IN MEMORIAM Walter W. Clapper, Jr., 48; Cooperstown Native Fixed Cars COOPERSTOWN – Walter W. Clapper, Jr., 48, an auto mechanic and car race enthusiast, passed away Aug. 28, 2019, at Wilson Medical Center, Johnson City, after an extended illness. He was born July 19, 1971, in Cooperstown, the son of Walter W. Clapper, Sr. and Thelma (Brannen) Clapper. Walter was an auto mechanic, working at Value Auto in Oneonta. He could fix just about anything. He enjoyed car races,…
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IN MEMORIAM Marilyn W. Gerowe, 67; ICU Nurse At Bassett ONEONTA – Marilyn W. Gerowe, 67, a former ICU nurse at Bassett Hospital, passed away at home with her family and friends at her side on August 1, 2019. She was born Jan. 1, 1952 in Oneonta, the daughter of John H. Wells Sr. and Adelaide Cora (Escher) Wells. Marilyn graduated from Oneonta High School, Class of 1970 and also SUNY Morrisville, earning an Associate’s degree in Nursing.…
IN MEMORIAM Steven Doyle, 58, Oneonta; Hairdresser For Three Decades ONEONTA – Steven Doyle, 58, a locally-renown hairdresser, passed away suddenly on July 30, 2019. He was born February 24, 1961 in Brooklyn, the son of Edward John Doyle and Annette A. (Sudano) Rao. Steven grew up in Lindenhurst, moving to Oneonta when he was 15 years old and never left. He cut hair for over 35 years, most notably at Measure for Measure, which was originally his father, Ed…
IN MEMORIAM: FULL OBITUARY Albert J. Read, 93; Physics Professor Active With SUNY, Community ONEONTA – Albert J. Read, 93, a SUNY Oneonta physics professor who founded the Science Discovery Center, died peacefully at home Saturday, June 29, 2019. He was the founding Director of the Science Discovery Center of Oneonta, renamed in his honor in 2015. Albert was born in Albany to Dr. Albert J. Read and Dana Weitzel Read. He was married to Hazel Roberts Read from 1953…
IN MEMORIAM Albert J. Reid, 93; SUNY Professor Founded Science Discovery Center ONEONTA – Albert J. Read, 93, the SUNY Oneonta physics professor who founded the Science Discovery Center at the college, died Saturday, June 29. Read taught at SUNY Oneonta from 1957 until his retirement in 1985, serving as chair of the physics department from 1983-84. He founded the Science Discovery Center in 1985, serving as director until 2005.…
IN MEMORIAM: Doren Slade, 74, Avid Traveler, Writer UNADILLA – Doren L. Slade, 74, who authored the book “Making The World Safe For Existence,” died on June 11, 2019. Doren was born on Jan. 17, 1945 . She was a woman of great scholarship receiving her Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1973 and becoming a certified psychoanalyst in 1986. She wrote the book Making the World Safe for Existence…, and has been published in psychanalytic journals. Doren was an avid traveler…
IN MEMORIAM Clifford Roger Silliman, 97; Oneonta Native, Air Force Officer ONEONTA – Word has been received of Oneonta native and career Air Force officer Clifford Roger Silliman, recipient of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, and survivor of a harrowing air crash at sea during World War II, has died at his home on the Pacific Coast, two and a half weeks shy of his 98th birthday. The news of his passing was delayed due to the remoteness of…
IN MEMORIAM Anne Cromartie Reynolds, 98; Built Home On Otsego Lake SPRINGFIELD CENTER – Anne Cromartie Reynolds, 98, who built a house on Otsego Lake with her husband, the late John M. Reynolds, passed away on June 5, 2019. She was born in Garland, N.C. on Aug. 29, 1921 to Dr. Robert Samuel Cromartie and Mary Blanche Jester. She went to Queens College in Charlotte, N.C. for 2 years and then went on to graduate from the University of North…
IN MEMORIAM Tammy L. (Utter) Williams, 41; Worked With Elderly For 20 Years CHERRY VALLEY – Tammy L. (Utter) Williams, 41, who worked at Cooperstown Centers for more than two decades, passed away June 6, 2019, at her home in Cherry Valley. She was born Nov. 10, 1977, in Stamford, the daughter of Frederick and Bonnie (O’Donnell) Utter Parslow. Tammy worked serving those in need as a certified nursing assistant at the Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing for more…
IN MEMORIAM Roberta L. Wood, 90; Retired To Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Roberta L. Wood, 90, who settled in Cooperstown after living in Long Island, died Sunday evening, June 9, 2019, surrounded by family at her home in the Town of Middlefield. She was born July 27, 1928, in Brooklyn, a daughter of Walter F. and Laura (Wilson) Acker. On January 13, 1951, Roberta married Richard Corbett Wood, also from Brooklyn, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in…
