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Gary Dunbar’s Memorial Service June 25 COOPERSTOWN – A memorial service for Gary Seamans Dunbar (June 8, 1931 – Aug. 16, 2015), UCLA professor emeritus who retired to Cooperstown, will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at the First Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the New York State Historical Association, The Farmers’ Museum, the First Presbyterian Church or to a charity of your choice.…
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88 Degrees On Saturday Beats Record By 2 Degrees The 88-degree record high on Memorial Day Weekend Saturday beat the 86-degree market set in 1911 and tied in 1978, AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta and Freeman’s Journal) weather watcher Dave Mattice reports. Thursday, the high was 85 degrees; Friday, 86, and Sunday, 86, Mattice reports, not record but enough to constitute a heat wave around here. …
State Troopers Honor, Remember Fallen Friends By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com SIDNEY – May 20 marks the 22nd anniversary of the day Trooper Ricky Parisian was shot and killed by Colin Hyde, who was attempting to stop a robbery at the Great American, now the Southside Mall. And this morning, Parisian and the 16 other Troop C state police officer who gave their lives in service of their community were honored with a Memorial Day service on the lawn of…
George W. Smith, Jr., Service Saturday COOPERSTOWN – A memorial service honoring the life of George W. Smith, Jr. will be offered at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2016, at the Cooperstown United Methodist Church with the Rev. William H. Delia, pastor, officiating. The service of committal and burial will follow in Fitch Hill Cemetery at the corner of Armstrong and Tanner Hill roads in Pierstown. Military Honors will be accorded by members of the Sgt. Walter P. Eggleston…
IN MEMORIAM: Ruth Anne Pushkar, 84; Worked For Oneonta School District ONEONTA – Ruth Anne Pushkar, 84, who, along with her husband, was active with the Oneonta School District, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016 at AO Fox Hospital Nursing Home in Oneonta. She was born on Nov. 16, 1931 in Larksville, Pa. the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Borkowski) Gieda. She married Edward S. Pushkar on August 29, 1953 in Plymouth, Pa. He predeceased her on March 3, 1987. Growing…
IN MEMORIAM: Thelma J. James, 87; Survived By Sister In Mount Vision ONEONTA – Thelma J. James, 87, a former resident of Los Angeles and New York City, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016 at AO Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta. She was born on January 25, 1929 in New York City, the daughter of Justus and Else (Ketels) Lorenzen. She married Luther James who predeceased her in 2006.…
As Prayers For Peace Offered, Holocaust Horrors Remembered By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – As candles flickered in remembrance of the six million Jews and five million others killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust, Nathan Batalion, Oneonta, shared his story. “My stepfather, Gabriel Bross, was a shoe-maker,” he said. “He survived five different concentration camps because the soldiers needed boots, and even though they said they would kill him when it was all over, the allies freed him.”…
