COOPERSTOWN—Catherine Wilmot Walker, a life-long resident of the Cooperstown area, entered into eternal rest late Wednesday afternoon, July 19, 2023, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. She was 92.
Born May 6, 1931 at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, she was the daughter of Geary A. Wilmot Sr. and Catherine Crain Wilmot.…
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INVERNESS, FL—Alfred Lee Shaver passed away on July 31, 2023 in Inverness, Florida. Al was born on Jackson Hill in Treadwell in a two-story farmhouse to Charles and Thelma (Pelham) Shaver on December 16, 1939. He graduated from Franklin Central School in 1959, where he was a standout athlete who excelled in football, basketball and baseball. He attended Delhi Ag & Tech, where he competed in cross country and played baseball. Al graduated in 1961 with an AAS degree in…
COOPERSTOWN—Caroline Dobbs was a loving mother, friend and wife. She was born in Chicago on July 25, 1935, in the heart of the Great Depression, to Worthley and Margaret Burbank. Caroline and her brother, Worth, grew up spending most of their time in Chicago with a few years in St. Louis and long summers visiting their father’s relatives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Caroline graduated from Kelvyn Park High School in 1953 and went on to follow her passion…
COOPERSTOWN—Norma Louise Onyan, a long-time resident of Cooperstown, entered into eternal rest Friday afternoon, July 21, 2023, at her home on the southern shore of Otsego Lake in the Village of Cooperstown. She was 92.
Born December 13, 1930 in Wichita, Kansas, she was one of eight children of Ernest Edward Rothwell and Myrtle Grace Powell Rothwell.…
COOPERSTOWN—John Browning Odell Jr., a man devoted to his family, his faith in God, and his community, passed away Monday morning, July 17, 2023, following a valiant battle with pneumonia. His wife and children were with him. He was 62.
Born July 9, 1961 in Sacramento, California, he was the son of the late John Browning Odell and Shirley Hartmann Odell Kirby.…
ONEONTA—Jane “Betty” E. Tisenchek, 91, of Oneonta, New York, passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2023 at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, New York.…
BAINBRIDGE—Susan Elizabeth Neidlinger ("Moma"), 60, of Bainbridge, New York passed away on Saturday July 1, 2023 in Cooperstown. Susan was born in Sidney, New York to Earl and Paula Neidlinger on July 9, 1962. She went to high school at Bainbridge Guilford High and graduated in 1980. She went on to additional education in accounting and computer skills. She retired from New York State Police Troop C after 28 years.…
NORTHPORT—Evelyn M. Benjamin of Northport passed away on June 19, 2023 at Huntington Hospital in Huntington, New York. She was born on May 14, 1927 in Oneonta, the daughter of Myron M. Wiest and Elsie V. (Grant) Wiest.…
Beloved wife, mother and grandmother Barbara Marikovics died of natural causes on June 17, 2023. She failed to attain her goal of living to 100 by a mere eight months but was never unhappy with the life she had.…
Eric W. Rheinhardt, 68, of Cooperstown, passed away on Sunday, June 11, 2023. He was born on August 29, 1954 in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He was the son of the late Roy N. and Martha (Wilson) Rheinhardt and was raised by the late Grover W. and Patricia Rheinhardt Radley, Jr.…