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Edna B. Ingram

Edna B. Ingram

Dec 17, 2021

Edna B. Ingram, 84, of Meredith passed away at her home on Friday afternoon, December 17, 2021. Born on August 2, 1937 in Hancock, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Lottie (Zeininger) Wormuth, Jr. Edna enjoyed shopping on QVC, watching and feeding the birds and chipmunks and campfires behind the house. She was a gifted cook...

Yvonne B. Donnelly

Yvonne B. Donnelly

Dec 16, 2021

Yvonne B. Deveau Donnelly, 84, of Cornelius, N.C., passed away on December 16 2021. She was born November 26, 1937 in Queens, NY. She was the youngest daughter of Lucy (Comeau) and Martin Deveau who were both born in Nova Scotia, Canada. On May 10, 1958, Yvonne married her high school sweetheart, who she met when she was 11...

George Duane Ruland

George Duane Ruland

Dec 5, 2021

George Duane Ruland, of Oneonta passed away suddenly on December 5, 2021 at Cooperstown Center. Born on June 5, 1950 in Stamford, he was the son of the late Harold W. and Lena E. (Miller) Ruland. George had a Bachelor Degree in Psychology from SUNY Oneonta. He worked for several years in the Oneonta area as a handyman, performing...

Dolores Douglas Boardman

Dolores Douglas Boardman

Dec 4, 2021

Dolores Douglas Boardman, 93, died December 4, 2021, in Oneonta, NY. She was born on October 27, 1928, in Astoria, Queens, New York City to Frank and Ellen (Zidlicky) Dlouglenski. She worked as a medical technician running stress tests at the Beth Israel Hospital for many years. After retirement, Dolores moved to the lower Hudson Valley. She later moved...

Willy A. Hofsdal

Willy A. Hofsdal

Dec 4, 2021

Willy A. Hofsdal of Andes, NY passed away Saturday December 4th, 2021 at Mountainside Residential Care Center in Margaretville NY. She was born April 16, 1946 in Rotterdam, Holland. Mrs. Hofsdal was married to Christ Hofsdal on May 4th, 1968, he predeceased her on January 19th, 2000. Willy worked many years at several different restaurants in Andes. She is...

Ernest A. Hanselman

Ernest A. Hanselman

Dec 4, 2021

Ernest Hanselman, 87, of South Kortright passed away peacefully on Saturday December 4, 2021 surrounded by his family. Born in Arena in 1934, the son of Mary and Walter Hanselman, Ernie lived there through his youth and graduated from Andes Central School. As a young man he worked on the Arena family farm, owned a milk hauling business, and...

Betty Schmitt

Betty Schmitt

Dec 1, 2021

Betty Schmitt, 91, of Jefferson passed away on Wednesday morning, December 1, 2021, at Chestnut Park Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Oneonta. Born on July 9, 1930, in North Harpersfield, Betty was the daughter of the late W. Lloyd and Laura A. (Ballagh) Hillis. Betty was married to Donald Gordon Schmitt on November 23, 1952, in the North Harpersfield...

Robert Granger

Robert Granger

Nov 29, 2021

Robert Granger, 54, of Prattsville, NY, passed away on Monday, November 29, 2021. Born on December 29, 1966 in Mineola, NY, Robert is the son of Robert W. Granger and Mary A. Scheetz. Robert was a commercial truck driver, working for Swift Transportation out of their Johnstown, NY terminal. He enjoyed cooking and baking, watching sports and cheering on...

Bridget Irene Stinson

Bridget Irene Stinson

Nov 28, 2021

Bridget Irene Stinson, age 85, died on November 28 in her home in South Kortright. Born in Brooklyn in 1936 to Anna Hoban, she was placed with various foster parents in Queens by Brooklyn’s Angel Guardian Home before finding her forever family with Rose and Edward Downes and their children Pamela and Dennis. After graduating from Hempstead High School,...

Jacqueline Ingram Morris

Jacqueline Ingram Morris

Nov 26, 2021

Jacqueline "Jackie" Ingram Morris died peacefully at her home on November 26, 2021, at the age of 89. She was surrounded by her family. Born in Brooklyn Jackie grew up in Yonkers, New York, where in 1950 she graduated from Charles E. Gorton High School. After attending the Central Park School of Art, she embarked on a career as...

Vera S. Bell

Vera S. Bell

Nov 25, 2021

Vera (Sanzone) Bell, age 62, passed away on Thursday, November 25th in Kennesaw, GA surrounded by loved ones. Vera S Bell was born in Hempstead, NY to Thomas Sanzone and Vera Pravednekow on August 27, 1959. She attended Hicksville High School and graduated in 1977. She went on to work as a paralegal for Jacobs & Jacobs of Stamford,...

June E. Wood

June E. Wood

Nov 22, 2021

June E. Wood, 94, of East Meredith, passed away at her home on Monday, November 22, 2021 Born on June 18, 1927 in the town of Kortright, June was the daughter of the late Edward D. and Alyce (O’Dell) Smith. She was a 1944 graduate of Charlotte Valley Central School. June was married to James W. Wood on July...

Alice Nichols

Alice Nichols

Nov 21, 2021

Alice Norberg Nichols, 91, of Bloomville, passed away on Sunday, November 21, 2021 at her home surrounded by her family. Born at home on February 17, 1930 in East Meredith, Alice was the daughter of the late Anker and Margrethe (Jensen) Norberg. Alice went to college at Grand View in Des Moines, Iowa when she was 16. She was...

Scott E. Eckert

Scott E. Eckert

Nov 20, 2021

Scott E Eckert, 73, of Walton, NY, passed away on November 20th in Bloomville, NY. Scott was born on February 28th, 1948 to the late Herbert L and Adrianne Eckert in Margaretville, NY. After graduating from Delaware Academy, he went on to graduate from SUNY Delhi with a degree in Liberal Arts. Scott was drafted into the Army and...

Cecelia M Koenig

Cecelia M Koenig

Nov 14, 2021

Cecelia M. Koenig, 49, of Oneonta, formerly of Delhi, passed away on November 14, 2021 at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown. Born on November 12, 1972 in Queens, NY, Cecelia was the daughter of the late Herman J. and Marianne (Jacoby) Koenig. Cecelia was a graduate of Delaware Academy in Delhi and attended The Art Institute of Pittsburgh pursuing a...

Eugene A. Olsen

Eugene A. Olsen

Nov 14, 2021

Eugene Avery Olsen, 84, of Bloomville, New York, passed away on November 14, 2021, peacefully in his sleep. Geno spent most of his life in the Bloomville area, where as a boy he mowed lawns for 25 cents each, and as a young man worked with his father installing the first TV cables in the area. He later became...

Ernest P. Benson

Ernest P. Benson

Nov 10, 2021

Ernest Peter Benson, age 84, died peacefully on November 10, 2021. Born on May 22, 1937, in Sharon, CT, he spent his early years on dairy farms in Schoharie County, NY and graduated from Jefferson High School, NY and Pasadena High School, CA. His curiosity and spirit of adventure led him to hitch hike across the United States 6...

Irving Reed

Irving Reed

Nov 9, 2021

Irving Reed, 99, of Delhi, New York, passed away November 9, 2021, at home. Irving grew up on a dairy farm in New Berlin, NY. He attended a one-room school through 8th grade. At 17, he started college at Cornell University. His studies were interrupted for five years during WWII, while he worked on the family farm. During this...

Judith Ann Loucks

Judith Ann Loucks

Nov 6, 2021

Judith Ann Loucks of Shew Hollow Rd, Stamford went blessedly to her Lord on November the sixth, 2021, at the age of 78. Born to Ethel & Ralph Huff on May 29, 1943 in the octagonal house on the main street in Johnsonburg, New Jersey, she was the youngest of five siblings. After moving to the area from Hamburg...

Roy E. Smith

Roy E. Smith

Nov 3, 2021

Roy E Smith passed away peacefully November 3, 2021 hospice care in inpatient unit Tempe, AZ at the age of 90. Roy was born April 19, 1931 to the late Edward D and Alice (Odell) Smith. Roy graduated from Charlotte Valley Central School class of 1948, after graduating he joined the Marine Corp. where he was stationed at Camp...

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