Beulah Byam

COLONIE – Beulah Briggs Byam, passed away at home on Wednesday, April 25, 2007. She was born in Oneonta on May 6, 1917 and was raised and educated in Oneonta. Bea lived in Colonie for many years. After her retirement in 1988, she moved to Zephyrhills, FL. Mrs. Byam was a school secretary for the South Colonie Central School District for more than 30 years working at both Maywood Elementary School and Shaker Road Elementary School. She was predeceased by her husband, Howard S. Byam and her infant great-grandson, Nathan Charles Holtz. She is survived by her three daughters, Carol L. Rice of Niskayuna, Joan K. Byam of Colonie and Diane McConnelee and her husband, Paul of Rotterdam. She is the grandmother of Jeff and Holly Kimble, Kristi and Dan Holtz, Dan McConnelee and Linda McConnelee. She is the great-grandmother of Joseph, Lydia and Brittany Holtz and Rebekah and Benjamin Kimble. Also surviving is her close friend, Patricia A. Parlin of Zephyrhills, FL and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband and great-grandson, she was predeceased by one sister and five brothers.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 12:00 at New Comer-Cannon Family Funeral Home, 343 New Karner Rd., Colonie (Rt. 155-south of Central Ave). Calling hours will precede the service from 10:30 to 12:00 at the funeral home. Interment will be in Memory's Garden. Memorial contributions may be made to Community Hospice of Albany, 445 New Karner Rd., Albany, NY 12205 or Florida Hospital of Zephyrhills Foundation, 7050 Gall Blvd., Zephyrhills, FL 33541-1399 in memory of Beulah B. Byam. Expressions of sympathy may be made at newcomerfamily.com