Apples Abound Sweet Fruit Helps Preserve Gartung Family’s Heritage By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com WESTFORD – For your family, a trip to Willy’s Farm & Cider Mill may be a fun afternoon outing. For the Gartung family, it’s a way to keep the family’s legacy alive. With their parents, William and Mary, the 12 Gartung siblings moved to the Westford dairy farm from Long Island in 1960. And when the parents retired, seven of the dozen bought the…
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IN MEMORIAM: Henry ‘Hank’ Burton, 80; Farmed, Ran Restaurant, Excavating Firm WESTFORD – Henry M. “Hank” Burton, 80, who for 40 years operated the excavating company that bears his name, passed away suddenly on April 3, 2019, at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. He was born Oct. 3, 1938, in Westford, the son of Charles and Minnie (Peeters) Burton. Hank graduated from Andrew S. Draper Central School in Schenevus, Class of 1957. He worked the Burton Family Dairy Farm for many…
IN MEMORIAM: David L. Cole, 69; Vietnam Veteran, General Carpenter WESTFORD – David L. Cole, 69, a Vietnam veteran and independent carpenter, passed away unexpectedly Dec. 24, 2017 at home. He was 69. He was born June 25, 1948, in Cobleskill, the son of Sylvester and Margaret (Englert) Cole. Dave graduated from Andrew S. Draper Central School, Class of 1967. He was an Army veteran, serving in the Vietnam War, 1968-69, in Company C, 815th Engineer Battalion, Central Highlands. He…