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IN MEMORIAM:  Doris M. Winne, 92;

Ran Cooperstown Diner For 20 Years

ONEIDA – Doris M. Winne, 92, who operated the Cooperstown Diner for more than 20 years with her sister, passed away at home on Friday.

She was born in Gilboa on Dec. 24, 1921, the daughter of Arthur and Anna May Mattice Davis.

She attended Cooperstown High School and married George W. Winne in Cooperstown on Sept. 15, 1944. The couple moved to Oneida in 1950. He died on July 19, 2011.

After selling the diner in the 1990s, Mrs. Winne was an aide with the Oneida City School District.

Doris was a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church where she was active with the vestry and choir, and taught Sunday school. She was a 50-year member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Cooperstown, and of the Cooperstown Methodist Church and its choir, the Sconondoa Fire Department Auxiliary and the Board of Managers of the Hazel Carpenter Home. She was a founding member of the Oneida Area Civic Chorale and of the Sweet Adelines, and was active in the Mohawk Valley Travel Trailer Club Auxiliary and the Seneca Street PTA.

Surviving are her four children and their spouses, George R. and Denise Winne Jr., Cheryl Winne, and Deborah and C. Thomas Stanhope, all of Oneida and Patricia, and Thomas Dorato of Guilderland; 10 grandchildren; 24  great-grandchildren; her sister-in-law, Irene Winne Ackerman of Georgia; and several nieces and nephews.

She was also predeceased by her parents, her sisters, Gladys Ballard and Mildred Davis, and three brothers, George, Paul and Earl Davis.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 14, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Oneida, where the Requiem Eucharist will be offered by the Rev. Nicholas Smith. A committal service will be at 2 p.m. in Springfield Center Cemetery.

Calling hours are 3-7 p.m. Thursday the 13th at Campbell-Dean Funeral Home, 260 Main St., Oneida.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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