IN MEMORIAM Sarah Cunningham Sumner; Noted Violinist Was ‘Beacon’ In Baroque Revival In U.S. SPRINGFIELD CENTER – Sarah Cunningham Sumner, a noted violinist involved in the revival of Baroque music in the United States in the 1970s, passed away Aug. 26, 2020, at the Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing. Sarah was born on Aug. 31, 1925, in New York City and spent her childhood there and in Springfield Center. She attended Harvard at the age of 16, studying…
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IN MEMORIAM Janice McCredy Maine, 95; Owned McCredy’s Grocery SPRINGFIELD CENTER – Janice McCredy Maine, 95, who ran a family grocery store and a beauty shop, died Sunday, January 5, 2020, at White Manor in Shelby. Born July 15, 1924, in Springfield Center, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Mary Frances Ayers McCredy. She attended Malinello School of Beauty in Albany and later owned and operated McCredy Sisters Beauty Shop in Springfield Center, along with her sister…
IN MEMORIAM: William Rathbun IV, 59; Taught Trades At BOCES For 23 Years SPRINGFIELD – Williams “Bill” A. Rathbun, IV, 59, who taught manual trades at BOCES for almost a quarter-century, passed away Thursday morning, Dec. 26, 2019, at Bassett Hospital, surrounded by his family. Bill was born on Oct. 26, 1960, in Cooperstown, the son of Williams A. Rathbun III and Virginia (Marr) Rathbun of Springfield. He was raised in the Springfield area and graduated from the former Springfield…
IN MEMORIAM: Phyllis Walrath Collins, 94; Past Girl-Scout, 4-H Leader In Springfield SPRINGFIELD – Phyllis Walrath Collins, 94, active in the community as a past Girl Scout and 4-H leader, passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning, Oct. 16, 2019, at home in the arms of her loving daughter Pat. She was born on Dec. 11, 1924 in Schenectady, a daughter of the late Dwight and Florence Matthews Walrath. Raised in Schenectady and Jordanville, she graduated from Van Hornesville Central School…
CLICK TO READ ALL STORIES IN HOMETOWN, FREEMAN’S Canadian Company Grows Hemp Locally 300 Acres Planted At Springfield Center Branson Skinner, Canopy Growth’s farm manager for New York State, examines the hemp crop at Waterpoint Farm on Smith Road, Springfield Center, the former Stitzel dairy farm. (Jennifer Hill/AllOTSEGO.com) By JENNIFER HILL – Special to AllOTSEGO.com SPRINGFIELD CENTER – The buzz from hemp is an economic one and Otsego County is starting to get it. Last spring, the Canadian cannabis company,…
Canadian Corp. Growing Hemp Locally By JENNIFER HILL • Special to ALLOTSEGO.com By JENNIFER HILL • Special to AllOTSEGO.com SPRINGFIELD CENTER The buzz from hemp is an economic one and Otsego County is starting to get it. Last spring, the Canadian cannabis company, Canopy Growth, bought Stitzel’s Waterpoint Farm, which closed its dairy operations in 2017, and this fall will harvest its first hemp crop – 300 acres’ worth – in mid-October. The hemp will be dried and milled at…
IN MEMORIAM Anne Cromartie Reynolds, 98; Built Home On Otsego Lake SPRINGFIELD CENTER – Anne Cromartie Reynolds, 98, who built a house on Otsego Lake with her husband, the late John M. Reynolds, passed away on June 5, 2019. She was born in Garland, N.C. on Aug. 29, 1921 to Dr. Robert Samuel Cromartie and Mary Blanche Jester. She went to Queens College in Charlotte, N.C. for 2 years and then went on to graduate from the University of North…
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from Nicholas Cunningham Whom Do We Trust? To the Editor: Re Mike Zagata’s March 14 remarks about socialism, the National Debt, and energy: • Our health, education and welfare can be entrusted to our legislatures and executives whom we vote in or out. Or they can be run by big corporations over which we have almost no control. • Social security, our public schools and Medicare may be socialistic, but whatever we call them, they serve us pretty well. •…
IN MEMORIAM: Janet Demorest, 74, Raised Family In Springfield Center SPRINGFIELD CENTER – Janet A. Demorest, 74, of Texas Road, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018, in Albany Medical Center. She was born on March 6, 1944, in Cooperstown, a daughter of the late Charles and Margaret Galusha Vickerson. A lifelong area resident, she was a graduate of Van Hornesville High School.…