IN MEMORIAM Sister Marie Denise Monser, 91; Oneonta Native Taught Speech ONEONTA – Sister Marie Denise Monser, CSJ, 91, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, at home in Oneonta. She had been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for the past 64 years. The former Esther Mary Monser, she was born on June 14, 1925, in Oneonta, daughter of the late Francis and Shelby (Nader) Monser, Lebanese immigrants. She graduated from Oneonta High School and Lowell Business School and worked…
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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…
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…
IN MEMORIAM: George E. Vermilya, 90; Former Cooperstown Milk Plant Manager COOPERSTOWN – George Elmer Vermilya, 90, former manager of the former Sealtest milk plant at Chestnut and Walnut streets, died Saturday morning, November 26, 2016, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica. He had lived in New Hartford in retirement. A native of Delaware County, George was born at home in Grand Gorge on Sept. 12, 1926, a son of Leo Eugene Vermilya and Inez Patterson Vermilya.…
IN MEMORIAM; Gordon A. Daley Sr., 91; Served In Japan Occupation After WWII ONEONTA – Gordon A. Daley, Sr., 91, an Amphenol retiree who served in the occupation of Japan after World War II, passed away Nov. 26, 2016 at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center after a lengthy illness. Gordon was born Feb. 7, 1925 in Oxford, the son of Leo and Edna (McMullen) Daley. He married Beverly Baker on Aug. 16, 1946 at Elm Park United Methodist Church in…
IN MEMORIAM: Regina Snyder, 91; Pharmacist, Cooperstown Native Daughter COOPERSTOWN – Regina G. Snyder, 91, a Native Daughter of Cooperstown and long-time resident of Chapel Hill, N.C., died early Sunday morning, Nov. 20, 2016, at UNC Healthcare-Hillsborough Campus in Hillsborough following a brief illness. Born Aug. 1, 1925, at the Thanksgiving Hospital in Cooperstown, Regina was the only child of Parker E. Snyder and Florence E. née Winslow Snyder. After graduating from Cooperstown High School, Class of 1943, she attended…
IN MEMORIAM Joseph Ruffino Sr.,78; Ruffino’s Pizzeria Founder ONEONTA – Joseph Ruffino Sr, 78, founder of Ruffino’s Pizzeria in downtown Oneonta, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. He was born on March 1, 1938, in Carini, Sicily, the son of Giuseppe and Rosa (Sgroi) Ruffino. In the late 1950s a young Joseph, barely 20 years old, came to the great USA as a stone quarry worker from Carini, Sicily, in search of the American Dream. During…
IN MEMORIAM: Linda M. Lieb, 56; Cooperstown Native Dies In Florida COOPERSTOWN – Linda Margret Lieb, raised in Coopertown, passed away suddenly in Largo, Fla. on Nov. 14, 2016. Born on March 2, 1960, she is predeceased by her sister Eva Lieb and her father Heinz Lieb. Linda was a graduate of Cooperstown Central School and University of Michigan, where she received a Ph.D. in pharmaceutics.…
IN MEMORIAM Rev. John A. Blackman Jr., 84; Edmeston Leader For 52 Years EDMESTON – The Rev. John A. Blackman, Jr., the award-winning and community-minded pastor emeritus of the Second Baptist Church, Edmeston, passed away Nov. 20, 2016. He was born Aug. 31, 1932 in Rockland, Maine, to John A. Blackman and Olive Kalloch Blackman. He graduated from Rockland High School, Gordon College in Boston, and Gordon Divinity School, Wenham, Mass. He married Dorothy Loyte in June 1955. John served…
