IN MEMORIAM: Michael McCafferty, 73, West Oneonta; Marine, Psychotherapist WEST ONEONTA- Michael Patrick McCafferty, 73, a Marine and psychotherapist, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, at home with his family by his side. He was born Feb. 22, 1945, in Staten Island, the son of the late Thomas and Esther (Lynn) McCafferty.…
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Leading National Ambulance Service Is Acquiring CMT Margaret McGown, Mark Zeek Ran Cooperstown Company For 38 Years By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Owners Margaret McGown and Mark Zeek today announced the sale of Cooperstown Medical Transport to AMR (American Medical Response), which employs 28,000 emergency medical personnel in 40 states and Washington, D.C. An asset-purchase agreement has been signed, and the sale is expected to be complete by the end of March, pending final approval by…
IN MEMORIAM: Elinor ‘Jane’ Montgomery, 84; Organist At Milford Church For Many Years MARYLAND – Elinor “Jane” Montgomery, 84, who played organ at Milford Center Community Bible Church for many years, passed away Jan. 5, 2019, at Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta. She was born May 15, 1934, in Treadwell, the daughter of Vernon and Gladys (Diihr) Townsend. Elinor was married to Millard D. “Zip” Montgomery for 40 years, prior to his passing on July 6, 2008.…
IN MEMORIAM: Chester ‘Skip’ Collins Jr. 73; Bus Mechanic At Richfield, Mount Markham RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Chester “Skip” Collins, Jr., 73, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 at his home. He was born on July 27, 1945, in Cooperstown, son of Phyllis (Walrath) Collins of Springfield, and the late Chester M. Collins, Sr. A lifelong area resident, he was a graduate of Owen D. Young High School, Class of 1963. On March 18, 1965, he married the former Mary Alice “Mikki”…
IN MEMORIAM: Kenneth L. Eastman, 74; 82nd Airborne Veteran, Retired From P&G EDMESTON – Kenneth L. Eastman, 74, of Edmeston, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Monday Dec. 31, 2018.Ken was born in San Bernardino, Calif., on July 14, 1944, the son of the late Harrison and Gladys Avery Eastman.Ken was an Army veteran, serving from 1963 to 1966 in the 82nd Airborne. While stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C., he met the love of his life, Hilda. They later…
IN MEMORIAM Carl F. Bliss, 98, County Native; Aviation Pioneer, Entrepreneur COOPERSTOWN – Carl Frank Bliss passed away peacefully in his home in Encinada, Calif., with loved ones by his side, on Dec. 10, 2018. He left the world a better place than he found it 98 years earlier, dedicating his long life to service to his family, community and country. Carl will be remembered for his deep love for the people in his life, his practicality, his entrepreneurial spirit, his mechanical…
IN MEMORIAM: Althea ‘Allie’ Gennarino, 82; Retired Teacher Leaves Husband, 5 Children ONEONTA – Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother Althea “Allie” Gennarino, 82, of Oneonta, a retired teacher in Unadilla, passed away peacefully on Jan. 2, 2019 with her family by her side at Bassett Hospital. Allie was born on July 5, 1936, in Hancock, to Fred and Minnie Alma Beecher, the second youngest of their five daughters. Allie met Lawrence “Butch” Gennarino, her husband of 62 years, in Oneonta. The couple…
Betty Roscoe, 97, Unadilla; Loved Farming, Pursued It In Many Guises UNADILLA – Beth “Betty” Bernice Roscoe (born Thompson), 97, died peacefully on Dec. 20, 2018, at Bassett Hospital, after a life of farming and diligent productivity. Betty lived a long, happy and amazingly healthy life, attributing this to spending much of it involved in farming. “I have always been in love with farming,” she once wrote, “to be a farmer has been my aim. I have accomplished it, in…
Rodman D. Carter, M.D., 90; Longtime Bassett Hospital Urologist COOPERSTOWN – Rodman Dana Carter, M.D., a long-time surgeon at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital whose career in urology spanned over 40 years, passed away following a valiant battle with cancer Friday afternoon, Dec. 28, 2018, at his home in Cooperstown with his family by his side. He was 90. Born April 6, 1928, in Ashtabula, Ohio, he was a son of the Rev. Edwin R. Carter, a minister in the Congregational…
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