HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15 Holiday Stories with the Springfield Library SPRINGFIELD READS – 4:30 p.m. Springfield community members present stories about Christmas, Hanukkah, and more winter celebrations for the young people of Springfield. In collaboration with Hyde Hall. Springfield Library, 129 Co. Rd. 29A, Springfield Center. 315-858-5802 or visit libraries.4cls.org/springfield/…
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In Memoriam Douglas Stratton Fielder, 80 July 22, 1940 – April 28, 2021 Douglas Stratton Fielder, Oneonta, died on April 28, 2021 after a decades-long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Doug was born on July 22, 1940 in Washington DC, the son of Albert G. and Kathryn (Welch) Fielder. Doug grew up in the DC area and went to Virginia Military Institute, graduating in 1962. He then attended the University of Virginia for his master’s and Doctorate degrees in physics, completing…
IN MEMORIAM: Rita Ann Wellman, 81; Professor’s Wife Active In Community ONEONTA – Rita Ann Wellman, 81, wife of a SUNY Oneonta professor and a lifelong community volunteer, passed away on Jan. 14, 2020, at her most recent home, the Plains at Parish Homestead. She was born on April 24, 1938, in Milford, Conn., the daughter of Roy and Alice (McDermott) Nurenberg. After graduating from Orange High School, Rita began studying sociology at the University of Connecticut. She transferred to…
IN MEMORIAM: Florence E. Kespert, 86; Sullivan County Native Resided At Plains ONEONTA – Florence Emily Kespert, 86, who had lived the Plains at Parish Homestead for the past five years, passed away peacefully on Aug. 10, 2019, at Fox Hospital. Florence was born on July 19, 1933, in White Sulphur Springs, Sullivan County. She was the daughter of Dorothy and Leo Bryan. She graduated from Liberty High School. On May 16, 1953, in Liberty, Florence married Harold Kespert. They…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, APRIL 19 Volunteer With SPCA ORIENTATION – 6 p.m. Volunteer Orientation for the Susquehanna SPCA. Get a guided tour and learn what positions are available. Susquehanna SPCA, 4841 St. Hwy. 28, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-9371.…
Oneonta Trout Unlimited Chapter Donates Christmas Tree To Plains…
160 Friends Hail Inge Roemer At Plains On Her 95th Birthday More than 160 family members and friends gathered today at the Plains at Parish Homestead to honor Inge Otten Roemer on her 95th birthday. At native of Hamburg, Germany, Mrs. Roemer and her husband, Martin, farmed in Unadilla, beginning in 1947. She obtained an bachelor’s in elementary education from SUNY Oneonta in 1959, and taught at Mount Upton Central School, retiring in 1982. She and her husband, who passed…
AMAZING GRACE Former Cooperstown Trustee In New Home At 93 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Reprinted from this week’s AllOTSEGO.seniority ONEONTA – No matter where she goes, Grace Kull brings people together. “We were the first family in my neighborhood to have a television set in 1950,” she said. “My husband Al won it in a contest, and when Milton Berle was on, we’d have eight or 10 people over watching the small screen on that big box!” READ, LISTEN TO ORAL…