Focus Otsego Is Sold To Centers Health Care By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com INDEX – Focus Otsego announced moments ago that the facility, along with the property in Utica, is being sold to Centers Health Care, the largest post-acute health care company in the Northeast. “It has become increasingly difficult for operators of just one or two nursing facilities to compete economically in the current health care environment,” said Focus CEO Joseph Zupnik in a statement. “In Centers…
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SUNY Oneonta Announces President Will Retire In ’18 ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski has announced her plan to retire from the college in July 2018. She informed members of the College Council and other campus leadership groups before communicating her decision to members of the campus community and parents of students via email earlier today, according to a press release. “SUNY Oneonta is a wonderful institution, and I am honored to have had the opportunity to serve as…
Inquiry Into Sheriff Resumes Tomorrow Will County Board Chair Clark Sit In? By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Two unopened boxes of personnel records from the county Sheriff’s Department have been turned over to the county board’s Public Safety & Legal Affairs Committee and will be opened and catalogued tomorrow afternoon, according to the committee’s chairman, Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla. Frazier said today he has invited his committee members, plus county Rep. Andrew Stammel, D-Town of Oneonta –…
IN MEMORIAM Robert B. Anderson, 78; Farmer, Former Laurens Highway Chief ONEONTA – Robert B. Anderson, 78, of Oneonta, former Laurens town highway superintendent after retiring from farming in West Edmeston, died unexpectedly Wednesday March 29, 2017, in Oneonta. Bob was born April 1, 1938, in Canandaigua, son of the late Robert E. and Norma Bulman Anderson. He was a graduate of Victor Central School prior to working for the state Thruway. Soon after, Bob joined the Coast Guard.…
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IN MEMORIAM/FULL OBITUARY Lori Ann Patryn Smith, 45; 21-Year Mainstay At Otesaga COOPERSTOWN – Lori Ann Patryn Smith, 45, who rose to maître d’ in 21 years at The Otesaga, died at home on March 29, 2017. She had been bravely fighting cancer for almost a year and a half. She was surrounded by family and friends, including her husband Steven E. Smith of Cobleskill – the light of her life; father and mother Bruce and Mary Patryn of Springfield…
IN MEMORIAM: Dorothy J. Zeh, 81; Worked For Years At Oneonta Sears DAVENPORT CENTER – Dorothy J. Zeh, 81, mother of four, passed away Friday, March 24, 2017, at Chestnut Park Rehab. & Nursing Center. She was born July 16, 1935 in Laurens, the daughter of the late Edward E. and Marguerite (George) Oliver. Dorothy graduated from Laurens Central School. On Sept. 13, 1953, she married Burnett H. Zeh, Sr. in Laurens. Burnett predeceased her on June 27, 2006. For…
IN MEMORIAM Paul W. Shelton, 93, WWII Veteran In 32 Naval Battles ONEONTA – Paul Wilson Shelton, 93, a World War II veteran who served on the USS Lexington aircraft carrier during 32 battles in the Pacific Theater, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Fox Hospital. He was born May 18, 1923, in Warwick, Tenn., the son of the late Henry and Clarence (Cherry) Amos. Paul was raised in Woodville, Mississippi and graduated from Woodville High School. He enlisted…
IN MEMORIAM Lori Patryn Smith, 45; Maitre d’ At The Otesaga COOPERSTOWN – Lori Ann Patryn Smith, maitre d’ at The Otesaga, passed away Wednesday afternoon, March 29, 2017, at her home in the Town of Carlisle with her family at her side following a valiant battle with cancer. She was 45. Family and friends may call and pay their respects 4-7 p.m. Monday, April 3, at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.…
IN MEMORIAM: Edward Egnaczyk, Farmer SPRINGFIELD – Edward S. Egnaczyk, 84, a retired farmer, passed away March 26, 2017, after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Kasper and Stephania on April 23, 1932.…
