Charlotte Lunn Georgeson, 89; First Lady of Oneonta – All Otsego

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IN MEMORIAM: Charlotte Georgeson;

Former 1st Lady Active In Civic Life 

Charlotte Lunn Georgeson
Charlotte Lunn Georgeson

ONEONTA –  Charlotte Lunn Georgeson, 89, named "Mrs. Oneonta" for her contributions to the community, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, at Focus Otsego in Cooperstown.

She was born July 13, 1927, the daughter of Dorothy Hanks and William H. Lunn, Sr.  A 1944 graduate of OHS, Charlotte attended Connecticut College for Women in New London, and in 1949 earned a bachelor's from Cornell.  After a brief career in hotel management in Washington, D.C., she returned to Oneonta, where in 1951 she married James N. Georgeson, the future Oneonta mayor.

Throughout her life, Charlotte cherished the time she spent at her Goodyear Lake camp, the site of family gatherings since the 1920s. During their retirement years, Charlotte and James wintered in Green Valley, Ariz., where she swam, basked in the sunshine, and enjoyed the companionship of family and friends.

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