MOREAU — It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of William (Bill) H. Johnson Sr., age 79, on April 4, 2025. We respectfully request that donations be made to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (Trfinc.org) – a cause close to Bill’s heart. Services are private. Please visit www.burkefuneralhome.com. 

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Lisa Ribis, 58, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 4, 2025, with her devoted husband by her side.  A service was held on April 12 at Compassionate Funeral Care.  Calling hours were prior to the service.  Online condolences, visit www.compassionatefuneralcare.com. 

SARATOGA SPRINGS — John “Lumpy” Prevost, 57, passed away on April 12, 2025, at Saratoga Hospital. Visitation was on April 17, at Burke Funeral Home, 628 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs, 518-584-5373. Funeral service followed at 6 p.m. Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com. 

WILTON — Judith Eleanor Pratt passed away April 8, 2025.  Per the family’s wishes, there will be no calling hours or immediate services. A celebration of life will be held on May 26, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at The Old Barn at Snook Kill.  For online condolences, visit www.compassionatefuneralcare.com. 

NISKAYUNA — Linda Michon passed away on April 9, 2025, at Saratoga Hospital. 

Funeral services were held on Monday, April 14, 2025. Burial took place at the Gerald BH Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery where Linda was laid to rest with her late husband. Please visit www.burkefuneralhome.com.

GREENFIELD CENTER — Margaret Marie Brown, passed April 7, 2025, just a couple weeks after her 91st birthday. In lieu of flowers/contributions, the family asks that you go out, raise a glass to Margaret’s memory, and enjoy a great meal for yourselves…it would have made her very happy. Burial is private.  www.burkefuneralhome.com

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Nancy Morrissey died January 17, 2025. She was 91. A funeral service will be held on Monday April 21, 2025 at 10 am in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 149 Lake Ave. Burial will follow in Greenridge Cemetery. Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.

SARATOGA SPRINGS —Stephen Erickson, 80, passed away peacefully 3/31/2025. The family wishes to thank the staff at The Pines for providing Steve with warm and loving care for the past three years. A celebration of life will be later this spring. Memorial donations to The Pines in Glens Falls. www.burkefuneralhome.com. 

MECHANICVILLE — Patrick Topetro, 82 passed 4/1/2025. Calling hours are 10:30-12:30, Monday 4/7/2025 at All Saints on the Hudson South Church 121 N. Main Street, Mechanicville, NY. Mass to follow. Burial with Military Honors following at 2pm at Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery. Please visit www.burkefuneralhome.com.

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Nina Wisniewski fell asleep in the Lord on March 31, 2025 at home, in the loving embrace of her family. She recently celebrated her 89th birthday.

Nina was born on March 16, 1936 in Eastern Europe, to George and Nina Worobey, at a time when national boundaries were in flux, so her country of origin remains unclear. Being an American citizen, her father was able to return to Brooklyn to prepare for the arrival of his wife and infant daughter, who sailed in 1938 on the SS Washington out of England to reunite the family. Being a very patriotic woman, Nina was always proud of the fact that she was the only America citizen listed on the ship’s manifest, and thankful that her parents brought her to this land of freedom.

Nina was raised in Greenpoint Brooklyn with her younger brother George but sadly, they lost their mother in 1941. Stepmother Mary Sabol joined the family, bringing many Sabol aunts, uncles and cousins, who Nina adored. The family circle was completed with the birth of Nina’s sister Maryann.

Nina attended the High School of Fashion Industries in Manhattan and had a career as a seamstress with an interior decorating firm in Brooklyn. She met her husband, Richard, at a picnic.  They married on September 6, 1964 and moved to Flushing, Queens, where they raised their three daughters, Caroline, Suzanne and Samantha. Nina and Richard moved in 1991 to Saratoga Springs to enjoy their semi-retirement near Nina’s sister, Maryann, and brother-in-law David. Having lived longer in Saratoga than anywhere else, Nina was happy to call herself a Saratogian.

Nina was friendly, sympathetic, forthright, and funny. She loved the peaceful, quiet location of her little house near the end of a cul-de-sac, and her wonderful and caring neighbors.  She was an avid gardener of sorts, her real passion being the propagation of plants and nurturing little sprouts to grow. This was a skill she applied to her relationship with her three grandchildren, Andrew, Peter and Frances, who called her “Nani.” According to family lore the name is a conflation of “Nana” and “Nina,” given to her by Andrew when he was learning to speak. The grandchildren always felt their Nani’s love and support and knew how delighted she was spending time with them.

Nina is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Richard J. Wisniewski, daughter Caroline Wisniewski, daughter Suzanne Nolan and her husband Christopher, daughter Samantha Carter and her husband Nick, grandchildren Andrew, Peter and Frances Nolan, sister Maryann Bogner and brother-in-law David, sister-in-law Barbara (George Worobey, d. 2021), and brother-in-law Henry Szachacz (Evelyn Wisniewski Szachacz, d. 2000).

A mass of Christian Burial will be held on April 8 at 10 a.m. at St. Clement’s Church, Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY.  In lieu of flowers please make donations to Communityhospice.org, whose compassionate and supportive staff were the unexpected bright spot and source of comfort to Nina and her family in her final weeks.

Arrangements are under the direction of Compassionate Funeral Care.

For online condolences, visit www.compassionatefuneralcare.com