IN MEMORIAM: John R. Hurley, 62; Spent 39-Year Career At Remington CHERRY VALLEY – John Richard Hurley, who retired after a 39-year career at Remington Arms, passed away unexpectedly on Aug. 19, 2017. He was 62. Known to his friends as “John Boy,” he was born in Manhattan on Feb. 9, 1955. John spent his summers in Cherry Valley until permanently moving here in 1971, graduating from Cherry Valley Central in 1973.…
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IN MEMORIAM: Matthew L. Bowman, 48; Systems Administrator In Capitol District ONEONTA – Matthew Lee Bowman, 48, a computer systems administrator who attended Oneonta schools and received his bachelor’s from SUNY Oneonta, passed away Aug. 20, 2017, in his home in Clifton Park. He was born May 12, 1969, in Tacoma, Wash., and was adopted by John F. and Margaret M. (Mahnken) Bowman. Matt grew up in a military family, traveling the world. After his father retired, his family returned to…
IN MEMORIAM: William E. Brooks Jr., 76; Longtime Laurens Bus Driver, Custodian LAURENS – William E. Brooks Jr., 76, who retired after 23 years of service to Laurens Central School as a custodian and bus driver, lost his courageous battle with cancer on Aug. 16, 2017. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, on Jan. 17, 1941, he moved to Upstate New York as a young man, marrying Harriet Bucca-Brooks of Reading, Pa., while living in Elmira. The couple had two children, Daniel…
IN MEMORIAM John J. Riordan, 80, State Trooper At Oneonta, Troop E Commander ONEONTA – John J. Riordan, a retired state trooper who served in increasingly responsible positions in Troop C’s Oneonta barracks, then rising to commander of Troop E (Canandaigua), died Friday, Aug. 11, 2017, at the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center in Albany. He was 80. John was born in The Bronx Hospital, New York City on Nov. 8, 1936, to the late John J. and Catherine A.…
Hopsego Features Beer Samples, Music, Demonstrations, Kid Fun Wyatt Crowley from the Red Shed, Cherry Valley, top photo, pours a sample of the craft brewery’s offerings for Debbie Quick and Ray Kelly, both of Milford, this afternoon at The Farmers’ Museum first Hopsego Festival, celebrating the revival of Otsego County’s signature crop and related beer making in recent years. At left, Linda Patterson of East Greenbush sports a hops corsage, the outcome of hops-related crafts pursued today at the Cooperstown…
IN MEMORIAM: Edward Hogan, 83; Honored With Scouting’s Top Award ONEONTA – Edward Paul (Papa) Hogan, 83, a city native and an honored participant in the Boy Scout movement, passed away unexpectedly Aug. 16, 2017. A life-long resident of Oneonta, he was born Feb. 15, 1934, to Raymond Francis and Madeline (Egglestine) Hogan. He graduated from Oneonta High School, where he sang in school musicals and state choir competitions.…
IN MEMORIAM: Grace Estell, Edmeston; Ran Edmeston Dairy Farm With Husband EDMESTON – Grace Hurd Estell, 70, who with her husband operated a dairy farm in Edmeston for 30 years, passed away at her home on Wednesday Aug. 16, 2017 with her loving family at her side. Grace was born in Dunmore, Pa., the daughter of the late Ralph and Ada Hinkley Pease.…
IN MEMORIAM: Dorothy J. Martin, 96; Retired Teacher Beloved Fly Creek Resident FLY CREEK – Dorothy J. “Dot” Martin, loving and devoted wife of Peter L. “Pete” Martin and an integral and beloved part of the Fly Creek community, passed away Friday morning, Aug. 18, 2017, at the Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta. She was 96. Born May 5, 1921, in Pittsfield, Dot was one of 10 children of Leslie Calvin Day Sr. and Agnes Alene née Daniels Day. One…
IN MEMORIAM/FULL OBITUARY ‘RJ’ Mulligan, 90; Veteran, Contractor, Village Native Son COOPERSTOWN – Robert Joseph Mulligan, 90, a retired contractor and Cooperstown Native Son, passed away Aug. 12, 2017. RJ was born May 23, 1927, on the family farm in the Town of Warren, the fifth of six children to Hugh “Doad” and Mary Dunne Mulligan. RJ graduated from Richfield Springs Central School. He married Mary Faith St. John on Dec. 11, 1948, and then joined the Army, where he…
Stars & Bars Foe Takes Photos, Banned At Fair Deputies Escort Leslie Kauffman Off Grounds WALTON – A former rabbit barn superintendent of the Delaware County Fair was escorted off premises by deputies and barred from ever returning for taking photographs of merchandise bearing the Confederate flag, according to a press release issued today by Fair for All, the group protesting Stars & Bars at the week-long event. Leslie Kauffman, a co-founder of the group Fair for All, which has…
