IN MEMORIAM: Connie Quackenbush, 80; 1957 OHS Graduate Worked At Fox Hospital ONEONTA – Constance “Connie” Quackenbush, 80, passed away Jan. 22, 2020, at Bassett Hospital. She graduated from Oneonta High School in 1957 and was formerly employed at Fox Hospital.…
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IN MEMORIAM Dr. Howard Joseph, 94, Oneonta; Practiced Podiatry In City 50 Years ONEONTA – Dr. Howard Joseph, 94, who practiced podiatry in Oneonta for 50 years and was active in the city’s civic life, died Saturday, Jan. 25, at his home following a brief illness. The son of Harry and Gertrude Joseph, he was raised in The Bronx, and met his future wife, Bernice, while they were both growing up there. They were married for 73 years. During World…
IN MEMORIAM: Phyllis G. Cooke, 86; Former WAC, Four Daughters Survive UNADILLA – Phyllis G. Cooke, 86, of Unadilla, a former WAC and mother of four daughters, passed away peacefully on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, at the state Veterans Home in Oxford. She was born on April 9, 1933, in Preston Park, Pa., to Ward & Hope (Phillips) Sherman. As a child, Phyllis attended a one-room school house and was raised by her mother and siblings on a small farm. …
IN MEMORIAM: Mary Jane Belrose, 75; County Office For Aging Social Worker COOPERSTOWN – Mary Jane Belrose, 75, of Middlefield Center Road, for many years a social worker t the county Office for the Aging, passed away peacefully on Tuesday evening, Jan. 21, 2020. She had the comfort of her husband and loving family at her side at the time of passing. Jane was born on March 17, 1944, in Brooklyn, a daughter of the late Joseph H. and Teresa…
IN MEMORIAM: Katherine I. Wood, 85 CHERRY VALLEY – Katherine I. Wood unexpectedly passed away Jan. 23, 2020, at Cooperstown Center. Born on July 3, 1934, she was predeceased by her husband Milton Wood Sr. in 1991.…
IN MEMORIAM: Richard ‘Dick’ Pindar, 90; Owned Cross Supply Co., Dick’s Golf Shop ONEONTA — Richard “Dick” Pindar, 90, of Oneonta, owner of Cross Supply Co. who, on retiring, started Dick’s Golf Shop, offering custom clubs and professional repairs, passed away on Jan. 22, 2020, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing. He had been residing at Heritage at The Plains at Parish Homestead for the past two years.…
IN MEMORIAM: Ruth Ellis, 87; Longtime CNA At The Meadows CHERRY VALLEY – Ruth Ellis, 87, a CNA at Otsego County’s Meadows nursing home for many years, passed away peacefully on Jan. 22, 2020. She was born on Aug. 26, 1932, in Paterson, N.J., to Phillip and Ruth (Nee DeYoung) Meye. She married the love of her life, Maurice Ellis, on July 11, 1953.…
FUNERAL AT BELDEN AUDITORIUM Family, Friends Bid Farewell To Bud Pirone Friends, family, colleagues and students filled the Belden Auditorium at Oneonta High School this afternoon where a service was held celebrating the life of William “Bud” Pirone, a beloved teacher, OHS principal and coach, who passed away on Jan. 13 at age 80. Retired Methodist minister Dick Breuninger gave the sermon, remarking, “If Dick saw paradise as a walk in the woods on a golden afternoon, the best way…
IN MEMORIAM Carol Lee Wheeler, 78, Morris; Mary Kay Mentored Consultant MORRIS – Carol Lee Wheeler, 78, who found her dream job as a Mary Kay beauty consultant, where she was mentored by founder Mary Kay Ash herself and prospered for 45 years, died Saturday, Jan. 18. Carol Lee discovered her dream career in 1977. She became a Mary Kay beauty consultant; moving up the career path quickly. She became a sales director, then a senior sales director. During her…
IN MEMORIAM: Patricia A. Tasior, 71; Marine Served As Pittsfield Town Clerk NEW BERLIN – Patricia A. Tasior, 71, of New Berlin, who served in the Marines and Air National Guard and, later, as Pittsfield town clerk, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, at her home. Pat was born on on Aug. 24, 1948 in Utica, the daughter of the late Joseph and Phyllis Kostyczak Tasior. Pat grew up in Edmeston, where her family lived on the second…
