IN MEMORIAM: Daphne P. Pugliese, 92; War Bride Met Husband At USO Dance COOPERSTOWN – Mrs. Daphne Pearl Pugliese, 92, long-time resident of Cooperstown, passed away quietly in the early hours of Saturday, April 28, 2018, at Centers Health Care. Born in Stevenage, England, a small country town about 30 minutes north of London, on Jan 21, 1926, to James (Jim) and Lizzie Worsdale, Daphne was the second eldest of four children. As the only girl for several generations, she…
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IN MEMORIAM: Muriel J. Close, War Bride, Active In American Guild Of Organists (AGO) ONEONTA – Muriel Joy Close, 90, Oneonta, a native of Great Britain who met her husband in the British Isles during World War II, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014 at the Chestnut Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Oneonta. She was born Jan. 30, 1924, in Westminster, London, the daughter of the late William J. and Daisy L. (Ball) Wheeler. Muriel grew up in Greenford, Middlesex,…