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Lady Ostapeck Funeral Wednesday

Lady Ostapeck tours the two-year exhibit of her works in 2010-11 in Tampere, Finland, where she was celebrated in her final years.  At right are her guides.

COOPERSTOWN – The funeral service for Lady Ostapeck, who died Feb. 2, 2017, in Herkimer, will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday (tomorrow) at the Tillapaugh Funeral Home, 208 Pioneer St., Cooperstown, Quaker minister Jim Atwell will officiate.

Burial will be in the spring in Fly Creek Valley Cemetery.

 

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