved to Lake Placid, where they together started his optometric practice, which became known as Mountain Vision Center. In time they welcomed their son, Jeffrey, and daughter, Brook. During his life, Dr. Erenstone was known for being a dedicated and compassionate optometrist, avid skier and Ironman triathlete.
Dr. Erenstone loved exploring the Adirondack Mountains as well as traveling to adventurous destinations with his family and friends. His dedication to the community has a lasting impact through his founding of the North Country Association for the Visually Impaired, the Lions Club of Lake Placid, Boy Scouts of America, Adirondack Mountain Club and the Adirondack 46ers. Dr. Erenstone particularly enjoyed welcoming visitors and new residents to our community through his work as a Nordic ski patroller, trail steward and good neighbor.
Dr. Erenstone was a dedicated optometrist in this area for 47 years. He began as an independent optometrist but later joined the Eye Care for the Adirondacks practice. He was known for his thorough examinations and his attention to the needs of each individual patient.
Dr. Erenstone is survived by his wife Denise; son Jeffrey; daughter Brook; their spouses Debbie and Taylor, respectively; his grandchildren Holly, Tyler, Canyon and Isla (all of whom affectionately called him Pae); his sister Anne; and his dogs Spirit and Chestnut.
A celebration of Dr. Erenstone’s life will be held Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, in the Great Room of the Crowne Plaza at 101 Olympic Drive, Lake Placid. The family will be receiving visitors at 2 p.m. The service will be at 3 p.m., followed by a reception. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made in Dr. Erenstone’s memory to the North Country Association for the Visually Impaired, 22 US Oval, Suite B-15, Plattsburgh, NY 12903, www.ncavi.org.
The M.B. Clark Inc. Funeral Home in Lake Placid is in charge of arrangements. Relatives and friends are invited to share a memory or leave condolences at www.mbclarkfuneralhome.com.
Paul Beyer #3214
Robert L. Carson #249
Robert L. Carson, age 93, a longtime Glenville resident, passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2019 in Saratoga Springs with his family at his side. He was born on May 28, 1926 in Marion, Indiana, the son of the late Leslie Carson and Yevonne Williams Carson. Robert was educated in the public schools in Indiana and Maryland. Robert was proud to serve with the 6th Armored Division of the US Army in France and Germany during WWII. Robert continued his education attending Purdue University where he earned his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1950. He then went to work for General Electric as an engineer and engineering manager in the Large Steam Turbine Department for 40 years prior to retiring in 1990. Robert was an avid hiker. He was a member of the Adirondack 46-R Club, having climbed all 46 high peaks in the Adirondacks. He loved to ski, sail, canoe, kayak and play tennis. He was an accomplished craftsman, having made many very special pieces of furniture. One of "Papa's" greatest joys was playing with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He will be missed by all who knew him and were touched by him. Robert is survived by his beloved wife of 64 years, Norma M. Carson; daughter, Cynthia Mushroe (Michael) of Spring Lake, Michigan; sons, Dr. Eric Carson (Kathleen) of Saratoga Springs, David Carson (Diane) of Mahopac, NY; seven grandchildren, Kathleen O'Brien (Daniel), Robert Mushroe, Thomas Mushroe, Jenna Hiltz (Alan), Michael Carson, Brian Carson, Chelsea Carson; three great-grandchildren, Liam and Lily O'Brien and Hailey Hiltz; two sisters, Carolyn Jones of Muncie Indiana, and Delores Bray of Mesa, Arizona; several nieces and friends who will miss him dearly. A graveside service with military honors will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 20, 2020 at Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, followed by a 3 p.m. memorial service at Calvary Episcopal Church in Burnt Hills. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Robert can be made to the Calvary Episcopal Church, 85 Lake Hill Rd, Burnt Hills, NY 12027. Arrangements are under the direction of Compassionate Funeral Care, Inc, 402 Maple Ave., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.
J. Thomas Nash #109
J. Thomas Nash died Tuesday, July 30, 2019 from complications following open heart surgery. He is survived by his wife, Marti, two daughters, Katharine and Laura, their husbands Paul Suding and Erik Edborg, grandchildren Madeline and Thomas Suding, cousin Susan Nash Rice, niece Susan Johnson Preston, and nephews Douglas Johnson and Kenneth Johnson. He was predeceased by his parents, Duane H. Nash and Barbara Shertz Nash, and by his older sister, Nancy Nash Johnson of Nashville, TN. He lived in Louisville, CO, a small town east of Boulder, within sight of the Rocky Mountains he loved.
Tom was born 78 years ago on July 30, 1941, in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York. He spent his childhood in Wilmington, Delaware, attending Wilmington Friends School, and on Lake Champlain at Corlear Bay, near Keeseville, New York. His summers there were a boy’s dream: backpacking and canoe trips in the Adirondacks; climbing all the fabled 46er’s with his older sister Nancy and father Dan. As a counselor at Camp Lincoln in the North Country, Tom perfected his camp cook skills that were to impress his children on camping trips years later in the Rocky Mountains.
He graduated from Amherst College in 1963, and went on to Columbia University for a Ph.D. in Geology, in 1966. His entire working career was with the U.S. Geological Survey, at centers in Washington, D.C., Menlo Park, CA., and Denver, CO. This work carried him happily throughout the West on summer field trips, down into working gold and uranium mines to collect ore samples, and joint studies with other geologists. Many younger colleagues will be forever grateful for his mentorship. He loved his job, even writing it all up back at his computer. It allowed him to combine a strong work ethic, commitment, and independent spirit with his lifelong love of open spaces.
Tom and Marti met in New York City in 1966. They were married in the Chapel on the Columbia Univ. campus and lived on Morningside Heights until his graduation. They moved to Wash.,D.C. the following year, then to Menlo Park, CA, for his work at the USGS branch there. Marti commuted by train to complete her B.A. degree at San Jose State College. Daughter Katharine was born in 1971. Tom applied for a transfer to the USGS Denver branch and they moved in 1974, settling in Evergreen, 20 miles west in the Front Range foothills, where they lived for the next 28 years. Daughter Laura was born in 1975, the same year they built their first house on Quarterhorse Road. When the girls moved on to college and Tom retired in 2002 they moved back East to the Lake Champlain area where Tom had spent his summers growing up. They lived in Burlington, Vermont, across the lake from Corlear Bay, and then in the Lake Champlain Islands near Alburgh. More moves were to come in an effort to stay in touch with the family still in the West. Granddaughter Madeline was born in 2006 in Irvine, California where Katharine had her first job teaching ecology at UC Irvine. This prompted the next move to Las Vegas, New Mexico, a town one hour east of Santa Fe and just a day’s drive to Irvine. Then back to northern California when Katharine moved up to UC Berkeley and grandson Thomas was born; and finally back to Colorado. He loved all the moves, even the packing up. In each of these places Tom used his building and problem solving skills to restore old houses in need of fixing and build work spaces for Marti, an artist. He was a rare combination of scientist, handyman, auto mechanic and faithful correspondent to the many friends left behind along the way.
A memorial service is planned for Wednesday, August 28, 2019. 4 pm, at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Boulder, Colorado. Please make donations in his name to Sister Carmen Community Center in Lafayette, Colorado.
George Elias #594
George J. Elias, 89, of Inverness, FL, passed away on November 2, 2019. He was born on February 26, 1930 in Queens, NY, son of Frank and Louise Elias.
George worked as an engineer at Grumman Aerospace on Long Island for 27 years. He was involved in the Apollo Space Landing on the moon. He was a veteran of the US Army.
He was a member of St. Mary-St Andrew’s Catholic Church in Ellenville, NY and Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Inverness, FL.
In the 1960’s he built a small house in his beloved Catskill Mountains and spent every weekend there for many years.
He enjoyed hunting with his dear friends that stayed in the house with him and he did all the cooking. He also skied and fished and loved to read about World War II and airplanes.
George was an avid hiker. He was a Forty-Sixer, a member of the Long Island chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club, and Catskill Club, where he maintained hiking trails in both the Adirondacks and Catskills. He completed the Catskill 3500 peaks on May 18, 1970. He became the trails Chairman, then Vice President and then President during his involvement of 15 years. His spirit has kept the Long Island chapter involved with The Brother Trail through the present time.
In 1981, he and his good friend, Herb Coles, went on a hiking trip to the Uinta Mountains in Utah where he met his wife, Helen Ryan. In 1983, they began their 35 year peaceful and loving marriage. George and Helen traveled all over the United States in their camper. They took trips to see a lot of the world from Antarctica to China. He had a small boat, loved his Jeep and his “Far Nuff” house in the Catskills. They built a home in Florida and spent winters there. George and Helen volunteered at the “Time & the Valleys” Museum in Grahamsville, NY and at the Daniel Pierce Library. They wrote a small treatise on early Red Hill, the area they lived in the Catskills. They spearheaded the renovation of a NY state fire tower in Red Hill, NY.
George was a quiet man, a thinker, a kind and generous man much revered by his first cousins, Bill & Lorraine Elias and their children, Dustin cousins, Chebusky cousins and Ryan in-laws, nieces and nephews and many friends.
George was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Robert.
Survivors include wife, Helen Elias of Inverness, FL.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at ____ on Friday, November 8, 2019 at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Inverness. Interment with Military Honors will follow at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, FL.
George will be terribly missed. May he rest in Peace.
Heinz Funeral Home & Cremation, Inverness, FL.
David B. Chandler #624
Daniel P. Kane #7532
QUEENSBURY — “It is not important whether you make the summit; it is important how you make the climb,” by Grace Hudowalski, 9th 46er and first woman to summit all 46 peaks, was one of Dan’s favorite quotes and how he lived his life.
Born in Glens Falls, Dan was a son of the late Herbert and Margaret (Wiser) Kane. He lived in Lake Luzerne for the first few years of his life and then moved to Keeseville, where he enjoyed working on his neighbor’s farm (Tony Santor) until returning to the local area when he was a teen. Dan graduated from Queensbury High School in the class of 1972. After graduating, he returned to the Keeseville area to study geography and environmental sciences at SUNY Plattsburgh, earning a bachelor’s degree in 1976. On Aug. 11, 1984, Dan married the love of his life, Charlene Harvey, and together they built their home and raised their family in Queensbury, his hometown which he loved so much.
His first job was at the Lake George/Lake Champlain Regional Planning Board. In 1978, Dan moved to the Warren County Planning Department, where he worked for 21 years. While at Warren County, he was instrumental in the creation of the Stop-DWI program and the Warren County Recycling program. In his 40s, Dan continued his education, earning his master’s degree from SUNY Plattsburgh. He later attended Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, where he earned his certificate in school district administration.
Dan began a second career as a high school history teacher and was employed by Queensbury High School for 15 years, until he retired in 2012. During his teaching career, Dan was a youth and government program advisor, mock trial advisor, SADD advisor as well as an adjunct professor with SUNY Adirondack, teaching geography.
Dan was a dedicated member of our community, spent many hours working out and socializing with friends at the YMCA, worked 40 years as a high school basketball referee and 20 years as an off-ice hockey official in the UHL, AHL and ECHL. He was a real estate agent with ReMax Peak Performers, a summit steward and board member for the Adirondack 46ers, a board member of the Adirondack Mountain Club, a member of the Lower Adirondack Search and Rescue, a member of Therapy Dogs International, security guard at Saratoga Performing Arts Center and former YMCA board member. His greatest accomplishments were becoming a 46er (#7532) in 2012 after hiking all of the high peaks in the Lake Placid region before his 60th birthday, and raising a family. His family was his life and made him so proud.
Daniel P. Kane, 65, of Queensbury, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 at Glens Falls Hospital, after a 3 1/2 year battle with bladder cancer with his family by his side.
Survivors include Dan’s wife of 35 years, Charlene Kane; his daughters, Elizabeth (Brock) Renfrew of Troy and Emily (Joe Morris) Kane of Queensbury; and most importantly, his therapy dog, Marcy; his siblings, Patrick (Beth) Kane of Saratoga Springs, Kevin (Maura) Kane of Wilbraham, Massachusetts and Katherine (Jon Coughlan) Kane of New Albany, Ohio; and several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
The family will receive relatives and friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, at Regan Denny Stafford Funeral Home, 53 Quaker Road, Queensbury.
Funeral services will be private and held at the convenience of the family.
Interment will be held in Pine View Cemetery, Queensbury.
Memorial contributions may be made in his memory to Adirondack Mountain Club, 814 Goggins Road, Lake George, NY 12845; The Police Benevolent Association of the New York State Troopers, 120 State St., Albany, NY 12207; and Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, 4915 St. Elmo Ave. Suite 202, Bethesda, MD 20814.
To express condolences, visit www.sbfuneralhome.com.
