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PIERSTOWN—Michael Willis, 81, for many years a senior executive in the book publishing business in Manhattan and more recently the director of Press and Public Relations at Glimmerglass Opera, died Friday, February 16, 2024 at his home in Pierstown. He is survived by his husband, Bill Oliver.
Arrangements are with Tillapaugh Funeral Service, Cooperstown.
Peplinski showed off his collection of historic photos and briefly discussed the history of downhill skiing in Otsego County. He began working at Cooperstown High School as a science teacher and skiing coach in 1958.…
COOPERSTOWN – Joan R. Butler, 90, who for many years resided in Pierstown, passed away peacefully August 8, 2023, at Woodside Hall in Cooperstown.
She was born March 8, 1933 in Oneonta, the first daughter of Jesse E. and Elsie (Weldon) Robinson of New Lisbon.
In her teen years, her family moved to Cooperstown, where they resided in her grandparents’, Frank and Gracie Robinson’s, riverside home, the “Elmhurst” in Phoenix Mills, where they ran a lumber mill. Joan attended Cooperstown High School, later (in life) earning her GED in order to attain her broker certification.…
Within a week this February, two friends, whose professional contributions to the Glimmerglass Festival helped propel the opera company forward during an era of significant growth, passed away on opposite coasts, both as a result of Parkinson’s disease.…
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