IN MEMORIAM: Jim Georgeson, 95; Former Oneonta Mayor, Civic Leader ONEONTA – One of Oneonta’s foremost citizens, James Nicholas Georgeson, 95, a former mayor, businessman and SUNY Oneonta official, passed away Wednesday at Focus Otsego Manor. In recent years, he lived in Oneonta and Green Valley, Ariz. Jim was born Oct. 4, 1919, in Oneonta, the son of Christina Vlahos and Nicholas Georgeson, both natives of Greece. He married Charlotte Lunn of Oneonta in 1951. Jim was a lifetime resident…
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IN MEMORIAM: Dorothy Lewis, 92, First Oneontan To Enlist In WAVES ONEONTA – Funeral services are Saturday for Dorothy Moore Lewis, 92, who during World War II became the first woman from Oneonta to enlist in the WAVES (the Navy’s Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), who passed away Sunday at the Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center. She was born Sept. 24, 1922, in Oneonta, the daughter of George F. and Nellie (Thomas) Moore. She graduated from Oneonta High School in 1940…
IN MEMORIAM: Kittie Johnson, 57; Folk Artist MIDDLEFIELD – Kittie Leslie Johnson, 57, a folk artist here in Middlefield, died peacefully at Bassett Hospital on Friday.…
IN MEMORIAM: Paul Knapp, 81, Pink Street; Rail Executive Operated Beefees Restaurant COOPERSTOWN – Paul Knapp Jr., 81, of Pink Street, a transportation executive who owned and operated Beefees Restaurant after moving to Cooperstown in 1978, died Friday at Bassett Hospital.…
IN MEMORIAM: Thomas Ray Blaske, 65; Oversaw BOCES’ Culinary Arts Program HARTWICK – Thomas Ray Blaske, 65, known as “B,” who ran the Culinary Arts Program at BOCES in Milford for over 30 years, died Tuesday at Bassett Hospital. He was born May 23, 1949, to Helen J. Reamer of Michigan. He graduated from the Culinary Institute of Technology. In addition to working at BOCES, he was a certified executive chef and a certified culinary educator through the American Culinary Federation.…
13 Purple Hearts Meet, Remember By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 When Doug Walker returned home from Vietnam in 1967, he was told to wear his civilian clothes. “We were not very welcome,” he said. But on Sunday, Sept. 28, Walker sat down in the Doubleday Café with 15 veterans of the 2nd Platoon, Mike Company, 3/9 Marines, 13 of them Purple Heart recipients, in a gathering organized by Warren Ryther of Garrattsville. “They…
IN MEMORIAM: Frances Foster Smith, 95; Helped Parents Run Fly Creek General Store FLY CREEK – Frances Marion (Foster) Smith, a Fly Creek native, retired banker and real-estate agent, passed away Tuesday. She was 95 and resided at the Presbyterian Home in New Hartford. Born on March 31, 1919, in her parents’ Fly Creek home, Frances shared her childhood with her older sister, Ferne. They helped their parents, Glenn and Florence (Williams) Foster, in operating the Fly Creek General Store.…
IN MEMORIAM: Tina M. Tisenchek, 89; Worked At Bresee’s ONEONTA – Tina M. Tisenchek, 89, who worked at the former Bresee’s Department Store, among other local businesses, passed away on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center.…
Council Member Lynch’s Ward Meeting: Police, Kindness Can Allay Student Woes By LIBBY CUDMORE• allotsego.com ONEONTA – Directed police presence helped calm some of the student chaos on Myrtle Avenue in Mike Lynch’s 4th Ward, but it’s not a long-term solution. “Having a police presence there takes manpower away from bar sweeps and underage parties,” said Lynch at this evening’s ward meeting, held at the Center Street school. “If we only have three patrol cars out, even if we add a neighborhood…
IN MEMORIAM: Richfield Springs’ Chet Scerra, 93; Paratrooper Received U.S., Italian, French Medals RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Chester A. “Chet” Scerra, 92, the decorated World War II paratrooper, passed away Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, in Albany Medical with his family by his side. He was born in Herkimer on Nov. 3, 1921, the son of Dominick and Pauline Lombardi Scerra, and he attended Herkimer schools. He married Anne Martellotti on Aug. 8, 1942 in St. Anthony’s Church, with the Rev. Gustav…
