Antoinette Lyons

Lyons, Antoinette TROY Antoinette Poleto Lyons, 78, of Troy, died Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at the Ellis Hospital in Schenectady. She was the beloved wife of the late William K. Lyons Jr. who died in 1995. Born in Green Island, daughter of the late James and Linda Roatti Poleto, she resided in Troy for the last 45 years. Antoinette had been employed by the former Bendix Corporation in Green Island for 29 years and then as a receptionist for the Rensselaer County Legislature for the last 15 years. She is the loving mother of Marian Agars of Troy; cherished grandmother of Jodie (Vitek) Nowak of Cohoes, Joseph W. Agars of Latham and Sara A. Agars of Troy; devoted sister of Jane M. Poleto of Green Island and the late James J. Poleto; sister-in-law of Emma Poleto of Green Island; aunt of James Poleto, Jr. of Stafford, Va., David Poleto and Robert Poleto, both of Latham, and Linda Doud of Clifton Park; also survived by many grandnieces and grandnephews. Funeral from the McNulty Funeral Home, 147 Hudson Avenue, Green Island on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. thence to St. Joseph's Church, Green Island, where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:00 a.m. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Troy. Calling hours will be on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Contributions, in memory of Antoinette, may be made to the charity of one's choice.