Mass For SUNY VP Carol Blazina Planned June 22 ONEONTA – A funeral mass for Carol A. Blazina, 70, the retired SUNY Oneonta vice president/communications, is being planned for 10:15 a.m. Monday, June 22, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, the Bookhouse Funeral Home announced. She passed away on June 2, 2015, after a year-long battle with stomach cancer. Carol was born on July 29, 1944 to Mary and H. Enrico Blazina in New York City’s most ethnically diverse neighborhood where…
IN MEMORIAM Carol A. Blazina Retired SUNY Oneonta Vice President, Community Leader Editor’s Note: This is a profile of Carol Blazina, prepared when she received the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce’s Eugene A. Bettiiol Jr. Citizen of the Year Award in March of this year. By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com ONEONTA When his youngest daughter was just 3-months-old, Enrico Blazina, a longshoreman in New York City, was struck in the head while on the job. Work rules then in place…
Hall of Fame, Blazina, OFO To Be Honored By Chamber ONEONTA – The Baseball Hall of Fame, former Foothills president Carol Blazina and Opportunities for Otsego will be honored at the Otsego County Chamber’s 2015 annual Celebration of Business Thursday, March 5, at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Ballroom, it was announced a few minutes ago. The Hall will be cited as the NBT Bank Distinguished Business, and Ms. Blazina, who is also retired SUNY Oneonta vice president/communications, as the Eugene A. Bettiol…