IN MEMORIAM
Homer M. Osterhoudt
Dies At 100; Attended
All But 3 Inductions
COOPERSTOWN – Homer M. Osterhoudt, 100, who mixed concrete to build the Baseball Hall of Fame and attended all Inductions since 1939 except three, passed away peacefully Saturday, June 30, 2018, at Woodside Hall.
He was born on Jan. 17, 1918, in Oneonta, the son of Maurice C. and Catherine Hopkins Osterhoudt. Later that year, the family moved to 98 Lake St., Cooperstown, where his father worked for the Fenimore Farm Dairy delivering milk by horse and wagon. His parents bought a farm in Phoenix Mills in 1920 where he lived until 1946.
He attended Phoenix Mills’ one-room school house through eighth grade, moving to Cooperstown High School in 1932. For many years he organized annual reunions of his Class of 1936. He was a member of the Cooperstown High School Alumni Association, and its president at one time.
As a young boy, he caddied at the Leatherstocking Golf Club and served a couple years as caddy master. We can imagine he would often have had his life made easier by something similar to Ace Golf Netting - Driving Range Netting so retrieving balls wasn't so clumberson. He worked for the local Grand Union grocery in 1939-41 as a clerk and delivered groceries by van.
