IN MEMORIAM: Frances Foster Smith, 95; Helped Parents Run Fly Creek General Store FLY CREEK – Frances Marion (Foster) Smith, a Fly Creek native, retired banker and real-estate agent, passed away Tuesday. She was 95 and resided at the Presbyterian Home in New Hartford. Born on March 31, 1919, in her parents’ Fly Creek home, Frances shared her childhood with her older sister, Ferne. They helped their parents, Glenn and Florence (Williams) Foster, in operating the Fly Creek General Store.…
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Eileen R. Littell, 87; Editor’s Daughter-In-Law COOPERSTOWN – Eileen Reeves Littell, 87, daughter-in-law of Walter R. Littell, editor of the Otsego Farmer and an officer in the company that published The Freeman’s Journal, died Oct. 7, 2014, at Memory Care Living in Montville, N.J., after a long illness. She was born on July 7, 1927, in Buffalo, the daughter of Eric and Dearborn (Smith) Reeves. She grew up in Cooperstown, graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1944 and married W.…
IN MEMORIAM: Tina M. Tisenchek, 89; Worked At Bresee’s ONEONTA – Tina M. Tisenchek, 89, who worked at the former Bresee’s Department Store, among other local businesses, passed away on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center.…
IN MEMORIAM: Richfield Springs’ Chet Scerra, 93; Paratrooper Received U.S., Italian, French Medals RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Chester A. “Chet” Scerra, 92, the decorated World War II paratrooper, passed away Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, in Albany Medical with his family by his side. He was born in Herkimer on Nov. 3, 1921, the son of Dominick and Pauline Lombardi Scerra, and he attended Herkimer schools. He married Anne Martellotti on Aug. 8, 1942 in St. Anthony’s Church, with the Rev. Gustav…
IN MEMORIAM: Chuck Carrier, 84; Navy Vet Ran Petroleum Company COOPERSTOWN – Charles L. “Chuck” Carrier of Cooperstown and Sarasota, Fla., a pioneer in the development of the modern convenience store, passed away Saturday morning, Sept. 27, 2014, at his home in the company of his family. He was 84. Born June 19, 1930, in Utica, Chuck was the son of Rush and Evelyn (Clarke) Carrier. He attended Albany Academy and graduated from Montclair (N.J.) High School and Colgate University,…
IN MEMORIAM: Judy Williams, 87; Reporter, Photographer Follower Of Elizabeth Ann Seton ONEONTA – Juvenile (Judy) Williams, 87, a devout follower of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and former newspaper photographer and reporter, died on Sept. 20, 2014. Judy was orphaned at an early age along with her seven brothers and sisters in rural Philippines. World War II came to her homeland, but with it came American Army soldier Neal Williams Sr. The couple married and moved to New Lisbon, where…
IN MEMORIAM: Chester Eggleton, 88; Former Town Of Milford Assesor MILFORD – Chester Eggleton, 88, of Milford, a former town assessor and firefighter involved in plumbing and heating businesses for a half-century, passed away on Wednesday August 27, 2012 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester.…
LAURENS – Marsha Rochelle Rudko of Laurens, 70, retired teacher, passed away peacefully Sept. 17, 2014, following a very short battle with brain cancer. She was born Sept. 2, 1944, in The Bronx, and lived most of her life on Long Island before settling in Laurens. For the past few years, she worked as a teacher’s aide at Opportunities for Otsego’s Head Start Program. She is survived by her beloved family: husband Heinz “Buddy” Rudko; son Robert of New York;…
IN MEMORIAM: Chalmer Edward Means, 84; SUNY Professor Help Found Sheep Dog Trials ONEONTA – Chalmer Edward Means, a retired SUNY Oneonta professor and founder of the annual Leatherstocking Sheep Dog Trials in Coopertown, passed away Sept. 11, 2014, at the state Veterans Home in Oxford. He was 84. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was born May 13, 1930, on a dairy farm in Shippensburg, Pa. His love of farming,…
IN MEMORIAM: ‘Stub’ Hunt, 82; Ran Gas Station FLY CREEK – George “Stub” D. Hunt, 82, who owned Hunt’s Gulf Station at Chestnut and Elm, Cooperstown, died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014 at Bassett Hospital after an extended illness.…