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IN MEMORIAM: O’Dell Ray, 88; School

Official Retired To Otsego Lake Home

O'Dell Ray

COOPERSTOWN – O’Dell Ray, 88, of Cooperstown, retired business administrator at public schools in the region, passed away peacefully on Monday May 28, 2018 at Cooperstown Center.

O’Dell was born in Jonesboro, Tenn., on June 16, 1929,  the son of the late Jacob and Flossie Story Ray.

O’Dell was a graduate of Paul Smith’s College Class of 1950, and spent over 42 years as a business administrator, first with the Norwich City Schools, followed by Waterville Central School, where he met the love of his life Dolores.  He retired from the New York Mills Union Free School District on June 30, 1992.

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