REXFORD— Justyn Travers, age 97, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 27, 2024 surrounded by her family. At the family’s request, there will be no calling hours or service at this time. Online condolences, visit www.compassionatefuneralcare.com
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Delbert James Kenyon of Greenfield Center passed away peacefully in Saratoga Hospital after battling cancer for a short few weeks on Sunday, September 29, 2024.
Mr. Kenyon was born in Schenectady on July 24, 1950, the first son of Robert and Barbara Kenyon. He graduated from Saratoga Springs High School in 1968. He lived life to the fullest and traveled to the beat of a different drum, traveling all over the United States in his early 20s. He was a retired maintenance and grounds supervisor for the town of Wilton. In addition, he worked many years as a Maytag repairman. He also worked at The Parting Glass, and was quite the entrepreneur as a restaurant owner and aquarium store owner.
He was predeceased by his mother, Barbara, (Simmons) Kenyon, father, Robert E Kenyon, and brother Wayne Kenyon of Saratoga Springs.
He is survived by his loving wife, Dawn (O’Donnell) Kenyon; his brother Jack (Eve) Kenyon of Ballston Spa; his daughter, Roclyn Harrington of Saratoga Springs; nephews, Ian Kenyon of FL, Josh Kenyon of Ballston Lake, Zach Kenyon of MT; niece, Melody Stasik of Ballston Lake; nine great-nephews, three great-nieces; and many cousins.
Delbert’s legacy to the future will continue in the lives of his family and in the anatomical gift of his body to Albany Medical College.
The celebration of life will be later at the convenience of the family.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — T-shirts and tumblers, tote bags to umbrellas, Saratoga Performing Arts Center is offering site specific merchandise for sale.
Shipping is available throughout the U.S. or via a pick up in-person option at the SPAC Offices inside the Hall of Springs locally.
For more information, go to: spac.org.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The annual Saratoga International Flavorfeast returns to downtown Saratoga Springs Saturday, Oct. 12.
Beginning at 11 a.m., Flavorfeast “passport-maps” displaying a layout of participating restaurants/businesses can be picked up on the north corner of Broadway and Division Street in front of the Spa City Motor Lodge. The map will also be available on the www.saratogaflavorfeast.com website to print the night before the event. This map will help event-goers plan their day’s itinerary of travel to a variety of local restaurant destinations for $2 food samples from countries of origin such as Ireland, Italy, India, Guatemala, Spain, Mexico, and others.
A current list of participating restaurants includes Bare Blends, Ben & Jerry’s, Boca Bistro, Bread Basket Bakery, Cantina, Cardona’s Market, Hattie’s Restaurant, Henry Street Taproom, Karavalli Saratoga, Kindred, Maple Valley Farm, Sara’s Kitchen, Sushi Thai Garden, The Bunker Saratoga, The Parting Glass Inc., Trattoria Fortunata, West Avenue Pizza, and Wheatfields Restaurant & Bar. Saratoga Olive Oil Company will be offering free tastings throughout the day.
Entertainment including Asian dance, Irish Step Dancing, fiddling, German accordion playing, African drumming, and more will take place at various locations downtown.
The event is presented by Saratoga Food Fanatic and Network Saratoga LLC. A full list of participating restaurants, menu items, and entertainment will be posted on www.saratogaflavorfeast.com. For more information, call 518-365-3459
ALBANY — Jon Stewart will be featured in a stand-up comedy performance 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 at the Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., in Albany.
Tickets range from $55 to $95 and are available via Ticketmaster at ticketmaster.com.
This event will be a phone-free experience. Use of phones, smart watches and accessories, will not be permitted in the performance space.
ALBANY — The Rocky Horror Picture Show will screen at The Palace theatre in Albany at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21.
This kinky and outrageous musical spoof of classic horror films spawned the ultimate audience-participation cult following amid a million midnight screenings dating back to its downtown Manhattan screenings in the 1970s.
Promoters blurb: Damn it, Janet, get your tickets early and prepare yourself for a night of Rocky Horror madness you won’t soon forget. Come and see that toast and toilet paper fly! It’s time to get weird once again with The Kids of Albany.
General admission tickets are $29 (Includes Prop Kit & Toilet Paper) and are on sale via Ticketmaster at ticketmaster.com. Tickets are also available for purchase at the Palace Theatre Box Office (located at 19 Clinton Ave).
SARATOGA SPRINGS —Dozens of authors, a literary marketplace and a Kid Zone will all play a role in this year’s Saratoga Book Festival in venues throughout downtown Saratoga Springs this weekend.
“The event includes more than 30 sessions, 50 featured authors, and a Saturday KidZone and Literary Marketplace that showcases more than 90 local authors and organizations.
Among the highlights:
-Warren Zanes Celebrates Springsteen’s Nebraska in Song & Stories at Universal Preservation Hall. The night of music and stories is inspired by Zanes’ latest book, “Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’.” Saturday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m. at Universal Preservation Hall. For more information about this event, read Saratoga TODAY’s exclusive interview with Zanes at: https://saratogatodaynewspaper.com/springsteens-nebraska-hitting-uph-oct-5/.
-Gossip Girl Brunch, a meet-and-greet in and book chat with Cecily von Ziegesar, creator of the Gossip Girls books that launched two hit TV series with the Palette Community’s CEO Marcella Hammer. Sunday, Oct. 6 at 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Universal Preservation Hall.
The headline event with Liz Moore in conversation with Joe Donahue, will be held 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6 at Universal Preservation Hall.
For ticket information, and the entire list of authors and sessions, go to: SaratogaBookFestival.org. Saratoga Book Festival is a presentation of the Friends of the Saratoga Springs Public Library.
NORTH FORT MYERS, FL—Curtis Carl Eggleston passed away Thursday, September 12, 2024, very peacefully, surrounded by his family, at his home in North Fort Myers, Fla. He was 61 years young. He was born in Saratoga Hospital in Saratoga Springs on March 7, 1963. He was the son of Stephen Meredith Eggleston and Harriet Smead Eggleston, Crommelin Drive, Saratoga Springs.
Curtis attended public school in Saratoga Springs, graduating in 1981. He attended BOCES for the Food Service/Culinary Arts Program. He was an accomplished chef. He worked for security at SPAC in Saratoga Springs.
In August 2000, he became a State Certified Licensed Residential Building Contractor, and Eggleston & Son was created.
Eggleston Brothers Inc. was started in 2003, and in January 2004, he got his Building Certificate from the state of Florida for EBI, Eggleston Brothers, Inc. Curtis and his brother, Steven, built homes in the Bonita Springs area until 2009, with Curtis’s son, CJ.
He studied insurance and earned his insurance license in 2009. He worked for Jack Schroeder and Associates, LLC and First Family Insurance, selling health insurance. In July 2010, he was promoted to Director of the Medicare Division. In March 2021, Curtis was awarded a trip to Rome, Italy.
Curtis and his wife, Angela, were members of the Moose Lodge on Pine Island and in Bonita Springs, Fla., enjoying darts and each other’s company. He was also a member of the Pine Island VFW Auxiliary and the Pine Island Elks.
Curtis was a loving family man, with a love for fast cars and trucks, boating, fishing, ice fishing, darts, and his German shepherd dogs, Zeus and Chucky, to name a few. He loved target practice and playing cards, four-wheeling, swimming, or just having a meal and some laughs. Curtis always kept smiling despite the circumstances. He was very patriotic. He traveled with his sister, Amanda, to explore Ireland. He loved fishing trips and adventures with his nephew, Jason Barnes. He was an exceptional fisherman. He and Angela loved their fishing trips. Curtis was always willing to help others with projects.
Curtis recently visited Saratoga, where he met old friends and schoolmates and visited with his extensive family.
Curtis attended Chad Wilbur’s ATA Black Belt Academy in Florida, along with his brother, Steven, and his family in Florida, 2003-2008. All completed their training to receive Black Belt status in 2007.
Curtis is survived by his wife, Angela Burns Eggleston, formerly of Alexandria Bay; her son, Colby Hunter; his parents, Stephen Meredith Eggleston and Harriet Smead Eggleston; sisters Barbara Yandow and her husband, Robert Yandow, and Debra Eggleston and Gerard “Corky” Verrigni; brother Steven Scott Eggleston and his wife, Sabine Pleuss Eggleston; and brother-in-law Steve Decker, who he treated like a brother. Curtis will be remembered by his many nieces and nephews, with whom he was close.
He is predeceased by his first wife, Susanna Deak Eggleston; his son, Curtis John “CJ” Eggleston; his baby sister, Amanda May Eggleston Barnes; and many loving aunts and uncles.
A Celebration of Life is being held Saturday, October 12, 2 – 4 p.m., at the Moose Lodge in Bonita Springs.
A service will be held at the family’s convenience at the John Eggleston Cemetery, Corinth.
Memorial donations can be made to the Jimmy Fund Clinic in Massachusetts. To donate, visit https://www.jimmyfund.org/ways-to-give/giving/.
Online remembrances can be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Grant Ora Seymour, 79, a resident of Shelly Park in Gansevoort, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2024, at Saratoga Hospital.
Born on May 11, 1945 in Southampton, Long Island, NY, he was the son of the late Leonard and Bertha Carll Seymour. His family moved to the Fairview Dairy Farm on Stafford’s Bridge Road in Saratoga Springs when he was 4 years old.
Grant was a graduate of Schuylerville Central School and went to work at Tarrant Manufacturing in Saratoga Springs. He retired in 2006 after 40 years with the Town of Saratoga Highway Department where he was Highway Superintendent for his last 26 years. He was an honorary member of the Quaker Springs Fire Department. He enjoyed traveling, golf, lawn care, watering flowers around Schuylerville for the Schuylerville Garden Club, and spending time with longtime friends at the Bialahoski Farm.
in addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his brothers, Carl, Ray, and Donald Seymour; sisters-in-law, Lea Seymour and Donna Rembicz; nephew Scotty Seymour; and father and mother-in-law Edmund and Hazel Mullen.
Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Mary Seymour of Gansevoort; sister, Jean (Ron) Bishop of Middle Grove; sisters-in-law, Gail Seymour of Stillwater and Shikuko Seymour of CA; several nieces and nephews and grand-nieces and nephews.
A funeral service was held on Wednesday, October 2, at Flynn Bros. Inc. Funeral Home, 13 Gates Ave. Ext., Schuylerville, NY. Burial followed in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Cambridge, NY.
Memorial can be made in Grant’s name to the Quaker Springs Fire Dept., PO Box 67, Schuylerville, NY 12871 or the Gansevoort Fire Department, PO Box 172, Gansevoort, NY 12831.
Online remembrances can be made at www.flynnbrosinc.com
GANSEVOORT — Charles B. Prock Sr. peacefully passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at Saratoga Hospital. He was born on May 3, 1936, in Cohoes, NY, the son of the late John and Rita (Ashley) Prock.
Charles graduated from Cohoes High School, where he was involved in many sports, such as track and field, football, and basketball, but his real joy was baseball. Charles was invited to try-out for the Pittsburgh Pirates right out of high school. He coached Little League and girls’ softball. Charles enjoyed playing golf as he was a member of a few leagues. He was an honorary life member of Saratoga Council 246 Knights of Columbus Third degree and Saratoga Assembly 745 Fourth Degree, having served as a former member of the Color Corps. He was an avid NY Mets and NY Jets fan but, definitely not a Yankees fan.
He was employed by companies such as Cohoes Hospital, Saratoga Hospitals, Ford Motor Company and the County of Saratoga, as the Director and/or Supervisor of Information Technologies.
Charles is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, married on January 2, 1960, Cynthia Prock; children, Terri (Micheal Giaquinto), Charles Prock Jr. (Carrie Pinzer) and Kris ( Jeff Lawton); grandchildren, Tim, Jaymee, Katie, Jenna, AJ and Josh; nephews, nieces and many friends.
He is predeceased by his siblings, John Prock Jr. and Rosemary Jesmain.
Relatives and friends may call from 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. on Monday, October 7, at William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funerals, 628 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, a funeral home service will begin at 1:30 p.m.
A burial with military honors will be held at 2:30 p.m. at Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, 200 Duell Road, Schuylerville, NY.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made in honor of Charles to either the National Cancer Society https://donate.cancer.org/ or Homes for our Troops https://support.hfotusa.org/
Please visit www.burkefuneralhome.com for online condolences.
