IN MEMORIAM: Bill Ronovech, 72; Co-Captained OHS Unbeaten Team ONEONTA – Word has been received that William A. Ronovech, 72, co-captain of Oneonta High School’s undefeated 1959-60 basketball team, lost a 10-year battle with illness on Dec. 9, 2015, passing away in his sleep at home in Nevada, where he had lived the past 30 years. He was born Jan. 4, 1943, in Oneonta, to Eleanor and William Ronovech. He was active in OHS sports, not only on Coach Drago’s…
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IN MEMORIAM: Joan Lenore Kingsley, 81, Head of SUNY Women’s Athletics ONEONTA – Joan Lenore Kingsley, a nationally ranked tennis player and the former chair of SUNY Oneonta’s Department of Health and Physical Education, died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, in San Antonio, Texas, where she resided. Joan was born on Jan. 31, 1934, in New York. She was raised in Bronxville, and attended Bronxville High School. She obtained a B.S. degree in physical education and health, along with a M.S. and Ph.D.…
IN MEMORIAM: Harriette Weeks, 80; Nurse At Bassett, ODY Central School SPRINGFIELD – Harriette D. Weeks, 80, surgical nurse at Bassett Hospital who then spent 23 years at school nurse at Owen D. Young Central School in Van Hornesville, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 12015. She was born on May 16, 1935, the daughter of Edna and Kenneth Dunckel. She was one of three children. Survivors include her sister Audrey Nasby, sister in law Madeline Dunckel and family, several nieces and…
IN MEMORIAM: Susan Stevens, 58; For 13 Years, Controller At Otesaga COOPERSTOWN – Susan Stevens, retired controller at The Otesaga, died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, N.C. She was 58. Locally, she resided in Pierstown. Born Dec. 23, 1957, in Framingham, Mass., Susan Mary Dunphy was one of three daughters of James Henry Dunphy, Jr. and Jean Louise Gillum Dunphy. After graduating in 1975 from Rutland Senior High School in Vermont, she…
IN MEMORIAM: Elizabeth S. Swatling, 97; Husband Operated Fuel-Oil Businesses FLY CREEK – Elizabeth S. Swatling of Red Onion Farm in Fly Creek died early Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. She was 97. Bette was born on Oct. 18, 1918, in Albany to Satie and Joseph M. Schroeder. She married Roy K. Swatling on March 7, 1942, and lived in Herkimer before moving to Fly Creek in 1960. Roy, who operated Jensen-Baldwin Oil in Cherry Valley and Cooperstown, and similar businesses…
IN MEMORIAM: John Rifenburgh, 84; World War II Vet Co-Owned Tally-Ho WEST DAVENPORT – John William Rifenburgh, 94, a World War II veteran and former co-owner of the Tally-Ho Restaurant in West Davenport, passed away Monday, Jan. 11, 2016., at Fox Nursing Home. He was born June 12, 1921, in Worcester, the eldest of six children and the only son of the late Walter and Mabel Estella (Phelps) Rifenburgh. On April 9, 1964, he married Barbara Cook in Bloomville. During…
IN MEMORIAM: Eleanor Scorzafava VanCuren, 92 ONEONTA – Eleanor Scorzafava VanCuren passed away Jan. 13, 2016. She was 92. She was born Jan. 11, 1924. Her husband, George VanCuren, a pilot and POW during World War II who worked for the D&H and the U.S. Postal Service, passed away in 2010.…
IN MEMORIAM: Jean Kafchinski, 89; Hartwick College Bursar Retired In ’95 ONEONTA – Jean Elizabeth (Smith) Kafchinski, 89, retired Hartwick College bursar, passed away Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at Fox Hospital. A longtime resident of Oneonta, she was born on Dec. 7, 1926, in Lymanville, Pa. A loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she was the daughter of the late Garney and Anna (Lyman) Smith. Jean graduated from Springfield High School in Springfield, Pa., moving to Oneonta in 1952. She…
IN MEMORIAM: Frederick Sousa, Jr., 64; Auto Mechanic In Oneonta Area For Years ONEONTA – Frederick J. Sousa, Jr., 64, a self-employed auto mechanic in Oneonta for many years, passed away Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 at Fox Hospital. He was born on Dec. 15, 1951, the son of Frederick J. Sr. and Geraldine (Eckler) Sousa, who survive him. A life-long Oneonta resident, Fred was a 1969 graduate of Oneonta High School. He attended and graduated from Delhi Ag & Tech…
IN MEMORIAM: Peter Macris; Glimmerglass, Foothills Founder Editor’s Note: Cooperstown’s Sam Goodyear has alerted us that Peter Macris, founder of Orpheus Theater, the Glimmerglass Opera and the Foothills Performing Arts Center, passed away early Saturday. In recent years he has been living in Suffield, Conn., near his daughter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Meanwhile, here is an appreciation of Macris that Goodyear delivered in 2008 at a testimonial for the giant figure in the development of Otsego County’s arts community. PETER…
