Marie Yost Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Marie Yost, age 92, passed from this life on January 15, 2020 at the Pines, in Catskill,NY. She was born on March 23, 1927 in Manhattan to Joseph and Lucia (Alagona) Figarotta, the older of two daughters born to this couple. Marie lost her mother at age 4 and was raised in a large Italian family by her father, grandmother, aunts and uncles in Brooklyn. She developed a love of opera at an early age and was an admitted "bobby soxer", attending many of the concerts of the 1940's crooners. She attended Oswego State College after high school where she met the love of her life, Henry Yost, a WW II Navy veteran. They were married June 1, 1947. Marie raised two sons into their teen years before the arrival of a third son. She decided to return to college at Russell Sage to complete a bachelor's and master's degree in education and taught special education at Coxsackie-Athens Central School for more than 25 years. She was devoted to those she called "my kids". After retirement, she and Henry travelled extensively throughout the US before settling in again at their Vernon St., Athens address. Marie was predeceased by her husband and sister, Aurora. She is survived by her three sons, their spouses, grandchildren and a great-grandson, as well as a niece and two nephews by her sister.

Marie Yost

March 23, 1927 - January 15, 2020