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In Memoriam: Tonja Knapp Curry

Tonja Knapp Curry, 85, of Celebration, Florida, passed away Thursday, June 19, 2025 at home, surrounded by her family. Born August 16, 1939 in Cooperstown, New York, Tonja was the daughter of Ernest and Jean Turner Knapp and was married to her loving husband, Dr. Stephen L. Curry, on June 25, 1966 in Cooperstown. Tonja had been a longtime resident of Litchfield, Connecticut and enjoyed playing mahjong and bridge. She was an avid gardener and had a passion for arranging…
June 23, 2025

In Memoriam: Elizabeth Hribar

Elizabeth “Betty” Hribar, a longtime resident of Fork Shop, passed away Wednesday morning, June 18, 2025, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. She was 89. Born June 3, 1936 at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, she was the daughter of Raymond N. and Minnie (Schallert) Bachanas.…
June 23, 2025

In Memoriam: Harry D. Swanger Jr.

Harry Daniel “Sonny” Swanger Jr., 85, entered into eternal rest late Saturday morning, May 17, 2025, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. Sonny was born June 26, 1939 in Jonestown, Pennsylvania, a son of Harry Daniel Swanger Sr. and Rachael June (Gettle) Swanger. From January 24, 1962 until January 23, 1964, Sonny proudly served his country in the United States Army.…
June 17, 2025
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In Memoriam: Patrick Ryan Dunnion

Patrick Ryan Dunnion, a lifelong area resident, entered into eternal rest at the age of 22. He was born April 10, 2003 at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown. He graduated from Milford Central School and then worked in construction, a job he truly liked and excelled at. Patrick will be remembered for being a very kind person who had an incredible sense of humor. He will be greatly missed by many schoolmates and the friends he made during his brief life.…
June 9, 2025
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In Memoriam: Ann Davis Wager

Long-time Cooperstown resident Ann Davis Wager died on March 18, 2025 in a care facility in Pasadena, California from complications of dementia. Ann Davis was born on February 5, 1935 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania to Frederick Donald Davis and Gertrude (Flowers) Davis. Her father’s work in poultry management and research took the family around the country. Ann graduated high school in Birmingham, Alabama in 1953, and attended Alabama Junior College for Women for one year. When her family moved to San…
June 6, 2025

In Memoriam: Suzanne ‘Polly’ Renckens

Polly Renckens passed away peacefully on Monday, June 2, surrounded by her loving children. She was 81. Born in Syracuse, New York, Polly was the third of four children of Helen and Ray Parrott. A graduate of SUNY Fredonia and Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, she met and married the love of her life, Jim Renckens. Together they raised three children and built community wherever they lived—from running the Hickory Grove Inn in Cooperstown to founding cherished institutions like the Cooperstown…
June 6, 2025
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In Memoriam: Sylva Christine Jenkins

Sylva Christine Jenkins, 76, of Edmeston passed away on Sunday, May 25, 2025 in Oneonta, New York. Christine was born on August 11, 1948 in Oneonta, New York, the daughter of the late Frederick F. and Sylva J. (Howland) Emhof.…
May 28, 2025
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In Memoriam: Mary E. Dunkle

Mary E Dunkle passed away peacefully on May 23, 2025, just shy of her 96th birthday. She was born on May 30, 1929 to Kenneth Edwards and Mildred Gregg Edwards in Sussex, New Jersey. When Mary turned one, they moved to manage a family farm in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Damascus High School and then from East Stroudsburg State University and became a teacher.…
May 26, 2025
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In Memoriam: Constance Wood

A funeral service for Constance Wood, who passed away February 12, 2025, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 31, 2025 at St. James Episcopal Church, 305 Main Street, Oneonta, New York. She was born on May 16, 1931.…
May 26, 2025

In Memoriam: Doris Marie Howard 

It is with great sadness that we announce that Doris Marie Howard, 88, died on December 3, 2024 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, Doris was the daughter of the late August and Lillian Osterhoudt Eitzen. Doris was raised in Hyde Park, New York and was a graduate of F.D. Roosevelt High School, where she was active in the New York “Yorker Club,” Glee Club, school band and was a pianist for both clubs. She was a graduate of Hartwick College with a bachelor of science in nursing and attended graduate…
May 16, 2025
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