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In Memoriam Donald E. Howard Jr.1941-2024 COOPERSTOWN—Donald E. Howard Jr., formerly of Cooperstown, died on June 9, 2024 after a brief battle with liver cancer. Don was born in Albany on July 11, 1941, to Donald E. Howard and Ruth Frisbie Howard. He grew up in Schoharie and graduated from Schoharie Central School in 1959. In high school he was a soccer goalie, played basketball and ran track, helping the school win its first team county track title in 1959.…
RALEIGH, NC—John Owen Jr., 64, of Raleigh, North Carolina passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2024 surrounded by family. John was born on January 4, 1960 in Rockville Centre, New York. John spent his childhood on Long Island and in Cooperstown, New York with his siblings and parents.
He graduated from Syracuse University in May 1982 to begin his nearly 40-year career in the cable industry. John cherished his work and made many lifelong friends through his professional pursuits.…
ONEONTA—Celeste Brown Thomas, retired “New York Times” staff editor and Oneonta, New York native, passed away June 20, 2020 in Rochester, New York of complications from uterine serous cancer. She was 61.
She had been treated for the disease, a rare and aggressive cancer, at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and Rochester since May 2017. She died surrounded by family, having been under hospice care at home for several weeks.…
EDMESTON—Marian Lucelia Sprague Pylinski, 90, passed away on April 25, 2024 at Brookview Assisted Living at The Woodland Neighborhood Community in Farmville, Virginia. She was born August 5, 1933 in Woods Corners, New York, the daughter of Mildred Lucelia Chase Sprague and Laurence Reginald Sprague.
She attended her early years of elementary school in Woods Corners, New York until her parents moved the family to New Berlin. She graduated from New Berlin Central School in 1951 and that same summer married…
ONEONTA—Frederick Cook, 76, passed away peacefully at his home on May 29, 2024.
He was born November 15, 1947 in Fort Covington, New York.
Fred was a resident at Springbrook for over 50 years, and he resided at the Ford Avenue home for 40 years. He will be dearly missed by both the staff and residents; rest easy our beloved friend.…
COOPERSTOWN – Kurt Brian Ofer, whose career as an architect spanned more than 40 years and who, with his wife, Teresa Drerup, began the firm Altonview Architects in Cooperstown, unexpectedly and peacefully passed from this existence on Sunday morning, May 26, 2024, at his home. He was 68.
Kurt was born January 13, 1956, in Evansville, Indiana, the only child of Cosmas F. and Marjorie L. Betulius Ofer. In high school, he was the pianist for the school musicals, attained the…
ONEONTA—Rennie S. (Hughes) Brown, 73, of Oneonta, New York, born on October 16, 1950, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, April 7, 2024 after a courageous battle with numerous health conditions. Her loving husband, Larry, and her daughter, Heather, were at her side.
She was the daughter of Bill and Peg Hughes of Oneonta, New York, both of whom predeceased her.
Rennie was born and raised in Oneonta and graduated from Oneonta High School, Class of 1969. She then went to the Decker School…
OTEGO—Gail Evelyn (Stimpson) Quick died peacefully with her family by her side on May 24, 2024 at the A.O. Fox Nursing Home, following a brief illness with cancer. She was born October 1, 1945 in Oneonta to Dorothy and Virgil Stimpson.
She graduated from Oneonta High School in 1963 and from SUNY Oneonta in 1967 with a bachelor’s degree. After teaching in New York and California, she worked as the director of the Delhi Campus Child Care Center for 16 years.…
COOPERSTOWN - Stanley Eckler Hall, husband, father and grandfather, passed away peacefully on May 20, 2024 at his home in Cooperstown, at the age of 90 years.
Born on January 10, 1934 to Wesley and Cynthia Hall, Stanley grew up in Milford, New York.
He would later return to his hometown, in his retirement, to found Cooperstown Brewing Company in 1995, known for its flagship beer “Old Slugger.”…
PLEASANT BROOK–Richard (Rick) Robinson passed away on May 16, 2024 of liver failure at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester.
Rick was a lifelong techie who discovered the field of computer programming in high school in Oxon Hill, Maryland, where he also met his future wife, Mary Miga. The spiritual awakening of the seventies brought Rick and Mary to a communal church in New York City for seven years of Bible fellowship and carpet cleaning. In 1987, Rick received a life-saving liver…
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