IN MEMORIAM: Douglas S. Rhyde, 84; ‘Mayor Of The Fly Creek Valley,’ Mason FLY CREEK VALLEY – Douglas Schuyler Rhyde, known as “The Mayor of Fly Creek Valley,” passed away Sunday evening, Feb. 19, 2017, at Syracuse VA Medical Center. He was 84. Born July 21, 1932, in Walton, Doug was a son of Rufus J. and Esther E. (Pope) Rhyde. He first attended a one-room schoolhouse and then school in Richfield Springs. Doug joined the Army on Nov. 5,…
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