NEXT STOP, ROCKEFELLER CENTER HUNDREDS WATCH AS SPRUCE FELLED By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Graig and Angie Eichler’s 94-foot-tall Norway spruce is down and Rockefeller-bound. “It’s such a great day,” said Angie Eichler. “A lot of people came out, and we’re having a lot of fun.” Nearly 200 people gathered this morning on the lawn of VF Supply Co., Browne Street and Country Club Road, to watch the tree come down. At 8 a.m., the chainsaw revved…
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IN MEMORIAM Michael Nicolais, 91; Clark Estates President COOPERSTOWN – Michael Nicolais, 91, former president of The Clark Estates who served on the board of directors at The Baseball Hall of Fame and The Fenimore Art Museum, passed away peacefully this morning, Nov. 7, after a short battle with cancer. As recently as six months ago, he was still indulging in his daily activities, walking a mile and a half to his health club, doing a modest work-out, having breakfast…
IN MEMORIAM: Gina Ennamorato, 87; Retired New York Telephone Operator ONEONTA – Angelina C. “Gina” Ennamorato, 87, an operator with New York Telephone in Oneonta for 36 years, passed away Thursday, Nov. 03, 2016,, at Fox Nursing Home. Calling hours are 5-7 this evening at the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home. She was born Jan. 15, 1929 in Oneonta, the daughter of Louis and Josephine (Colone) Colone. She married Andrew V. Ennamorato on Oct. 15, 1950 in Oneonta.…
IN MEMORIAM: Celin V. Schoen, 85; Hartwick Grad Was Red Cross Official HOBART – Celin V. Schoen, 85, of Hobart, a journalist and director of the American Red Cross, Delaware County chapter, until her retirement, passed away peacefully, early Friday morning, Nov. 4, 2016, at Bassett Hospital after a long illness. Born on July 24, 1931, in New York City, she was the daughter of the late John and Dorothy (Chenowyth) Vaernewyck. Celin was married to Frederick Schoen on Jan.…
IN MEMORIAM: Nicole J. Butzke, 25; Canisius Grad Began Career In Buffalo SCHENEVUS – Nicole J. Butzke, 25, who went to Buffalo to attend Canisius College in 2009 and remained to begin her working life, passed away unexpectedly, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. She was born on March 28, 1991, in Cooperstown, the daughter of William and Kimberly (Wawrzynek) Butzke. Nicole was an assistant manager at Enterprise Holdings in Buffalo, where she has resided for the past six years.…
IN MEMORIAM: Vickie Fullington, 64; ONC BOCES Retiree Loved The Outdoors EAST MEREDITH – Family and friends this afternoon celebrated the life of Vickie Jean (Powell) Fullington, 64, an ONC BOCES retiree whose love of the outdoors extended to shooting black power and throwing ’hawks and knives. She passed away Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016 at the Albany Medical Center, surrounded by her loving family and friends after a short, but courageous battle with leukemia.…
2 COUNCIL MEMBERS DECRY ‘BABYSITTING‘ Y’s Summer Parks Program Removed From City Budget By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The YMCA Parks Program is on the chopping block to help closed a $338,067 gap already reduced from $2 million in the $15.2 million budget target Common Council is seeking to keep taxes stable in 2017. “We’re not a babysitting service,” said Council member Paul van der Sommen, First Ward. “We can’t justify the cost.” The Y’s Parks Program…
IN MEMORIAM: Linda D. Rowell, 55, Oneonta ONEONTA – Linda D Rowell, 55, passed away at her home in Oneonta on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. Linda was born in Sidney, on Feb. 5, 1961, the daughter of Richard G. and Hilda Mae Williams Haynes. She was employed for many years at Bassett Specialty Care in Oneonta, and for the last 10 years as an associate at the Oneonta Walmart.…
IN MEMORIAM Carl A. ‘Bud’ Lindberg Sr., 85; Leader In Farming Community BURLINGTON – Carl A. “Bud” Lindberg Sr, 85, a dairy farmer and leader in the Northern Otsego agricultural community, passed away Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016, with his family at his side, after a long illness. Bud was born in Brooklyn, on July 17, 1931, to Carl G. and Bertha Kneesy Lindberg. He spent his childhood in Rosedale, Long Island, attending PS 138 and Andrew Jackson High. Age 11,…
IN MEMORIAM: Robert J. Shirm, 65; Pennsylvanian Found Home In County MILFORD – Robert Joseph Shirm, 65, who worked for MOSA and, more recently, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, passed away unexpectedly Monday evening, All Hallows Eve, Oct. 31, 2016, while communing with nature in the woods near his home. He was born Oct. 9, 1951, in Williamsport, Pa., a son of the late Ralph and Mary (Roman) Shirm, and was raised and educated in Montoursville.…
