IN MEMORIAM: Peg Torruella, 81; ‘Mrs. T’ Well-Known In Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Margaret A. (Peg) Torruella, 81, beloved wife of Maurice passed away at her home on May 7, 2016 surrounded by her family. Peg was born in Hartford, Conn., on March 24, 1935, to Eleanor and Vincent James McDonald. After spending her childhood years growing up in Yonkers and The Bronx, and marrying her husband Maurice (of 61 years), she moved to New City. Here she raised her six…
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IN MEMORIAM: Necia K. McLean, 91; Worked At Bresee’s, Ran Trucking Firm ONEONTA – Necia K. McLean, 91, a fixture in Bresee’s infant department for years who later operated a trucking firm in Plattsburgh with her husband, peacefully passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2016, at the Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Cooperstown. She was born on May 1, 1925 in Gilbertsville, a daughter of the late William and Minnie (Halbert) Kilsby. On Oct. 4, 1942, in Gilbertsville, Necia…
Hundreds At Hyde Hall To Celebrate Mom’s Day Hundreds of moms (and dads), their children, and just children, young and old, were drawn to Hyde Hall on Otsego Lake today for the National Historic Landmark mansion its increasing popular Mother’s Day Weekend festivities. Above, the Koehn sisters of Oneonta, Adella, 5, and Annika, 3, lace a Maypole, directed by volunteer Mary Margaret Kuhn (in straw hat). Mom Jenny, left, (as well as brother Alden, 3), helped, as grandmom Aleda Koehn,…
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Future Of Oneonta Foundation Elects Frank Russo As President ONEONTA – Frank Russo, executive director of the Family YMCA, has been elected president of the Future of Oneonta Foundation board of directors, the FOF announced this week. He succeeds Diane Aaronson. Other new officers are Susan Hughson, vice president; Ben Nesbitt, treasurer; Ryan Brooks, secretary.…
Local Burial May 14 For Joan Petersen COOPERSTOWN – A local graveside service of committal and burial for Cooperstown native Joan W. Petersen, who died in 2010 in Florida, will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 14, at the Fly Creek Valley Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Fly Creek. Father Matthew R. Stromberg, curate at Christ Church, Cooperstown, will officiate. Joan died at the age of 85 on September 9, 2010, in Atlantis, Florida.…
RIBBON CUT AT 10 TODAY Seward Sends $50,000 For Copes Corners Park By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COPES CORNERS – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, has obtained a $50,000 state grant to help the Town of Butternuts continue to upgrade its Copes Corners Park, it was announced at the ribbon-cutting on this park this morning. The grant was announced by Jeff Bishop, Seward aide, who was representing the senator, who is recuperating from an operation at his Milford home.…
They Walk In Beauty… At Cooperstown Cotillion VIEW SLIDE SHOW OF MAGICAL EVENING…
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IN MEMORIAM: Blanche H. Blacksmith, 88 COOPERSTOWN – Blanche H. Blacksmith, the former owner of Straws & Sweets in Cooperstown, died Thursday evening, May 5, 2016, at Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center at Otsego. She was 88. The obituary will be forthcoming.…