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IN MEMORIAM:  Matthew D. Kepner, 49, Cooperstown

HARTWICK – Matthew Donald Kepner, 49, passed away at home after a long battle with cancer Monday morning, July 6, 2015.

Proud to be a Native Son of Cooperstown, Matt was born at Bassett Hospital on May 8, 1966.  He was the son of George S. Kepner, Jr., a retired Otsego County Surrogate Court judge, and Ethel Suzanne Noakes Kepner.

He grew up as an active boy in Fly Creek, where he became affectionately known as "MattRat."  In his youth he was involved with the Boy Scouts, including trips to Order of the Arrow Conferences and National Boy Scout Jamborees in Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. He often recalled the times that he spent at the Camp Henderson, the Boy Scout camp on Crumhorn Mountain.

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