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December 2015 NewsBeat 23 Allan Louis Gaul, Mid Hudson Times, died October 29th A llan Louis Gaul, 79, died on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015, surrounded by his loving family A 27-year resident of the Hudson Valley, Allan was born on Aug. 12, 1936 in Omaha, Nebraska to Myra Laird and Ira (Lou) Gaul. After graduating from Benson High School in 1954, he enlisted in the United States Air Force and served in a number of unpleasant places from 1954 to 1958. Allan moved to Yakima, Washington, where he worked as assistant managing editor at the Yakima Herald-Republic; he was hired as managing editor at the Gloucester County Times in Woodbury, New Jersey; and, he worked as the night sports editor at The News Journal in Wilmington, Delaware. He became executive editor at the Telegraph Herald in Dubuque, Iowa and city editor at The Shreveport Journal, in Shreveport, Louisiana. Allan arrived to New York, in 1988, going to work as news editor for the Times Herald Record in Middletown. He then served as executive editor for the Register-Star in Hudson and The Daily Mail in Catskill. He was bestowed the New York News Publishers Newspaper Association award of excellence for "Distinguished Editorial Writing." He retired at 65, returned for a short stint on the copy desk at the Times Herald Record and came to the Mid Hudson Times as assistant editor, what he described as his "retirement job." He leaves behind his loving wife Donna, daughter Michelle Carmine, grandsons John Jenerose Jr. and Jacob Maraday, sons-in-law Jerald Carmine, John Jenerose Sr. and Jason Maraday, and extended family. He is pre-deceased by his daughter Hope Maraday and parents Myra and Ira Gaul. Leonard A. Weisbeck, Sr. , "a real gentleman," died December 3rd L eonard A. Weisbeck Sr., 93, died Thursday, December 3, 2015. He was a lifelong resident of Alden, a graduate of St. John the Baptist School and a 1940 graduate of Alden High School, where he served as class president. Leonard was the owner of the Alden Advertiser. He entered into partnership with his father in 1948 and then purchased the Alden Advertiser in 1959 when his father retired after 27 years as publisher. He sold the business to his son, Leonard Jr., in 2000 and remained editor until his death. He served in the Navy as a Radar Operator in WWII and returned to Alden after his honorable discharge. Leonard married Elizabeth Deitz February 9, 1946. His professional affiliations included New York Press Association, National Newspaper Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. He served on the board of directors of the New York Press Association and the former Western New York Offset Press. Leonard is survived by 8 children: Linda (Ron Carroll) Weisbeck, Leonard "Lee" (Vikki), Jean, Robert (Lisa), Gregory, Lori (Dale) Gramza, Chris (Janet), Susanne (Michael) Galbraith, and fifteen grandchildren.

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