IN MEMORIAM: Ronald C. Ketchum, 68; Contractor Lifelong Gilbertsville Resident GILBERTSVILLE – Ronald C. Ketchum, 68, a lifetime resident of Gilbertsville and proprietor of Ron’s Building Maintenance, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Ron was born on June 8, 1951, in Sidney, a son of the late Morris and Ruth (Latham) Ketchum. Ron was a jack of all trades and had the work ethic of a mule.…
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IN MEMORIAM: Harold F. Lent, 96; Services Saturday For Bendix Retiree ONEONTA – The graveside service for Harold F. Lent, 96, who spent his career at Bendix Corp. (now Amphenol), will be 11 a.m. Saturday, June 29, at the Evergreen Cemetery in Otego. He passed away Nov. 4, 2018, at Fox Hospital. Harold was born Jan. 14, 1922, on Colburn Avenue in Otego, the son of Frank George and Nancy Ulena (Hammond) Lent. He graduated from Otego Central School in…
IN MEMORIAM: Nettie Hotalen Scarzafava, 94; Raised Family Locally, Including Attorney Son ONEONTA – Nettie Hotalen Scarzafava, 94, passed away Feb. 5, 2019, in Raleigh, N.C. She was married to Francis Scarzafava and they raised their family in Oneonta, including John Scarzafava, the well-known local attorney, who predeceased her in 2014.…
IN MEMORIAM: Doren Slade, 74, Avid Traveler, Writer UNADILLA – Doren L. Slade, 74, who authored the book “Making The World Safe For Existence,” died on June 11, 2019. Doren was born on Jan. 17, 1945 . She was a woman of great scholarship receiving her Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1973 and becoming a certified psychoanalyst in 1986. She wrote the book Making the World Safe for Existence…, and has been published in psychanalytic journals. Doren was an avid traveler…
IN MEMORIAM Clifford Roger Silliman, 97; Oneonta Native, Air Force Officer ONEONTA – Word has been received of Oneonta native and career Air Force officer Clifford Roger Silliman, recipient of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, and survivor of a harrowing air crash at sea during World War II, has died at his home on the Pacific Coast, two and a half weeks shy of his 98th birthday. The news of his passing was delayed due to the remoteness of…
IN MEMORIAM Anne Cromartie Reynolds, 98; Built Home On Otsego Lake SPRINGFIELD CENTER – Anne Cromartie Reynolds, 98, who built a house on Otsego Lake with her husband, the late John M. Reynolds, passed away on June 5, 2019. She was born in Garland, N.C. on Aug. 29, 1921 to Dr. Robert Samuel Cromartie and Mary Blanche Jester. She went to Queens College in Charlotte, N.C. for 2 years and then went on to graduate from the University of North…
IN MEMORIAM Tammy L. (Utter) Williams, 41; Worked With Elderly For 20 Years CHERRY VALLEY – Tammy L. (Utter) Williams, 41, who worked at Cooperstown Centers for more than two decades, passed away June 6, 2019, at her home in Cherry Valley. She was born Nov. 10, 1977, in Stamford, the daughter of Frederick and Bonnie (O’Donnell) Utter Parslow. Tammy worked serving those in need as a certified nursing assistant at the Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing for more…
IN MEMORIAM Roberta L. Wood, 90; Retired To Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Roberta L. Wood, 90, who settled in Cooperstown after living in Long Island, died Sunday evening, June 9, 2019, surrounded by family at her home in the Town of Middlefield. She was born July 27, 1928, in Brooklyn, a daughter of Walter F. and Laura (Wilson) Acker. On January 13, 1951, Roberta married Richard Corbett Wood, also from Brooklyn, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in…
IN MEMORIAM: Sheila J. Martin, 87; Ran Star Restaurant ONEONTA — Sheila J (Blanchard) Martin, 87, the former owner of the Star Restaurant and a manager at the Woolworth’s Health Bar, passed away on June 9, 2019 at AO Fox Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was born August 8, 1931 to Adrian and Wilhemina (Bushnell) Blanchard in Oneonta, NY. Sheila met William L. Martin, the love of her life, at a local soda shop at the age of…
IN MEMORIAM: Linda Provenzano, 69; Cherry Valley Graduate’s Burial Sunday CHERRY VALLEY – A graveside service is Sunday, June 16, for Linda Provenzano, 69, of Jacksonville, Fla., who passed away Dec. 12, 2018, after a long battle with cancer. Linda was born on Nov. 3, 1949, to the late William and Lona Geddes in Cherry Valley where she was raised. She moved away following graduation from Cherry Valley High School in 1968.…
