Obituaries

JASPER, Ga. - Irene Lucille (Day) Winne Ackerman passed away in Jasper, Georgia, on Nov. 20, 2016, following an extended illness.
Irene was born to the late Leslie and Agnes (Daniels) Day on May 20, 1923.
She graduated from South New Berlin High School in 1941 and from Hartwick College School of Nursing in 1948 as...

Stuart C. Ainslie, a lifelong resident of Hartwick, who most recently had resided at Hampshire House in Oneonta, passed away Sunday night, Oct. 17, 2010, at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta. The longtime and faithful caretaker of Hartwick Cemetery, he was 94.
Stuart's family originally came from Scotland in the...

PITTSFIELD _ Gayle M. Austin, 61, died early Saturday morning, Jan. 14, 2012, in her home at the Hoboken Horticultural Preserve, Pittsfield. The seventh of nine children, she was born Aug. 9, 1950, to Gordon J. and Mary Rupar Powell on the Old Estate Dairy farm in Holton, Mich.
She was one of the last three students...

COOPERSTOWN - Robert G. Bailey, formerly of Hyde Park, passed away late Thursday night, July 4, 2013, at Otsego Manor. He was 91 years-old.
Born June 28, 1922, in Sidney, Maine, Bob was the son of F. Glenn and Effie (Cummings) Bailey. After graduating from high school, Bob attended a carpentry school in Maine.
On...

Clyde J. "Bud" Ballard, a man dedicated to his family and native Cooperstown and a true outdoorsman, died early Thursday morning, May 26, 2011, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown, surrounded by his girls. He was 85.
Bud, as he was affectionately known by his family and friends, was born Dec. 20, 1925, at the...

Harlo P. Beals Jr.

COOPERSTOWN - Harlo P. Beals Jr., a native of Cooperstown, passed away Monday morning, July 28, 2014, at Otsego Manor. He was 87.
On Oct. 3, 1926, Harlo was born at The Thanksgiving Hospital in Cooperstown, a son of Harlo P. Beals Sr. and Margaret (Bostwick) Beals. His father had moved the family...

SCHUYLER LAKE _ James "Peter" Blackledge Jr., a local contractor who was devoted to his family and community, died Friday afternoon, July 15, 2011, at his home that he built in the Town of Exeter, surrounded by his loving family. He was 67.
A native of New Jersey, Peter was born March 16, 1944, in Englewood, N.J., a...

Daniel A. Blacksmith
COOPERSTOWN 
Daniel Alvin Blacksmith, a true entrepreneur who experienced a full life, died early Tuesday morning, Jan. 29, 2013, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. He was 87.
Born Aug. 25, 1925, in Asbury Park, N.J., Dan was the son of Alvin and Louise (Hendrickson)...

COOPERSTOWN_Mrs. Doris R. Blomquist, a former  resident of Cooperstown,died Wednesday night, 23 May 2012, at Langdon Place in Keene, N.H. She was 97. Born 7 April 1915, in Richmond Hill on Long Island, she was a daughter of Joseph A. and Hermine (Wittschiebe) Rooney.
Raised on Long Island, she graduated from the...

Elaine Marie Bolton of Fly Creek, died late Friday afternoon, Oct. 29, 2010, at Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, Md. She was 80. Born May 17, 1930, in Brooklyn, she was the daughter of Carl Gunnar and Bertha (Kneessy) Lindberg.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Arthur Bolton, whom she...

CHERRY VALLEY - John Henry Bouchard, a true family man, died unexpectedly Sunday afternoon, Sept. 9, 2012, at his home in Cherry Valley. Johnny, as he was affectionately known by many, was 56.
One of nine children, he was born May 29, 1956, at the Josiah B. Thomas Hospital in Peabody, Mass., a son of Armand Robert...