IN MEMORIAM: Janet L. Spencer, 54; Cancer Strikes Schenevus Native In N.J. SCHENEVUS – Janet L. Spencer (Holling), 54, of Salem, N.J., formerly of Schenevus, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, in the Cooper University Hospital, Camden, N.J., after a brief battle with cancer. She was born on Nov. 12, 1964, and her parents were William and Ruth Holling, and was raised by her mother and second husband Harold Ritchey, who she also considered her father. Janet married…
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IN MEMORIAM: Ralph C. Dubben, 93; Schenevus Native, Gilbertsville Trustee GILBERTSVILLE – Ralph C. Dubben, 93, of Gilbertsville, passed away peacefully at Chase Memorial Nursing Home & Rehabilitation in New Berlin on June 4, 2019. Ralph was born on May 20, 1926 in Schenevus, and was a son of the late Albert J. and Susie (Ritchey) Dubben. On September 18, 1948 Ralph married the former Louise Risley in Binghamton, a blessed union until her death on Jan. 25, 2012.…
IN MEMORIAM Ruth Aileen Roland, 95; Ph.D., Professor, Author SCHENEVUS – Schenevus native Ruth Aileen Roland, who worked her way through college to a Ph.D., became a political science professor and published two books on world affairs, died Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. She was born Oct. 28, 1922, in Schenevus, the daughter of Mayo Roland and Alice Green Roland. Ruth was an academic and an intellectual. In 1939, she left her family home in Schenevus, the weekend she graduated from…