HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2 Breakfast With Elected Officials STATE OF THE STATE – 8 – 10 a.m. Networking breakfast with county elected officials. Followed by legislators discussing local, regional, state initiatives. Otsego Grille, Morris Conference Center, SUNY Oneonta. 607-267-4010 or visit members.otsegocc.com/events/details/state-of-the-state-breakfast-294…
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Friday Funeral Planned For Heroic Firefighter ONEONTA – A funeral for John Heller, the former firefighter who died rescuing his four nephews and fiancee in the Saturday morning fire at his Walling Avenue home, will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4 at the Bookhout Funeral Home. Calling hours will be 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3. Heller served with the Oneonta Fire Department in an on-call and part-time capacity from 2002-2009.…
IN MEMORIAM: MarySue Banks, 69; Assisted At Grins & Giggles Daycare MARYLAND – MarySue Banks, 69, who recently had been assisting her daughter at Grins & Giggles Daycare in Schenevus, passed away Dec. 19, 2018 at Fox Hospital in Oneonta. She was born April 18, 1949, the daughter of Nicholas and Irene (Brown) Beers. She married Harvey E. Banks in 1968 in Bloomville.…
IN MEMORIAM: William Van Wieren, 88; Dutch Immigrant Farmed in West Winfield NORWICH – William “Bill” Van Wieren, 88, a former truck driver who farmed in West Winfield for a time, died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018. Bill was born in Kommerzijl, the Netherlands on March 27, 1930, to the late John and Anna (Snip) Van Wieren. He immigrated to the U.S. with his family in 1947 at the age of 17 after the end of WWII. He married Alice DeVries…
DAR Regent In County For Holiday Luncheon…
IN MEMORIAM: Jane Ann F. Casey, 92; Volunteer, DAR Member, Native Daughter COOPERSTOWN – Jane Ann Feeck Casey of Cooperstown, a Native Daughter and DAR member, died peacefully early in the morning of Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, surrounded by her loving family at her home of 58 years. Born June 30, 1926, at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Johnson City, Jane Ann was the daughter of W. Douglas Feeck and Ida Elizabeth Cotton Feeck. She lived in Binghamton, graduating from Binghamton…
Magee’s $1M Assures Doubleday Renovation Work To Start In 2019, Field’s Centennial By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERTOWN – The Village of Cooperstown today received a $1 million grant from Assemblyman Bill Magee, D-Nelson, part of $5 million it has received so far to renovate Doubleday Field. The $1 million from the retiring assemblyman can be added to another $1 million from state Sen. Jim Seward’s office last spring, then $3 million from Governor Cuomo’s Empire State Development…
On Today, Cooperstown Native Recalls Work With George Bush CLICK HERE TO READ KAREN’S ACCOUNT…
IN MEMORIAM: Andrew J. Adell, 25, Otego OTEGO – Andrew J. Adell, 25, of Otego, passed away Wednesday morning, Dec. 5, 2018, at Wilson Memorial Hospital, Johnson City. He is survived by his mother, Teresa Adell, Otego, and his father, T.J. Adell, Oneonta; two brothers, Logan and Rebecca Osborne in Virginia, and Brad Adell and his fiancé Heather Gross; Andrew’s fiancé, Sophia Troilo, Sidney; grandparents, Earl and Alice Wilber, Franklin, and Richard & Doris Brothers in Ohio, and also several…
IN MEMORIAM: John F. Parks, Sr., 90; Tired Iron Member; Antique Tractor Buff PITTSFIELD – John F. “Jack” Parks Sr., 90, a member of the Tired Iron of the Butternut Valley Club and an antique tractor buff, passed away on Nov. 23, 2018, at his home. Jack was born on May 14, 1928 in Ilion, the son of Frank & Blanche (Williams) Parks. His childhood was spent in the South Edmeston area, and he was a graduate of New Berlin…
