IN MEMORIAM: Al O’Brien, 84; Proprietor Of Cooperstown Motel COOPERSTOWN – Albert K. O’Brien, 84, proprietor of the Cooperstown Motel, died Oct. 23, 2015, after a long battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable adult inherited infirmity. He was born Feb. 12, 1931, in the Methodist-Episcopal Hospital in New York City. He was raised in Springfield Center in the family’s four generation home as well as in several different sections of New York City. While attending high school as a…
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IN MEMORIAM: Rev. David J. Born, 68; Spent Career in New York City Ministry WESTFORD – Rev. David J. Born, 68, who moved to Otsego County in his retirement and served on the Board of Directors of the Otsego Jail Ministry, died Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, at his home in Westford. Born in Minneapolis, Minn., on May 3, 1947 to Andrew E. and Hilda M. (Spiegelberg) Born, David made his career in the ministry in New York City. He graduated with…
IN MEMORIAM: Arlene M. Woodin, 81; Nationally Recognized Creative Baker COOPERSTOWN – Arlene M. Woodin, a home-economics teacher nationally recognized for her creative baking, passed away Saturday morning, Oct. 10, 2015, at Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta. She was 81. Born on July 23, 1934, in Marseilles, Ill., Arlene Marie was the only child of Joseph and Lena née Veronda Viviani. Following her graduation from Marseilles High School in 1952 she attended Illinois State Normal University where she received a…
IN MEMORIAM: Wilfred J. Ennis, Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Wilfred (Bill) J. Ennis, who retired from a career in insurance, passed away Sunday, Oct. 18, after a long battle with multiple chronic conditions. A cardiac condition forced Bill into early retirement and he moved to Cooperstown with his wife of almost 60 years, Mildred. Retirement provided more time to listen to jazz, read and discuss politics, and watch the Jets.…
IN MEMORIAM: Lyle N. Steere, 93; WWII Vet, Highway Superintendent CHRISTIAN HILL – Lyle N. Steere, 93, a World War II veteran and retired Otsego town highway superintendent, died Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, in the house he built on Christian Hill with his family by his side. Born in Hartwick on March 15, 1922, he was the son of Kendrick and Mary Elwood Steere. He married Elsie Ruparshek on Sept. 25, 1948, in Cooperstown. They lived in Fly Creek and…
IN MEMORIAM: Irene E. McCumber, 69; Quilter WELLS BRIDGE – Irene E. McCumber, 69, of Wells Bridge, mother of two and an avid quilter, of Wells Bridge died Wednesday. Oct. 21, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. She was born on Dec. 1, 1945, in Leonardsville, NY to Robert W. & Charlotte (Dockstader) Schwenk and married Norman McCumber on Aug. 10, 1963, who survives her.…
IN MEMORIAM: Robert Harder, 89; Oneonta Barbershop Chorus Founder ONEONTA – Robert (Bob) Harder, 89, of Oneonta, retired X-ray technician and founder of the first Oneonta Barbershop Chorus, passed away Oct. 19, 2015, at Fox Nursing Home, following a brief illness. He was born in Syracuse on May 29, 1926, Bob was raised in Madrid, St. Lawrence County, where during his high school years he excelled in basketball and baseball. He also served as class president during his senior year.…
IN MEMORIAM: Oneonta Native Dick Swadey, 60 ONEONTA – Richard “Dick” Swadey, 60, of Mesopotamia, Ohio, whose family lives in Oneonta, passed away Sept. 20, 2015. He was born in Cleveland on Dec. 31, 1954. In his boyhood, Dick took joy in neighborhood games of touch football in the street and creating activities with his sister and other children such as carnivals, day camps, libraries, plays and inventive backyard games. As a teen he excelled at soccer, wrestling, making people…
IN MEMORIAM: Laura Margaret Kane, 88; Ran Hartwick Restaurant, On Town Board MOUNT VISION – Laura Margaret Kane, 88, of Mount Vision, former proprietor of Laura’s Restaurant in Hartwick and a past Town Board member, passed away early Sunday morning, Oct. 18, 2015, at Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center at Otsego. She was born June 27, 1927, in Barneveld, a daughter of John and Mary Irene (Barnes) Rowlands. At age 5, she and her family moved to Edmeston, where she…
IN MEMORIAM: Bridget Macaluso, 94; Has Survivors In Cooperstown, Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – Mrs. Bridget M. Macaluso, 94, of Cooperstown, passed away peacefully Friday morning, Oct. 16, 2015, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Oneonta. Born Aug. 11, 1921, in Hoboken, N.J., on a tugboat, she was the daughter of Patrick and Rita (Patterson) Bracken. She met her husband Joseph Robert (Bob) Macaluso in the Navy and married him Feb. 26, 1949, at the Church of St. Raymond in…
