Paul Kellogg, Glimmerglass Artistic Director Emeritus, Dies at 84 Cooperstown – Paul Edward Kellogg came to Cooperstown in 1975 to write, but stayed to develop one of the premiere summer opera and music-theater festivals in the United States. He leaves as a highly respected and well-beloved member of the greater Cooperstown community. Paul Kellogg died in Cooperstown at Bassett Hospital on April 28, 2021, of natural causes. He was 84. Kellogg was born on March 11, 1937, in Hollywood, California,…
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In Memoriam Margaret Ahlvqist, 91 Voracious Reader, College Administrative Assistant Margaret Sahlke was born on July 9, 1929, in Staten Island, New York, to Rudolf, a baker, and Lillian, a schoolteacher. Margaret and her younger brother, Rudy, both worked in the bakery as they grew up. Margaret graduated from New Dorp High School in 1947 and a few years later met the love of her life, Bertel Ahlqvist, who had recently moved to the United States from Finland. “He took…
In Memoriam Frances E. ‘Casey’ Ives, 96 Long-time Nurse, Nearly Beat Covid-19 Frances E. “Casey” Ives, who served for many years as a Registered Nurse at Fox Hospital in Oneonta, sadly passed away Saturday morning, April 17, 2021, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. At the age of 96. She almost beat COVID-19. Born May 22, 1924, in Hopedale, Massachusetts, she was a daughter of Alfred Joseph Howarth and Violet Turner Howarth. Raised in Massachusetts, she moved with her family…
In Memoriam Helen Winne Mulligan, 101 Apr. 13, 1919 – Mar. 15, 2021 Helen Winne Mulligan passed away on March 15, 2021 at the age of 101 after a full and healthy life. Helen was born Helen Smith, on April 13th, 1919 in the Town of Exeter, New York. She was the daughter of E. Frank Smith and Hazel Pratt Smith, the fifth of six children. She grew up in Schuyler Lake. Helen had three older brothers, an older sister,…
Community Leader, Newspaper Columnist, Albert L. Colone Dies JULY 8, 1944 – APRIL 13, 2021 ONEONTA – Albert L. Colone was born on July 8, 1944, and passed away on April 13, 2021, and is under the care of Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home. The founding president of the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, Colone was in the middle of a two-part column for the Iron String Press media outlets about the immigrant experience as seen through the story of…
IN MEMORIAM: Robert A. Hazelton, 83 RICHFIELD SPRINGS – With his wife and four children embracing him, Robert “Bob” James Hazelton felt tremendous love, guiding him to peace on Saturday, April 3, 2021. Born on Hotel Street in Richfield Springs, Bob’s journey began April 10, 1938. Romans and Psalms provided that needed assurance to take his last steps from the home he built for his family beside the Ocquionis Creek on River Street.…
IN MEMORIAM Robert P. (Robbie) Mulligan, 62 Feb. 27, 1959-March 27, 2021 COOPERSTOWN – Robert Patrick (Robbie) Mulligan, age 62, in the comfort of his own home, with his daughter Jordan by his side, went peacefully into the arms of our Lord on Saturday, March 27, 2021, succumbing to a courageous battle with cancer. Robbie, a Cooperstown Native Son, was born on Feb. 27, 1959, in Cooperstown. He is the youngest son of the late Robert J. Mulligan and Mary…
IN MEMORIAM Barbara A. Schilling Nov. 24, 1940-April 01, 2021 COOPERSTOWN – Barbara Ann Schilling (Joseph) passed away on April 1, 2021, at the age of 80, in what was perhaps her greatest April Fool’s Day prank ever. A graduate of Hartwick College School of Nursing (’62) and a dedicated R.N. at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown and the former Child’s Hospital in Albany, Barbara chose to spend her retirement reading every book worth reading (along with ones that weren’t), traveling…
IN MEMORIAM Bruno Talevi, 95, Cooperstown; Oneonta Accountant, WWII Vet FOR FULL OBITUARY, SEE THIS WEEK’S FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…
IN MEMORIAM: Ronald Shutters, 89; Retired From Oneonta School District MARYLAND – Ronald E. Shutters, 89, who began his career as a dairyman and retired from the Oneonta City School District, where he was a custodian, passed on March 31, 2021, at Bassett Hospital. He was born Dec. 6, 1931, in Oneonta, the son of Estes and Helen (Barnes) Shutters. Ronald married Doris M. Davis in July of 1951. He held a number of jobs during his life. After farming,…
