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James M. Hillier
UNADILLA — James M. Hillier of Lockwood Hill Road, Unadilla, passed away unexpectedly, Friday evening, July 22, 2005, at his residence.
He was born June 27, 1965, in Sidney, the son of Edward E. Hillier, and the late Grace Day Hillier.
Jim was a lifelong area resident and attended the Sidney Assembly of God Church with his family.
He is survived by his wife, April Hillier of Davenport; two sons, Nathan M. Hillier of Windsor and Jarett Winkler of Davenport; two daughters, Grace Hillier of Binghamton and Tenise Hillier of Davenport; his father, Edward E. Hillier of Unadilla; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Gale and Joe Herrick of Bainbridge, Katherine Santomarco of Bainbridge, and Nancy and Frank Gaudreau of Deposit; companion, Maryanne Pike of Unadilla; and granddaughter, Cadence Pierce of Binghamton. He is also survived by several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Jim was predeceased by his mother, Grace Day Hillier, and two nephews, Francis and Alex Gaudreau.
Friends are invited to call from noon to services at 2 p.m. at the C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel, 21 Main St., Sidney. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2005, at the funeral chapel, with the Rev. Randy Eliason, pastor of the Assembly of God Church, Sidney. Burial will follow in the Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be directed to the Teen Challenge, South Salina Street, Syracuse, NY 13202.
Goldie L. Craft
HOBART — Goldie L. Craft, 92, of Hobart passed away Sunday, July 24, 2005, at Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown.
She was born Sept. 4, 1912, in Roxbury, the daughter of Elmer and Elizabeth (Schuman) Harrington.
She married Edward Craft in 1933. They were married for 49 years. He predeceased her March 11, 1982.
The matriarch of the family, she was devoted to her family. They enjoyed her home-baked rolls and soup and the reminders she often made to enjoy a coffee break at 10 and 3.
In years gone by, she owned her own truck and ran a milk route on Rose’s Brook, doing all the work herself.
Mrs. Craft attended the Hobart United Methodist Church.
She is survived by five daughters, Velma Kelley (Dan Stannard) of Stamford, Alda and Joseph Meeghan of Tazewell, Tenn., Fern K. Craft of Hobart, Wanda and Ken Hayward of Stamford, and Donna and Melvin Elderkin of Delhi; grandchildren, Darlene and Rhonda, Thomas, Terri, Lisa and Julie, Jamie and Missy, and Randy and Mindy; great-grandchildren, Stephanie and Joe, Jessica, Jackie and Janelle, Brittany and Wyatt, Kaden, James, Arista Lynn, Brady and Alexis; and a great-great-granddaughter, Alexandra. Also, special friends, Fred Marschilok and Calvin Maher of Hobart; and several nieces and nephews, survive her.
Her son, Allen Edward Craft, her beloved granddaughter, Sonya Jean Kelley, stepchildren, Juanita Leffler and Glenford Craft, three sisters and two brothers predeceased her.
Funeral services will take place at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2005, at the Hobart United Methodist Church with the Rev. Lorraine Coscia-Ackerman officiating.
Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, July 26, 2005, at the MacArthur Funeral Home, Hobart. The family will be in attendance from 7 to 9 p.m. Burial will follow the service in Locust Hill Cemetery, Hobart.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Hobart Emergency Squad or Cooperstown Medical Transport.
Arrangements are with the MacArthur Funeral Home, Hobart.
Hurley A. McLean
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Mr. Hurley A. McLean (Mac), 85, a former resident of Oneonta, passed away at the Hospice in Biloxi, Miss., on Saturday, July 23, 2005.
He was born Sept. 17, 1919, in Milford, son of the late George A. and Edith L. Smith McLean.
Hurley married Mary E. (Bette) Whitaker on April 10, 1943, in Poland. She died Sept. 8, 1988. He married Ella Mae Shaffer on Dec. 10, 1995, in San Antonio, Texas.
Hurley is survived by two sons, Theodore H. (Lynn) McLean of Biloxi, Miss., and John T. (Linda) McLean of Valley Falls; and a daughter, Nancy E. (James) Delameter of Webster. He is also survived by five grandchildren, Jennifer McDonald of Biloxi, Miss., Brett McLean of Albany, Heath McLean of Syracuse, and Brian and Kevin Delameter of Webster.
Burial will be in the Plains Cemetery, Oneonta, at the family’s convenience.
Those who wish may send contributions to any area hospice or charity in memory of Hurley A. McLean.
Kathleen Lynn MacGregor
HARTWICK — Kathleen Lynn MacGregor, 51, of Hartwick passed away July 24, 2005, at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital, Oneonta.
Memorial services will be at a later date.
Arrangements are in care of Wilcox-Dimbleby Funeral Home, West Winfield.
Donald Moreland
LEESBURG, Va. — The Rev. Donald DeVoe Moreland died peacefully surrounded by his family July 24, 2005, at his home in Leesburg, Va., where he has lived since 1992. Moreland’s death followed several years of declining health.
He was the second son, born July 14, 1922, to Robert and Florence Moreland of Belleville, N.J.
Moreland is survived by his wife, Frances (Pierce) Moreland, formerly of Otego; a brother, Robert of Bloomfield, N.J.; two sisters, Jean Deiter of Hamilton, and Janet Chesley of Dunellen, N.J.; a brother and sister-in-law, Clarence Lee and Albertine Pierce of Oneonta; and three daughters, Donna Fichtner, Greenville, Maine, Alice Zoller, Leesburg, Va., and Anita Smith, Herndon, Va. Also, surviving are seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Rev. Moreland pastored Sidney Baptist Church and was well-known in the Oneonta area before his 18 years of service as a missionary to Europe under Greater Europe Mission.
All who knew him are welcome to attend a graveside service in celebration of his life at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 30, 2005, in the Bennett Weatherly Cemetery, West Laurens.
Donations in his memory, may be made in lieu of flowers to Greater Europe Mission, 18950, Base Camp Road, Monument, CO 80132; The Children’s AIDS Fund, PO Box 16433, Washington, DC 20041; or Westminster Theological Seminary, PO Box 27009, Philadelphia, PA 19118-0009.
Local arrangements are by the Bookhout Funeral Home, Oneonta.
Kathleen Lynn MacGregor
HARTWICK — Kathleen Lynn MacGregor, 51, of Hartwick passed away July 24, 2005, at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital after a brave struggle with cancer.
She was born June 1, 1954, in Oneonta, a daughter of Pamela Dean Persons and Lynn R. Persons Jr., both of whom are deceased.
She was a graduate of the class of 1973 from Cooperstown High School.
She married Lance MacGregor on Aug. 5, 1973, in the Baptist Church in Hartwick.
She worked at The Meadows and The Otesaga for several years. After that, she helped operate the MacGregor family farm in Burlington.
She was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, daughter and sister. She was a strong-willed and good-hearted person who always cared about others and animals. She loved spending time with her family. Her love for animals was never ending. She always adopted strays and made them part of her life.
She is survived by her husband, Lance MacGregor of Burlington; and two children, Scott MacGregor of Burlington and Katie (MacGregor) and her husband, David Sellick, of Hartwick; one sister, Deborah Elaine Persons of Cooperstown; two grandchildren, David A. Sellick and McKenna L. Sellick; and several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at the Christian Church located on West Main Street in Hartwick at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 30, 2005.
Immediately following the services, there will be a gathering at the Hartwick Fire Department.
Arrangements are under the direction of Wilcox-Dimbleby Funeral Home in West Windfield.
Onofrio P. Zicari
BAINBRIDGE — Onofrio P. Zicari, 84, of 17 South Main St., Bainbridge, passed away Tuesday morning, July 26, 2005, at Wilson Memorial Hospital, Johnson City.
He was born March 14, 1921, in Binghamton, the son of the late Onofrio and Mary Migione Zicari.
On May 27, 1950, he married Arlene Perry in Binghamton. She predeceased him Nov. 1, 2002.
He served his country in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was a member of the Bainbridge American Legion.
Mr. Zicari was a graduate of Syracuse University with a B.A. in chemical engineering. He was a chemical engineer for the Borden’s Chemical Company, Bainbridge.
He was a past member of the Bainbridge Fire Department and Emergency Squad.
He is survived by his daughter, Laury Ann Zicari of Homer; son, Peter William and his wife, Doris, Zicari of Cleveland, Ohio; three grandchildren, Ann Maria Zicari, Alex Onofrio Zicari and Owen Randall Zicari; one great-grandchild, Ava Mae Zicari; sister, Rose Zicari, Binghamton; and nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was predeceased by his parents; son, Joseph Patrick Zicari; and two sisters, Josephine and Catherine.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, July 29, 2005, at the C.H. Landers Funeral Chapel, 21 Main St., Sidney.
Services will be private and at the convenience of the family.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Bainbridge Fire Department and Emergency Squad.
Erma Harrington
ELLICOTTVILLE — Erma (Wasson) Harrington, 76, of 6490 Pine Tree Road, Ellicottville, passed away Monday, July 25, 2005, at Olean General Hospital after a long illness.
She was born Feb. 26, 1929, in Otsego, the daughter of Elmer and Helen Wasson. She attended Oneonta city schools.
On March 1, 1947, in Smithport, Erma married Edward J. Harrington, who survives.
She was a homemaker and enjoyed her family and grandchildren. She will be remembered for her good nature and always having a smile on her face.
Erma is survived by her loving husband of 59 years, Edward J. Harrington of Ellicottville; her four children and their spouses, Shirley and Gene Feathers of Johnstown, Pa., Elaine and Rowland Kelsey of Ephrata, Pa., Bradley and Lynn Harrington of Salamanca, and Timothy Harrington of Dover, Del.; her brother, Kenneth Wasson of Ohio; her sister, Betty Vaccara of Scotia; three sisters-in-law, Margaret Hough of Maryland, Rose Wasson of Berea, Ohio, and Elaine Harrington of Cooperstown; as well as several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her brothers and sisters, Pauline Hough, Peter Wasson, Albert Hough, Norman Wasson, Harold Wasson, Ruth Lindy Wasson, Mary Hough, Pearl Wasson and her twin brother, Ernest Wasson.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, July 29, 2005, at the Bookhout Funeral Home, 357 Main St., Oneonta, with the Rev. Rodney Johnson, pastor of the Cooperstown Junction United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will follow in the Glenwood Cemetery, Oneonta.
Calling hours will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 28, 2005, at the funeral home.
Those wishing may make contributions to the charity of choice in her memory.
Funeral arrangements are by the Bookhout Funeral Home of Oneonta.
Donald A. Petersen
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Donald Arthur Petersen, formerly of Oneonta, died July 17, 2005, at his residence in Chattanooga, Tenn.
He was born Nov. 11, 1928, in Minneapolis, Minn., to Arthur W. Petersen and Dorothy (Scholl) Petersen.
After attending public schools in Minneapolis and in Oconomowoc, Wis., he studied at Carleton College and at the University of Paris. After receiving his bachelor’s degree from Carleton, he pursued graduate study at the Universities of Indiana and Iowa and completed his M.F.A. in creative writing at Iowa in 1952.
His poems appeared in many journals; his two published collections of poems are "The Spectral Boy" (1964) and "Early and Late: Selected Poems" (2001).
In 1993, he retired as professor of English after teaching for 38 years at the State University College at Oneonta.
He was a lifelong exponent of humanistic thinking and formalism in poetry; he shared the view of one of his teachers, John Crowe Ransom, "that a man ought to write better than he speaks." And he asserted the following: "In a time when partly-formed verse is being widely published and praised, the attempt to write a finished poem may not be fashionable, but it is still worth making. Poetry must present not merely what one has observed with interest or amusement, not merely a bright array of words, but the things that a man has loved and hated and feared in his lifetime."
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Jeanine (Ahrens) Petersen; son, James Petersen of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; son, Eric Petersen of Signal Mountain, Tenn.; daughter, Catherine Petersen Collins and son-in-law, David Collins of Signal Mountain, Tenn.; son, Christian Petersen and daughter-in-law, Rhonda (Griffith) Petersen of Morganton, N.C.; grandchildren, Nora and Evan Collins of Signal Mountain, Tenn., and Gregory Griffith and Emily Petersen of Morganton, N.C.
Stephen J. Powell
LAFAYETTE — Stephen James Powell, 59, of Lafayette, formerly of the Valley area of Syracuse, died July 22, 2005, in Syracuse.
Born in Oneonta, he was a graduate of Valley Academy and formerly worked for Conrail as a line worker.
His wife, the former Kathleen Galster, died in 1998.
Surviving are a son, Jason (Michele) Powell of Liverpool; two daughters, Heather (Mark) Lydon of West Monroe and Mary Powell of Lafayette; his parents, Walter J. and Janet Dales Powell of Syracuse; a brother, David (Amy) Powell of Peru; a sister, Carol Powell of Castle Rock, Colo.; seven grandchildren; and a niece, Carah Powell.
Services were Tuesday at the Ballweg & Lunsford Funeral Home Inc., 4612 S. Salina St., Syracuse.
Burial was in Onondaga Valley Cemetery, Syracuse.
Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 6725 Lyons St., East Syracuse, NY 13057.
