In Memoriam Major Richard (Dick) Bratton, 84 March 12, 1936 to Feb. 18, 2021 COOPERSTOWN – Dick Bratton, retired Air Force civil engineer, legendary hiking trails builder and long-time Green Mountain Falls, Colorado, civic leader died on February 18, 2021, at the age of 84. He was born in Winchester, Kentucky, but spent the majority of his early years in Cooperstown, NY. Dick graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, earning a degree in architecture. After graduation, he enlisted in the USAF…
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IN MEMORIAM: Merrill W. Nelson, 87; Army Veteran Rose Up Ranks Of FHA Merrill William Nelson, 87, an Otsego County native who rose to deputy regional administrator in the Federal Highway Administration, died Sept. 1, 2017, in Arlington, Texas. His ashes were interred Monday, Sept. 25, in Hartwick Seminary Cemetery. Merrill was born on Feb. 26, 1930, in Oneonta, to Alice Christine Simonsen, age 19, and William Peter Nelson, age 24. He was baptized Easter Sunday April 20, 1930, by his…