IN MEMORIAM George Howard Yager, 69 Veteran, Outdoors Enthusiast, Worked at ONC Boces George Howard Yager was born September 30, 1951 in Fulton the son of the late Rev. George Howard and Edna (Topliffe) Yager. George served his country in the United States Army as a Military Policeman. George was 1969 graduate of Alexander Central School and a 1981 Genesee Community College graduate with and associates degree in model making. After moving to Goodyear Lake from Byron, George began working…
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In Memoriam Dawn Marie Huckabone Myers, 53 Volunteer With Fire Dept. Auxiliary Dawn Marie Huckabone Myers, age 53, passed away, after a long courageous battle with cancer, on Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown. She had the comfort and support of her loving family at her side. Dawn was born on April 18, 1968, in Ilion, daughter of Jean A. Fahey Huckabone and the late Douglas A. Huckabone. She was raised in Springfield Center and was a…
In Memoriam Margaret Ahlvqist, 91 Voracious Reader, College Administrative Assistant Margaret Sahlke was born on July 9, 1929, in Staten Island, New York, to Rudolf, a baker, and Lillian, a schoolteacher. Margaret and her younger brother, Rudy, both worked in the bakery as they grew up. Margaret graduated from New Dorp High School in 1947 and a few years later met the love of her life, Bertel Ahlqvist, who had recently moved to the United States from Finland. “He took…
In Memoriam Helen Winne Mulligan, 101 Apr. 13, 1919 – Mar. 15, 2021 Helen Winne Mulligan passed away on March 15, 2021 at the age of 101 after a full and healthy life. Helen was born Helen Smith, on April 13th, 1919 in the Town of Exeter, New York. She was the daughter of E. Frank Smith and Hazel Pratt Smith, the fifth of six children. She grew up in Schuyler Lake. Helen had three older brothers, an older sister,…
IN MEMORIAM Gary L. Georgia, 78 Nov. 9, 1942 – Mar. 30, 2021 Gary L. Georgia, 78 of Otego passed away Tues. March 30, 2021. He was born on Nov. 9, 1942 on the Otsdawa in Otego. He leaves behind his wife, Shirley (Hulbert) of 51 years, his brothers, Wesley, Jacksonville, NC., Myers Jr (Cindy), James, David and sisters, RoseAnn Poillucci (Bob), and Kathleen Chandler all of Becket, Mass., his sisters-in-law, Diana Howard, Laurens and Gail (Robert) Klose, Unadilla. He…
You May Include Family Members In ‘In Memoriam’ On COVID Year Dear Friends, We are planning a one-year retrospective of The COVID Year the next editions of Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal, which will include an “IN MEMORIAM” section, remembering and honoring our friends and neighbors fatally stricken by the virus. If you have a family member felled by COVID and would like them to be memorialized, then please send – by noon Monday, March 15 – his or…
IN MEMORIAM Francesco Basile, 99; Opened Mama Nina’s in 1970 Francesco Basile, 99, who opened Mama Nina’s in Oneonta in 1970, passed away on Jan. 17, 2021, in Naples, Fla. He was born on Oct. 16, 1921, to Giuseppa Lombardo from Castelvetrano and Antonino Basile from Carini, Sicily. Francesco was the eighth of 14 children and the last sibling to pass away. Francesco was 34 years old when he immigrated from Sicily to the United States with his wife, Maria…
In Memoriam Jean D. Holbert, 82; Survived by 10 Children EDMESTON – Jean D. Holbert, 82, a former farmer who worked at Pathfinder Village, died Monday, Dec. 21, 2020 at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. She was born on Nov.1, 1938 in Olyphant, Pa., the daughter of Bertha & Frank Ceresko. On Aug. 17, 1957 she married George E. Holbert in Heart Lake, PA. Jean worked alongside of George on the family farm for many years until the farm was sold in…
IN MEMORIAM Assemblyman Bill Magee, 81; Seward Ally In Benefiting All NELSON – William (Bill) Magee, who served Otsego County in the state Assembly for 28 years, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2020. He was 81. The younger of two children of Donald and Ruth (Hart) Magee, he lived in the Town of Nelson, outside Cazenovia, all of his life. The Magee family operated a small dairy and general store in Erieville. Bill graduated from Cazenovia Central School…
In Memoriam Joan F. Shepard, 66; Raised Family Locally ONEONTA – Joan F. Shepard, 66, who worked at the F.N. Burt Box Company for many years, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020 at home. She was born Feb. 8, 1954 in Long Island City, the daughter of the late Peter and Rita (Croci) Sanfilippo. Joan married Leonard C. Shepard on May 25, 1991 at the Aldrich Baptist Church, North Franklin. Joan is survived by her husband, Leonard C. Shepard; four…
