Published: 8/16/05

PLATTSBURGH — William E. Hock, 97, of Oak Street, Plattsburgh, died Monday, Aug. 15, 2005, at the Clinton County Nursing Home.

He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 26, 1908, the son of Joseph and Teresa (Ehrhardt) Hock.

Mr. Hock was a switchboard and elevator operator for River House Apartment Buildings in New York City for 26 years retiring in 1969 moving to Plattsburgh at that time.

He was a member of St. John’s Roman Catholic Church and a former member of the Holy Name Society in Queens, N.Y.

Survivors include his wife, the former Donna Dame of Plattsburgh; several nieces, including Terry and Jerry Hall of Bethpage, Long Island, and Madelaine Park of Walnut Creek, Calif.; several nephews, including Edward Hock Jr. of Payson, Ariz., and George Hock Jr. of Long Island; his mother-in-law, Mildred Dame of Plattsburgh; seven sisters-in-law, Cheryl Dame, Sonia Dame, Ernestine Edwards, Christine Dame and Robin Graham, all of Plattsburgh, Dana LaFountain of Chazy and Mrs. Harold (Celeste) Parker of Peru; and one brother-in-law, John Dame of Plattsburgh.

He was predeceased by his first wife, Mary R. Hock; two brothers, Edward Hock and George Hock Sr.; one sister, Catherine Bettinger of Bethpage, Long Island; and one sister-in-law, Laura Hock.

Calling hours will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the R.W. Walker Funeral Home in Plattsburgh. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Wednesday at 9 a.m. in St. Peter’s Church in Plattsburgh. Burial will follow in Mount Carmel Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to the Clinton County Nursing Home, Activities Program.

PLATTSBURGH — Henry A. Williams, 78, of Washington Place, Cliff Haven, died Friday, Aug. 12, 2005, at the Clinton County Nursing Home in Plattsburgh.

He was born in Glens Falls, N.Y., on Nov. 13, 1926, the son of Ralph E. and Esther (Williams) Williams.

Mr. Williams attended the Practice School of Plattsburgh State Normal School (Campus School), class of 1940, and was a member of the Plattsburgh High School’s class of 1944. He graduated from Glens Falls High School and served in the U.S.

Navy during World War II. In January of 1950, he graduated from Colgate University. He joined Socony-Vacuum Oil Company in the fall of 1951. At the time of his retirement in 1988, Mr. Williams was the territory manager for Mobil Oil Corporation in Northern New York and Vermont.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, the former Patricia A. Lawson of Plattsburgh; five children, Daniel R. and Brenda Williams of Corpus Christi, Texas, Camille W. LaChat of Colorado Springs, Colo., James P. and Cynthia Williams of Cumberland Head, Scott R. Williams and Marie Szpila of Dannemora and Walter L. and Amanda Williams of Fairfax Station, Va.; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Calling hours will be private and held at the convenience of the family. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church in Plattsburgh. A reception will follow. Burial will take place at a later date in Glens Falls Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to Hospice of the North Country and the Interfaith Food Shelf.

The R.W. Walker Funeral Home in Plattsburgh is in charge of arrangements.

Plattsburgh — Margaret B. Kaska, 91, of Plattsburgh, died Monday, Aug. 15, 2005 at the CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh.

She was born in Standish on Feb. 23, 1914, the daughter Joseph and Margaret (LaDuke) Bourey.

She graduated from St. John’s High School and Plattsburgh Normal School. She taught for 33 years at Lyon Mountain School until her retirement.

She was a member of St. Peter’s Church and the Altar Rosary Society, the Court Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Daughters of America and was grand regent for 8 years, past choir director at St. Bernard’s Church, the Lyon Mountain American Legion Auxiliary and was a past president of the Teachers Supervisory District Association.

She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, John Joseph and Nancy Kaska of Lyon Mountain; a brother, Arthur Bourey of Plattsburgh; two sisters, Helen Bourey of Plattsburgh and Elaine Norwalk of Ormond Beach, Fla.; a sister-in-law, Mary Bourey of Lyon Mountain; a brother-in-law, Floyd Robinson of Moriah; a grandson, Jesse Kaska; and several nieces and nephews.

Her husband, John Kaska, whom she married in 1936, died in 1969. Two brothers, Leo and Francis Bourey; and a sister, Agnes Robinson died earlier.

Calling hours will be held on Wednesday from 3 to 7 p.m. at the O’Neill-Redden-Drown Funeral Home in Plattsburgh. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday from St. Peter’s Church in Plattsburgh. Interment will follow in St. Bernard’s Cemetery in Lyon Mountain with a reception to follow at the Sorrell-Woodward American Legion.

Donald F. Layman Sr., 88, of Cascade Court, Englewood, Fla., died Monday, Aug. 15, 2005, at the Fletcher Allen Hospital in Burlington.

He was born in Dannemora on March 26, 1917, the son of Frank and Ida (McCorry) Layman.

Arrangements are incomplete with the R.W. Walker Funeral Home in Plattsburgh.