IN MEMORIAM John W. Smirk, Jr., 75; Cooperstown B&B Owner COOPERSTOWN – John W. Smirk Jr., 75, a Navy veteran, manager of New York City skyscapers, and proprietor of the Cooperstown B&B with his late wife Linda, died Thursday, April 11, 2019. Born Jan. 24, 1944, in Long Beach, Calif., John was the son of John W. and Elizabeth (Kirkbride) Smirk. He grew up in Brooklyn and spent summers in Greenwood Lake, N.J. It was there that John’s love of…