IN MEMORIAM Jim Wolff, 79, Fly Creek; Town Justice, Civic Leader FLY CREEK – James Francis Wolff, Sr., 79, longtime civic leader in Fly Creek, who served as Otsego town justice, and with the Fly Creek Volunteer Fire Company and EMT squad, lost his lengthy battle with cancer on Thursday, July 23, at his home with family by his side. Born May 3, 1941, Jim was raised in Richmond Hill, Queens, and attended Richmond Hill High School, graduating as a…
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IN MEMORIAM: William J. Liggio, 70; Vietnam Veteran; 4-Decade Truck Driver SCHENEVUS – William John Liggio, 70, of Schenevus, a Vietnam veteran and career-long truck driver who specialized in car carriers, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2020. Born on August 25, 1949, Bill grew up the eldest of two siblings in an Italian family in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens. He was the son of the late William Robert and Raffaela (Margio) Liggio.…
IN MEMORIAM: R. Helen Davis, 95; RN’s Parents Immigrants From Finland FLY CREEK – In the early morning hours of Saturday, April 4, 2020, R. Helen Davis, a long-time resident of Fly Creek, retired registered nurse and cherished mother, passed peacefully with family by her side. She was 95 and the last of the Finnish area immigrants residing in Otsego County. Born July 27, 1924, in a farmhouse off Harrison Hill Road in Mount Vision, she lived her earliest years…
IN MEMORIAM: Alice D. Siegfried, 88; Potter Supported Social Justice Causes ONEONTA – Alice Lou Differt Siegfried, 88, of Oneonta, a potter, avid gardener and social justice advocate, died from a probable heart attack on Saturday, July 18, 2020, while at Fox Nursing Home recovering from hip surgery. Alice was born on Sept. 24, 1931, in Twinsburg, Ohio, to Charles and Elizabeth Differt. She attended Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and met…
IN MEMORIAM Jane G. Duel, 82 Dec. 16, 1938 – July 14, 2020 COOPERSTOWN – Everyone said that it was impossible to get a parking place and admission to the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Jane Goodwin Duel didn’t buy it. She and a close friend left Warren, Vt., before dawn in her light blue VW convertible bug with the Rolls Royce hood, car festooned with international flags and packed with helium balloons. Arriving at the Olympic checkpoints, their…
Ruth Allen’s Passing Announced To Council ONEONTA – Ruth Allen, 80, a frequent fixture of Oneonta civic life and community boards, died this morning, Common Council Member John Rafter, Seventh Ward, announced this evening during the Common Council meeting. She served on the Huntington Library Board and chaired the city’s Housing Task Force under Mayor Dick Miller, and most recently, she was a member of the Survive, Then Thrive task force.…
DEATH NOTICE Jane G. Duel, 81, Cooperstown; Affiliated With Redpoint, NYSHA COOPERSTOWN – Jane G. Duel, 81, passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at Cooperstown Center, following a long illness. Most recently an executive assistant with Redpoint Builders, she was previously with the Susquehanna SPCA for four years, and for many years worked for the New York State Historical Association. Arrangements are with Tillapaugh Funeral Home. A full obituary will be forthcoming on www.AllOTSEGO.com and in next week’s Freeman’s Journal.…
DEATH NOTICE Anne Geddes-Atwell, 77; Former Otsego Supervisor COOPERSTOWN – Anne Geddes-Atwell, 77, former Otsego town supervisor and, previously, a town board member, passed away Sunday morning at Cooperstown Center after a long illness. A well-known figure in the Cooperstown area, Geddes-Atwell was a longtime member of the Cooperstown Rotary Club and former president. Survivors include her husband, Jim Atwell, the Quaker minister and columnist in The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta. Arrangements are with the Tillapaugh Funeral Service, Cooperstown. …
IN MEMORIAM: Leroy Charles Klein, 78; Oneonta Native Was Retired Contractor ONEONTA – Oneonta native Leroy Charles Klein, 78, of Keystone Heights, Fla., passed away Sunday, July 5, 2020, from injuries he sustained in a tractor accident. He was born May 31, 1942, in Oneonta, to Edward and Doris (Earing) Klein. Mr. Klein served in the Navy and was a retired contractor. He was Episcopalian and loved staying busy doing odds and ends. In addition to his father his son…
IN MEMORIAM: Joseph R. McCullion, 77; Veteran Earned Purple Heart, Bronze Star COOPERSTOWN – Joseph Raymond McCullion, 77, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, passed away on June 30, 2020. He was born May 28, 1943 in Tampa, Fla. Joseph was a kind, loving, compassionate man. He loved his New York sports teams – the Yankees, Rangers and Giants. He was a lifelong fan of all three.…
