IN MEMORIAM: Matthew Majewski, 99; Dairy Farmer Retired To Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Matthew Majewski, 99, who retired to Cooperstown from his Jordanville dairy farm, died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. He was born on Oct. 6, 1916, in Ludz, Poland. During World War II, he traveled to Germany, then Belgium, where he was a coal miner, then to the United States. On Sept. 29, 1952, he married Mary Czubkowski, and they raised two sons on the farm that…
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IN MEMORIAM Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr.; Writer, Environmentalist COOPERSTOWN – Henry S.F. Cooper Jr., noted environmentalist and a founder of what became Otsego 2000, as well as the Otsego Land Trust, passed away today at home in the Town of Middlefield’s Red Creek section. A retired writer for the New Yorker, where he covered the space program, Mr. Cooper was a fifth-generation descendant of novelist James Fenimore Cooper, and a sixth-generation descendant of William Cooper, Cooperstown’s founder. He was the…
IN MEMORIAM: Rosanne Johnson, 77; Farmer Pursued Degree, Business Career ONEONTA – Rosanne Johnson, 77, who ran a farm with her husband, then obtained her college degree at age 52 and went on to a career in business, passed away Jan. 28, 2016, at Fox Nursing Home. She was born Oct. 4, 1938, in Brooklyn, the daughter of George and Rose (McCarthy) Brickwedde. Rosanne graduated from Millerton High School. She married Lloyd H. Johnson on Nov. 17, 1956, at St. Mary’s…
IN MEMORIAM: Linda Pasquale, 62; Retired Teacher At Milford Central MILFORD – Linda C. Pasquale, 62, retired Milford Central School teacher, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, at home with her husband at her side. Linda was born Sept. 4, 1953, in Niagara Falls, the daughter of David W. Higby Sr. and Alicia (Stayer) Higby. She graduated from Madonna High School, Niagara Falls, then received a teaching degree from D’Youville College, Buffalo. She married Ernest Pasquale on July 26,…
IN MEMORIAM: Sonny Kelsey, 69, Dies Suddenly ONEONTA – Donald L. “Sonny” Kelsey, 69, a roofer with F.L. Hall & Son for many years, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at Fox Hospital. He was born Feb. 28, 1946, in Hobart, a son of Frank Leslie Kelsey and Mary Jane Whispell Kelsey.…
IN MEMORIAM: Noella Townsend, 93; Retired To Oneonta To Be Near Family ONEONTA – Noella Townsend, 93, who retired to Oneonta from Hudson Falls in 1986, passed away Jan. 16, 2016, at Fox Nursing Home. Her son and his family survive her locally. She was born on Dec. 17, 1922, in Casselman, Ontario, Canada. She and her family moved to Hudson Falls, when she was about 4, where she learned to speak English and graduated from Hudson Falls High School.…
IN MEMORIAM: Albina Konchar, 92; She, Husband Farmed On Christian Hill COOPERSTOWN – Albina C. Konchar, 92, who with her husband operated a dairy farm on Christian Hill for many years, died peacefully this morning, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. She had resided in Hyde Park and, lately, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Oneonta. Born March 1, 1923, in Croatia, she and her family emigrated to France one year later. In 1930, the family came to the United…
IN MEMORIAM: Bill Ronovech, 72; Co-Captained OHS Unbeaten Team ONEONTA – Word has been received that William A. Ronovech, 72, co-captain of Oneonta High School’s undefeated 1959-60 basketball team, lost a 10-year battle with illness on Dec. 9, 2015, passing away in his sleep at home in Nevada, where he had lived the past 30 years. He was born Jan. 4, 1943, in Oneonta, to Eleanor and William Ronovech. He was active in OHS sports, not only on Coach Drago’s…
IN MEMORIAM: Joan Lenore Kingsley, 81, Head of SUNY Women’s Athletics ONEONTA – Joan Lenore Kingsley, a nationally ranked tennis player and the former chair of SUNY Oneonta’s Department of Health and Physical Education, died Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, in San Antonio, Texas, where she resided. Joan was born on Jan. 31, 1934, in New York. She was raised in Bronxville, and attended Bronxville High School. She obtained a B.S. degree in physical education and health, along with a M.S. and Ph.D.…
IN MEMORIAM: Harriette Weeks, 80; Nurse At Bassett, ODY Central School SPRINGFIELD – Harriette D. Weeks, 80, surgical nurse at Bassett Hospital who then spent 23 years at school nurse at Owen D. Young Central School in Van Hornesville, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 12015. She was born on May 16, 1935, the daughter of Edna and Kenneth Dunckel. She was one of three children. Survivors include her sister Audrey Nasby, sister in law Madeline Dunckel and family, several nieces and…
