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Pia R. Bailey
FLEISCHMANNS — Pia R. Bailey, 69, of Fleischmanns, passed away Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003, at the Kingston Hospital, Kingston, after a 40 year battle with diabetes.
She was born July 2, 1933, in Duisburg, Germany, the daughter of Albert and Fransica (Mulberg) VanMegen.
She married Winston Bailey on Jan. 20, 1955, in New York City.
Pia was a professional Chef and did a lot of catering in NYC.
She was a traveling member of the Flushing Maenner and Damechor Chor.
With all her sickness she was a very pleasant person to be with, always cheerful. She was noted for her kindness and generosity.
She was a member of the Arkville Congregation of Jehovah's Witness.
She is survived by daughter, Karen Bailey "Jenkins" and son-in-law, Ronald Jenkins; son, Frank Bailey and daughter-in-law, Deidy Bailey; five grandchildren, Nicole, Melody, Alyza, Aja and Angie; five sisters, Bertal, Rita, Angelica, Donate and Monika; one brother, Egon; and nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be held on Friday, Feb. 7, 2003, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hynes Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003, at the Hynes Funeral Home, Margaretville.
Committal services will be private at a later date.
Contributions may be made in memory of Pia R. Bailey to the American Diabetes Association.
Arrangements are by Hynes Funeral Home, Margaretville.
Hazel V. Bliss
COOPERSTOWN — Ms. Hazel V. Bliss, 93, of Toddsville, died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003, at The Meadows.
She was born on Dec. 20, 1909, in Toddsville, a daughter of Wilburn and Edith (Burnitt) Bliss.
She attended Cooperstown schools and the Albany Business College.
Hazel worked in law offices for about six years.
During World War II she was a secretary and assistant in the x-ray Department of Troy Hospital (now St. Mary's Hospital.) While there, she became a licensed practical nurse and later did private nursing until her retirement.
Hazel enjoyed crocheting and knitting.
She is survived by a nephew, Ronald Carey of Schenectady.
She was predeceased by a nephew, Douglas Carey on Nov. 26, 2002.
Funeral services will be private and at the convenience of the family.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Tillapaugh Funeral Service, Cooperstown and Milford.
Margaret Browne
STAMFORD — Margaret B. Browne of Bronxville died Jan. 26, 2003, at her home after a short illness at the age of 92.
She was born Feb. 25, 1910, in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, to John and Ellen (O'Donahue) Brosnan.
Mrs. Browne went to work for Fred Murphy & Family in 1937 and was well-known in the area.
Mrs. Browne had been a resident of Bronxville for 70 years. She worked as a housekeeper for private families in Bronxville for over 65 years.
Mrs. Browne will be remembered for her faithful devotion to the families for whom she worked. She also enjoyed vacationing in Ireland and visiting her many relatives.
Mrs. Browne is survived by two nieces in Ireland, Eileen Moran and Bridie Palmer; four nephews, John, Daniel and Patrick Brosnan of Holyoke, Mass., and Thomas Brosnan of Chicopee, Mass.
Calling hours were held at The Fred H. McGrath & Son Funeral Home in Bronxville. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Joseph's Church in Bronxville. Burial will be in Ireland.
Margaret H. Edwards
ONEONTA — Margaret H. Edwards, 74, of Oneonta, who passed away Jan. 31, 2003, at the Albany Medical Center, is survived by her stepson, John and his wife, Ann Edwards; and her stepgrandchild, Kristina and her husband, Arthur.
John H. Freeman
ANDES — John H. Freeman, 68, of Perch Lake, Andes, passed away Jan. 29, 2003, at the Heartland Hospital, Sebring, Fla.
He was born Oct. 2, 1934, in North Caldwell, N.J., the son of Sylvester Freeman and Henrietta Klindt.
He served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War.
John had his own business sanding and refinishing hardwood floors in Clifton, N.J.
He is survived by three daughters, Annette Blackinger, Kathleen Freeman and Marguerite Fordi; five grandchildren; and companion Joi Brundege, Perch Lake, Andes.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, at the Hynes Funeral Home, Margaretville, with the Rev. Daniel McCollister officiating.
Committal services will be private.
Contributions in memory of John H. Freeman can be made to the American Cancer Society.
Arrangements are by the Hynes Funeral Home, Margaretville.
Jean Louise Boynton Mackay
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Jean Louise Boynton Mackay, 80, died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003, at Morningside of Beaufort.
Mrs. Mackay was born Jan. 19, 1923, in New York, N.Y., a daughter of Millie Schonberg Boynton and Howard Wolcott Boynton. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Kenneth Mackay, of Beaufort; two sons, Richard T. Mackay of Huntsville, Ala., and Douglas S. Mackay of Havertown, Pa.; three daughters, Barbara M. Bates of Hilton Head, Lynn M. Johnson of Torrington, Conn., Kimberly A. Mackay-Pearson of Bethlehem, N.H.; one brother, Charles Boynton; 10 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Robert, William and Jack Boynton.
Memorial contributions may be made to WSCGA-Jr. Girls Golf, P.O. Box 1745, Bluffton, S.C. 29910 or Heartland Hospice, 3 Southpark Circle, Suite 172, Charleston, S.C. 29407.
Services will be later in New York.
Copeland Funeral Home of Beaufort, S.C., is in charge of arrangements.
Lester C. Schuman
SIDNEY — Lester C. Schuman, 84, of Sidney, passed away Monday, Feb. 3, 2003, at the Nursing Care Facility, The Hospital in Sidney.
He was born April 2, 1918, son of the late George and Dora Canfield Schuman in Honesdale, Pa.
Lester married Elizabeth Shackleton in June of 1944 in Binghamton.
He served his country in the United States Army in 1942.
Lester was employed as a custodian for Hartwick College and Breeze's Department store when he retired.
Since he was a young boy, he raised and showed chickens. Lester was a songwriter as well. He wrote western songs and had several published and recorded.
He was a past member of the Sidney Moose Lodge and a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Sidney.
He is survived by his wife, Betty, of Sidney; son and daughter-in-law, David and Carolyn Schuman, Sidney; daughter, Carol Schuman, Honesdale, Pa.; sister, Annabelle Fortuna, Fairless Hills, Pa.; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was predeceased by grandson, Glenn Pierce Jr., and two brothers, Merton and Alvin.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, Feb. 6, 2003, at C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel, 21 Main St., Sidney, at 3 p.m. with the Rev. James Vargo, pastor of St. Luke's Lutheran Church, officiating.
Friends may call from 1 to 3 p.m. on Thursday, prior to the service.
Burial will be in the spring.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Activities Department of the Nursing Care Facility, The Hospital in Sidney.
Arrangements are by C.H. Landers, Inc., Sidney.
Joseph P. Vidosic
COOPERSTOWN — Dr. Joseph P. Vidosic of Cooperstown died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003, at The Meadows.
He was born on June 10, 1909, in Lovran, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia), a son of Joseph and Antonia (Kalokira) Vidosic. They immigrated to the United States in 1922.
He attended the Hoboken, N.J., schools. As a recipient of a four-year scholarship, he attended and earned the Mechanical Engineer (ME) degree at the Stevens Institute of Technology, and following World War II he earned the Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D.) at Purdue University.
Joe married Martha Vanden Bulck on Aug. 10, 1935, in Hoboken, N.J.
After working in industrial engineering (Keuffel & Esser Co. and Whitlook Cordage Co.) for three years, Dr. Vidosic joined the University System of Georgia in 1937. Starting as an instructor, he proceeded through the professorial titles to Regents Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He retired as Regents Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering in 1973. Having served as Dean of Administration at Middle Georgia College for a time, he was also granted the Dean Emeritus of Administration status from Middle Georgia College.
Dr. Vidosic took leave from Georgia Tech and served in the military during World War II (July 28, 1941, to Dec. 31, 1945), as development engineer and as Chief of Instruction of the Army Air Corps Engineering School. He is a retired Colonel, U.S. Air Force.
Dr. Vidosic spent a year at the University of Baghdad, Iraq, under a State Department contract assisting with its engineering program (in the early 1960s when we were on good terms with Iraq.)
He also spent a semester developing and teaching a new course under sponsorship of the International Executive Service Corps at the Korea Advance Institute of Science and Technology in Seoul, Korea.
Dr. Vidosic authored three engineering textbooks, technical articles for the Encyclopeadia Britannica and a Section in the Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers.
He is a proud recipient of the National DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Medal of Honor. He is also an awardee of the St. George Emblem for leadership in Catholic Scouting.
Dr. Vidosic is a Life Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers as well as a Life Member of the American Society for Engineering Education. Dr. Vidosic served on several commissions in each of these societies.
He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, the scholarship honorary, Tau Beta Pi, engineering honorary, Pi Tau Sigma, mechanical engineering honorary and Sigma Xi, research honorary.
Over the years he has been listed in Marquis' Who Is Who in the South and then in the East, Who Is Who in Engineering, Men and Women of Science, Outstanding Educators of America, Community Leaders of America and the International Register.
Dr. Vidosic was president of the Sacred Heart (Atlanta, Ga.) Holy Name Society and cochairman of the Confraternity of Catholic Doctrine. He was influential in the establishment of the Laurenceville, Ga., and Cochran, Ga., Catholic missions.
Since his retirement in 1973 and move to Cooperstown, Dr. Vidosic has been a member of SUNY College of Technology's Mechanical Engineering Advisory Committee and the Executive Council of the Mohawk Valley Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He has also been a member of the Otschodela Council Executive Board, Boy Scouts of America.
He spent a semester as Visiting Professor at the Tuskegee Institute.
For the NYS Historical Association he has searched and compiled the "Name Index to Otsego Herald or Western Advertiser."
He has served on the Otsego Town Planning Board as well as its Zoning Board of Appeals.
For the Village, Dr. Vidosic has served on the Friends of the Parks Advisory Board and the Board of Parks Commissioners.
At St. Mary's Catholic Church in Cooperstown he has been a Lector, Eucharistic Minister and a member of the Parish Council.
He has also engaged in several other volunteer projects such as tutoring high school mathematics, teaching the 55 Alive/Mature Driving course and volunteering at Bassett Hospital. Dr. Vidosic was a member of the Cooperstown Rotary Club.
His Cooperstown activities include: Member, SUNY (State University of New York) College of Technology Mechanical Technology Advisory Committee; past member, Town of Otsego Planning Board, member of Parks Committee; member, Community Affairs Committee, Cooperstown Central School Board of Education; Executive Council, Mohawk Valley Section, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; volunteer tutor in mathematics and science, Cooperstown Central School; volunteer library search work, New York State Historical Association; volunteer, In-Patient Information Desk, the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital; President, Our Lady of the Lake Parish Club; authored a pamphlet presenting "A History of the First 130 Years of the Catholic Church in Cooperstown," 1976; continued to author the "Mechanics of Materials" section in the Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, McGraw-Hill Book Co.; visiting professor for one semester at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama; visiting lecturer for three months at the Korea Advance Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea; volunteer instructor, AARP 55 Alive/Mature Driving Course; church service such s lector and Eucharistic minister. He authored "Our Lady of the Lake: A History of the Catholic Church in Cooperstown," 1976; "The Meadows and Its Predecessors," 1998; and "The Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home: Its Evolution and History," 1999.
Dr. Vidosic is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Dori Vidosic of San Diego, Calif.; a daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy and Roger Smith of Cooperstown; three granddaughters, Laura Smith Flint and her husband, Robin of Attica, Carolyn Vidosic Brown and her husband, Michael of San Diego, Calif., and Debbie Vidosic of Salinas, Calif.; five grandsons, Steven Smith and his wife, Sheri of Cooperstown, Randall Smith and his wife, Maureen of Menlo Park, Calif., Martin Smith and his fiance, Sonal Shah of Seattle, Wash., Daniel Vidosic and his wife, Joy, of Ramona, Calif., and David Vidosic of Hartford, Conn.; 10 great-grandchildren, Danette, Donovan, Stacey and Sidney Flint, Ariel Baker Smith, Colton D.A. Smith, Rachel, Seth and Sarah Brown and Daniel Vidosic; and a nephew, Albert Vidovich.
He was predeceased by his loving wife of 66 years, Martha, who died on Aug. 7, 2001; three sisters, Mary Curac, Emily Vidovich and Violet Franich.
Funeral services will be held at a later date at the convenience of the family.
Expressions of sympathy in the form of memorial contributions may be made to the Activities Fund at The Meadows, 140 County Highway No. 33, Cooperstown, N.Y. 13326.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Tillapaugh Funeral Service, Cooperstown and Milford.
Helen R. Von Kampen
EAST GUILFORD — Helen R. Von Kampen of East Guilford passed away unexpectedly on Feb. 4, 2003, at Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich.
She was born Nov. 23, 1918, daughter of the late Edward H. and Bessie Schultes Robinson, in the beautiful Hudson Valley in Poughkeepsie.
Helen married John Von Kampen on Feb. 4, 1950, who survives after 53 years of happy marriage; nieces and cousins also survive.
She was predeceased by a brother, Donald Robinson.
Committal services will be at the convenience of the family in Godfrey Cemetery in Guilford in the spring.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospice of Chenango County, 21 Hayes St., Norwich, NY 13815, the Guilford Emergency Squad and the Mount Upon Emergency Squad.
Arrangements are under the direction of C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel, 21 Main St., Sidney.
Nancy G. Pondolfino
WALTON — Nancy G. Pondolfino, age 50, of Walton, died Saturday, Feb. 1, 2003, in the Wilson Memorial Hospital, Johnson City, after a long illness.
Nancy was born Sept. 29, 1952, in Walton, the daughter of Daniel and Eleanor Watson Steinbacher.
She was a homemaker and artist who loved all types of animals. She particularly loved horses.
Mrs. Pondolfino was a former member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the Walton Fire Department Auxiliary.
She is survived her father, Daniel, of Bainbridge; by her daughter and husband, Stacey C. and Brian Knowles of Seabrook, N.H.; a son and his fiance, Craig M. Steinbacher and Terri Peters of Clinton; a brother, Ty Steinbacher of Walton; a sister, Cindy Taft of Sidney Center; six grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was predeceased by her mother, Eleanor Steinbacher, on Dec. 8, 1988.
Funeral services will be held Friday, Feb. 7, 2003, at 6 p.m. at the Clark, Winter & Courtney Funeral Home, 25 Townsend St., Walton. There are no calling hours.
Memorial contributions in Nancy's memory may be made to the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society. Envelopes are available at the funeral home.
Burial will be in Walton Cemetery in the spring.
Marian B. LeVeille
MARYLAND — Marian B. LeVeille, 80, of Maryland, passed away Feb. 4, 2003, at A.O. Fox Memorial Nursing Home in Oneonta.
She was born Dec. 31, 1922, the daughter of the late Harry and Thelma Scott in Oneonta.
Marian married Joseph E. LeVeille on May 28, 1949, in Niagara Falls, N.Y.
A brother, Frances Scott predeceased her.
Marian graduated from Laurens Central School in 1941. In her early years she was employed by the Oneonta Dress Company on Dietz Street in Oneonta and manager of Dutcher Amusement in Colliersville for 17 years. Marian was also employed by the Upstate Homes for Children as a cook.
Marian is survived by her husband, Joseph; her son and his wife, Joseph and Patricia LeVeille of Maryland; her granddaughter and husband, Shannon and Sean Stockdale of Maryland; her granddaughter, Jessica LeVeille of Maryland; her brother and sister-in-law, James and Iny LeVeille of Maryland; and one nephew, Jim Scott, of Maryland.
Marian will be remembered for her witty sense of humor and always having a joke to share with friends.
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 10, 2003, with the Rev. Mel Farmer, pastor of the River Street Baptist Church, officiating, at the Lewis-Hurley Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in her name to the Alzheimer's Association's Leatherstocking Region Office at Health Center Room 113, State University College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY 13820; 436-3031.
Arrangements are by the Lewis-Hurley Funeral Home, 51 Dietz St., Oneonta.
