IN MEMORIAM: Emma Jean Shepard, 91; As Girl, Attended Two One-Room Schools FLY CREEK – It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of Emma Jean (Shaw) Shepard of Cooperstown on July 1, 2020, at the age of 91 years. Emma Jean was born to Harold Judson Shaw and Ethel Catherine (Knapp) Shaw February 5, 1929, at Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown.…
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IN MEMORIAM: Margery H. Holdridge, 94; NYCM Retiree Attended One-Room School EDMESTON – Margery Holdridge, 94, of Edmeston, an NYCM retiree who, as a girl, rode a horse-drawn school-bus buggy to attend a one-room school, died Tuesday Oct. 29, 2019, at Chase Nursing Home in New Berlin. Born March 5, 1925, she was the daughter of Ray. C. Hull and Florence (Pugh) Hull. She married her high school sweetheart, Richard (Dick) Holdridge, July 23, 1949, in Burlington Flats. He predeceased…
IN MEMORIAM: Virginia M. Williams, 82; Attended 1-Room School Near Cooperstown STAMFORD – Cooperstown native Virginia Murdock Williams, 82, of Stamford, passed away peacefully on Wednesday Feb. 20, 2019. She was born on Feb. 15, 1937, in Cooperstown, the youngest of four siblings, children of Carlton Murdock and Louise (Chase) Murdock.…
IN MEMORIAM: Virginia Mae Ethington, 95; From One-Room School To Nursing Career CHERRY VALLEY – Virginia Mae (Oliver) Ethington, 95, who rose from a one-room schoolhouse to Syracuse University and a nursing career, passed away Thursday, July 12, 2018 at Centers Health Care in Cooperstown. Born on Feb. 13, 1923, in Summit, she was the daughter of James and Hilda (Sperbeck) Oliver.…