IN MEMORIAM: Thomas O. Malz, 88; Korean War Vet Worked For Pan Am EAST MEREDITH – Thomas Oscar Malz, 88, of East Meredith, a cargo handler for Pan American Airways for 36 years, passed away July 24, 2019, at UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich. He was born on Feb. 22, 1931, in New York City, son of Oscar T. Malz and Louise Schroeder. A high school graduate, he served in the Air Force during the Korean War,from April 11,…
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IN MEMORIAM: Red Gibson; Teacher Served On Eisenhower’s Color Guard ONEONTA – Brainard “Red” Gibson, a retired teacher who while in the Army served on President Eisenhower’s Color Guard, died peacefully in his sleep on Dec. 27, 2016, at his home in Oneonta. He was born May 10, 1930, in Inman, S.C., to Brainard Sr. and Alliene Hipp, the school principal and the English teacher. As a schoolboy he worked as a custodian and bus driver, stoking the woodstoves early…