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IN MEMORIAM

Jamie Potter, Pie-in-Sky Owner,

Boxer Marvis Frazier's Biographer

Jamie Potter and former Golden Gloves Champ Marvis Frazier ham in up at Pie-in-the-Sky in 2012, shortly after the publication of "Meet Marvis Frazier: The Story of the Son of Smokin's Joe." Read AllOTSEGO.life article published at the time. (AllOTSEGO.com photo)

ONEONTA – Jamie Potter, 61, longtime proprietor of Pie-in-the Sky, much beloved by SUNY and Hartwick college students for its ice cream and pancakes, and author of Marvis Frazier’s biography, passed away unexpected on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017.

James W. Powers Jr. was born on Nov. 4, 1955.

He was and will always be the epitome of compassion, tolerance, perseverance and integrity to us and those who knew him. Inspired by his principled existence, we will aspire to continue our lives with the same level of love and conviction that he embraced, his family wrote in his obituary.

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