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Shirley Skinner

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In Memoriam Shirley Ester Skinner October 17, 1915 – February 16, 2022

In Memoriam Shirley Ester Skinner, 106 October 17, 1915 – February 16, 2022 SCHENEVUS – Ms. Shirley Ester Skinner, 106, passed away peacefully in her home in Schenevus, NY, on February 16, 2022. She was born on her family farm on Badeau Hill, in Westford in the Town of Maryland, NY. She is the descendant of Pierre Badeau who homesteaded in the area in the 1700’s.  Shirley is predeceased by her father, Stanley Wing Skinner, her mother, Pearl Gardner, her…

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D.A.R Celebrates Milestones With Shirley Skinner

DAR Celebrates Milestones As 75-Year Member Turns 103 The Iroquois chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met this afternoon at the Weiting Building in Worcester for two special events; celebrating the 103rd birthday of  Shirley Skinner, their oldest member, and presenting her with a pin commemorating her 75 years with the Otsego County chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.  Above, after being presented with a carrot cupcake from Chapter Regent Lauren Milavee, left, Shirley blows a…

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Shirley Skinner, 100, Profiled in Cosmopolitan

READ REST OF ARTICLE Shirley Skinner, 100, Profiled in Cosmopolitan SCHENEVUS – At 100 years old, Shirley Skinner told Cosmopolitan magazine that she clearly remembered a time when she couldn’t vote. “[As a child, I remember when] it was coming out that the women were going to get the right to vote. I was in the barn with the hired man, and [he] and Dad were talking, “Oh, it’s going to be the end of the world … They don’t…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through March 30, new annual subscribers to “The Freeman’s Journal” and AllOtsego.com (or subscribers who have lapsed for two or more years) have an opportunity to help their choice of one of four Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

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