IN MEMORIAM: Zondra Lynn Hart, 51; Oversaw County Economic Development ONEONTA – Zondra Lynn (Carson) Hart, 51, of Hartwick, who in the second half of 2013 bore the responsibility of keeping the Otsego County Economic Development Office operating, passed away peacefully at her home Monday, June 8, 2015. She was born July 13, 1963, in Oneonta, the daughter of Leonard Eugene Carson, Sr. and Crystal (Faunce) Carson. Zondra graduated from Laurens Central School, Class of 1981. She then earned an…
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IN MEMORIAM: Joyce T. Erhmann, 82; Active In Richfield Springs Community Life RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Joyce T. Ehrmann, 82, who fully participated in Richfield Springs’ community life as a wife, mother, teachers’ aide and member of many community organizations, passed away on Tuesday morning June 2, 2015, in Albany Medical Center. She was born on Feb. 6, 1933 in Piercefield, near Tupper Lake, daughter of the late Sandy Peter and Ruth Dagget LaVassaur. The day Joyce was born there was…
In Mayor Miller’s Memory, Free Game At Damaschke ONEONTA – Take in a baseball game this Saturday at Damaschke Field, and remember the late Mayor Dick Miller, the Oneonta Outlaws’ first fan. Outlaws President of Operations/GM Steve Pindar announced this afternoon that Miller’s “many friends and business associates have come together to ‘Buy Out the Ballpark.” In the mayor’s memory, they are inviting the public to attend the 7 p.m. game against the Syracuse Salt Cats for free. Fireworks follow.…
Celebration On Glimmerglass’ Shores Opens Bunny Hamilton Amphitheatre COOPERSTOWN – With a laugh-eliciting comment, “this could be dangerous,” benefactress Mrs. Lewis L. “Bunny” Hamilton cut the ribbon this evening on a lake-side amphitheatre named in her honor at “Otsego: A Meeting Place,” the Native-American-themed exhibit behind The Fenimore Art Museum. She used a pair of shears crafted especially for the occasion in The Farmers’ Museum blacksmith shop. NYSHA President Paul D’Ambrosio presented the shears to Mrs. Hamilton as a memento of her…
IN MEMORIAM: Edwin A. Johnson, 81; Painter Of Folk Art In Fly Creek Valley FLY CREEK – Edwin Arthur Johnson, a local American folk artist, former real estate agent, and former textile executive, died late Monday afternoon, May 18, 2015, at the state Veterans’ Home at Oxford. He was 81. For several years, Ed provided the cover images for the Otsego Book, then the county’s foremost tourist book, making his work familiar to hundreds of thousands of tourists to the…
IN MEMORIAM: Philip Devine, 79, of Farone & Devine ONEONTA – Philip J. Devine, 79, who practiced law in Oneonta for 40 years, died Saturday April 18, 2015, at the state Veterans’ Home in Oxford, following a long illness. Phil was born in Gloversville on March 13, 1936, the son of James and Arlene (Cornwell) Devine. He grew up in Albany. He graduated from Niagara University (summa cum laude) in 1958, and from Albany Law School (summa cum laude) in…
SUNY Renaming Science Center To Honor of Professor Al Read ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta’s Science Discovery Center will be renamed the A.J. Read Science Discovery Center during a rededication ceremony 5-7 p.m. Thursday in the Morris Conference Center on campus. The Science Discovery Center was founded by Professor Emeritus of Physics Albert J. Read in 1987. Read taught at SUNY Oneonta from 1957 until his retirement in 1985. He was chair of the Physics Department from 1983 through 1984, and served as…
CCS Girls Face Chautauqua Lake In Semis Saturday COOPERSTOWN – The Coopertown Lady Hawkeyes’ basketball team will play Chatauqua Lake in the state championship semi finals at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy. The winner of that match will play in the finals the following day, at 11:45 a.m. Sunday, also at Hudson Valley CC. With Laurens boys’ defeat over the weekend, the CCS girls are the only championship contender from Otsego County for a state…
IN MEMORIAM: Donna A. Shipman, 60; NBT Bank Vice President In Cooperstown WEST WINFIELD — Donna A. Shipman, 60, NBT Bank’s vice president/regional manager in Cooperstown, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2015, at Bassett Hospital, with her loving family by her side. She was born on Sept. 25, 1954, in Norwich, the daughter of John “Jack” Parks Sr. and Anna Grant. She graduated from Sauquoit Valley High School and Herkimer County Community College with an associate’s in business administration. On…
IN MEMORIAM ‘Wonder Woman’ Lost Family Remembers Tifanne Wells Editor’s Note: Tifanne Wells’ family released this heart-felt obituary Tuesday. A celebration of Tifanne’s life is planned at 4 p.m. Friday at Foothills Performing Arts & Community Center, Oneonta. ONEONTA – The devastated family of Tifanne Kristin Wells, 44, announces with the greatest sadness that Tifanne died tragically on Saturday, March 7, 2015. She was born May 31, 1970, in Fort Bragg, N.C., but shortly thereafter became a lifelong resident of…