IN MEMORIAM Stephen W. Tompkins, 44; Fought Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosed At Infancy CHERRY VALLEY – Stephen Wyatt Tompkins, 44, who had been fighting Cystic Fibrosis since infancy, died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at New York Presbyterian Hospital with loving family by his side. Born in Cooperstown, Oct. 28, 1974, Stephen’s Cystic Fibrosis led to other challenges. He was a 10+ year survivor of a double lung transplant received at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He passed away after a hard fought battle…
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B&B Ranch Headed For Auction Block FLY CREEK – The foreclosed B&B Ranch will go up for auction just four months after the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department seized the property for failure to pay back a loan from the Bank of Kinderhook. Though originally listed at $3.2 million, Platinum Luxury Auctions is listing the estate as a “no reserve” and will open the bidding at 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17.…
Missing Man’s Car Found In Oneonta By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A car belonging to a man reported missing last week was found in Oneonta’s West End, State Trooper Aga Dembinska, Troop C public information officer, announced today. Steven J. Kassirer, 53, was reported missing by his employer, the Brattlebro Retreat in Vermont, after he failed to show for work on Tuesday, Oct. 23. He had briefly been in contact with his employer on Monday, Oct. 22,…
IN MEMORIAM: Helen ‘Pat’ Roberts, 93; Lowville Native Long-Time Bassett Nurse COOPERSTOWN – A memorial service will be offered for Helen “Pat” Roberts, a long-time Bassett Hospital R.N., at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Cooperstown Methodist Church. A coffee hour will follow. She died April 12, 2018, at Absolut Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation in Endicott. She was 93.…
IN MEMORIAM Burton I. Lobdell, 93; Grew 50-Truck Fleet ONEONTA – Burton Ivan Lobdell, 93, who grew his trucking company from one truck to a 50-vehicle fleet, passed away Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, at the Chestnut Park Nursing Home with loved ones by his side. He was born in the Town of Butternuts, on Oct. 26, 1925, and lived locally all of his life. Burt was best known for his trucking company, starting with one flatbed truck picking up cans…
Tree of Life Remembrances In Oneonta, Cooperstown A service in Oneonta and vigil in Cooperstown are planned in response to Saturday’s shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in suburban Pittsburgh. There were 11 fatalities and six injuries. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, a memorial service is planned at Oneonta’s Temple Beth El, 83 Chestnut St. At 7 p.m. Thursday, Village Trustee Richard Sternberg has organized a vigil in the second-floor ballroom at Cooperstown Village Hall, 22 Main St.…
Scriven Foundation To Match Donations To Coop Food Bank COOPERSTOWN – During the months of November and December, the Scriven Foundation will match donations made to the Cooperstown Food Pantry up to a total of $7,500. Donations can be made online at cooperstownfoodpantry.org, or sent to the Food Pantry at 25 Church St., Cooperstown NY 13326. Checks may be made out to Cooperstown Food Pantry. …
IN MEMORIAM: Nick Barberio, 93; Taught Education At SUNY Oneonta ONEONTA – (Nick) Barberio, 93, who taught in SUNY Oneonta’s Education Department for 30 years, passed away peacefully on Oct. 22, 2018 at the Fox Nursing Home. Nick was born on May 15, 1925 in Mohawk, the son of Carlo (“Charlie”) and Maria Barberio. As the first-generation son of an Italian immigrant family, Nick’s life was the embodiment of the American dream. In 1943, he joined the Navy and saw…
IN MEMORIAM: Louis R. Kilts, 74; Oneontan Worked In Maintenance MOHAWK – Louis R. Kilts, 74, of Mohawk, an Oneonta native who leaves several survivors in Otsego County, died Friday Oct. 12, 2018, at Bassett Hospital. Louis was born on Jan. 28, 1944, in Oneonta to Earl R. Kilts and Lilian Anderson Kilts. He worked in maintenance throughout his life.…
Final Mural’s Unveiling Due At Oneonta History Center ONEONTA – Wilber Bank, the last of the Dietz Street murals depicting the five historic occupants of the Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., will be unveiled at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3. Wilber Bank’s first location in Oneonta was in the southwest corner of the first floor of Walter Brown’s hardware store in the building now owned by the Greater Oneonta Historical Society. After a fire in David Wilber’s bank in…