OBITS: Post-Star 16 May 2005; Glen Falls, Warren co., New York text-formatted by W. David Samuelsen for USGenWeb Archives *********************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/ny/nyfiles.htm *********************************************************************** Source: Post-Star http://www.post-star.com Monette, Philip Joseph WHITEHALL -- Philip Joseph Monette, the fiddler, recently of 405 county Route 9, Whitehall, formerly and first a Vermonter, passed away unexpectedly and peacefully at his home on Sunday, May 15, 2005. Born in Colchester, Vt., he was the son of the late Henry and Mable (Greenwood) Monette. He graduated from Randolph Agricultural School, worked on farms at a young age, was a car salesman, sold and repaired farm equipment for the John Heinz Engineering Co., built garages and was a housebuilder and mason. Phil loved to play the fiddle, was in several bands and played for community events. In the last few years, he discovered he could sing and was learning to play a small accordion. He was predeceased by his ex-wife, Jean LeClerc Monette; three brothers, Ernest, Clarence and Charles; and sisters, Germaine Lafley, Cecilia Young, Leona Potvin and Doris Hoyt. Phil is survived by his friend of 24 years, Elaine Senecal Jones of Whitehall; five children and their spouses: Cherie and Ben Benoit, Andre and Margaret Monette, Sharon Sweeney, Sheila and Tim Perrotte and John and Kerri Monette, all of Vermont; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two sisters, Theresa Fraser of Pleasant Valley, Fla., and Rowena Bates of Williston, Vt.; and many nieces, nephews and friends. A funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 18, at Whitehall United Methodist Church, Greenmount Cemetery Lane, Whitehall, with the Rev. Ashley Meade officiating. Interment will follow at Greenmount Cemetery. Family and friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. today, May 17, at Jillson Funeral Home, Inc., Whitehall. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of a donation in Philip's name to Heifer Fund, c/o Whitehall United Methodist Church, 55 Greenmount Cemetery Lane, Whitehall, NY 12887. Published in the Post-Star from 5/16/2005 - 5/17/2005. Stengrevics, Dagmar Anna Newcomb -- Dagmar Anna Stengrevics, 88, formerly of Orange City Fla., died Saturday, May 14, 2005, at her son's home. Born April 25, 1917, in Liepaja, Latvia, she was the daughter of the late Karl and Anna (Karklins) Melvaga. She was predeceased by her husband, Nicholas Stengrevics; one brother, John Melvaga; and one sister, Anita Wawalak. Survivors include one son, Andrew Stengrevics and his wife, Joanne, of Newcomb; one daughter, Ingrid Ringer, and her husband, John, of Deltona, Fla.; four grandchildren, Kristofer Stengrevics, Nathan Stengrevics, Holly Ringer, and Matthew Ringer. There are no calling hours. Memorial services will be held at the convenience of the family. Memorials may be made to the Newcomb Volunteer Fire Department, Newcomb, NY 12852. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Barton-McDermott Funeral Home, Inc., 9 Pine St., Chestertown. Published in the Post-Star on 5/16/2005. TeBordo, Ernest Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -- Ernest TeBordo, 69, formerly of West Hebron, and Northport, Long Island, and 4316 Jackson St., Hollywood, Fla., passed away on Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at St John's Nursing Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Born Sept. 26, 1935, in West Hebron, N.Y., he was the son of Edmund and Hazel TeBordo Ernie graduated from Salem Central School in 1952. He then went on to Albany State Teachers College as a math major, where he graduated in 1956. He taught for one year in North Babylon, Long Island, and then on to Japan teaching for one year the children of military personnel at the base there. He then went onto Copaique for three years. In September 1963, he went to teach at Cold Spring Harbor and retired from there in 1991. Ernie enjoyed people and traveling. His love was the computer and he taught senior citizens at his condo complex in Florida after he relocated there to live out his retirement years. He loved his family very much and attended every celebration there was, up north. The friendships he made along the way were special to him and he made a lot of them. Besides his parents, Ernie was predeceased by a brother, George; a sister, Kathleen TeBordo Adams; two sisters-in-law, Alice Harris TeBordo, and the Rev. Terri Stine TeBordo; two brothers-in-law, Spike Adams, and Harold Engwer; a stepmother, Grace Payne TeBordo. Survivors include a sister, Patricia TeBordo Engwer of Glens Falls, a brother, the Rev. Nicholas TeBordo of Cohoes; nieces are Linda TeBordo Suckman of Glens Falls, Christine Adams Carta Legg of Queensbury, Sherrie Adams Morse of South Glens Falls, Julie Engwer Hayes of Warrensburg, Dawn Engwer Bannin of Glens Falls, Nicole Engwer Paradise, of Glens Falls, Rebecca TeBordo Hogan of Jacksonville, Fla., Katlyn Tebordo of Cohoes, Abigail TeBordo of Cohoes, Regina Tebordo Phillips of Cohoes; nephews are David TeBordo of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Bob Adams of Granville, Tim Engwer of Glens Falls, Christian TeBordo of Philadelphia, Pa., Timothy TeBordo of Philadelphia, Pa., and Zachariah TeBordo of Cohoes. He is also survived by his stepmother, Jane Hurd Anderson TeBordo, formerly of Salem, presently from Morrisville, N.Y.; several grandnieces, grandnephews, and cousins. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, May 22, at the West Hebron Presbyterian Church, West Hebron, N.Y., at 3 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association or to a charity of one's choice. Published in the Post-Star from 5/11/2005 - 5/17/2005.