IN MEMORIAM Ernest Joseph Goodman, 96 Feb. 26, 1925 – March 20, 2021 ONEONTA – Ernest Goodman passed away from natural causes at the age of 96 at Cooperstown Center. He was born Ernst Josef Guttmann in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), to Rose (Wagner) and Herbert Guttmann, and their large and thriving family. In November 1939, at age 14, he became one of almost 10,000 German and Austrian Jewish and non-Aryan children rescued by the British government in what…
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IN MEMORIAM: Donald R. Hill, 79; Professor Expert In Southern Music ONEONTA – A celebration of his life is being planned Wednesday, April 24, for Dr. Donald R. Hill, 79, who died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, at Albany Medical Center, with his family by his side. The celebration will be 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Mills Courtyard on the SUNY Oneonta campus, organized by the Africana and Latino studies departments. Donald was son of the late Lowell and Rosemond Hill…
IN MEMORIAM Dr. Nancy J. Bachman, 61, Otego; Professor, Pioneering Researcher OTEGO – Dr. Nancy Jane Bachman, 61, a reseacher and, more recently, SUNY Oneonta biology professor, passed away at home on May 22, 2018, after battling Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Cancer. Nancy was born in Walnut Creek, Calif., on April 24, 1957. She was the first of five children born to Muriel (née Fry) Bachman and Jack Bachman. Muriel was a teacher, homemaker and educational pioneer. Jack was a PhD researcher, professor…
SUNY Oneonta Professor Ragozzine Elected To National Mathematics Post ONEONTA – Dr. Charles B. Ragozzine Jr., professor and chair of the SUNY Oneonta Department of Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics, has been elected by the Seaway Section of the Mathematical Association of America to serve a three-year term as its representative to the national Congress of the Mathematical Association of America. Ragozzine’s duties will include representing the Seaway Section at national meetings and liaising between the section and the national…
Funeral Service Set For Freda Shultis, 94 ONEONTA – A graveside service for Freda “Fritz” Beliles Shultis 94, who died Dec. 16, 2017 will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 21, 2018 at the Oneonta Plains Cemetery. Following the service there will be an open house at 40 Walnut St. until 2 p.m. with parking in The Main Street Baptist Church parking lot. Arrangements are entrusted with Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta.…
IN MEMORIAM: Peter Macris; Glimmerglass, Foothills Founder Editor’s Note: Cooperstown’s Sam Goodyear has alerted us that Peter Macris, founder of Orpheus Theater, the Glimmerglass Opera and the Foothills Performing Arts Center, passed away early Saturday. In recent years he has been living in Suffield, Conn., near his daughter. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Meanwhile, here is an appreciation of Macris that Goodyear delivered in 2008 at a testimonial for the giant figure in the development of Otsego County’s arts community. PETER…