IN MEMORIAM: Ruth Donna Currie, 69; Nurse at Fox For 40 Years ONEONTA – Ruth Donna Currie, 69, passed away June 24, 2016 at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta, after a long battle with cancer. Donna was born April 6, 1947 in Oneonta, the daughter of Harry and Ruth (Daily) Palmer. She was one of six, having four brothers and one sister. Donna was a LPN having been employed for 47 years with A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital, the Stamford Health Clinic and…
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IN MEMORIAM: Thelma J. James, 87; Survived By Sister In Mount Vision ONEONTA – Thelma J. James, 87, a former resident of Los Angeles and New York City, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016 at AO Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta. She was born on January 25, 1929 in New York City, the daughter of Justus and Else (Ketels) Lorenzen. She married Luther James who predeceased her in 2006.…
IN MEMORIAM: Robert Hutchins, 55; Lived At Willowbrook Until It Closed MILFORD – Robert Hutchins, 55, who moved to Upstate New York as part of the Willowbrook Exodus Program, passed away on April 6, 2016. He was born on Oct. 23, 1961, in Brooklyn, to a 14-year-old. Robert never left the hospital. He was placed in Willowbrook State School for children with intellectual disabilities, where he lived until 1975. He was moved to a family care home in Binghamton area as…
IN MEMORIAM: Drum Hadley, 77; Poet Was Friend Of Allen Ginsberg COOPERSTOWN – Drum Hadley, 77, a poet who studied under Charles Olson and befriended Allen Ginsberg, passed away at his mother’s family summer home in Cooperstown on Sunday, Nov. 26, after a long illness. Born in St. Louis County, Mo., on May 27, 1938, Drum attended schools in St. Louis, graduated from Pomfret Academy in Connecticut (1956), and received a B. A. in English Literature (1962) and a Master of Fine…
IN MEMORIAM: Fannie A. Navarra, 100; Operated Beauty Shop In Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Fannie A. Navarra, 100, who ran a Main Street beauty parlor and barbershop with her husband, died peacefully Friday Oct. 30, 2015. Born Aug. 14, 1915 in Brooklyn, Fannie was the fourth of four children of Salvatore and Ninfa (Dippa) Stallone, who had immigrated to America in 1905. She grew up in Brooklyn where her father was a barber and enjoyed summers at the family cottage near…
IN MEMORIAM: Bridget Macaluso, 94; Has Survivors In Cooperstown, Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – Mrs. Bridget M. Macaluso, 94, of Cooperstown, passed away peacefully Friday morning, Oct. 16, 2015, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Oneonta. Born Aug. 11, 1921, in Hoboken, N.J., on a tugboat, she was the daughter of Patrick and Rita (Patterson) Bracken. She met her husband Joseph Robert (Bob) Macaluso in the Navy and married him Feb. 26, 1949, at the Church of St. Raymond in…
IN MEMORIAM: Elmer L. Baldwin, 84; In 82nd Airborne, Worked For County CHERRY VALLEY – Elmer Lee Baldwin, 84, who worked for the county Highway Department for a quarter-century, passed away Oct. 14, 2015, at the Folts Home, Herkimer, where he had lived for a year. He was born in New Lisbon on March 20, 1931, to Claude H and Bertha (Porath) Baldwin. He married Vivian Myers on Sept. 21, 1957, in the Presbyterian Church, Cherry Valley; she predeceased him…
IN MEMORIAM: Jim Konstanty; Key Player As County Attorney ONEONTA – James Edward Konstanty, 73, who was a formidable player in county affairs while serving for two decades as county attorney, legal adviser to the county Board of Representatives, died suddenly on Friday, April 3, 2015, in Pinehurst, N.C., after a round of golf with son Michael. He was born Feb. 26, 1942 in Jamestown, the eldest son of Jim Konstanty, who played with the Philadelphia Phillies, then ran a sporting goods…