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Phil Bresee Dies; Executive

At Oneonta Department Store

ONEONTA – Word has been received that Phil Bresee, one of three brothers who operated Oneonta’s landmark Bresee Department Store in its final decades, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at the Thanksgiving Home in Cooperstown, where he had resided in recent years.

A full obituary will be forthcoming later today from the Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono Funeral Home, which is handling the arrangements.

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  1. Phil Bresee was my Dad. He DID NOT have any brothers and he passed away at Bassett Healthcare…NOT the Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home.
    Before you run an article you should check your facts.
    Very disappointed.

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