IN MEMORIAM Russell A. Southard Sr., 96; WWII Vet Supervised Major Construction Projects OTEGO – Services are planned later this month for Russell Anderson Southard Sr., 96, a WWII veteran who helped build the Downsville Dam and supervised other major construction projects while raising six daughters and a son in Otego. He died Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, at the Oxford Veterans Home. He was born Sept. 11, 1920, one of four sons of Lou and Bethel (Anderson) Southard. He married…
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IN MEMORIAM; Gordon A. Daley Sr., 91; Served In Japan Occupation After WWII ONEONTA – Gordon A. Daley, Sr., 91, an Amphenol retiree who served in the occupation of Japan after World War II, passed away Nov. 26, 2016 at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center after a lengthy illness. Gordon was born Feb. 7, 1925 in Oxford, the son of Leo and Edna (McMullen) Daley. He married Beverly Baker on Aug. 16, 1946 at Elm Park United Methodist Church in…