IN MEMORIAM: Leland Collins, 92; Ran Family Farm Near Jordanville JORDANVILLE – Leland Daniel Collins, 92, retired farmer, passed away on Wednesday Nov. 30, 2016, in Ocala, Fla. He was born on Oct. 19, 1924, in Little Falls, one of 11 children born to Harold L. Sr. and Hattie Mae Hoffman Collins. A lifelong area resident, he was a graduate of VanHornesville Central School, Class of 1944. On Nov. 8, 1958, he married Elizabeth Hazel Seamon. Together they ran their…
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IN MEMORIAM: Mae Pierce, 88, Nurse’s Aide BURLINGTON FLATS – Mae L Pierce, 88, of Burlington Flats, nurse’s aide at Chase Nursing Home, New Berling, for many years, passed away Thursday Dec. 1, 2016, in Cooperstown, with her family at her side.…
IN MEMORIAM Beatrice Loftus, 80, Laurens; Teacher, School Board Member MOUNT VISION – Beatrice Bensink Loftus, 80, a mujsic teacher for more than a half-century and longtime member of the Laurens Central school board, passed away suddenly on No. 30, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. She was born Aug. 17, 1936, in Corry, Pa., the daughter of George and Lucille (Carroll) Bensink. Bea graduated in 1960 from Mansfield State Teachers College, spending the next 50-plus years sharing her talents as a…
Old Stewart’s Remediated; New Stewart’s Frequented There’s new activity in downtown Richfield Springs, all surrounding the new Stewart’s Shop that opened Nov. 23 on the former Kinney’s site. Above, a Stewart’s contractor is removing the gasoline tanks at the old shop next to Dollar General, preparing the site for sale. At left, the new shop is busy, with customers like Cassidy Winslow, who operates the Chef Diner across Route 20 (Main Street), stopping by after finishing her workday. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
College Rebuilds Memorial On Hartwick Seminary Site Mason Russ Streath, foreground, lays bricks at the site of the old Hartwick Seminary, where a monument (at right) constructed in the 1970s is being replaced by Mark Daneau’s Blue Maple Masonry, Canajoharie. The monument is on the original site of the seminary, established in 1797, that moved to Oneonta in 1928 and became today’s Hartwick College. Daneau, in back, said the reconstruction will be completed in the next week. Two bronze plaques…
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