Retired Spa CatholicTeacher Passes Away

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Dennis M. Ostrowski, a former Saratoga Central Catholic School (SCC) faculty member, died on August 30 at the age of 70.

Ostrowski “touched the lives of countless students,” the school said in a statement last week. “His memory will forever remain a part of SCC.”

Tributes to Ostrowski written by former students and colleagues described him as an “icon of the school,” a “fantastic teacher,” and a “kind, thoughtful, generous man.”

Ostrowski was born in 1953 in Middletown, New York. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1971 to 1975, obtaining the rank of Sergeant. He retired from SCC in 2019 after a long career as an assistant principal, IT administrator, and teacher of History and Forensic Science.

He is survived by his son, Joshua Latour-Ostrowski.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at the St. Clements Church in Saratoga Springs on September 13. A burial with military honors was bestowed the same day at the Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville.