IN MEMORIAM Robert E. Covert, 85; Retired Officer Was Police Chief’s Dad HARTWICK – Robert Ellis Covert, 85, a retired police officer and father of Cooperstown Police Chief Michael K. Covert, passed away Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016, at his home on West Hill, after suffering from Alzheimer’s for 10 years. He was born Sept. 19, 1931, at Hackensack Hospital in Hackensack, N.J., a son of Ellis Anderson and Edna May (Ockenholt) Covert. After graduating from high school, Bob joined the Navy…
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