IN MEMORIAM: Elizabeth B. O’Brien, 91; Native Daughter, Waitress At Popular Spots COOPERSTOWN – Elizabeth “Betty” O’Brien, a Native Daughter and waitress at many well-known restaurants, from The Red Sleigh to Hickory Grove, passed away surrounded by her family Thursday morning, Dec. 20, 2018, at Bassett Hospital. She was 91. Born Nov. 4, 1927, in Bowerstown, she was one of 13 children of Orlando and Nellie Mary (Page) Bridger. In her youth she attended schools in Middlefield and Cooperstown.…
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IN MEMORIAM: Gregory P. Savage, 70; Retired Submariner, Hartwick Music Grad ONEONTA – Gregory Philip Savage, 70, of Cleveland, Ohio, a Hartwick College music major and retired submariner, died in his home peacefully on Dec. 21. Survivors include his wife in Oneonta. Gregory was born on Nov. 6, 1948, in Hudson, the son of the late Evelyn and Philip Savage . He grew up in Stuyvesant, and graduated from Ichabod Crane High School.…
IN MEMORIAM: MarySue Banks, 69; Assisted At Grins & Giggles Daycare MARYLAND – MarySue Banks, 69, who recently had been assisting her daughter at Grins & Giggles Daycare in Schenevus, passed away Dec. 19, 2018 at Fox Hospital in Oneonta. She was born April 18, 1949, the daughter of Nicholas and Irene (Brown) Beers. She married Harvey E. Banks in 1968 in Bloomville.…
IN MEMORIAM: William Van Wieren, 88; Dutch Immigrant Farmed in West Winfield NORWICH – William “Bill” Van Wieren, 88, a former truck driver who farmed in West Winfield for a time, died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018. Bill was born in Kommerzijl, the Netherlands on March 27, 1930, to the late John and Anna (Snip) Van Wieren. He immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1947 at the age of 17 after the end of WWII. He married Alice DeVries…
IN MEMORIAM: Harold L. Beecher, 75; Air Force Veteran Was Bendix Retiree RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Harold Leslie, Beecher, 75, of Sylvan Street, a machinist who retired in 1994 after a long career at Bendix, Utica, passed away peacefully on Thursday December 13, 2018 in his home surrounded by his loving family. Harold was born on Nov. 30, 1943 in Cooperstown, a son to the late Leslie and Marion Brownell Beecher. He was raised and educated in Richfield Springs, graduating from Richfield Springs…
IN MEMORIAM: Letha Hulbert, 95; Worked At Hartwick, Greater Plains ONEONTA – Letha M. Hulbert, 95, who worked in Hartwick College’s and Greater Plains Elementary School’s dietary departments, passed away Dec. 19, 2018, at Fox Hospital. She was born March 29, 1923, in Beerston, near Walton, the daughter of Jesse and Anna (Pearsall) Beers.…
IN MEMORIAM: Arthur Wannamaker,91; WWII Veteran Moved To County In 1950s CHERRY VALLEY – Arthur Adam Wannamaker, a World War II veteran who moved from Long Island to Cherry Valley in the 1950s, died Dec. 13, 2018. He was 91. Born March 28, 1927, in Springfield, Long Island, to Charles Wannamaker and Wilhelmina H. Shriefer. He grew up in Brooklyn, and at the Wartburg Orphans Farm School in Mount Vernon.…
IN MEMORIAM Ralph J. Veenema, M.D., 97; NYC Physician Retired Here COOPERSTOWN – Ralph James Veenema, M.D., former chief of urologic oncology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City, passed away Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, at Covenant Village, Cromwell, Conn. He was 97. Dr. Veenema and his wife retired to Cooperstown in 1997. Born Dec. 13, 1921, in Prospect Park, N.J., he was the son of Ralph and Sadie (Van Dyke) Veenema. He had three brothers and a…
‘League Of Own’ Director Penny Marshall Dies At 75 COOPERSTOWN – Penny Marshall, who directed the baseball classic “A League of Their Own” after taking inspiration from as Baseball Hall of Fame exhibit, died Monday night in her Hollywood Hills home due to complications from diabetes, said Michelle Bega, a spokeswoman for the family. Laura Moellering, Cooperstown, recalled that her mother, Rita Meyer, a former shortstop for the Peoria Redwings with the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, met Marshall when, in…
IN MEMORIAM: Scott Roland, 60, Maryland SCHENEVUS – Scott W. Roland, 60, a Town of Maryland resident formerly of Niskayuna, died peacefully on Nov. 1, 2018. A memorial gathering will take place on 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 29, at the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home in Oneonta, with a luncheon following.…