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Muriel L. Schulz
UNADILLA — Muriel L. Schulz, 84, of Unadilla passed away Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, at her home.
She was born April 4, 1920, in Newark, N.J., the daughter of Benjamin and Edna (Hickey) Schulz.
She served in the United States Navy Waves during World War II from 1944-1946.
Muriel had been a resident of Unadilla since 1987 and was a prior resident of Roseland, N.J.
She is survived by her many loving friends, Avis Dalton, Mona and George Tilt, Amber Tilt, George Tilt, Dustin Tilt and Tamara Kiss, all of Unadilla; Harold Streit and Nancy Lou Trout of Brazil, Ind.; and cousins.
Funeral and committal services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, from the Westcott Funeral Home Inc., 123 Main St., Unadilla, with Allison Bookhout, chaplain of the Catskill Area Hospice, Oneonta, officiating.
There will be no calling hours. Burial will be in Restland Memorial Park, East Hanover, N.J.
Funeral arrangements are by the Westcott Funeral Home Inc. of Unadilla, under the direction of James S. Westcott and James C. Magee, funeral directors.
Francis R. Hayden
OCALA, Fla. — Francis Robert Hayden, 81, of Ocala, Fla., died Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004, at Ocala Regional Medical Center.
Born in Sangerfield, he was a retired supervisor for the New York Telephone Company. He moved to Ocala from Syracuse in 1981.
He was a member of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, an Eagle Scout, and a member of the American Legion and an avid golfer. He served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret N. "Peggy" Hayden of Ocala; daughters, Gail Hayden Cooper (John), Germantown, Md., and Joyce E. Hayden, Schutesbury, Mass.; sons, Ronald Hayden, New York, Stephen M. Hayden, Ocala, Fla., Michael J. Hayden (Dawn), Greenfield, Mass.; brothers, Harold Hayden, Schenectady, and Jack Hayden, Boynton Beach, Fla.; sister, Shirley Hayden, Englewood, Fla.; two granddaughters; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his son, Gerald E. Hayden, in 1957.
Memorial services will be held at a later date.
Arrangements by Hiers Funeral Home, Ocala, (352) 629-7171.
Maxine O’Rourke
Johnson CITY — Maxine O’Rourke, 77, formerly of Buffalo, died Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, at the Susquehanna Nursing Home, Johnson City. She had resided there for the past three years.
She was born Dec. 24, 1926, in Scottsbluff, Neb., the daughter of Frank and Gertrude (Moore) Glebe.
She married James D. O’Rourke on Sept. 6, 1948, in Gering, Neb. He predeceased her June 29, 2002.
A 1948 graduate of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Maxine received her bachelor’s in business administration. Later, when she and her husband moved to the Buffalo area, she was employed by the Erie County Controller’s Office as an auditor for the county.
Maxine was described by others as being an open and caring person. She was a generous host who enjoyed the company of others. She had a special fondness for West Highland terriers and Scottish terriers and once bred a litter of puppies. This gave her immense joy. She loved her dogs.
An avid reader, she enjoyed many hobbies in her retirement such as: woodworking, making stained glass windows and lamps, quilting and china painting. Many things she created were given to others to enjoy. She loved to travel and took several trips with her family when she was able.
She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Amherst and was active in the Amherst Senior Center.
She is survived by her daughter, Barbara and George Thompson of Franklin; grandchildren, Gavin Soccorso and Kali Thompson of Franklin; three sisters, Wilma McIllece of Georgetown, Texas, Betty Riley of Mitchell, Neb., and Margaret and Tommy Thompson of Lincoln, Neb.; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Graveside services will take place at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004, at the Ouleout Valley Cemetery, Franklin, with the Rev. Miriam Hathaway officiating.
There will be no calling hours.
Contributions in her memory can be made to the Humane Society of Central Delaware County, PO Box 88, Delhi, NY 13753 or the Nature Conservancy, Attention: Treasury (Web/Support), 4245 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 100, Arlington, VA 22203.
Arrangements are with the MacArthur Funeral Home of Delhi.
Clair W. Jacobsen
LAURENS — Clair William Jacobsen passed on from this world Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004.
He was born in Elm Grove on Oct. 8, 1930, the son of Bernhardt and Ruth (Gregory) Jacobsen. He grew up on the family farm, attended Morris Central School, Class of 1949, and was well-known as an outstanding athlete, especially in basketball and baseball. He graduated from Oneonta State Teachers College in 1953 and taught sixth grade at New Berlin Central School for 32 years, retiring in 1985.
Hard work was one of Clair’s passions, as is evidenced by his many accomplishments, including the creation of Larchwood Lake, the rebuilding of Summit Lake Golf Course, the construction of six houses and most notably the development of Cee Jay Golf Course starting from scratch.
Throughout his life Clair enjoyed hunting, bowling, golf, gambling and horseshoes, at which he won several county fair titles.
Clair was a loving family man.
He is survived by his dear wife of 50 years, Lois (Roberts) Jacobsen; his son, Clair Steven Jacobsen and wife Jennifer; daughter, Susan Dugan and husband Andrew; son, Timothy Jacobsen and wife Diane; grandchildren, Alison, Cynthia, Eric, Ryan, Jason, Steven, Amanda and Melissa; sisters, Marion Dodge and Alma Pickens; brothers, Norman, and Karl and wife, Frances; sister-in-law, Louise Jacobsen; brother-in-law, Ken Walling; sister-in-law, Nora Pierce; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was predeceased by his parents; a brother, Frederic; a sister, Sandra Walling; and his brothers-in-law, John Dodge, Harry Pickens and Earl Roberts.
Clair will be deeply missed by his family and his many, many friends.
Calling hours will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, 2004, at the Johnston Funeral Home in Morris.
Funeral services will be held at the Zion Episcopal Church in Morris at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004, with the Rev. Robert E. Witt Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Hillington Cemetery in Morris.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Clair’s name may be made to the Morris Central School, care of Gary Jacobsen, Athletic Department, the Catskill Area Hospice or the charity of one’s choice.
Clair was a rock, Godspeed.
Elizabeth Darling
FLEISCHMANNS — Elizabeth Darling, 93, of Main Street, Fleischmanns, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004, at Tree Tops at Mohegan Lake.
She was born Aug. 9, 1911, in Margaretville, the daughter of Frank Grisolia and Maggie Bellezzi.
She married Solomon Darling on Sept. 20, 1928, in Fleischmanns. He died July 30, 1993.
Elizabeth was a mother and a homemaker. She was a lifelong area resident and a member of the United Methodist Church in Fleischmanns.
Elizabeth is the devoted mother of Beverly Darling of Cortland Manor and James Darling of Ronkonkoma; grandmother of three cherished grandchildren, Shari Bruinsma, Jamie Darling and Jill Florence; and great-grandmother of Steven Jr.
Calling hours will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, 2004, at the Hynes Funeral Home, Margaretville.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004, at the United Methodist Church in Fleischmanns with the Rev. William Hawes officiating.
Burial will be in Bedell Cemetery in Fleischmanns.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the memorial fund of the United Methodist Church, Fleischmanns, NY 12430.
Funeral arrangements are by the Hynes Funeral Home, Margaretville.
Joseph Canzeri
ATLANTA, Ga. — Joseph Wood Canzeri, 74, a fun-loving impresario of special events and a quick, resourceful advance man for some of the most powerful people in the world, died of prostate cancer Nov. 19, 2004, while at the home of his son in Atlanta.
He lived in New York City and Cooperstown. Mr. Canzeri, "king of the advance men," in the words of Sheila Tate, former press secretary for Nancy Reagan, left the hotel management business in the early 1960s to work for Nelson A. Rockefeller, whom he served for 16 years. He worked in the Reagan White House for two years, handling travel arrangements and special events for the president and first lady, and then was a Washington public relations consultant for Dan Quayle, maverick presidential candidate H. Ross Perot and numerous other clients, political and otherwise.
"I don’t know what I do all day," Mr. Canzeri told The Washington Post in 1981, no doubt because his duties were so varied, from organizing flight plans for Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign to orchestrating a presidential visit, complete with fireworks, to the USS Constitution. Although an ethics misstep cut short his time in the White House, he remained the consummate advance man in private life, with close ties to the rich and powerful.
Mr. Canzeri was born in Schuylerville to parents who had immigrated to the United States from Sicily in 1900. He grew up in Saratoga.
After serving as an Army infantryman during the Korean War, he enrolled at Paul Smith’s College of Arts and Sciences in New York, graduating with a two-year degree in hotel and restaurant management in 1955.
He then managed restaurant and resort properties, including the White Face Inn in Lake Placid and the Otesaga Inn in Cooperstown.
Rockefeller regularly attended conferences at the Otesaga Inn and met Mr. Canzeri shortly after becoming New York governor in 1959. According to Mr. Canzeri’s longtime friend Paul Auchter, the governor was impressed with his ability to fix problems and handle details, large and small. "Joe knew how to go out and get a pizza at 2 in the morning, that kind of thing," Auchter said. The governor offered him a job arranging campaign travel in 1962.
When Rockefeller won re-election, Mr. Canzeri stayed with him, partly because he had been away so long that he had lost his job at the Otesaga Inn but also because he greatly admired his boss. A short, plump man with a taste for designer suits, he took pride in accomplishing the impossible. On the campaign trail with the governor late one night in Kansas City, Mo., he broke into a drugstore, with the help of police, because his boss had lost his Water Pik. He left the money for a new one on the counter.
His most challenging assignment for the governor, he said, was arranging on three days notice a seated dinner in New York City for 3,000 people in honor of the Apollo 9 crew.
He helped organize the funerals of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. It was Mr. Canzeri who came up with the mule and farm wagon that carried the civil rights leader through the streets of Atlanta to his grave. (Some years later, he would arrange Rockefeller’s funeral.)
He also managed the 1,700-acre Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills, where his duties included moving a lot of trees at the whim of the governor.
When President Gerald Ford appointed Rockefeller vice president in 1974, Mr. Canzeri came with him to Washington. After Rockefeller’s death in 1979, Mr. Canzeri moved to Los Angeles, where he worked for the Rockefeller family development company.
Longtime Reagan aide Michael Deaver, who knew Mr. Canzeri from New York, invited him to join the Reagan presidential campaign as manager of the campaign plane, which, as Deaver noted, can be like managing a hotel. "He made the Reagans feel comfortable, and Nancy loved him," the former White House deputy chief of staff said. When Reagan was elected president, Deaver brought Mr. Canzeri into the White House as special assistant to the president, where he arranged foreign trips, state visits and other special events and media spectaculars.
When the Iranian hostage crisis ended in 1981, he made arrangements for ceremonies honoring the returned hostages. In addition, he organized an annual White House tennis tournament for Nancy Reagan’s program urging Americans to "Just Say No" to drugs. "He could make a common event into something extraordinary by adding the Canzeri touch to it," Deaver said.
Mr. Canzeri called himself "Deaver’s Deaver." Mr. Canzeri left the Reagan White House in 1982, after an audit found that he had submitted a $700 receipt for payment twice and that he had borrowed $400,000 from Laurence Rockefeller and a California developer at favorable terms to purchase a Georgetown townhouse. Although he maintained that he had done nothing wrong, he resigned to avoid embarrassing the White House. A subsequent investigation exonerated him.
He founded Canzeri Company, a consulting and public relations firm with offices in New York and Washington. He also continued to do special projects for the Reagan White House and the Republican National Committee and organized inaugural activities for President George H.W. Bush in 1989. He worked as a campaign adviser to GOP vice presidential nominee Dan Quayle in 1988. His less-than-complimentary comments about Quayle and his wife, made after the election, drew the ire of the Quayles and Republican Party stalwarts.
In 1992, he was one of the three political professionals, Hamilton Jordan and Ed Rollins were the other two, who signed on with Ross Perot’s short-lived grass-roots presidential quest. "I just try to help them with the things they don’t know, like never putting the stage in direct sun," he told The Associated Press, explaining his role as director in scheduling and advance.
After receiving a diagnosis of prostate cancer in 1991, he resolved to travel the world. He and his wife visited Morocco, Vietnam, Cambodia and many other places including the Canzeri ancestral home in Sicily.
Mr. Canzeri’s first marriage to Dorinda Proctor Canzeri ended in divorce.
Survivors include his wife of 20 years, Tricia Novak Canzeri of New York and Cooperstown; a son from his first marriage, Stuart Somerville Canzeri of Atlanta; and a brother.
Funeral arrangements were by the H.M. Patterson & Son, Spring Hill; (404) 876-1022.
Eleanor Champlin
ONEONTA — Miss Eleanor S. Champlin, 84, of Oneonta died Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004, at the A.O. Fox Nursing Home, Oneonta.
She was born Feb. 27, 1920, in Oneonta, the daughter of William A. and Claire B. (Ackley) Champlin.
Eleanor graduated from Oneonta High School and Syracuse University. She was a career veteran of the United States Navy, serving from 1944 until her retirement in 1967.
Eleanor was a member of the Martha Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star as well as a member of the Main Street Baptist Church, Oneonta.
She is survived by her friends, Wanda and Kathy Cummings of Worcester; as well as several cousins.
Eleanor was predeceased by her mother, Claire B. Champlin, on Dec. 16, 1985; her father, William A. Champlin, on Sept. 12, 1992; and her brother, Julian Champlin, in 1928.
Funeral and committal services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, 2004, in the Bookhout Funeral Home, 357 Main St., Oneonta, with the Rev. Gary Bonebrake, pastor of the Main Street Baptist Church, officiating. Calling hours will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday.
Burial will be held in the spring in the Oneonta Plains Cemetery, Oneonta.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Main Street Baptist Church, 333 Main St., Oneonta, NY 13820, in loving memory of Miss Eleanor S. Champlin.
Funeral arrangements are by the Bookhout Funeral Home of Oneonta.
Clair W. Jacobsen
LAURENS — Clair William Jacobsen passed on from this world Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004.
He was born in Elm Grove on Oct. 8, 1930, the son of Bernhardt and Ruth (Gregory) Jacobsen. He grew up on the family farm, attended Morris Central School, Class of 1949, and was well-known as an outstanding athlete, especially in basketball and baseball. He graduated from Oneonta State Teachers College in 1953 and taught sixth grade at New Berlin Central School for 32 years, retiring in 1985.
Hard work was one of Clair’s passions, as is evidenced by his many accomplishments, including the creation of Larchwood Lake, the rebuilding of Summit Lake Golf Course, the construction of six houses and most notably the development of Cee Jay Golf Course starting from scratch.
Throughout his life Clair enjoyed hunting, bowling, golf, gambling and horseshoes, at which he won several county fair titles.
Clair was a loving family man.
He is survived by his dear wife of 50 years, Lois (Roberts) Jacobsen; his son, Clair Steven Jacobsen and wife Jennifer; daughter, Susan Dugan and husband Andrew; son, Timothy Jacobsen and wife Diane; grandchildren, Alison, Cynthia, Eric, Ryan, Jason, Steven, Amanda and Melissa; sisters, Marion Dodge and Alma Pickens; brothers, Norman, and Karl and wife, Frances; sister-in-law, Louise Jacobsen; brother-in-law, Ken Walling; sister-in-law, Nora Pierce; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was predeceased by his parents; a brother, Frederic; a sister, Sandra Walling; and his brothers-in-law, John Dodge, Harry Pickens and Earl Roberts.
Clair will be deeply missed by his family and his many, many friends.
Calling hours will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, 2004, at the Johnston Funeral Home in Morris.
Funeral services will be held at the Zion Episcopal Church in Morris at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004, with the Rev. Robert E. Witt Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Hillington Cemetery in Morris.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Clair’s name may be made to the Morris Central School, care of Gary Jacobsen, Athletic Department, the Catskill Area Hospice or the charity of one’s choice.
Clair was a rock, Godspeed.
Sumner G. Hawk
SIDNEY CENTER — Sumner G. Hawk, 84, of Sidney Center passed away Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004, in the Daytona Beach Health Center, Daytona Beach, Fla., after a long illness.
Sumner was born in East Branch, on June 11, 1920, the son of the late Horatio Seymour and Louise Hewitt Hawk.
He married Dorothy Hulse on May 28, 1941, in DeLancey.
He served his country in the Navy during World War II. He worked at the New York State Division of Youth at Annsville, as a truck driver at Breakstones, and at The Foundry as a pattern maker. He also was a carpenter, cabinet maker and enjoyed working with wood.
He was also a very good father to his six children.
Sumner is survived by his wife, Dorothy L. Hawk; three daughters, Deborah DuMond of Florida, Mary and her husband, Jim Sparling, of Walton, and Susan and her husband, Joseph Brown, of Masonville; two sons, Donald Hawk of Davenport, and Garald and his wife, Connie Hawk of Masonville; 17 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was predeceased by a son, Richard Hawk on Aug. 16, 1997; a sister, Joyce Hawk; and a brother, Bryce Hawk.
Friends and family are invited to call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, 2004, at the Clark, Winter & Courtney Funeral Home, 25 Townsend St., Walton, where services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday. Burial will be in Paige Cemetery, Downsville.
Memorial contributions in Sumner’s memory may be made to Catskill Area Hospice, 542 Main St., Oneonta, NY 13820. Envelopes for memorial contributions are available by contacting the funeral home.
Condolences to the family may be made on-line by visiting our website at www.clarkwintercourtney.com.
Joseph Maxwell
CHERRY VALLEY — Joseph "Joe" Maxwell, a longtime resident of Highway Route 20 in the town of Cherry Valley, died suddenly Tuesday at Otsego Manor, town of Otsego. He was 81 and had been a resident of the Manor since Sept. 9 of this year.
Born in Hanover, N.J., Mr. Maxwell was the son of the late William and Jenny (Beam) Maxwell. He was a 1942 graduate of Hackettstown High School and then served in the United States Marine Corps until August of 1946. Subsequently, he was a longtime member of American Legion Post No. 0342 of Chester, N.J.
For 40 years, Mr. Maxwell worked for the Morris County Highway Department in New Jersey, retiring as supervisor in 1988.
Survivors include a daughter, Judy Ditmars of Cherry Valley; one grandson; and three great-grandchildren.
Services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at the Lappeus Funeral Home, 113 Park St., Sharon Springs.
Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Cremation will follow the service at Vale Cemetery Crematorium, Schenectady.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Cherry Valley Volunteer Rescue Squad, PO Box 504 or to the Cherry Valley Volunteer Fire Department, PO Box 502, Cherry Valley, NY 13320.
