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5:45 p.m., Friday, March 28, SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Ballroom Ommegang President/ CEO Simon Thorpe and the brewery’s new general manager, Bill Wetmore, pause during an inspection of the bottling line at the Town of Middlefield brewery.

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resh off his appearances on “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” and “Eastbound & Down,” Jeff “The Animal Guy” Musial brings his reptiles and exotic animals to the stage, 3 p.m. Saturday, March. 22, Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, tickets, www.oneontatheatre.com.

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SWEETS THEATER: “Game of Life” features one act plays, songs and plenty of desserts. $15, adults, $8 students. 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 21, Unitarian Universalist Society, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, dfriedell@stny. rr.com.

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rewery Ommegang expected 2,500 people at Old Crow Medicine Show’s performance last May; 3,700 showed up. The fifth annual Belgium

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gang, March 1, 600 people paid $50 apiece to spend the afternoon under tents on Oneonta’s Main Street sampling the wares of two dozen breweries from across the country. Friday, March 7, tickets for the Modest Mouse/ Brand New concert, planned Brewmaster Phil Leinhart shows off on Ommegang’s arena-like the new warm cellar, where bottled Please See BREWERY, B3 beer is further aged.

DIY READS: Kids can learn how to make a book with Karla Andela. 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 22, Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8344. FREE CONCERT: The Tweedlers play folk, bluegrass, classic, country and originals. Free. 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 22, Otsego Manor, 128 Phoenix Mills Cross Road, Cooperstown. Info, Amy Rose, (607) 544-2699.

Aggressive Lawyer Aggressive Friend Of Needy, Too carry hope.” Scazafava, a lawyer for nearly 40 years, is the 2014 recipient of ONEONTA the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce’s Eugene A. Bettiol, Jr. ith jousting currently out of Distinguished Citizen Award, to be fashion, there’s only one place presented Friday, March 28. left for the knights of yore. While he’s known as an aggres“A trial sive litigator, his role of aggressive lawyer must be community benefactor – last ChristJOHN SCARZAFAVA a modern-day mas he raised $40,000 for the Family EUGENE A. champion,” Service Association – prompted BETTIOL JR. said John the chamber selection committee to DISTINGUISHED Scarzafava, single him out for recognition. CITIZEN the founding An Oneonta native, Scarzafava partner of the OTSEGO.com knew from the time he was 5 that John Scarzafava was the keynoter at FootScarzafava & he wanted to be a lawyer. “It had hills’ dedication of the Bettiol Theater last Basdekis Law Firm in Oneonta. “You always been my dream,” he said. August. He is flanked by Eugene and Betty cannot go into a joust, into a courtroom, Justice was a dream he pursued Bettiol, left, and Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller. if you fear defeat. A trial lawyer must Please See LAWYER, B5 By LIBBY CUDMORE

READY FOR SPRING: Sondra Freckelton lectures on “Art and Garden Design” at the Franklin Garden Club. 3 p.m. Saturday, March 22, Franklin Railroad and Community Museum, 572 Main St., Franklin.

MARCH MUSICAL: Milford Music Association presents Duke Ellington’s “Sophisticated Ladies.” $7.50. 7 p.m. Saturday, March 21, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 22, Milford Central School, 42 W. Main St., Milford. Info, tickets, (607) 287-7721 x8416.

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Brewery Tripled Production, More Than Doubled Employment BREWERY/From B1 back lawn on Saturday, May 24, sold out in 10 minutes. To meet the demand, the band will arrive a day early and perform a Friday night concert as well. Living around here and observing these things, you have to conclude: This looks like success, and that success will be honored Friday, March 28, at the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Dinner & Celebration of Business, where Brewery Ommegang will receive the NBT Distinguished Business Award. The manifestations listed above reflect a deeper reality of success, you quickly conclude in talking with Simon Thorpe, who soon will mark five years as president/CEO of what he calls “the most beautiful brewery in America” on that verdant hillside overlooking the Susquehanna River in the Town of Middlefield. “It’s very encouraging to see how far we’ve come,” he said in a telephone interview the other day from Kansas City, where he is spending a lot of time these days engineering a smooth collaboration of Ommegang with the

This image from ommegang.com bolsters Simon Thorpe’s claim that the Town of Middlefield brewery is the most beautiful in the country.

Missouri-based Boulevard Brewery, bought by Ommegang parent Duvel Moortgat in November for a reported $100 million. “Originally,” said Thorpe, looking back to his arrival on April 27, 2009, “we aimed to triple the size of the company over the five-year period; that’s been accomplished. It’s reached critical mass. It’s a solid brewery now. We set out to

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be financially sound; now, it’s very fine financially. It’s making good money. It’s a viable, sustainable business in Upstate New York.” And, by the way, employment has more than doubled, from 49 to 108. “It’s one of the best breweries in the country,” Thorpe continued. “There’s a quality lab, which is world-class. A packing operation,

which is state-of-the-art.” The brewhouse has been upgraded, producing 26 brews a week, up from eight in 2009. A new warehouse was built, including a warm cellar where beer, once bottled, is further aged. In sales and distribution, “the marmalade was spread very thin on the toast,” said Thorpe, who lined up 28 wholesalers to ensure

“we were in the right places.” This didn’t just happen, Duvel Moortgat – Thorpe is particularly praiseful of Ommegang’s parent company, and its President/CEO Michel Moortgat in particular – invested $14 million in the local plant. “I have been very, very lucky to work with (Michel) and to have found a family ownership Michel that has allowed Moortgat me personally, but also us as a company, to go on and develop so much,” he said. “That’s unusual. They have been hugely supportive and invested in what we’ve done. Ultimately, they have had faith.” “Now, we’re knocking on the door again,” the executive said. “In 2015 and ’16, we’re going to expand again.” Brewery Ommegang was founded in 1997 by Don Feinberg and Wendy Littlefield, a collaboration of their Vanberg & DeWulf beer importing company and Please See BREWERY, B4

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Ommegang’s Leadership Helped Galvanize Major Local Institutions Against Fracking BREWERY/From B3 three Belgian breweries, including Duvel, which then bought the founding couple’s shares in 2003. With Duvel’s acquisition of Boulevard last October, a new strategy emerged: As it has in Europe, the company envisions putting together a nationwide “family” of a half-dozen of America’s finest craft breweries over the next 5-10 years. In a tour of the brewery the other day, brewmaster Phil Leinhart, who was lured here from Anheuser Busch the year before Thorpe arrived, remarked on how Ommegang has been able to balance its “core beers” – amber ale Rare Vos, wheat-based Witte, Abbey Ale, laced with licorice and orange peel, and other standards – with “one offs” – Adoration, a dark ale, is a recent one, but there have been many. Innovations Manager Mike McManus sold the initially skeptical Thorpe and Leinhart on “Iron Throne Ale,” the first in a series of beers built around the HBO hit, “Game of Thrones,” and both men credited him with keeping the sizzle of innovation alive. Since then, “Take the Black” and “Fire & Blood” have brought the show’s fans further into Ommegang’s fold.

and product, the brewery was also notable in raising the alarm on fracking. “We can’t make a world-class beer with polluted water,” he observed. It didn’t just happen. “We spent a lot of time as a group of people thinking and talking about this before we did Jim Kevlin/ OTSEGO.life anything,” said Simon Thorpe credits Larry Bennett, direc- Thorpe, who astor of communications at the time, with signed Larry Benbuilding the case that convinced the brew- nett, then director ery to take a strong anti-fracking stand. of communications, to research But McManus is part of a team the pros and cons. of “super, super creative people,” Bennett came up with a 40said the boss, who singled out Bill page position paper, which was Wetmore, who is about to be proreviewed locally, then forwarded moted to general manager; Leinto Duvel headquarters in Belhart; Events Manager Tara Aitchigium, which gave its approval to a son, who organized the successful strong anti-fracking stand. When concerts; Technical Manager Rick Ommegang went public, CooperDeBar, who’s overseen construcstown’s influential Clark entities, tion and expansion of production from Bassett Hospital to NYSHA, lines; Compliance Manager Scott soon followed suit. The brewery Britton, who built the lab, and has provided financial support to many others. Otsego 2000 and to the Town of While the Thorpe Era has Middlefield, which was sued by wrought improvements to plant pro-fracking interests after adopt-

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ing the state’s first local ban on the controversial practice. “Having reviewed all the evidence at the time, we didn’t think this is something that’s good. It’s too much risk,” Thorpe explained. “If technology was sufficiently safe, if companies were more responsible, if government oversight was sufficiently tight, we would have looked at it differently. It’s just not there right now.” As it happened, Ommegang did well by doing good. “For every one e-mail saying I’ll never buy your beer again, I get 250 saying I’ll never buy anything but your beer,” Bennett said of the reaction. Said Thorpe, “If you believe something, it’s your moral responsibility to stand up.” The front-burner issue now, though, is firming up the collaboration with Boulevard. “The idea, in my own approach to building organizations, is to try and empower people,” Thorpe said. “I’m most successful when I have good people around me; I’m less successful when I’ve tried to do things on my own.” Since October, the executive has been back and forth between here and Kansas City, merging the two sales teams into a 60-person unit, the biggest for any brewery of Boulevard and Ommegang’s

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combined size. The goal is further growth. Until now, Ommegang’s beers have been sold primarily through pubs and restaurants. The new sales force will work on placing the beers in supermarkets, anticipating a resulting spike in sales. New York City is the local brewery’s largest market, and Thorpe envisions “Flagship Ommegang” pubs in Gotham. A local manifestation may be a tasting room on Main Street, Cooperstown, perhaps selling souvenirs as well. Then, buoyed by Snommegang, maybe doing the same in Oneonta. Increasingly, in Thorpe’s view, the fortunes of Ommegang and Cooperstown – and, thus, Otsego County – are intertwined, with each benefitting from the other. The numbers still tilt toward the Baseball Hall of Fame, with 250,000 visitors annually. But, compared to 8,000 five years ago, 50,000 people a year are touring Ommegang today; another 20,000 are at the concerts. In the brewery’s early years, “people started coming to Cooperstown and accidentally discovered the brewery,” said Thorpe. “Now, they’re coming to the brewery and discovering Cooperstown.”

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Scarzafava Jousted With GM On Safety Issues Before Coming Home Motors, arguing that the Chevette, LAWYER/From B1 then the largest selling car in even before starting college. America, was not crash-worthy. “When we were in high school, he hitchhiked down to Alabama to “It didn’t protect its occupants,” he said. “I represented two people march in the protests,” said Geoff Smith, a lifelong friend. “He was a in the vehicle who were ejected out of the hatchback strong supporter of – one client was civil rights.” killed, another was After graduating seriously injured.” from OHS in 1965, The jury found he went to St. Boin favor of Scarnaventure, but left zafava’s clients, after a year to join sending GM back to the Air Force, where the drafting board he worked as a crew to redesign a safer chief. After his dis- John Scarzafava and car. “Those defects charge, he returned his longtime partner, in the Chevette no to St. Bonaventure Theo Basdekis. longer exist,” he and, on graduation, said. “That kind of regulation headed to St. Mary’s School of comes from the courtroom, not the Law in San Antonio, Texas. It was there, under Page Keeton, government.” He also co-tried the first Bronco now dean emeritus, that he flourished. “I was his fair-haired boy,” 2 rollover cases in the mid-’90s, and his victory in that trial paved he said. “He was the leading defective product lawyer, and I loved the way for other lawsuits by those injured in rollovers. “Trial law is that practice.” a movie,” he said. “It never beWhile at school, Scarzafava gins or ends with your case. The clerked for Gochman & Weir, a law is ongoing, living.” firm at the forefront of defective In 1981, Scarzafava moved product litigation. “There was back to Oneonta and, in 1994, nothing not to fall in love with,” brought in Theo Basdekis, then he said. “It allows you to be a voice to those who have none – no in his third year of law school in money, no power – and it humbles Boston, for the summer. “I fell in love with trial practice,” said the powerful, who have unlimited Basdekis. “I delayed returning to access to power and money. It school a week just so I could conholds them accountable.” tinue observing him at trial.” His first major trial, in 1981, He dropped off his resume that took on GM in Schicker v. General

John Scarzafava, a Little League ballplayer as a boy, is a stalwart supporter of Oneonta Little League. He is also a benefactor of the Boys & Girls Club and other local institutions.

Thanksgiving, and joined the firm in 1996. “He’s extremely passionate about the law,” said Brent Dadley, an associate who joined the firm in August 2013. “I’d heard about his cases in law school, and the more I talked to him, the more I wanted to do this.”

Since moving to Oneonta, Scarzafava has taken on personal injury cases involving tractor rollovers, safety measures for farm equipment and seatbelt mishaps. “We represent people in any manner in which they are injured,” he said. “That litigation leads to safety.”

But he has also donated time and money to the community outside of the courtroom. Every Christmas, he hosts a wine-tasting event at his office to raise money for the holiday baskets given out by the Family Service Association. Tickets are $100, and Scarzafava Please See LAWYER, B6

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ONEONTA — Irma Finnell Patterson, 91, who started a second retirement at the Plains, died March 14, 2014, at Bassett Hospital. She was born Irma Brynhild Finnell in Hartford, Conn., on July 25, 1922. She was the first child of Lura Fostina Cogswell and Hugo Enoch Finnell. Irma spent much of her childhood in Orange, Mass., and graduated from high school in 1940. She attended Morse Business School in Hartford, Conn., and pursued a business career. Irma married Robert Remington Patterson on April 14, 1945. They were married 68 years until Bob’s death in August 2013. They raised their two children in

ONEONTA – William Gerald Yorks, Jr., 60, passed away on Monday March 17, 2014, at his residence. He was born on Nov. 8, 1953, in Oneonta, the son of William G. and Clara (Schmitt) Yorks, Sr. Bill served in the Army in 1973-75. He is survived by his mother, Clara Glavin of Oneonta; his two children, Shelly and Angela, and two grandchildren; his sisters Carolyn (Douglas) Rose and Jacqueline (Robert) Brewer, as well as several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 28, in the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home, with the Rev. Stephen Fournier, officiating.

East Granby, Conn. Oneonta in 2010, to start She was known as a their second retirement. “good neighbor” and often Irma leaves her daughter, had family, friends and Susan and her husband, Mineighbors at Sunday dinner chael Otis of Cooperstown; and holidays. and three grandchildren, Irma loved to work and Jessica, William and Benworked most of her adult jamin. She is also survived life. She retired from the by her sister, Marguerite East Granby public schools (Betty) Guinan; and her after more than 20 years as nieces and nephew, Kathy, an administrative assistant. Janice and John. 014 0-21, 2 2 Irma and Bob retired to Besides her husband, she H C FOLLOW BREAKING LOCAL NEWS DAILY AT R MAson, Florida in 1982. They loved was predeceased by Y, her A D I R -F Florida and spent their time William. SDAY R U H playing golf, cards and T A private memorial traveling. They had many service will be held this friends and Irma considered summer in Connecticut. HOMETOWN ONEONTA’S WEBSITE Florida her favorite place. Donations in Irma’s They continued to spend memory can be made to the their summers at the family Salvation Army. lake property in Connecticut Funeral arrangements are with their grandchildren. entrusted to the Bookhout The Village of Cooperstown is seeking to hire for the position of Three Mile They moved to the Plains Funeral Home, Oneonta. Park Caretaker. Individual(s) are provided with housing at the park beginat the Parish Homestead in ning Memorial Day weekend for weekend period through the end of school, and then seven (7) days per week through Labor Day. This opportunity is ideal for a couple. We are also accepting applications for lifeguard positions at this time. For more information and to obtain an application, contact the Village Office at 607-547-2411, or vocclerk@stny.rr.com, or a letter of interest and resumé may be sent to the Village of Cooperstown, P.O. Box 346, Cooperstown, New York 13326. Please advise of interest no later than April 10, 2014. EOE.

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Accounting Assistant Part-time assistant needed who is committed to accuracy and attention to detail while maintaining a high volume of processing. Accounting and general office experience highly desirable. Visitor Services Clerk Friendly individual needed to fill a part-time position (April–December) working with the public in the museum stores and admissions desks. Successful candidates work well with a team and deliver exemplary customer service. For an application form and more details: FarmersMuseum.org/jobs or call (607) 547-1466

MILFORD – Sonia L. Prendergast, 52, who trained as a pilot and worked for the Milford library, died unexpectedly early Friday morning, March 14, 2014, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. She was born October 10, 1961, at Forest Hills Hospital in Queens, youngest daughter of Gerhard Hans and Edith I. Schoellhammer. In the 1980s, Sonia moved to upstate New York, settling first in Starkville, where she opened a country store, eventually settling in Milford. She served as a Supervisor in the Coding Department at Bassett. Throughout her life, Sonia’s determination led to her success in many unique endeavours. Whether it was her love of flying, her desire to become a pilot, attaining many different certifications as a Coder or pursuing her love of books and reading by working part-time as a li-

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brarian at the Leonard and husband, John, Milford Free of Wilmington, NC; her HARTWICK – Percy Melissa Little (Patrick), Library, she brother, Lutz Duvinage, of W. Wart, 68, who ran a John Weir (Jenn), Michelle poured her Frankfort/Oder, Germany; blacktopping business and Dibble (Dennis), Courtney heart and soul three nieces, Amanda Mee- worked with local construc- Weir (Luke). He is also surinto everyson and her husband, Doug, tion companies, died Monvived by his brothers, Lowthing she did. Lisa Curry and Kerri Leon- day, March 10, 2014. ell (Suzy) and Hanford of Anyone ard; two nephews, TJ LeonHe was born on Nov. 1, Cooperstown, Charlie (Jill) that knew So- ard and his fiancé, Christian, 1945, the son of Walter E. of Fort Plain; his sisters, Sonia nia knows she and Michael Duvinage; and and Helena (Wiltse) Wart. Lois Thayer of Cooperstown Prendergast had a passion her great nieces and nephIn 1995, he opened and and Belle Ashline of Sarafor life. She had her own ews, Jordyn Sarver, Colbie ran his own Blacktopping toga; as well as many nieces sassy style, and could turn Leonard and Reggie Meebusiness until his retirement and nephews. any room into a party with son. She is further survived in 2010. He was predeceased by her light and laughter. If you by Rob Elliott’s mother, He is survived by his life his parents; and sister, Jane needed someone to be there, Catherine “Kitty” Elliott of partner of 24 years, Leola Pashley; brother-in-law, 4 his daugh1 Sonia was your girl -- caring Cooperstown, and his sister, “Cookie” 0 Folts; Larry Ashline. 2 , 1 20-2Helena and selfless with everyone Sharon, and brother, David H ter, Elderkin (Mark); To honor Percy’s memory C R she loved. Elliott. Y, MA sons, Percy Jr. (Tammy) and bring a story, a song or a A D I Y-FR was held She is survived by her A funeral A Walter (Paula); his grandmemory to the Hartwick D S loving partner of 18 years,THUR Monday, March 17 at Upper children, Tyler Elderkin, Rod and Gun Club at 2 p.m. Rob “Robbie” Elliott of Mil- Susquehanna Cultural Cen- Mason Wart, Shanette Couse Saturday, March 22, 2014. ford; her parents, Gerhard ter in Milford. and Kayla Thomson; with Funeral arrangements are and Edith Schoellhammer of In lieu of flowers, donagreat-grandson, Damien entrusted to Ottman Funeral Milford; her daughter, Sations may be made to the Phillips; his stepchildren, Home in Cherry Valley. mantha Prendergast and her Milford Free Library, P. O. partner, Erin Fox, of Troy; Box 1, Milford, NY 13807. Michael Prendergast, father Arrangements are enof Samantha; her sisters, trusted to Connell, Dow & The Village of Cooperstown is seeking to hire for the position of Three Mile Sabine Curry and husband, Deysenroth Funeral Home, Park Caretaker. Individual(s) are provided with housing at the park beginLarry, of Milford, and Susan Cooperstown. ning Memorial Day weekend for weekend period through the end of school, and then seven (7) days per week through Labor Day. This opportunity is ideal for a couple. We are also accepting applications for lifeguard positions at this time. For more information and to obtain an application, contact the Village Office at 607-547-2411, or vocclerk@stny.rr.com, or a letter of interest and resumé may be sent to the Village of Cooperstown, P.O. Box 346, Cooperstown, New York 13326. Please advise of interest no later than April 10, 2014. EOE.

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Missionary Society and church treasurer for many years. She enjoyed both flower and Phoebe vegetable Mattice gardening and preserving the fruits of her labor for use when the growing season was over. She was an accomplished cook and homemaker and enjoyed embroidery work and writing letters and devotions for the encouragement of her friends and family. But tending to babies and small children gave her the greatest joy and contentment. Phoebe is survived by two children and their spouses, Kenneth K. and Marian Mattice of West Oneonta and Shirley J. and Frank Moore of Edgewood, Maryland; daughter-in-law, Patricia Mattice of Daven-

port; 14 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; and three great great grandchildren; two sisters, Jennie Crandall of Oneonta and Margaret Donofrio of New Smyrna Beach, Fla.; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by three children, Frank W. Mattice of Unadilla, Nancy A. Goulet of Tuscaloosa, Ala. and Mary E. Johnson of Davenport; three brothers, Kenneth McLean, William McLean and Claude Turk; and one sister, Phyllis Hanford. A funeral services was held on Tuesday, March 18. Burial will be held at a later date in the Glenwood Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the River Street Baptist Church, 133 River Street, Oneonta, NY 13820. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Bookhout Funeral Home, Oneonta.

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Not av d a One 25 ea ila 0 enjoyed working on his of Oneonta and Pamela on +$5 0 Custo ler for detailbsle. with loyalty T ake d , spec mer 0 Pr ial fin elive home on Greenough Road Welch (Richard Duncan)0of C r Lo wesid a y by 2/28 nce and Newspaper ad ents ash milea /14. lease in Toddsville which he had Oneonta, as well as by nuprog ge le D20 r a a ms, y Bo a designed. He was a member merous nieces and nephews. s e exa nus TV mad Cash ple fo of the Cooperstown Clark F. He was predeceased by his r qua Tax, ti(Olga) lified 15 Simmons American Legion brother Edward G. tl w e lease and li i t cens lesse Radio ad p h r o gram e are Post No. 579; a former Welch and by hisand ssister $ es T s ax, ti extra ome , 2 , . Not other 4 t l e a , M 6 o vaila ffers l ileag i member of the Cooperstown Mary W. Bowers. c 9 e b 3 . le wit e cha nse a See d 6 mo $50 h lo10 rge o ealer nd de due yalty f $.2 0 for d Sportsman’s Club and was A Memorial Service , spe 5/mil etails a a nths cial fi l e t e +$1 Custom r . Tak over fees nanc Lo we deli 36,0 an active member of the Tri- was Saturday, March e and ,000 15, er C and o sign very 00 m m b il d i y a i e leage ption s. ng †. 2/28 Pres s /14. Valley Triple A Club. at the Tillapaugh Funeral al eq iden h lease 5 u ipme exam In addition to his wife, Home, with James P. Atwell,ts Day nt ex ple fo tra. Bon r Joan, of Cooperstown, he Quaker minister, officiating. us C q u a l i w a fi s ed le ith $ is survived by his daughMilitary honors were acTax, 0 h ssee ti Tax1 and s tle and li s 2 , cens 6 mo 5 mo 4 mo 3 mo 2 mo mo 2 wk ome ters, Cindy (Bob) Voss corded by members Amerif , t i 1 o t l exc e other e are , r M 5 l ileag i extra c 9 offer 3 e e n .N ep 6 charg s s. Se d of Kempner, Texas, Patty can Legion u e dea ot availa m e of $ e and $1,0 Post No.579. e b ler fo deale .25/m o a 00 contributions n r deta le with lo il (Mark) Holoska of PflugerMemorial t e t r “in the last phase of the buying cycle, beginning about two weeks from o y h Cu ver 3 fees ils a sign + 5 s 6,0 om Build-. Take delivlteyr,yspecial fina 00 P tostthe miles and op ville, Texas, Kim (Paul) may be$made i ow-m used-vehicle00buyers n n . by 2/ the purchase decision, typical new-Land spend † tiona most resid er Cas g 28/1 ce and le l qu ileag . 4. ase p h Lewis of Palm Beach ing Fund Cooperstown ents ipmit. e lea ‘best’ deal and whoehas gram ofrotheir en”t e Day the s, time scouring the newspaper ads for the s e Gardens, Fla., and ShaVets and Post, Inc., c/o xt exa Bon ple fomarketing research inc. ra. us C source:mcnW ron Welch of Oklahoma Cooperstown Vet’s Club, 60 r qua ash lified with Tax, City, Okla.; his step-chilMain Street, Cooperstown, ToTa ti lesse prog tle and li $ r cens e Tax, s dren, Brad (Noel) Feik of NY 3 s, e are l Ca and s am13326. for 3 ,229 ti extra ome Milea tle, lic . Not were with other e ge ch Cooperstown, Kimberly Arrangements n avail offer 6 s d e Years mo e and arge able s. Se of $.2 with e dea Cooperstown’s Newspaper dealeForu206 5/mil loyalt (Jim) Potts of Cooperstown, $37Tillapaugh Funeral Service. at si ler fo nths e ove y, sp r r deta fees ,520 e r 36,0 cial fi ils. Ta g a 00 m nanc -$3,9 MSR n ke de n d e iles. optio i Lo wand le livery P by 2/ ase nal e ng † FoR milea -$2,4 00 Presi 28/1 quipm 4. ge le 42 P dents e 60 m n a - $75 resid t extr se ex ents Day Cash a. FoR 0 Op ampl q D t A ional e for a ual on WESTFIELD – John A. teacher, died Wednesday, following iscou llowanillness. Pack any Dextended q iFie u c a e l i with age Dbornnton Nov. fied l low D bu Osterhoudt, 89, a World War March 12, 2014, at the home John was esse iscou Tax, $ m title a w e T a 2 s n i x & The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch l n t II veteran and high school of his daughter in Westfield, 16, 1924, in Cooperstown, e , , d for 3 spec ti 639 licen ll-q eaG ia Milea tle, lic 7 9-Ê 19 ÊUÊ* 9 Ê/"*Êfff are e and s l finance sethe ense ge ch ual e lea d 6 xtrson of the late Maurice ome a arge u m a other nd lease a. Not av e n ofcirculation i F ie s d o $ the Largest Print in otsego county a d a .2 offer C.proand il a e nths 5/mil ble wCatherine (Hopt aler f s. Se grams M. D le COINS CURRENCY e ove ith lo e dea , ees a sign COINS CURRENCY JEWELRYJEWELRY r 36,0 yalty ler fo s , 0 n 0 mil i kins) rOsterhoudt. d n detail † o es. g ption s. Ta . ke de P a Call Tara, Thom or Sue at 607-547-6103 CHRISTOPHER’S l e Lowequip livery the Phoenix He attended Rm 2.9 % by 2/ milea ment on dow aPR 28/1 4. f g e n to plan your newspaper advertising campaign Mills one-room schoolhouse e x p t ra. lease a y m o r 6 0 m Th WIT ent o H e : xamp LocaL • ReputabLe • competitive 18% nths f in grade school and graduat- 24 EPAmon . so or qu le for MPG EST me a q ed from Cooperstown High cus lified T . u H a lified WY tom b 432-0192 Par ers uy lesse will School in June 1941. ts & es 76 Chestnut street, OneOnta Tax, t ser itle, l John was a World War v M ileag icens ice Monday - Friday 10 am to 5:30 pm e cha e Hou rge o II veteran from the B-29 saturday 10 am to 3 pm f $.25 and de rs a /mile l e r o f ver 3 Superfortress unit of the 800-839-1191 6,000 ees an rita Chris d miles optio . † 505th Bombardment Group, nal e quipm AlwAys buying • PAying TOP $$$ ent e and was deployed to Tinian xtra. Island. A graduate of Hartwick College and Syracuse University, John was a high school teacher for 31 years. John was predeceased by his wife, Dorothea (Mathewson) Osterhoudt, Grandma loved her farm, her family, who he married on July 6, and playing her old guitar. 1947, and who died on Nov. 20, 1997; his daughter, KarLester R. Grummons Funeral Home will take the time en Hall, who died in 1998; to find out what made your loved one special. his brothers, Lincoln and Whether it’s finding just the right flowers, or finding Ralph Osterhoudt; and by a musician to play her favorite tunes on her old guitar, his two sisters, Helen Baxter we’ll do what’s necessary to make her service as and Louise Osterhoudt. unique as she was. John is survived by his daughter, Kathleen (Q.G.) Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home Best of Westfield; his son, 14 Grand Street, Oneonta • 607-432-6821 Dr. Kevin (Kathleen) Oswww.grummonsfuneralhome.com terhoudt of Radnor, Pa.; his five grandchildren, Matt and Tim Best, and Connor, Ryan and Aidan John Osterhoudt; and his one great-grandchild, Blythe Petit. He is further survived by his brothers, Homer (Marion) Osterhoudt of Cooperstown, and Howard (Nola) Osterhoudt of Sharon Springs. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 22, at the First Presbyterian Church of Westfield, 49 South Portage St., Westfield, NY 14787, with the Rev. Dana Vaughn officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the building restoration fund of the church. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Mason Funeral Home, Westfield.

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