IN MEMORIAM
Anne Geddes-Atwell, 77;
Artist Served Community
COOPERSTOWN – Anne Geddes-Atwell, 77, best known locally as a Town of Otsego Board member, Town of Otsego supervisor and Rotary Club volunteer, died on July 12,2020, at the Cooperstown Center.
Born Margaret Anne Geddes on July 1, 1943, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Anne was the daughter of famed mountain climber Alvin B. Geddes and educational pioneer Olive (Oke) Geddes. She attended the Banff School of Fine Art and in 1964 received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alberta. She then moved to the United States for graduate studies, being awarded a Masters of Arts from the University of Iowa in 1967 and a Masters in Fine Arts from Cincinnati University in 1968.
