IN MEMORIAM On your feet, Magyar, the homeland calls! The time is here, now or never! Shall we be slaves or free? This is the question, choose your answer! From the National Poem of Hungary, by Sándor Petöfi Freedom Fighter József Kiss Achieved American Dream ONEONTA – Born at the start of World War II in a small rural settlement in eastern Hungary, József Kiss survived the front lines of German and Russian armies sleeping in an underground bunker at…
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IN MEMORIAM Entrepreneur Kathleen Kiss Survived Husband By 5 Days Couple Operated 2 Mobile Home Parks DAVENPORT – Kathleen Márton Kiss (née Lídia) passed away in her home on Feb. 3, 2021. Her husband of 64 years, József Kiss, survived her by only five days. Growing up in Socialist Hungary behind the Iron Curtain, Kathleen and her fiancé fled the country as refugees of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. After marrying in Austria, they flew to the United States with…
IN MEMORIAM: William J. Barone, 49; Sales Executive Grew Up In Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – William Joseph Barone, 49, of Franklin Lakes, N.J., died unexpectedly at his home on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. Will grew up in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey and in Cooperstown. He is a graduate of Salve Regina University and a sales executive at Entercom Communications. Will was an extraordinary soul that touched the lives of everyone he met. He was a role model for all who…
IN MEMORIAM: Nancy Garufi, 83; With Husband, Founded Tino’s Pizza ONEONTA – Nancy Garufi, 83, who founded Tino’s Pizza with her husband, passed away Monday, March 1, 2021, at Fox Nursing Home. She was born on July 12, 1937, in Frazzano, Sicily, the daughter of Lorenzo and Rosalia Frisenda. At 18 years old, Nancy came to the United States and settled in Cold Spring, Putnam County. Her first job was at the dress factory there. She married Agatino “Tino” Garufi…
IN MEMORIAM: P. Elliott DuBois, 87; Taught Music For 27 Years At Worcester WORCESTER – P. Elliott DuBois, 87, whose 27-year career teaching music at Worcester Central School, starting in 1961, would touch hundreds of lives, passed away at 10:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, at Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta. Thankfully, the family was able to be at his side at various times during his final days before “going home,” for which he was prepared and eagerly awaiting. Paul…
IN MEMORIAM Virginia B. Miner Oct. 7, 1936-Feb. 23, 2021 SIDNEY – A good person, a well-lived life. Ginny traveled many miles since she was the only student in her grade at the one-room school in Colchester, part of the Walton School District. Later, she attended Franklin Central School and graduated at age 16 from Sidney, where the business courses and bookkeeping prepared her well for the future. Her first job was at Public & Loan in Sidney, and then…
IN MEMORIAM: Irma Ouimet; Oneonta, Unatego Teacher Claimed By COVID-19 OTEGO – Irma A. Ouimet of Otego, a native of Peru and Unatego Central School District teacher, passed away Feb. 23, 2021, in the ICU at Bassett Hospital from complications related to COVID-19. Irma Alejandrina Villegas Ormachea was born in Calca (Cusco), Peru, and became a teacher serving young children in the mountains of Peru. Irma came to live in the U.S. upon her marriage to her husband Gene Ouimet…
In COVID’s Grasp Statistics Miss Victim’s Stories – Like Thom Parrotti’s By MICHAEL FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Alicia Chase wants you to know about her best friend, a man she calls her “work husband” after the years they spent employed together at Bassett Hospital. Thomas Parrotti worked as an interpreter and manager at the hospital for nearly 20 years. One month ago, he was enjoying semi-retirement, raising goats with his husband Brett Miller on their small farm in…
IN MEMORIAM Thomas Hickey, 91; Mayor’s Son, Owner Of Empire State Oil ONEONTA – On Presidents’ Day the 15 of February 2021, at the age of 91, Thomas Eddy Hickey passed on at Cooperstown Rehabilitation and Nursing. By his side were his $1.99 pair of reading glasses, Ron Chernow’s 1,100-page history of President Ulysses S. Grant, and a photograph of his wife of 67 years, Jean O. Hickey. A lifelong resident of Oneonta, Tom was born on 05 August 1929 and…
IN MEMORIAM Arlene Schultz, 78, Burlington; R. N. Succumbs To COVID-19 BURLINGTON – Arlene Schulz, 78, of the Town of Burlington, passed away from COVID-19 Saturday night, Feb. 20, 2021, at Bassett Hospital. A Registered Nurse, Arlene was working at Chase Memorial Nursing Home & Rehab in New Berlin until she contracted COVID-19.…
