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FULL OBITUARY

Betty Anne Schwerd, 65; 

Supervisor, Representative

Veteran Robert Force, trying to regain his Town of Butternuts property sold in delinquent-tax auction, gives an American flag he carried to postings around the world to county Rep. Betty Anne Schwerd in February 2015.  She was the only rep, he said, who gave him a sympathetic ear. (AllOTSEGO.com)

BURLINGTON – Betty Anne (BA) Schwerd, 65, of Burlington, the retired Otsego County representative, went to join her parents and son on Saturday, March 18, 2017, at Bassett Hospital, with her loving family at her side.

BA was born on March 22, 1951, in Cooperstown, the daughter of the late Frederick W. (Bill) and Maxine Walter Schwerd. She attended Edmeston Central School, graduating with the Class of 1969, and has remained friends with many of her classmates.

As a teenager, she began her working career as a chambermaid for the F.W. Woods Motel in Cooperstown. Later, she was the sales manager for The Otesaga and a personal assistant at the NYS&W Railroad. In addition, BA worked with the Migrant Education Program, and for the Alzheimers Association.

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