Sandra K. Deninsky

Boonville- Sandra K. Deninsky, 68, Nurse Practitioner, and long time resident of Post St. passed away peacefully at her residence, after a courageous battle with cancer on Thursday, December 8, 2011, also the day which is celebrated in the Catholic Church as the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. She was born in Salem, NJ, on August 1, 1943 a daughter of Harold T. "Pete" and Bertha E. (Jenkins) Schaffer. Sandy moved to Boonville in 1957, and graduated from Boonville Central High School with the Class of 1961. In 1963, she entered Villa Maria Convent of Buffalo, where she was a member of 3rd Order Regular of St. Francis and the Congregation of the sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice. She taught second grade at St. Peter & Paul's, and St. Joseph's, before teaching at St. Rita's House with special needs children. Later Sandy attended E. J Meyer Hospital School of Nursing in Buffalo, before attending and graduating from University of Buffalo with a Bachelor in Nursing Degree. After that she returned to her home in Boonville, where she was employed at Sunset Nursing Home as an R.N. and later as a Supervisor for five years. After that she was employed at Rome Hospital and then for Central NY Psychiatric Center, Marcy and the N.Y.S. Department of Corrections. In 1990 Miss Deninsky received her Nurse Practitioner degree. Miss Deninsky served her Lord and Savior throughout her life. She visited the sick bringing love, care and a cheerful optimistic spirit to all she cared for whether in a hospital, nursing home, or private residence setting. For many years she was "Boonville's Doctor," a caring example of our Lord's love amongst those where ever she resided. She had a great sense of humor, and was a brilliant person in her profession of nursing and health care. For 12 years Sandy served her country as a Registered Nurse and then as a Nurse Practitioner at the U.S. Army Reserves, in the 331st General Hospital, Utica, NY, honorably discharged with the rank of Major, in 2001. Sandy retired from the Department of Corrections in 1997. For twelve years after her retirement she was employed as a part time Dental Assistant for Drs. Richard Sears, and Thomas Caruso of Boonville. She was a member of St. Joseph's Church, Boonville, where she served as a Eucharistic Minister, Lecturer, Sacristan, Bereavement Counselor, and in Parish Community Outreach. She was also a life member of Harland J. Hennessey Post V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary, Boonville, New York State Nurses Association, and the Coalition of New York State Nurse Practitioners. Sandy was proud to be an avid Buffalo Bills Football Fan. Sandy is survived by a host of friends who greatly loved her in the communities of Boonville and Buffalo, NY. She was predeceased by her beloved grandparents, Agnes C. (Brown) Lahah, in 1975, and Harry W. Lahah, in 1981, which both had a very loving and positive influence in her life. Her Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday at 11:00 A.M. at St. Joseph's Church, with interment in St. Joseph's Cemetery, both in Boonville. Visitation hours are Sunday 2-5 P.M. at the Trainor Funeral Home, Inc. 143 Schuyler St. Boonville. Memorial contributions may be made to Sunset Nursing Home Resident Activities Fund, in memory of her parents, Pete and Bertha Schaffer, or to the Memorial Fund of Christ Our Hope Catholic Parish, St. Joseph's Church, 110 Charles St. Boonville, or to Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc., 4277 Middle Settlement Road, New Hartford, NY 13413. For an on-line message of sympathy, or to share a memory of Sandy, please go to www.trainorfuneralhome.com. "For I was hungry, and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, naked and you clothed Me, sick and you visited Me, in prison and you came to Me," and the King will answer and say to them, "in as much as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you did it unto Me." From Matthew chapter 25.