BUD PIRONE, 1939-2020 Through OHS Alumni Association, He Kept School’s Spirit Alive By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Even when William “Bud” Pirone was at Fox Nursing Home, Madolyn Palmer wanted to make sure he was still part of the Alumni Association he helped create. “He was still able to communicate with us about the program book,” she said. “When it was finished, I took it over to him, and he just grinned from ear to ear.”…
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IN MEMORIAM Bud Pirone Funeral Is Saturday; Principal On OHS Wall Of Fame ONEONTA – William (Bud) Pirone, revered retired Oneonta High School principal and one of the founders of the active alumni association, died on Jan. 13, 2020, one day shy of his 81st birthday. He passed in peace at the Fox Nursing Home, where he had been a resident for a year following a series of strokes starting in September 2018. Calling hours will be this Saturday, Jan.…