IN MEMORIAM
Gerald D. ‘Jerry’ Starks, 72;
EMT Locally For Half Century
COOPERSTOWN – Gerald Donald “Jerry” Starks, 72, an active EMT for more than a half-century, passed away at his home Dec. 19, 2017, with his family by his side.
He was born on Jan. 29, 1945, in Endicott to Donald A. and Vivian M. (Williamson) Starks. Jerry grew up in Ilion, and described his childhood as idyllic, complete with a paper route.
He had numerous stories about friends, neighbors, and the locales of Russell Park, the marina, and airport, as well as listening to the trains that passed through in the night. He walked to school, church, and later work from the family home on Otsego Street.
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