IN MEMORIAM: Linda L. Briggs, 62; Ran Home Daycare For 30 Years MARYLAND – Linda L. (Sutton) Briggs, 62, passed away on November 22, 2019 at Albany Veteran’s Medical Center. She was born September 5, 1957 in Oneonta, the daughter of Robert and Carol (Munson) Sutton. Linda graduated from Andrew S. Draper Central School in Schenevus. She served in the United States Army, where she met the father of her 3 children, Luis Lopez. Linda dedicated her life in helping…
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IN MEMORIAM: Jo Ann Deller, 75; Worked As Postal Clerk For 30 Years WEST WINFIELD – Jo Anne (nee Dauchy) Deller, 75, quietly entered Paradise on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 from her home. Jo Anne was born in Sidney on June 23, 1944, the daughter of Walton T. and Evelyn M. (nee Mattison) Dauchy. She grew up in Burlington Flats, NY where she enjoyed exploring the woods and creek, riding horses at her grandparents, and playing with the neighborhood kids.…
IN MEMORIAM: Rosalie H. Weir, 92; CCS Teacher Aide Has Many Survivors TODDSVILLE – Rosalie H. Weir, a mother, daughter, wife, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, was unexpectedly called home Saturday morning, Nov. 30, 2019, from her home in Toddsville to join her Lord and family. She was 92. Of Polish descent, she was born Sept. 1, 1927, at home in Ashley, Pa., one of seven children of Anthony Zukowski, a coalminer, and Helen (Gouse) Zukowski. After moving to the Cooperstown…
IN MEMORIAM: Maureen S. Greeley, 89; Helped Run Family Electrical Business ONEONTA – Maureen S. Greeley, 89, who helped run her family’s Holbrook & Howey Electric Co., passed peacefully Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, at home with much of her family present. She was born June 29, 1930 in Oneonta to Morris E. and Eva K. (Burrell) Howey. After attending grade school in Sidney and Oneonta, she graduated from Oneonta High School in the Class of 1947. Maureen married James E.…
IN MEMORIAM: Brendan P. Owen,55; Lived In Cooperstown, Died In Texas COOPERSTOWN – Word has been received that Brendan Patrick Owen, 55, who worked on Wall Street and lived in Manhattan and Cooperstown, passed away Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in Fort Worth, Texas, where he had settled. He was born May 13, 1964, on Long Island, to the late John and Ellen Owen. His father was a lawyer in Cooperstown and Otsego County public defender.…
IN MEMORIAM: Lora E. Kanzler, 72; Worked For County For 37 Years COOPERSTOWN – Lora Ellen Kanzler, 72, an area native who worked for the county for nearly four decades, passed away on Nov. 10, 2019 at North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida following a brief illness. She was born on Nov. 6, 1947 to Thomas William Pollette and Pearl Grace Roberts Pollette in Cooperstown, New York. Lora graduated Cherry Valley Central School and was employed by Otsego…
IN MEMORIAM: Joseph B. Nelson III, 66; Nelson Garage Owner Stricken Hunting WORCESTER – Joseph B. Nelson III, 66, who operated his family’s century-old business, Nelson’s Garage, on Main Street, died of a heart attack on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, while with his hunting companions, son Joey and cousin John Hren. He was born Sept 4, 1953, in Oneonta, to Joseph B. Nelson Jr. and Angelina (Hren) Nelson. Joe graduated in 1972 from Worcester Central School. He married Peggy Coombs on…
IN MEMORIAM: Robert F. Milavec, 82; Ran Dairy Farm, Tended Large Family WORCESTER — Robert F. Milavec, 82, a dairyman and family man, passed away at home on Nov. 22, 2019. He was born Aug. 18, 1937, in Central Bridge, the son of Frank and Mary (Muehl) Milavec. Bob graduated from Worcester Central School, Class of 1955. He married Nancy Green on June 3, 1961, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Worcester. He was a member of the Army Reserves,…
IN MEMORIAM: Carol H. Uhlig, 79; Oneontan Led CSEA At SUNY Delhi ONEONTA — Carol H. Uhlig, 79, of Oneonta, CSEA president during two decade at SUNY Delhi, passed away on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, at her home. She was born on Oct. 19, 1940, in Peekskill, the daughter of the late Grady and Marion Hardwick. Carol graduated from SUNY Oneonta with an associate degree. She married Edward Uhlig on Oct. 15, 1961.…
IN MEMORIAM Frederick J. Sousa Sr., Oneonta; Highly Decorated WWII Veteran ONEONTA – Frederick J. “Gramps” Sousa Sr., 89. a decorated World War II veteran who received a Purple Heart but didn’t receive eight other commendations for seven decades after his records were destroyed in a fire, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, at the state Veteran’s Home in Oxford. For many years, he was also president of the union at NYSEG, where he worked for 43 years. Wounded in…
