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Daniel A. Wilkinson
NORWICH — Daniel A. Wilkinson, 50, of West Main Street Extension, Norwich, passed away Thursday evening, Nov. 4, 1999, at his home.
Born in the town of Marshall, Dan grew up in Milford, and attended and graduated from the Milford Central School. He furthered his education by attending the Fulton-Montgomery Community College before entering the Coast Guard, where he served from 1970-1974.
On May 17, 1975, in Westhampton Beach, he married Jean MacPherson, who survives. It was in 1980 that Dan and Jean came to Norwich to make their home and raise their family.
Dan was employed for 18 years as director of food services for Chenango Memorial Hospital.
Dan was an avid sports fan who enjoyed watching his children in any of their sports activities. A dedicated father who was truly interested in anything that had to do with sports and children, Dan let his enthusiasm for sports lead him into coaching Little League girls softball in the Norwich area, an activity that gave him many years of pleasure.
He was an active bowler in several area leagues, and also enjoyed the marching band.
A lover of nature, he found enjoyment in walking in the woods and in hunting.
Born Jan. 10, 1949, Dan was the son of Irwin and Elizabeth (Nolden) Wilkinson.
Besides his wife, Joan, Dan is survived by his children, Katherine Wilkinson, Peggy Wilkinson, and Christopher Wilkinson, all of Norwich; by two sisters, Susan Potter of Mohawk and Judy Wilkinson of Cortland; and three brothers, Irwin Wilkinson Jr. of Harpursville, David Wilkinson of Otego and Jack Wilkinson of Laurens. Three nieces, one nephew and many cousins also survive.
A memorial Mass for Dan will be held on Monday at 11 a.m. at St. Paul's Catholic Church of Norwich. The Rev. Douglas Cunningham, pastor, will officiate. Interment will take place at a later date in the Milford Cemetery. Friends may call at the R.J. Fahy Funeral Home on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made in Dan's memory to the Norwich Little League Executive Board. Checks should be made payable to that board and mailed to P.O. Box 223, Norwich, N.Y. 13815. These contributions will be used specifically for the Little League girls softball, of which Dan was so much a part. Contributions may also be made to Boy Scout Troop 62, care of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, West Main Street, Norwich, with checks being made payable to Boy Scout Troop 62.
Evelyn Cornell
ONEONTA — Evelyn Cornell, 88, formerly of Sidney, passed away Friday, Nov. 5, 1999, at A.O. Fox Nursing Facility, Oneonta.
She was born to the late James and Fannie Shaffer Sobers on April 11, 1911, in Berwick, Pa.
Mrs. Cornell married Ralph J. Cornell Sr. on April 7, 1929, in Laurens. He predeceased her on Feb. 12, 1975.
She was employed as an assembler at E.C.D. of Bendix, Sidney, for 35 years before her retirement in 1973.
Mrs. Cornell was a member of Sacred Heart Church, Sidney, and also a member of IAM&AW, Sidney.
Mrs. Cornell is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Ralph and Carol Cornell of Benettsville, Lewis Cornell of Sidney and James and Mary Jane Cornell of Oneonta; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Carl and JoAnne Sobers of Oneonta and John and Norma Sobers of Oneonta; two sisters and brother-in-law, Sophia and Carl Pulyara of Oneonta and Aurilla Stringer of Oklahoma City, Okla.; 17 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. She is also survived by daughter-in-law, Edna Sobers, and son-in-law, George Smith.
Mrs. Cornell is also predeceased by her son, Joseph Cornell; daughter, Mary Furgeson; three sons, Alfred, James and Fred Sobers; and one sister, Rachael Smith.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, Nov. 8, 1999, at 11:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church, Liberty Street, Sidney, with the Rev. Gordon Polenz, pastor, officiating.
Friends may call Sunday, Nov. 7, from 7 to 9 p.m. at C.H. Landers Chapel, 21 Main St., Sidney.
Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Association, 5 Oak Ave., Sidney, N.Y. 13838.
Arrangements are by C.H. Landers Inc., Sidney.
Joan L. Kishbaugh
MASHPEE, Mass. — Joan L. Kishbaugh, 66, of the village of Golf, Fla., and Mashpee, Mass., succumbed at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on Thursday, Nov. 4, 1999, from complications caused by a heart attack and stroke suffered several days earlier.
She was the wife of Herbert S. Kishbaugh and recently celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary.
Born in Cooperstown, where her father, Theodore Lettis, was mayor and president of the Baseball Hall of Fame dedication ceremonies.
She was educated at The MacDuffie School for Girls in Springfield, Mass., and Briarcliff College in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.
She was the daughter of the late Theodore and Mary (Murrin) Lettis.
She was active in the Junior League, garden clubs and as a volunteer in a number of children's and charitable organizations in communities where she resided.
Joan is survived by three children, Lynn Newman of Hampstead, N.H., Robert L. Kishbaugh of Parker, Colo., and Cathryn MacLean of Marion, Mass.; and six grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at noon Monday, Nov. 8, at St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, 124 Front St., Marion, Mass.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 30 Speen St., Framingham, Mass. 01701 or to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Development Office, 330 Brookline Ave., Boston, Mass. 02215.
Stott, Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Home, 2599 Cranberry Highway, Wareham, Mass., is directing arrangements.
Adele D. Jobmann
ANDES — Adele D. Jobmann, 91, of Andes, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 1999, in Johnson City.
Adele was born Dec. 22, 1907, in Bremervorde, Germany, the daughter of Adolf and Margrete Holst Lutjen.
She married Martin Jobmann on Dec. 6, 1930, in Brooklyn. He predeceased her in January 1979.
Adele arrived in the United States in 1928 and moved to Andes in 1935. She and her husband operated a dairy farm in the town of Andes until 1967, and has lived in her current Tremperskill location since 1974.
She was a member of the Pleasant Valley Methodist and the Ladies Aid of that church, and a member of the Andes Senior Citizens Club.
Adele is survived by her sons, Albert of Endicott and Henry of Bussy Hollow, Andes; daughter, Margaret Ackerley of Andes; four grandsons; and two great-granddaughters. She is also survived by two sisters-in-law, Lina Lutjen of Germany and Berta Lutjen of New Jersey; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be Monday, Nov. 8, at 11 a.m. at the Jester-Stanley Funeral Home, Main Street, Andes, with the Rev. Dr. George Carpenter officiating. Burial follows in Andes Cemetery.
Friends may call at the Jester-Stanley Funeral Home on Sunday, when the family will be in attendance from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Memorials in the name of Adele Jobmann to the Andes Emergency Squad will be appreciated.
Evelyn W. Barkley
DUANESBURG — Mrs. Evelyn W. Barkley (Wickham), 80, of Duanesburg, died Saturday, Nov. 6, 1999, at home.
She was born July 7, 1919, in Harpersfield, the daughter of Frank Wickham and Ethel Yerdon.
She lived in the area for most of her life.
She was employed by Schalmont Central School as a senior typist, in Rotterdam.
She married Gerald R. Barkley on Jan. 22, 1939. He died March 16, 1999.
Evelyn is survived by her three children, Clifton L. Barkley of Granite Falls, N.C., Karen B. Sylvia of Amsterdam and Eileen B. Monte of Duanesburg; special niece, Wanda Masick of Schenectady, special niece, Marion Smith of Schenectady. She is also survived by five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; one great-niece; one great-nephew; and several other nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased be her husband, Gerald R. Barkley, and sister, Dorothy Hornbeck.
She was a member of the Church Women's Ministries, Naomi Circle, and a former member of Mission Council.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999, at 11:30 a.m. at the Princetown Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Giffords Church Road, Duanesburg, with the Rev. Gary Westra of Princetown Evangelical Presbyterian Church officiating.
Interment will be in the Schenectady Memorial Park, Rotterdam.
Memorials may be sent to Princetown Evangelical Presbyterian Church Scholarship Fund, 3662 Giffords Church Road, Duanesburg, N.Y. 12056.
Arrangements are by Bond Funeral Home, Broadway and Guilderland Avenue, Schenectady.
Paul E. Barnhart Sr.
UNADILLA — Paul E. Barnhart Sr., 77, of Unadilla died Friday, Nov. 5, 1999, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Binghamton.
He was born July 19, 1922, in the town of Tompkins, the son of Asa and Martha (Hinkley) Barnhart.
He was married to Rosalie Maritato, Nov. 10, 1946, in Walton.
Paul was a veteran of World War II, serving in the United States Army from 1942-1946.
He has been a resident of Unadilla since 1952, and was a former heavy equipment operator in several construction projects throughout the area.
He was a member of the Assembly of God Church of Walton, Joyce-Bell Post 578 American Legion, Boxing Hall of Fame, Canasota, several CB Clubs, Civilian Conservation Corps., Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War and the 12th Armoured Division-152nd Signal Corps.
Paul is survived by his wife, Rosalie, of Unadilla; three sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Tammy Barnhart of Unadilla, Paul Jr. and JoAnn Barnhart of Maryland and Peter and Susan Barnhart of Unadilla; six daughters and sons-in-law, Pamela and Mark Derr of Camden, S.C., Martha and Larry Wesner of Sidney, Nancy and Loren Youngs of Bainbridge, Vicki and Joseph Schlafer of Unadilla, Kathy and David Heath of Sidney and Amy Barnhart of Unadilla; also, 19 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; several niece, nephews and cousins.
He was predeceased by a son, Timothy; a brother, Arnold; and four sisters, Mary, Mildred, Dorothy and Annabelle.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999, at the Westcott Funeral Home, Unadilla, with the Rev. Kirkwood Darville, pastor of the Assembly of God Church, Walton, officiating.
Burial will be in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Unadilla.
Friends may call at the funeral home today at their convenience and the family will be in attendance tonight from 7 to 9.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Assembly of God Church, Walton, or the Unadilla Emergency Squad.
Funeral arrangements are by the Westcott Funeral Home, Unadilla.
Kelly Campbell
COOPERSTOWN — Kelly Campbell, 78, of Christian Hill Road, Cooperstown, died Friday, Nov. 5, 1999, at his home with family by his side.
He was born May 17, 1921, in New York City, the son of Howard and Alice (Eckert) Campbell.
As a young man he attended The Loomis-Chaffee School in Connecticut, and after serving as a pilot in the Army Air Corps during World War II, he attended Columbia University, and then earned a master's degree from The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.
While attending Columbia University, he met Grace Quinlan, a student at Barnard, and the stepdaughter of local artist Walter Frankl. They married on Aug. 1, 1942, and Kelly's lifelong affiliation with Cooperstown began.
In the early part of his career he was the business manager of the State University Colleget at New Paltz campus, but for the vast majority of his professional life he worked for the federal government. In 1955, he began with the Office of Management and Budget as a budget examiner on defense programs. In 1958, he was a professional staff member on the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, and in 1961, took a position at NATO Headquarters, relocating with his wife and four children to Paris, France. There, he served on the Infrastructure Committee as a GS-16, and was honored for his work by several allied governments.
After returning to the United States in 1967, Kelly worked for the EPA's Federal Water Quality Administration but decided in 1969 to join the private sector and worked for WAPORA Inc. as corporate secretary and director for management and acquisitions until 1970. But unable to stay away, he rejoined the OMB during the Nixon administration as a management analyst and representative to the San Francisco and New York Federal Regional Councils, then as chief of Program Evaluation Branch, and finally as deputy division chief for intergovernmental relations.
In 1974, he returned to NATO, relocating to Brussels, Belgium, for five years. In 1979, he returned to the U.S. as a special assistant in the Office of the Advisor on NATO Affairs and was responsible for all NATO infrastructure policy and procedural matters. He received the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service in 1979.
Kelly retired in 1981, but continued to consult as well as co-authoring Military Systems Acquisition in the NATO Market (Frost & Sullivan 1985).
In 1988, he and his wife, Grace, were living outside Washington, D.C., but bought a home in Cooperstown as their final place of retirement. Grace spent much of the last five months of her life in her hometown.
In 1990, Kelly married Birgit Nielson of Nice, France. They left the Washington area, and moved permanently to Cooperstown in 1992. There, Kelly was able to indulge his greatest passions, singing, writing and traveling.
Wherever he lived he sang, but mainly in Washington, D.C., with the Washington Cathedral's Men's and Boy's Choir and with the Washington Bach Consort followed by nine years with the Washington Choral Arts Society. He also sang in the Washington Opera production of `Othello.` In Cooperstown, he joined the chorus of Glimmerglass Opera for two productions, `The Barber of Seville` and `The Yeoman of the Guard.` In 1995, he became vice president of the Opera Guild Board, continued as president, and served as a member of the board until the present time.
Kelly's writing career flourished after his retirement. He wrote for local newspapers, motivated by the same strong social conscience that had kept him involved with governmental issues and policy making all his life. He was a person with powerful democratic ideals and took up causes whenever he saw injustices or abuses within our social system.
He also wrote a screenplay titled `Conny,` a novel titled `Deadlock!` and was planning a biography of his mother, Alice Eckert Butler, who wrote `One Day At A Time` for Al-Anon.
Kelly's love for travel was satisfied by winter sojourns, lasting four to five months, in Nice, France, where he and his wife, Birgit, would visit friends and family all over Europe.
Kelly is survived by his wife, his four children, Kevin, David, Janice and Ellen; stepdaughter, Jeanne Biga; and six grandchildren, Taylor, Elspeth, Johnny, Christopher, Kelly and Laura.
Kelly Campbell was a man of many accomplishments who was graced with a natural humility that kept him loving, accessible, gracious and charming. His curiosity and interest in people and life was always alive and vibrant, which drew people to him naturally. He was a wonderful companion, confidante and mentor to his wife, children, grandchildren and friends. We are grateful to have had him in our lives, and we will miss him always.
Contributions in Kelly Campbell's memory may be made to the Catskill Area Hospice, 542 Main St., Oneonta, N.Y. 13820 or to Glimmerglass Opera, P.O. Box 191, Cooperstown, N.Y. 13326-0191.
A memorial service will be celebrated on Thursday, Nov. 11, 1999, at 4 p.m. in Christ Church, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown.
Funeral arrangements are with J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, Richfield Springs.
Evelyn Cornell
ONEONTA — Evelyn Cornell, 88, formerly of Sidney, passed away Friday, Nov. 5, 1999, at A.O. Fox Nursing Facility, Oneonta.
She was born to the late James and Fannie Shaffer Sobers on April 11, 1911, in Berwick, Pa.
Mrs. Cornell married Ralph J. Cornell Sr. on April 7, 1929, in Laurens. He predeceased her on Feb. 12, 1975.
She was employed as an assembler at E.C.D. of Bendix, Sidney, for 35 years before her retirement in 1973.
Mrs. Cornell was a member of Sacred Heart Church, Sidney, and also a member of IAM&AW, Sidney.
Mrs. Cornell is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, Ralph and Carol Cornell of Benettsville, Lewis Cornell of Sidney and James and Jane Cornell of Oneonta; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Carl and JoAnne Sobers of Oneonta and John and Norma Sobers of Oneonta; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Sophia and Carl Pulyara of Oneonta and Aurilla Stringer of Oakland City, Okla.; 17 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. She is also survived by a sister-in-law, Edna Sobers, and a brother-in-law, George Smith.
Mrs. Cornell is also predeceased by her son, Joseph Cornell; daughter, Mary Furgeson; three brothers, Alfred, James and Fred Sobers; and one sister, Rachael Smith.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held today at 11:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church, Liberty Street, Sidney, with the Rev. Fr. Gordon Polenz, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Sidney.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Association, 5 Oak Ave., Sidney, N.Y. 13838.
Arrangements are by C.H. Landers Inc., Sidney.
Sumako K. Liddle
ANDES — Sumako K. Liddle of Andes died at home Friday, Nov. 5, 1999, in the company of her family. She was 53.
Sumako has been a resident of Andes since 1968.
Sumako was born May 12, 1946, in China, the daughter of Michiyoshi and Chizuko Kohrogi Yuki.
She married Donald A. Liddle on Aug. 25, 1967, in Tokyo, Japan.
She was deputy director and Emergency Medical Services coordinator for the Delaware County Department of Emergency Services. Among her duties were organizing and conducting EMT Training Courses.
Sumako is survived by her husband, Donald, of Andes; son and daughter-in-law, Donald and Erika Liddle of South Kortright; son, Michael A. Liddle of Andes; daughter, Deborah J. Liddle of Andes; granddaughter, Mackenzie Liddle; and her mother, Chizuko Yuki of Delhi.
Funeral services will be Tuesday Nov. 9, 1999, at 1 p.m. at the Andes Methodist Church, with the Rev. Daniel McCollister officiating. Burial following in Andes Cemetery.
Friends may call today at the Jester-Stanley Funeral Home in Andes, where the family will be in attendance from 7 to 9 p.m.
Memorials to Catskill Area Hospice in Delhi, the Andes Fire Department or the Andes Emergency Squad in the name of Sumako are appreciated.
James F. Musson
GILBERTSVILLE — James F. Musson, 84, of Gilbertsville died Saturday, Nov. 6, 1999, at A.O. Fox Hospital, Oneonta.
He was born Feb. 23, 1915, in the town of Butternuts, the son of Donald F. Musson and Lucy (Daniel) Musson.
He married Mary Walton on Nov. 1, 1938, in Sidney.
He worked as a union carpenter with Local Union 258 for over 30 years, retiring in 1978.
He was a lifelong area resident and had been a former member of the Eagle Hose Company of Gilbertsville. He was also a member of the Gilbertsville Baptist Church.
James is survived by his wife, Mary; his companion, George V; one son, Edward Musson; two daughters, Elizabeth Kiel and Lucille Davis; two sisters, Theresa Rudnitski and Louise Richards; and one brother, Albert Musson.
He was predeceased by two brothers, Richard and Robert Musson.
A memorial service will be held at the Gilbertsville Baptist Church on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999, at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Randolph Palada officiating.
There will be no calling hours and his final resting place will be in the Brookside Cemetery in Gilbertsville.
In lieu of flowers, friends are asked to donate to the Gilbertsville Baptist Church in his memory.
Funeral arrangements are by the Johnston Funeral Home of Morris.
