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IN MEMORIAM: Flo Folensbee,

Local Cancer Society Executive  

Florence Folensbee
Florence Folensbee

UNADILLA – Oneonta native Florence “Flo” Folensbee, 79, local American Cancer Society executive director for many years, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at home in Unadilla, surrounded by her family.

Flo was born June 28, 1937, in Oneonta, the daughter of the late Earl and Nellie M. (Hilsinger) Carr. She married Robert Folensbee in January 1984. In addition to her work for the Cancer Society, she retired in 1999 from JC Penney Stores, where she was a sales associate.

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