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_ i l pgM A r s a o y g m □ Beptempmm, ti9g, o n ■- \ i ' - ;. Helia i. iill@nleld MIL/kW s ' f t o S « K 4 ^\toSr.“ A i Z S f £ i S ; i S f • After moving west R n t e S f S n tw S ^ I062; tliey a s f f = , S i Z ! r « s g ' ? ,^ ' ' i w \ S ( ^ m I\ f ■ ‘WS- *> « » * ^S2- ^y'O ®®?’ re^ifga teiff feOTfog and his 4 b Mrfam site |t |d t o a volunteer m , an#jie moved JeK o ifem p u tefiess H o ^ ^ Wfiite f i 4 g in B ^ d Shop and liadalso^fesen dirBSiof o f hecame amerafeer of the Kartwiek gmiiiftaty Evangeiical Lutheran Crafts Exhibit, She gradifated from OiuKli. OneontaSt^CoM ggeip 1 9 3 7 ^ : p e fesurvivedE y h js v d feof43 ^ a member and president o f ffie years, Katherine; one son and da»ghter-jfi-law, Russell and Christine Byrd o f DougIasvil!e,GA; Helen Ltdtdont U.S. Navy and served in the Sesbees as a t e t class seaman* Byrd wlas a dairy farmer most o f his adult Hfe Methodist Church amd had segred on the board o f trustees and as pres* idem of the United Methodist Church Women. She was bom Aug. 1. 1915 in Little Falls, the daughter o f Howard Barton mid Hazel (Olds) Lamont Bartoil. She married Richard L. Batmnfetd March 17. 1946 at the First Baptist Oiurcb of Oneonta. Survivors include her husband, at home: a daughter, Barbma B. Becket of Baysfaore; a son, Frederick L. Battenfeld of Milan; four grandchildren, Kristian and Kara Becker and Lancs and Morgan Casey Battenfeld; two nieces; mtd several cousms. She was prede ceased by a sister, Inez Alien, who died in 1992. Bmend services were at 11 am. Friday, Sept. IS at the Rowe Uidted Methodist CSiurch, Route 199. Milan wid) the Rev. Paul Gingrich oificiating. Burial was in the Rock City Cemete^. Milan. Contributions may be made to the one daughter and son-in-iaw; Amy and John Foutch of l^urcns; one brother, John Byrd of Fine City; four grandchildren, Steven and Nicholas % r d and Charles and Catherine Foutch; and seven loving nieces and nephews. A memorial service was held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 23 at the Hartwick Seminary Evangelical Lutheran Church widi the Rev.; Lym Ash, pastor ^ iciatjag. Burial with full militaiy honom, conducted by the Sgt Walter P. Eggleston VFW Post 7128, Cooperstown followed in the Loelfler family plot in Hanvrick Seminmy C^meteiy. tn lieu o f flowere, expressions of sympathy in the form of memorial donations may be made to the Lutlieran Home of Central New York, 108 Utica Road, Clinton, NY 13323. Funeral anangemsn^ woe under thedlRstiOnof the bgaIls,ComeU and Itow Funerd Hon®, CcHgierstown. Hospice of Ulster County. 108 . Prince Si.. Kingston. NY 12401 or E l i z a b e t h E . F e l l e r l y c e n t e r 272,RedHook.NYI257I. Funeral arrangement are under the direction. of the Dapson Chestney Funeral Home. 51 West Market St.. Rttiodxck. Eegpiald Ifowa O N ^ N T A • R e p a id Brown. 41. o f Oneonta died Sepi 1 0 .199S at Bassett Hospital. Coopeistown. He was bora Aug. 29.1954. a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edv/ord Jennings. Brawn was chairman of the board of tiustei^ for Hofy Trinity BapUst Oiurch o f Oneonta and a mendrer as well. Survivom include bis father, ^w o rd Jennin^ of Gmiigia: his vdfe. Stephanie R. Brown of One- onta. three daughters. Christina Hinds and Sherron Johnson of Oneonta and Oonna Frye of the Bronx: three sistem. Roslyn b sas of Pennsylvania. Connie Brown of New York C i^ and Marilyn Brawn Rushing o f Queens; three grmu&hil* dren, Leonard, Jasmine and l&istefn of Oneonta; two sons*in4aw; one relatives and friends. Funend services were held at II a.m. Thursday. Sept. 14, a t the Sbineman Chaped. llarlwick College, Oneonta with the Rev, Normal E. MacMin, pastor of the Holy Trinity Baptist Church, Oneonta, ofisiaring. Burial was in the Oneonta Plains Cemetery. MemoiM coniribudons can be mads in honor of fbe Brown family to the Trini^ Bapfist Qmieh Benevqlvail Fund, Oneonta, NY I3S26. Elizabeth R. Fetterly, 78. of Springfield Center passed away Tuesday. Sept. 19. 1995 m The Meadows. ^ was bora Oct. S, 1916 in Newoik, NJ, the dau^ter of John and Catherine (Schmidt) Risiinger. On M s ^ 2, 1 9 ^ in Oaltimoie. b ® , she macried R<^ Fem^ly. who survives, Bestrieq her fmRhntid, Fettcily is survived by two daughtem, Mts. Charles (Kathleen) Lambert of Safe^ Harbor, FL and William (Donna) Dunston o f Wiiiiamsbuigb, VA; a sister. Emily Horton of Saratoga; and tlpee grandehridran, Christine. John and Robert Morrow. Graveside funeral services were held I Fiid^, Sept. 22.1995 in the Springfield Cemetety. SpringCeld Ccniei. with the Rev. Sanlino Titto. pastor of the Blessed Sacrament Church, Springfield Center, o^ciadng. Contribiidons in Fetteriy’s memo ry may be made to the Springfield Fire DepisMent or The Meadows. Funeld gmngBiTiBntft have been enfirusted ra the Otiihan Funeral Homs, Qieny Valley, NY. Eonald E ^©11 C R A W O ^ V e X E . FL - Eosald Frank Knott, 73. of Craw* fordville, died Sundi^, Sept. 10, 1995 to CcawfordvillB. A tmilt® o f CcI^vUle. ftooti bad liv ^ in Crawfotoviile since 1979. He was a retired restaurant cook and owner of Ronay’s Diner inteo rita. Bfe was a food service m eager at the State UniveM^ CcHege nt Oneontc^ Wilsb:®^ lEiail and HewasaIsaAfoodserriceto8«agerat CrafldbeftyMe.HeservcdkWorld War- H European theater, 101st Ah|ffimeMvisl(nr.Sete^pg - Suridtors IhcW e Eeten mm. Kenneth Knott of Oneonta; two E o g e r 4 . B p i FR^COft,. AE Roger A. S m S S , “ o n o n i S .y T .» s S a S S t e t e T s t e l i a M i w a « » Bjrf. S y B « a J o f S p 4 B U « Katherine 3boefflef on Get. 12,1911 one brother, Lawrence Knott of at the Lutheran Church of the Elizabethtoh, TN; three sisters, Atonement in Oneonta, with the Rev. Marian Martin of Crawfbtdville. Dr, Gustav Nordberg officiating. h ,, Norma Fincclla of ^Sephyrhills, A graduate of the Earlville High BU and Doris Roe of Oneonta; and School, Byrd latef enHsted in' the ' seveiilhieces mad nephews. The service was at 6 p.in. Tuesday,,Sept. 12 at the Hatt'ey* Young Funeral Home In Cmw- fordville with burial at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the American ' Heart Assodailon, 1209 Lee Ave., TaU- ahassee,FL 32203. Ammgements are by the Harvey- Young Funeral Heme, Crawfordv'iHe. Cardofthm d e s . We woaldlikcto mtpress our sin-* Cera thaife W ah who sent flow- era and cards at the time of the death of Ehzabeth WhitrmM. Also, our ^ H tdaiiott to M y and Don Knapp* \who did so much for hen the nurses and doc tors Oft Unit #3 of Fox Nursing Hone attd Rev. RdlUppe. May tM M cssyottall. From, the family of ' . EOza'etlj'Wliitomuxi; H a z e l S* l a r a m f ■ '^VlST flURLlNOTOK - I t o i S. iaram y 2s,; o rW « i BudlofciDii p.ra,scd mvay iSawrday, Sept. '16, 1995 in Norwich. She was bom Feb. 9, 1897 in illenburg Center< the daughter o f R. George and Harriet Mabel (Sanbera) Shepard. She had been married to B. I&nison Jones and Fred C. Laramy. She was prede ceased by bo& Laramy was the owner and opera- ■ tor e f the Jones Nursing Homs on Watkins Avenue in Oriecinta tor ramiy'years. ’ ‘ . She Is survived by her daughter and son-in-lawi Aim and the Rev. Hairy Myers of. R<wvi^, MA; her dau^tef Preida EHchar^on of RaymondviHe; a. sister, Lydia McLaud o f Oneonta; 19 grandchil dren,: many graat-^andehildren, nieces, nephewsi, and .a speeiai' niece, Harriet Griestner. In addition to her husbands, she was prede ceased by. a son, Burton H, Jones. Funeral services were at 11 am . Thursday, Sept 21 at the Houk- Johnston-Terry . Funeral Home, Edineston, widi the Rev. Harry Myers and the Rev. Joseph Fisk offleiating. Burial followed at Oneonta Plains Cemetery. There were In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. Funeral arrangements by the liouk-lohnston-Terry Funeral Home, ^m eston. Walter E.MElef NEW BERLIN - Walter R. “Pat” Milter, 86, of New Berlin died Saturday, Sept.-9,1995 at Oxford. He was bom Sept. 1 . 1909 in Burlington, die son of Prank and Cara (St. John) Milter. He married Dorothy Rich Miller. She died Aug. 12,1994. . He spent his childhood in New ° Berlin and was a heavy duty equip ment worker and bus driver for New Bmlin Central School. Miller was a Worid War. 11 Array veteran, serving from 1942-45. Surviving are one daughter, Katherine A. Miller o f Oneonta; one sister, Mary Wigpens o f New one- si§t#fipdaw sBihrath- er-in-iaw, Kawerine and Iloyd Mairiey of Cooperstowa; and four nieces, Alana Manley of Walton, Sandi Finley of Burlington, Anna Buell of New Berlin and Marilyn Tero. Funeral services weie held at 2 p.m. Wednesdi^, Sept. 13 at the Dalan Funeral Esms, New Berlin with the Rev. Charles Taylor o f S t Andrews Episcopal Church, New Berlin oMciadng. Inlermeht was at the Fairvlew Cemetery. Memorid donations may be made to (he New York State Veterans Home, Oxford o r the tc^at chapter of Alcoholics Anonyinoiis. Le® Patrick Mo^on - Leo Patrick Norton, 81. fsmtaly o f CoHtotsvilte passed away Friday. SepL 8,1995 at HiB Meadows. Norton was bom to C o v e n ^ on Feb. 6.1914. die son of Leo Fasick and Cora (Bei^h) Norion. He mar ried Wava Mina Van tSeiwerler on Mat®&2.l94S. They had made their home in diis area most o f their mairled life. He was self-employed. Norton was on orient ofien him onoadfl;^ - napnely fiiihJgaadrif^to-ihgcoih^*, Stmehevus. tm Ir. G o tepe, Laurotts .and Jitn o f ' Noftcra- o f slveral 4augtera4it4aw mtdsoas-to-law. There was a gfavesido service in the Maryland Oemetery at 1 ptn. on Tuesday, Sept. 12 for family and close friends with the Rev. Rod Johnson officiating. Arrangera'ents are by the TIIF apaugh Funeral Home,' Coopers-: town afid Milford • Eotel Ames Flekefl ■ , LEESBUR.G, H , - Robert Ames Fickett, 72, of 21 Snccaucer Court* Leesburg, FL died Monday, Sept 18* 1995. Pickett was horn in Baliitamm MD and moved to Leesburg in 1986. He was a member of the ft-fisbyterian church. Pickett wa>-1 feuroJ cojIe£e aih- Icucs udininFirafcr and «as. an active member of the National Wresfling feaclses Association. He hadservgdtotIt©U.S.Navy. Heisstoviyel:|sylj|sw^,EBz^tb R. Pbke® d Leesburg; three seas, Roltert . A. Pickett Jsr. ' o f Syiaoise,' Russell A-Ftokem of Granger, IN and Alien R Fiitfitt- of Oiyahoga Falls, OH; m t e t e i dte Rtey. Heiimtt Kokbtt o f Oisstef Coiiit, ©H and Dr. Lawimi® lefetl ®f Skac^eles. Faner^ airangeidents have he^n entfiisted to the Efoyera FoneraL Home and Omtnatoty, Leesburg. - Maiol® leib Seegef OTBOO—'IV&rile Bedi Seeger, ^.ofO tegedi^M o n d ^ .Sept. !I, 1995 at A.O. Fox ■ Memorial Hospital, Oneonra. Beth was bom July tO. 1933 in KMsteal PA, fee^Iaaghter o f wai- iam and Jesse (Feller) ktonzer. She mairied Richard A. Seeger on Dec. 1,1955. to her youth, Seeger had lived in Halstead, PA andlthe Roehestoranea after moving t e e with her fanaiy. Prior to her -marriage, she bad b ^ n empic^ed as a cashier a t the A&P Rochester. After marriage, she and Mr. Seeger ran a small grait fama in Williamson unUl 1965, when they moved to Fai^ort- The Seegers lived in Fai^oit for 16 years until 1981, when they moved to the Otego/Unadllla area and became ownem o f l^eger’s Big M Marhet on Main Street in Otego. Seeger worked a t the store untill her retire ment in 1990. Seeger is survived by her bus- band, tochard A S^ger of Otego; two sons and a daughter-in-iaw, David E. and Fenny Jo Seeger of Otego and Mark A. Seeger o f Wells Bridge; one daughter and son-in- law, Cindy A. and Richard Ferry of Unadilla; two broiheos, William Manzer of Florida and Edward Manzer of Rochestor; trine grand children; several brothem-in-law and ststers-in-iaw; and nieces, nephews and cousins. She is pr^e- (teased 1^ two brotiieis. Richard and Kmipst^.an!i!^stoKr»lfeIp, ^ ... f:gnd-fe«i^ ssfivice^ v^te- at- irSO p m ; FrStdf* isp t 15 at Ihe Pairaa Union Cfemeteiy. Fairaa. Expressions o f syxnpatiqi to msm- (My o f S eeg« may he i^ven to the Wells Briigs Fire Department, Wells Bridge. NY 13859 or tlie Otego Emergescy Squad, Otego, NY 138^. Funeral atrangenxsnts are by die Bookhout Fonsral {tome,-Oneonta andO te^. ^ H a f o l d M . S t i l e i d s s*mid- \ w. children. Yoric State Veterans Horae, Oxford jyguej officiating. Burial m was bora Aug. 20. 1908 m South Valley 45.5MeIdswas.agradiiate©f Unadilla - Gem^Sc^ooLcfesof i ^ ? a n d a re- . tifedemRioytoofthBNewYorkState L e o p o l d K , S v b l i i s k i Dfflanmenf of Transportafion in Qi!e(rata.Hevmsalifemsmber(ifthe Amerism legion Joyce Beii Post 578 of Unadilla, V W Post 1206 o f One onta and allfe fneinbsr of the DAV. He is survived a stepbrather, WllUam Hendricks of Unadilla Center; a nephew, Kenneth Sheiids of Deposit; and a special Mend, Gertrude D. ^ a w , of Wells Bridge. Funeral and comnriltal services were held a t ! p,m. Wednesday, Sept. 13 at the Westcott Funeral Home. Unadilla with the Rev. ,R. Michael Amos, pastor of die Fellowship Baptist (Church, Unadilla. officiating. Burial was in Sand Hill Cemetery, Unadilla. ____________ ___________ the Genesee Restaurant from his Funeral arrangements are made parents.- For 30 years, he and his by the Westcott Funeral Home, Unadilla. opold R. “^ n l ” l^lHHriii, 81, o f 24 Church 5 l died da Sunday, Sept. K), 1995. in Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown. He was bom Dec. 12, .1913 in Jersey City, NJ, the son o f the late Alexander and Anna (Kierzinski) Swierzbihski. He was raised and educated in New Jersey. On Aug. 31, I9W, he mairied Etiiel Brooks in iJndhurst, NJ. a blessed union that lasted 54 years until her passing on July 11, 1994. They came to Richfield Springs in 1946, where he took over William I* Snell FROSTPROOF. FL - William James Snell, 87, of Florida passed wife ran die restaurant until their retirement in 1976. He was a member of St. Joseph’s Church. Richfield Springs. Surrivingunoving arere onee sister,ter, Helenlen S a on sis He McEIroy o f Wayne, NJ; and several James Snell, 87, of Florida passed niettes, nephews and cousins. He away Thursday, SepL 14, 1995 in vvas predeceased by a Winter Haven. ¥L after a lengthy ill- Kozlowski, in 1970. He was boro April 7, 1998 in Pitttfield. MA, the son of John H. and Elizabeth (Delamotter) Sneil. He was married in Glens Falls to Mildred B. Markel. She predece^ed trim in 1983. Sneil lived in Florida. He was,a horticulturalist in the State Park System., srate o f Florida, for approx- iinately 20 years. He is survived by one daughter, Noel E. Collier pf Florida; two sis ters, Doris Calebaugh and Elsie Yoy Cten S ^ t Whafs Seal For .toy & A u i i m . emco A Srallh, OonakI W. Conner' .90HNIP St Wages. Oavitl A. Alexander g.^ttefe ^ ■ m r n ^ m z m m ( 1 ^ : : - . Wkj miss out'Ott mwB md ©wnts iut Eometown^ C a l « 07 -S 47 - 2 S 4 S Ea€ w€*l' fo u r ilm iea*. S i^iofiptioa Su'bs62fijptl0us tm mtQMt for Just! na.oo •Just a s out the coupon and toMi wlfli y o u r paysaeat to; FIE IM A N ’S JOURNAL EOi.EoK SM, Cooperstown, 13326 I w m m m m B ^ m m m m s m m m m m m m : i ' m m m M m m m : | e n r / s m r a 1 , t m W t m k p m f e i r p m r o r d e r . I 1 sister, Mae Kozlowski, in 1970. A funeral was held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, SepL 12 from J. Seaton- McGrarii Funeral Home. 5 W ^ t James St., Richfield Springs with the Rev Francis E. Hosselbeck, pas tor. officiating. Interment is in St. Joseph's Cemetery and will take place at a later time convenient to tiie family. Memoii^ donations may be marie to the Richfield Springs Resirae Squad or the Memorial Fund of St. Joseph’s Oiurob. I ' S i
