IN MEMORIAM Susan (Ford) House Plantz, 84; Early City Leaders’ Descendant ONEONTA – Susan (Ford) House Plantz, descendant of Oneonta’s earliest leading citizens, passed away on July 22, 2018, at O’Connor Hospital in Delhi. She was 84. Susan was born in Oneonta on Sept. 12, 1933, the daughter of Alice (Ford) House and Dr. Leroy S. House. She was the granddaughter of Dr. Merton L. Ford who, in business with his father, Newton Ford, owned and operated Oneonta’s first drugstore.…
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ONE TWIN MISSED, FOUND IN RIVER Drowning Accidental, Police Conclude By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com GOODYEAR LAKE – Three-year-old Andrew James Durkin was dressed in the same outfit as his identical brother when he went missing at his family’s seasonal house on the Susquehanna River just north of Goodyear Lake. By the time the family realized that one of the twins was nowhere to be found, it was too late. According to a briefing this afternoon by state…
BOY, 3, DROWNS IN GOODYEAR LAKE GOODYEAR LAKE – A 3-year-old boy, identified by his family as Andrew James Durkin, drowned in Goodyear Lake Sunday afternoon, state police at Troop C report. Troopers were called to a seasonal residence near Goodyear Lake at 2:54 p.m. where the family, from Gilboa, reported the child missing.…
IN MEMORIAM: Neomia Smith, 85; Nurse At Fox, Amphenol Inspector ONEONTA – Neomia Smith (Lemon) was born in 1933 to Viola (Boyd) and Norman Lemon in Dorchester County, S.C. Neomia was the oldest of eight siblings. She learned at the early age of 12 to cook for her entire family and also helped alongside her siblings to tend the family gardens. Cooking and gardening would end up being her most cherished pastimes during her lifetime. Neomia had three children from…
Puppy Love! HARTWICK SEMINARY – A line of families gathered outside the Susquehanna Animal Shelter this afternoon to foster the 33 puppies brought up from Saving Grace, an animal rescue organization based out of North Carolina, which seeks to relocate dogs from high-intake kill shelters across the south. The Susquehanna Animal Shelter will de-worm, spay/neuter and vaccinate the puppies before putting them up for an adoption during an event on Saturday, Aug. 4 at Petco on Southside in Oneonta. Dog…
Delgado, DiPerna Tilt Over Rap CD, How To Handle It Democratic Candidate Speaks To Full House In Cooperstown By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Antonio Delgado was met with cheers and applause from 120 of the Democratic faithful – and a handful of Republicans – in Templeton Hall this evening. Questions ranged from fracking to FERC and Social Security to Glass–Steagall. A 9-year-old, Greta Green, who lives in Washington, D.C., but is visiting her grandmother, Cynthia Benjamin,…
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.…
IN MEMORIAM: Richard L. Collins, 88; Retired D&H Stationmaster, Dispatcher ONEONTA – Richard L. Collins, 88, a former D&H stationmaster and dispatcher, passed away July 14, 2018, at his home. He was born Aug. 27, 1929, and Central Bridge, the son of Leland and Frances (Neville) Collins. He married Jean Duham on July 15, 1950, in Glen Cove. She predeceased him on Sept. 27, 2012.…
Clean-Up Underway After Thunderstorm The whirring sound of the village’s “Bandit Intimidator” wood chipper is being heard throughout Cooperstown today, as crews, including Assistant DPW Superintendent Chris Satriano, above, finish the cleanup after Saturday’s thunderstorm. Heavy rains and wind struck shortly before 6 p.m. for only a minute or two, but wreaked outsized damage. Among the homes narrowly escaping serious damage is Celia Lamb’s on Linden Avenue, inset. The storm knocked over an oak slightly to the north of the…
IN MEMORIAM: JoAnn K. Gravelin, 70; Office Manager At Oneonta Rent-A-Wreck LAURENS – JoAnn Gravelin, 70, of Laurens, office manager at Rent-A-Wreck until her retirement, passed away peacefully on July 12, 2018, at Bassett Hospital. JoAnn was born on April 7, 1948, daughter of the late Benjamin and Marian (Harris) Keator. JoAnn married her high school sweetheart, David Gravelin, on April 22, 1967, in Laurens. JoAnn loved to cook, garden and have family gatherings during the holidays. Her family was…