IN MEMORIAM: Elinor ‘Jane’ Montgomery, 84; Organist At Milford Church For Many Years MARYLAND – Elinor “Jane” Montgomery, 84, who played organ at Milford Center Community Bible Church for many years, passed away Jan. 5, 2019, at Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta. She was born May 15, 1934, in Treadwell, the daughter of Vernon and Gladys (Diihr) Townsend. Elinor was married to Millard D. “Zip” Montgomery for 40 years, prior to his passing on July 6, 2008.…
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IN MEMORIAM: Mildred Dixson, Butternuts BUTTERSNUTS – Mildred (Millie) A. Dixson, 94, Town of Butternuts, passed away Jan. 3, 2019, at Fox Hospital in Oneonta. She was born on Sept. 24, 1924, to William and Edna Rogers.…
IN MEMORIAM: Doris Irene Clapp, 74; Survivors Include Cooperstown Daughter COLUMBUS – Doris Irene Clapp, 74, Town of Columbus, passed away on Jan. 2, 2019, at her home. Survivors include a daughter in Cooperstown. Doris was born on July 25, 1944 in Delhi, the daughter of Halbert and Hazel (Oliver) Davis. Her childhood was spent in the New Berlin area where she attended New Berlin Central School.…
IN MEMORIAM: Chester ‘Skip’ Collins Jr. 73; Bus Mechanic At Richfield, Mount Markham RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Chester “Skip” Collins, Jr., 73, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 at his home. He was born on July 27, 1945, in Cooperstown, son of Phyllis (Walrath) Collins of Springfield, and the late Chester M. Collins, Sr. A lifelong area resident, he was a graduate of Owen D. Young High School, Class of 1963. On March 18, 1965, he married the former Mary Alice “Mikki”…
IN MEMORIAM: Kenneth L. Eastman, 74; 82nd Airborne Veteran, Retired From P&G EDMESTON – Kenneth L. Eastman, 74, of Edmeston, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Monday Dec. 31, 2018.Ken was born in San Bernardino, Calif., on July 14, 1944, the son of the late Harrison and Gladys Avery Eastman.Ken was an Army veteran, serving from 1963 to 1966 in the 82nd Airborne. While stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., he met the love of his life, Hilda. They later…
IN MEMORIAM Carl F. Bliss, 98, County Native; Aviation Pioneer, Entrepreneur COOPERSTOWN – Carl Frank Bliss passed away peacefully in his home in Encinada, Calif., with loved ones by his side, on Dec. 10, 2018. He left the world a better place than he found it 98 years earlier, dedicating his long life to service to his family, community and country. Carl will be remembered for his deep love for the people in his life, his practicality, his entrepreneurial spirit, his mechanical…
IN MEMORIAM: Althea ‘Allie’ Gennarino, 82; Retired Teacher Leaves Husband, 5 Children ONEONTA – Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother Althea “Allie” Gennarino, 82, of Oneonta, a retired teacher in Unadilla, passed away peacefully on Jan. 2, 2019 with her family by her side at Bassett Hospital. Allie was born on July 5, 1936, in Hancock, to Fred and Minnie Alma Beecher, the second youngest of their five daughters. Allie met Lawrence “Butch” Gennarino, her husband of 62 years, in Oneonta. The couple…
Bonnie Canning Hofmann, 64; Brookwood School Pioneer COOPERSTOWN – Bonnie Canning Hofmann, 64, formerly of Cooperstown, a Brookwood School founding board member, passed away on Dec. 25, 2018, at her home in Hawaii after a long illness. Bonnie was born on July 19, 1954, in Brooklyn, where she grew up. She attended the University of Stony Brook and SUNY Plattsburgh, where she received her nursing degree. She loved her community and dedicated much of her time to the preservation of…
Shirley D. Waring, Oneonta; Ran Car Dealerships With Husband ONEONTA – Shirley D. Waring, 92, who assisted her husband in operating his car dealerships for almost three decades, passed away peacefully Dec. 19, 2018, at the Oxford Veterans’ Home. She was born Aug. 29, 1926, in Buffalo, the daughter of Robert Charles and Veda (Brunn) Dixon. In 1948, Shirley graduated Buffalo State College with a Bachelor in Science degree in Home Economics. Later that year, she married Robert E. Waring…
Betty Roscoe, 97, Unadilla; Loved Farming, Pursued It In Many Guises UNADILLA – Beth “Betty” Bernice Roscoe (born Thompson), 97, died peacefully on Dec. 20, 2018, at Bassett Hospital, after a life of farming and diligent productivity. Betty lived a long, happy and amazingly healthy life, attributing this to spending much of it involved in farming. “I have always been in love with farming,” she once wrote, “to be a farmer has been my aim. I have accomplished it, in…