MLB Stars Remember
Former Oneonta Mayor
Sam Nader On His 100th
By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – What do you get Oneonta’s most beloved citizen, Sam Nader, for his 100th birthday?
How about a birthday message from his favorite football team?
“My father has held season tickets to the Giants since 1952,” said his son, John. “So my cousin’s husband got Eli Manning to record a video sending him a birthday message, thanking him for being such a long-time fan and recognizing everything he accomplished. It was very nice of him to do that.”
Manning was there in spirit, but over 100 guests, friends and family members were, joining Nader to celebrate his birthday on Saturday, July 6, in his backyard at 95 River St. “It was a fun, low-key celebration,” said John. “My father was enormously pleased.”
Sam turned 100 on Monday, July 8, which Mayor Gary Herzig declared “Sam Nader Day” with a proclamation, which he gave to Sam at the party, “in recognition of the ‘too many to count’ contributions … to the well-being of the people of the City of Oneonta.”
Also present was Kim Muller, longtime friends of the family, for a total of four mayors at the gathering.