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In Memoriam: Mary Lou Friedlander

Mary Louisa (Cloon) Friedlander passed away peacefully on April 29, 2025 at Little Falls (New York) Hospital Comfort Care, following a brief illness. Mary Lou was born on May 15, 1933 in Ironwood, Michigan to the late Mary Louisa (King) and William Gabriel Cloon, and was very proud of her childhood in the UP. After graduating from Northwestern University and Chicago Wesley Memorial School of Nursing in 1955, Mary Lou worked as a clinical nurse at Chicago Lying-in Hospital, where…
May 16, 2025
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In Memoriam: Barbara Jean Gibbons (née Julian)

Barbara Jean Gibbons, née Julian, formerly of Cooperstown, New York, passed away peacefully on April 6, 2025 in Ithaca, New York. Born in 1942, Barbara grew up in Tracy, California and graduated from Tracy Joint Union High School in 1960. During her school years, she found joy in the performing arts, participating in the drama club and lending her voice to the school choir.…
April 22, 2025
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In Memoriam: Elisabeth B. Giffin

On Monday evening, July 8, 2024, the Village of Cooperstown lost one of its long-time residents, Elisabeth “Betty” Giffin, when she passed into eternal life while en-route from Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown to Valley Health Services in Herkimer following a brief illness. She was 95.…
August 20, 2024
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In Memoriam: Elinore C. Sorbera

HARTWICK—Elinore C. Sorbera, a lifelong area resident, passed away with family by her side Friday evening, October 13, 2023, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. She was 98. Born Elinore Claire Peevers on August 18, 1925 in Cooperstown, she was a daughter of Alfred J. Peevers and Leta Mae (Walrath) Peevers. Born and raised in Cooperstown, she graduated from Cooperstown High School with the Class of 1944. She attended Prospect Heights Hospital School of Nursing in Brooklyn, where she…
October 16, 2023
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Phillips: Bassett Was Awesome

Letter from Dottie Phillips Bassett Was Awesome I had the most wonderful experience at Bassett Hospital when I was admitted a week ago with Covid. Bassett was a great experience. I was admitted in inpatient care on the third floor. There was staff from all over the world, from Nepal, Dubai, Philippines, Miami, a Native American, New Delhi. They work 12-hour shifts and worked non-stop, and were so kind to us. I was so impressed and want to thank Bassett…
August 18, 2022
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In Memoriam: Karen Burgess, 64 October 18, 1957 – July 19, 2022

In Memoriam Karen Burgess, 64 October 18, 1957 – July 19, 2022 HARTWICK – Karen Burgess (née Stefanachi) departed our world on July 19th, 2022, due to complications from heart surgery while surrounded by loved ones. She was 64. Karen was born October 18th, 1957, in Rockville Centre to Eugene and Barbara Stefanachi. She grew up in Uniondale and attended Uniondale High School where she excelled in art and being that effortlessly cool chick. During a summer visit to Cooperstown,…
July 22, 2022
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Byron O. Crowson, 68 July 4, 1953 – October 12, 2021

In Memoriam Byron O. Crowson, 68 July 4, 1953 – October 12, 2021 FLY CREEK – In the early morning hours of Tuesday, October 12, 2021, Byron O’Neal Crowson passed away unexpectedly.  He bravely and optimistically confronted failing health during the past six months.  He was a devoted husband and father. Byron was born on July 4, 1953, in Dayton, Ohio.  He was a son of the late Joseph and Beatrice (Hendrickson) Crowson. Byron graduated from Tecumseh High School in…
October 18, 2021
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ATWELL: No Need For A Brick

LETTER from JIM ATWELL No Need For A Brick How’d it happen? Suddenly it’s 2020, I’m 82, twice a widower, living in a comfortable assisted living home. Well cared-for. But, essentially, alone. The pandemic has us 18 residents quarantined, even from one another. Lots of time alone in one’s room, even with meals brought to us on trays. Just now, however, despite prescribed aloneness, I have kept my room crowded with vividly remembered adults; ones who, because or in spite…
February 4, 2021

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