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Mona Spencer
WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. — Mona Bjork Spencer, 82, died June 22, 2000, at home.
Mrs. Spencer was born in Bloomville, N.Y., in July 1917, and was raised near Oneonta, in West Davenport.
She was a homemaker. She was married to Walt Hodges, then to businessman and musician Charles Bjork. Charles managed the Puritan Clothing Store in Oneonta for many years and the entertainment group Charles B. York and His Orchestra. The group entertained in Oneonta and the surrounding region.
The Bjorks raised five children in the Oneonta area; the children attended Delaware County and Oneonta schools.
They moved to Melbourne, in Brevard County, Fla., in 1963, where Charles continued in retail clothing sales and music (The Knights of Melody), and died in 1968.
In the early '80s Mona married longtime Oneonta resident and sports enthusiast Jim Spencer, and the Spencers seasonally divided their time between their homes in Oneonta and Melbourne, until Jim died in Oneonta in 1992.
She was a member of Central Baptist Church in Melbourne and the West Davenport Baptist Church.
Survivors include her sons, Maurice Hodges of West Melbourne, Charles Bjork of Huntsville, Ala., and Robert Bjork of Summerfield; daughters, Nancy Lifgren of Schenevus, N.Y., proprietor of "Nancy's" in Schenevus, and Mona-Elyce Burkhardt of Lithia, Fla.; sisters and former Oneonta area residents, Bette Jacques of Albany, N.Y., Marion Bell of West Melbourne and Anna Mae Efird of Melbourne; 13 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
The funeral was arranged by Florida Memorial Funeral Home, and officiated by Cocoa Beach pastor the Rev. Ken Babington, and Mona's son, Charles Bjork Jr. Burial was at Florida Memorial Gardens in a family plot where husband, Charles, and mother-in-law and longtime Oneonta area resident, Louise H. Bjork are buried.
Harold E. Hunt
MESA, Ariz. — Harold E. Hunt, 76, of Mesa, Ariz., and formerly of Worcester, N.Y., died Oct. 4, 1998.
He is survived by his wife, Almeda R. Hunt of Mesa, Ariz.; a daughter, Marion A. Kumm of Phoenix, Ariz.; a son, James E. Hunt of Waterford; and a brother, Paul E. Hunt of Worcester and Albany.
A memorial committal service will be held at 2:30 p.m., Friday, July 21, 2000, at the St. Joseph's Cemetery in Worcester, with the Rev. Edward Golding, pastor of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, officiating.
Military honors will be presented by the Worcester American Legion Post 1584.
Local arrangements are by the E.J. Skinner Co. Funeral Chapel, 115 Main St., Worcester.
Grace H. Putnam
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — Grace H. Putnam, 82, of Zephyrhills, Fla., and formerly of Worcester, N.Y., died Dec. 23, 1999.
She is survived by her brother, Paul E. Hunt of Worcester and Albany; a niece, Marion A. Kumm of Phoenix, Ariz.; and a nephew, James E. Hunt of Waterford.
A memorial committal service will be held 2 p.m., Friday, July 21, 2000, at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Worcester, with the Rev. Joyce Allen, pastor of the Worcester United Methodist Church, officiating.
Local arrangements are by the E.J. Skinner Co. Funeral Chapel, 115 Main St., Worcester.
Robert L. Young
PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Robert (Bob) Young, 59, left us to meet his maker on Wednesday, July 5, 2000, after having had a lengthy illness, at Jordan Hospital in Plymouth, Mass.
Bob was born in Roseboom, N.Y., on Nov. 3, 1940, the son of Alva I. Young and Rhoda (Preper) Young.
Bob was predeceased by his father, Alva I. Young; and a brother, Alva I. Young Jr.
Bob is survived by his wife of 36 years, Marcia C. (Cozzen) Young of Kingston, Mass.; their two children, Court Young of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mark Young and his wife, Marjorie, of Westford, N.Y.; three grandsons, Mark, Jacob and Eyekeel John of Westford, N.Y.; four brothers, Dennis Young of South Valley, James Young of Canajoharie, Clinton Young of Cherry Valley and Thomas Young of South Valley; and two sisters, Evelyn Bach of Crockett, Texas, and June Gonzalez of Germany. He also leaves behind many aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews and nieces; as well as all of his many friends.
Bob spent the last 35 years as a resident of Kingston, Mass. He was in the Army Reserves having served 20 years. He also was in the Marine Corps for four years in which he was awarded Soldier of the Year.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, July 8, 2000, at the Shephard Funeral Home in Kingston, Mass.
Donations in Bob's memory can be made to the Salvation Army, 147 Berkely St., Boston, Mass., 02215.
Jorgina A. Stroud
GREENWOOD LAKE — Ms. Jorgina (Gina) Ann Stroud, 40, passed away Monday, July 17, 2000, as the result of an automobile accident.
She was born July 21, 1959, in Roosevelt, N.J., the daughter of Harold and Margaret (Albert) Stroud.
She was a graduate of Cherry Valley School and was a self-employed hairdresser.
Ms. Stroud is survived by her father, Harold Stroud of Oneonta; a sister and brother-in-law, Eve-Lyne and Michael Skramko Jr. of Richfield Springs; a brother and sister-in-law, Ted and Valerie Stroud of Clemmons, N.C.; a half sister, Dorothy Bisignano of Flushing; a godson, Michael C. Skramko III of Richfield; several nieces and nephews; a great-niece, Jennifer Seamon of Richfield Springs; and special friends, John Saye and Joe Guarriello of Greenwood Lake.
She was predeceased by her mother in 1972, and a half brother, Harold Stroud Jr., in 1989.
A graveside funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 21, 2000, at the Middlefield Center, Middlefield, with the Rev. John Young officiating. Burial will follow.
Calling hours will be held on Thursday, July 20, 2000, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Ottman Funeral Home, Cherry Valley.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Ottman Funeral Home, Cherry Valley.
Everett N. Case
VAN HORNESVILLE — Everett Needham Case, president emeritus of Colgate University, died in his sleep on Tuesday, July 18, 2000, at the Harding Nursing Home in nearby Waterville. He was 99.
He was a former president also of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and in the 1960s, chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Case was born in Plainfield, N.J., the elder son of J. Herbert Case and Alice Needham Case.
He graduated from Princeton University in 1922, and earned an honors degree in modern European history at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Case's graduate study in American history at Harvard was interrupted in 1927, when he became personal assistant to Owen D. Young, then chairman of General Electric Co., founder-director of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), and deputy chairman of the New York Federal Reserve, of which Case's father was the senior deputy-governor.
In June 1931, Case's marriage to Josephine Young, only daughter of Owen D. Young, was celebrated in the old Universalist Church in this upstate village, after which the young couple spent two months in China as American delegates to the Shanghai conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations. Thus began an interest in China and the Chinese that led to Case's appointment in 1949, as consultant on U.S.-China policy to Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Some 15 years later he became a founding director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, and in 1973, a senior member of the delegation to visit China-in-Transition, which was received on a memorable evening by Chou-en-Lai.
On his induction in 1942, as president of Colgate University, Case pledged its total cooperation with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in the round-the-clock training and basic education of their aviation cadets and future officer personnel. The total thus trained at this then small liberal arts college during World War II was 4,793. In the meantime, Case had appointed and chaired a committee of senior professors to plan for
a post-war college whose educational program would demand creative work of faculty and
student alike. From this emerged Colgate's version of the so-called core curriculum — which attracted favorable attention for its emphasis on a freshman program that distinguished college sharply from school. Colgate's library, for which he raised much of the funding, was named in his honor in 1962.
During his administrative years, Case also served at various times as president of the American Council on Education, chairman of National Educational Television, board member of IBM World Trade, the Committee for Economic Development, and the Fund for Financial Aid to Education. Additionally, he had been an alumni trustee of Princeton, board member of the Sloan-Kettering Foundation, and a member of the Harvard Overseen Committee to visit the College and its History Department.
Returning at last to Van Hornesville, which he and his wife had always considered their home, they jointly researched and co-authored the only full-length biography of her father. Scheduled for publication as "Owen D. Young and American Enterprise," in time for their Golden Wedding anniversary, its appearance was delayed until 1982, when the first two copies off the press were duly autographed by each author for the other. Proud of this partnership with his wife in preparing this fifth of her published works, as he was to
have followed both his father and father-in-law as chairman of the New York Federal
Reserve, he once remarked that with these honors, his offspring, and his 13 honorary degrees, he was — and ought to be — content.
Case's wife, Josephine, died in 1990.
He is survived by their four children, Josephine Edmonds Case of Van Hornesville, James H. III of White Plains, Samuel P. of Fairfax, Calif., and John P. of Cambridge, Mass.; eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held later in Van Hornesville and at Colgate.
Gifts in memory of the deceased may appropriately be directed to the Everett Needham Case Library or in support of minority applicants, to: Memorial Gifts, Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y. 13346.
Funeral arrangements are by J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, 40 West James St., Richfield Springs.
Joseph S. Cebula
WATERVLIET — Joseph S. Cebula, 70, of 24th Street, died Wednesday, July 19, 2000, at his residence after a long illness.
Born Dec. 11, 1929, in Troy, he was a lifelong Watervliet resident.
Mr. Cebula was a graduate of Immaculate Conception School and LaSalle Institute.
He served as a medic with the United States Army for 18 months after graduation. Following service, Mr. Cebula worked briefly for Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. He then worked for 38 years as a plumber and steamfitter at General Electric in Schenectady and West Milton, retiring in 1986.
Mr. Cebula was a communicant of Immaculate Conception Church in Watervliet, and was a member and past president of the Pulaski Club in Watervliet. He was a member of the Watervliet Council Knights of Columbus, and Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local 128.
Beloved husband for 51 years of Marie R. Lefebvre Cebula; devoted son of Mary Bielawa Cebula of Colonie, and the late Stephen Cebula; loving father of the Rev. Joseph S. Cebula Jr., pastor of Sacred Heart Parish Community of Stamford, Denise Dudash of Duxbury, Mass., and her husband, Stephen, George P. Cebula of Bailey, Colo. and his wife, Colleen, Stephen L. Cebula of Watervliet, and Michele Fera of Colonie and her husband, Michael; proud grandfather of 11 and great-grandfather of five; he is also survived by aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday from the Parker Bros. Memorial, 2013 Broadway, Watervliet, and at 11 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, where a Mass of Christian burial will be con-celebrated, with Fr. Cebula as principal celebrant. Burial will follow in Immaculate Conception Cemetery. Calling hours will be Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. in the funeral home.
Memorial contributions to Immaculate Conception Church, 2420 Seventh Avenue, Watervliet, N.Y. 12189, or to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, 40 North Main Ave., Albany, N.Y. 12203 would be appreciated.
Ella E. Hoffman
ONEONTA — Mrs. Ella Evelyn Hoffman, 89, of Oneonta, died Wednesday morning, July 19, 2000. at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital, Oneonta.
She was born Feb. 27, 1911, in Davenport, the daughter of Louis Richard Hotaling and Ella Jane (Sutliff) Hotaling.
She married Joseph Louis Hoffman on July 27, 1935, in Mt. Rose, Pa. He died June 10, 1997.
Mrs. Hoffman worked as a seamstress for Hoffman Dry Cleaning, Oneonta, for 15 years. She has been a resident of Oneonta for most of her life.
Mrs. Hoffman was a member of the River Street Baptist Church and had been a member of the First Baptist Church, Oneonta, for more than 60 years. She had taught Sunday school at the church at one time.
Mrs. Hoffman enjoyed going for rides, being with people and going out to dinner. She also was an avid pinochle player.
Mrs. Hoffman is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Louis Joseph Hoffman and his wife, Sandy Hoffman of Oneonta; two daughters, Mrs. Douglas (Marion) Murphy of Oneonta and Mrs. Darrel (Joan) Yager of White Plains, Mo.; and several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sisters-in-law; two brothers-in-law; nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was predeceased by her sisters, Leona Bird, Ida Murray and Edith Wright.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 21, 2000, from the Bookhout Funeral Home, 357 Main St., Oneonta, with the Rev. Melvin Farmer, pastor of the River Street Baptist Church, Oneonta, officiating.
Burial will be in the Oneonta Plains Cemetery, Oneonta.
Friends may call at the Bookhout Funeral Home, Oneonta, from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 20, 2000, when the family will be present.
Funeral arrangements are by the Bookhout Funeral Homes, Oneonta and Otego.
William O'Dell
OTEGO — William O'Dell, 51, of Otego, died Tuesday morning, July 18, 2000, at his residence.
He was born Jan. 10, 1949, in Oneonta, the son of George Otis and Violet (Whispell) O'Dell.
William was a lifelong area resident. He was an avid bingo player in this area.
William is survived by his mother, Violet O'Dell of Otego; one sister, Phyllis Patterson of Oneonta; five brothers and their spouses, John and Pat O'Dell of Surfside, S.C., Tim and Rose O'Dell of Latham, Thomas O'Dell and Jackie Randall of Gilbertsville, Dennis and Cynthia O'Dell of Ballston Spa and Phillip O'Dell of Gilbertsville; and his bingo partner, John, of Oneonta. He is also survived by several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
A graveside service will be held 2 p.m. Friday, July 21, 2000, at the Schenevus Cemetery, Schenevus, with the Rev. Fred Albrecht of the Otego United Methodist Church, Otego, officiating.
William was cremated and his cremains will be buried in Schenevus Cemetery, Schenevus.
There will be no calling hours at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be given to Catskill Area Hospice, 542 Main St., Oneonta, N.Y. 13820 or the American Cancer Society, 57 Front St., Binghamton, N.Y. 13905 in memory of William O'Dell.
Funeral arrangements are by the Bookhout Funeral Homes, Oneonta and Otego.
Jorgina A. Stroud
GREENWOOD LAKE — Ms. Jorgina (Gina) Ann Stroud, 40, passed away Monday, July 17, 2000, as the result of an automobile accident.
She was born July 21, 1959, in Roosevelt, N.J., the daughter of Harold and Margaret (Albert) Stroud.
She was a graduate of Cherry Valley School and was a self-employed hairdresser.
Ms. Stroud is survived by her father, Harold Stroud of Oneonta; a sister and brother-in-law, Eve-Lyne and Michael Skramko Jr. of Richfield Springs; a brother and sister-in-law, Ted and Valerie Stroud of Clemmons, N.C.; a half sister, Dorothy Bisignano of Flushing; a godson, Michael C. Skramko III of Richfield; several nieces and nephews; a great-niece, Jennifer Seamon of Richfield Springs; and special friends, John Saye and Joe Guarriello of Greenwood Lake.
She was predeceased by her mother in 1972, and a half brother, Harold Stroud Jr., in 1989.
A graveside funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 21, 2000, at the Middlefield Cemetery, Middlefield, with the Rev. John Young officiating. Burial will follow.
Calling hours will be held on Thursday, July 20, 2000, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Ottman Funeral Home, Cherry Valley.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Ottman Funeral Home, Cherry Valley.
Alice K. Moore
GUILFORD — Alice K. Moore, 68, of Guilford, passed away July 19, 2000, at her home.
She was born the daughter of the late William and Lillian May Albright on June 9, 1932, in Brooklyn.
Alice married Harold Moore on Sept. 8, 1951, in Brooklyn; he predeceased her on July 19, 1987.
Mrs. Moore retired from Fleetbank of New York as a proof and transit operator.
She was also a member of the United Methodist Church of Guilford, as well as the Women's Society.
She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Robin and Charlie Blincoe of Guilford, Cindy and Tim O'Connell of Holbrook and Dawn and Bob Falciani of Guilford; one son and daughter-in-law, Charles and Jenny Moore of Sherburne; one brother and sister-in-law, William and Madeline Albright of Mount Upton; and 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will held Friday, July 21, 2000, at C.H. Landers Chapel, 21 Main St., Sidney at 8:30 p.m., with the Rev. Mary Ann Linder, pastor of the United Methodist Church of Guilford, officiating.
Friends may call Friday, July 21, from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to the time of the service at the funeral chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Chenango County, 21 Hayes St., Norwich, N.Y. 13815.
Janet Moseman
PRATTSVILLE — On Saturday, July 29, 2000, at 11 a.m. at the Fairlawn Cemetery in Prattsville, a memorial service will be held for Janet Moseman of Prattsville, who died on June 3, 2000.
