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John Sawchuk Obituary
CLIFTON PARK - It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of John Paul Sawchuk, age 61, on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.
Calling hours for John will be held on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the Glenville Funeral Home, 9 Glenridge Rd., Glenville.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at 10 a.m., at the Church of St. Adalbert, 550 Lansing St., Schenectady, N.Y. 12303. Following the Mass, John will be laid to eternal rest at St. John's Cemetery in Amsterdam. Full obituary and online condolences, www.glenvillefuneralhome.com
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Kathleen Samaniuk Hayes
January 31, 2025
My condolences to all family and friends. You had a good man. He stepped up. He will continue to watch over you from above.. I will continue to keep you in prayer.
tom
October 10, 2024
I remember working out with him at the Schenectady YMCA. He taught me a lot about weight training. tom leone.
Gregg Weinlein
October 8, 2024
John was always supportive of the program I started at Columbia High School (CAP - Columbia's Alternative Program) for at-risk youth. He was a key advocate working with me at budget sessions, meetings with central administration, and at school board presentations to expand the program by adding classes, more teachers, and more students who needed help. He was there, always, both as an assistant principal and then as the principal to support not only the program but also all the at-risk students in CAP.
We stayed in touch after my retirement and then his years later his retirement. When he moved south I sent him a chapter from a manuscript of a book I was writing, "Been There / Taught That (Memoir of an at-risk youth and his lifelong career teaching troubled teens)." The book was published in 2023 and is available on Amazon. I sent John a draft of one chapter because it was about a trip to NYC we took for me to receive a NYS English Teacher of the Year Award and the ceremony was at the Marriott Marquis in the city. John was behind me receiving that award. Readers of the book who have contacted me write that the chapter "with your principal in NYC is the funniest chapter" in the book.
One sure thing about John was that he could read people. He recognized those who cared about their students. For those educators his support was without limits. The world of education has just lost a special leader.
Laurette Loucks
October 7, 2024
Cathi, Brittani and Shauni, we were so sorry to hear of John's passing. Thinking of you all at this difficult time.
Tom and Laurette Loucks
Former neighbors on Ichabod Ln.
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Tom and AnnMarie Marusak
October 6, 2024
John was a strong man and a gentle man. Through his undying love and support of Cathy, he was part of the Comfortex family and legacy. John and his family are in our heart felt prayers.
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