Lois Herrick’s Love Of Oneonta Postcards Packs Swart-Wilcox Presentation Today

Lois Herrick's Love Of Oneonta, Postcards

Fill Swart-Wilcox House Presentation Today

Kevin Herrick, the well known Oneonta auctioneer, reflects his his mother Lois' love of postcards at this afternoon's presentation, "Postcards from a Friend," at the Swart-Wilcox House. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com) — Kevin Herrick, the well known Oneonta auctioneer, reflects on his mother Lois' love of postcards at this afternoon's presentation, "Postcards from a Friend," at the Swart-Wilcox House. Presenter John Carney is seated at left. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)

ONEONTA – "If Lois was here, she'd be able to tell us," retired SUNY Oneonta professor and emphemera enthusiast John Carney remarked several times this afternoon during his discussion of local postcards during "Postcards from a Friend: A Tribute to Lois Herrick," this afternoon at the Swart-Wilcox House.

Close to 50 wellwishers packed the downstairs of Oneonta's oldest surviving home, causing her son, Kevin Herrick, the auctioneer, to remark, "It's a great tribute to my mother." Mrs. Herrick, a Philadelphia native who moved to Oneonta in 1960 and taught at Morris for 32 years, passed away April 22.

Helen Rees, a leader of the Friends of the Swart-Wilcox House, recalled Mrs. Herrick's affection for her adopted community: Her license plate – "ONEONTA" – said it all.

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