Helen M. Kogelmann

January 29, 1920 - April 12, 2016

Helen M. Kogelmann, 96, formerly of Claverack, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at the Van Rensselaer Manor with her family by her side. Born in Mocanaqua, Pennsylvania on January 29, 1920, she was the daughter of Walter and Elizabeth (Kollar) Stepanski. For most of her adult life, Helen lived with her family on a small farm in Claverack, where she was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She spent her spare time growing strawberries that many of her customers said were simply the best in the entire county. Helen was predeceased by her parents, her husband, Julius Kogelmann, and three siblings, John Stepanski, Beatrice Siuta, and Stella Viggiano. Surviving are her son and daughter-in-law, Ronald and Mary Kogelmann, her daughter and son-in-law, Karen and Charles O'Neil, five granddaughters, Stephanie Deyoe, Stacey Mullen, Lauren Kogelmann, Sara Kogelmann, and Alyssa Kogelmann, her sister, Georgette Meyerowitz, four great-grandchildren, Isaac and Evelyn Deyoe and Liam and Hayden Mullen, and several nieces and nephews. Helen's family would like to thank the entire staff at the Van Rensselaer Manor, A-3 unit, where Helen spent the later years of her life, for the wonderful care they provided to her. A calling hour will begin at 11:00 am Saturday at the Bates & Anderson Redmond & Keeler Funeral Home. Services will follow at 12:00 noon. Burial will be in the Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery in Claverack. Donations may be made to the Ronald McDonald House, 139 South Lake Avenue, Albany, NY, 12208 or to the Columbia Greene Humane Society, 125 Humane Society Road, Hudson, NY, 12534.