SARATOGA SPRINGS — Kathleen Kerin (Pastore) Miller, 73, passed away at home surrounded by her family on August 31, 2021. Information on her wonderful life and remote viewing of a Mass of Christian Burial that took place on Saturday, September 11, 2021 is provided at www.rememberingkate.org 

GREENWICH — Kenneth A. Fish, 68, passed away on Thursday, September 9, 2021 at his home with his family by his side. A private graveside service was held on Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at Notre Dame Cemetery, 115 Burgoyne Rd. in Schuylerville. For online condolences, please visit www.compassionatefuneralcare.com  

WILTON — William E. Doyle died on September 11, 2021, at his home in Wilton in the company of his family. A small, private funeral service will be held. Per his request, in lieu of flowers, send donations to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (lls.org) or Planned Parenthood. Online condolences, visit www.compassionatefuneralcare.com 

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Melvin White, 80, passed away on Friday, September 3, 2021 at the VA Medical Center with his family by his side. A funeral service was held Wednesday, September 15 at Compassionate Funeral Care. Interment followed in Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery. Online condolences, visit www.compassionatefuneralcare.com 

PORTER CORNERS — Donald Chester King passed away suddenly Thursday, September 9. A funeral service was held on Thursday, September 16 at Compassionate Funeral Care. Family and friends gathered to remember him at the funeral home prior to the service. Online condolences, visit www.compassionatefuneralcare.com 

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Joseph A. Browne died September 10, 2021. Calling hours are from 11 a.m. to 12 noon on Friday, September 17 at Compassionate Funeral Care followed by a graveside service in St. Agnes Cemetery, 48 Cemetery Ave, Menands, NY following the service at the funeral home. Online condolences, visit www.compassionatefuneralcare.com 

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Richard (Dick) C. Bauer, 91, passed away Saturday, September 4, 2021, at Saratoga Hospital. Born in Batavia, NY to the late Gertrude and Orville Bauer, he was a 1948 graduate of John Marshall High School in Rochester, NY. 

Dick attended Union College in Schenectady. He then enlisted in the Air Force as an Electronics Instructor and served in Keesler, Miss. AFB and Freising, Germany. He graduated from Syracuse University with a BS in Electrical Engineering in 1958 and was elected to the Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Betta Pi engineers’ honor societies. 

Employed by General Electric Co. 37 years, retiring in 1992, Dick was a Sonar Electronics Design manager. Starting in 1993 he worked as an Adjunct Professor for Onondaga Community College for a few years. 

He was active in many civic activities and fraternal affiliations: GE Syracuse Elfun Society, chairman 1986; Syracuse YMCA Board of Directors, Lake Shore Yacht and Country Club, and Saratoga and Liverpool United Methodist Church. He was especially active in Optimist International. He originally joined the Optimist Club of North Syracuse, NY and was a secretary-treasurer, president, and director. On the NYS District level he served as lieutenant governor, oratorical contest chairman, membership and attendance chairman, governor-elect, governor, and is a golden circle member. And he was a charter member of the Optimist Club of Liverpool, NY.

Dick’s hobbies were golf, bowling, and photography. He was a huge fan of Syracuse University football and basketball. 

Along with his parents, Dick was predeceased by his sister Beverly Kittrell and his brother Robert (Bobby) Bauer. Surviving is his beloved wife Irmgard (Irmi) Bauer; a son Richard J. (Kim) and a daughter Donna B. Peck (Jack); three grandsons, Gregory R. Bauer (Emily), Christian J. Bauer and Garrit J. Peck; one step-grandson Joshua P. Peck and two great-granddaughters Renée S. Bauer and Cecilia (Cece) G. Bauer. 

A private memorial service with military honors will be held at the Gerald BH Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, 200 Duell Road, Schuylerville, NY 12871 on Friday, September 10, 2021, at 9 a.m. Arrangements are under the direction of the William J. Burke & Sons/ Bussing& Cunniff Funeral Home, 628 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.

Contributions may be made in Dick’s name to the Optimist International Foundation www.oifoundation.org 

Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com 

BALLSTON SPA — In living memory of Sandra Donaldson (87) who passed away on August 27, 2021. 

Sandra is survived by her daughter, Sandra Fitch and predeceased by her husband, Alfred Donaldson and her son Royal Donaldson. She is also survived by her granddaughter, Olivia Mills (Steve), great-grandsons, Douglas Sorem and Daniel Sorem, grand-daughter, Sara Donaldson and great-granddaughter Mya Darrah, her grandsons, Benjamin Thomas and Royal Donaldson. She is also survived by her brother, John Straight (Maryann), multiple brothers and sisters and other relatives.

A memorial service will be held at the North Milton Cemetery. 

MIDDLETOWN, CT — Pia Marie D’Aiello, formerly Deborah Ann Wall Wilcox, passed away on August 7, 2021 at 71 years old. Pia was born in Saratoga Springs on February 27, 1950. She was a resident of Connecticut Valley Hospital when she passed, where she had been a patient since June 1990.

Pia graduated from St. Luke’s Episcopal Day School in Greenwich Village followed by graduating from The High School of Music and Arts also in New York City. She then went to and graduated from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs with a BFA in Fine Arts in 1975. Pia was a prolific artist who worked in multiple mediums but is best known for her tremendous oil painting and her sensitive and delicate watercolors. 

While growing up in NYC she resided with her mother, Gloria, also an artist and art teacher, and her two brothers Edward and Peter in Westbeth Artist Housing, the first federally funded artist housing of its kind. While living in Manhattan she created a successful Papier-mâché hat doll business that resulted in her having a whole window display in Bonwit Teller on 5th Avenue. The most recent showing of her art was in a tri-generational art show at Madison Art Cinemas with her mother, Gloria and daughter, Abigail, also an artist. During her life Pia had the opportunity to travel to Haiti, Paris, Southern France and Spain. She was married to Robert C. Wilcox for a time. 

Pia is pre-deceased by her brother Peter J. Wall and is survived by her mother, Gloria D’Aiello Wehle, her brother Edward J. Wall and her daughter, Abigail Deborah Wilcox as well as her extended family in Saratoga Springs and the tri-state area. There will be a memorial service at Connecticut Valley Hospital in September. One of Pia’s paintings is being gifted to the hospital. To share memories or express condolences online please visit www.biegafuneralhome.com 

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Philip Joseph Milano, Sr., peacefully took his last breath on August 31, 2021. Calling hours were held on 9/06/21. A service was held om 9/7/21 followed by a graveside service with military honors at Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery. For online condolences, visit www.compassionatefuneralcare.com