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Matthew Searles
NORWICH — Matthew Brian Searles, infant son of Andrew and Michelle Mayo Searles, died June 19, 2001, at Chenango Memorial Hospital in Norwich.
He is survived by his parents, Andrew and Michelle Searles, of Masonville; sister, Melissa Searles, of Masonville; brother, Andrew Searles Jr., of Masonville; twin brother, Collin Searles, of Masonville; paternal grandparents, Richard and Teresa Searles, of Unadilla; maternal grandmother, Joyce Warner, of Sherburne; maternal grandfather, Gary Mayo, of Masonville; paternal great-grandparents, Edward and Marie Searles, of Bainbridge; and maternal great-grandparents, Marge and Robert Church, of Delhi, and Helen and Norman Mayo, of Sidney Center.
Graveside services are private and at the convenience of the family.
Arrangements by C.H. Landers Inc. of Sidney.
Linden Summers Jr.
HAMILTON — Dr. Linden Dulaney Summers Jr., 75, of Hamilton, and formerly of Cooperstown, died Tuesday, June 26, 2001, at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown from complications of diabetes.
Doc, as he was known by everyone, was born June 12, 1926, in Baltimore, a son of the late Mary Owings Summers and Linden D. Summers Sr.
He married Elizabeth (Betty) Jane Ranck of New Holland, Pa., on May 12, 1949, in Baltimore.
Doc served in the North Atlantic with the U.S. Merchant Marines as a medical officer during World War II.
Dr. Summers enjoyed a 50-year career as a clinical psychologist. From 1951-1961, he was director of the Mohican Reading School on Otsego Lake in Cooperstown.
He was a member of the senior attending staff in the department of pediatrics and psychiatry at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital from 1952-1957. From 1957-1961 he served as the school psychologist for the Cooperstown Central School.
Moving to Hamilton in 1961, Doc worked for Colgate University as a professor in the department of education, a position he held for the next 20 years. During this time he served as director of Colgate's Office of Educational Research.
From 1981, until his retirement in 1997, he was director of counseling and psychological services at Colgate.
Doc was an active member of the Unitarian Universalist Association's Church of the Larger Fellowship, serving on its board of directors from 1980-1989. He was chairman of the board from 1985-1987, and vice chairman from 1988-1989. In 1954, he helped establish a U.U. fellowship in Cooperstown, and recently was a friend of the U.U. Society in Oneonta.
From 1963-1970, Dr. Summers was on the licensing board of the NYS Board for Psychology. He was the first representative of school psychologists to serve on this examining board. He maintained a private practice, specializing in the treatment of adolescents and adults, from 1958 up until the time of his death.
Doc worked in the research, design and development of training programs throughout his professional life. At the time of his death, he was a member of the American Psychological Association, the War Resisters League, the Madison County Mental Health Board, as well as other professional and charitable organizations.
For three decades Doc was a high school and college football referee. Since his retirement, he was an avid follower of his grandson's sporting events.
He was a lifelong railroading enthusiast, taking the train to destinations countrywide.
In 1968, he was a leader in the sit-in at the Colgate Administration Building, during which students and faculty protested discriminatory practices in the college's fraternities. This was a pivotal event in his life, awakening a social conscience that influenced his personal and professional life thereafter.
Doc is survived by Betty, his wife of 52 years; his daughter, Suzanne, of Hartwick; his son, Linden III, and his wife, Sylvia, of Cooperstown; his grandchildren, Benjamin, Nicholas and Jimmy Dangl, and Nicholas, Park and Gillis Summers; his sister, Bettie Owings Summers, of Baltimore; and several brothers- and sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by a grandson, Linden IV, in 1996.
There will be a memorial service in September 2001, at Colgate University in Hamilton.
There will be no calling hours.
Expressions of sympathy in the form of gifts in Doc's memory may be made to the American Diabetes Association, Memorial and Honor Program, P.O. Box 2680, North Canton, OH 44720; or the Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care Inc., 542 Main St., Oneonta, NY 13820; or the United Cerebral Palsy Association, 67 Division St., Amsterdam, NY 12010.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.
MaryAnn Sweet
EDMESTON — MaryAnn Sweet, 75, of Edmeston, died peacefully Thursday, June 28, 2001, at her home with her family by her side.
She was born Dec. 7, 1925, in New Haven, Conn., the daughter of Julius and Susie (Tchechickevich) Pylinski.
She married Robert L. Sweet Sr. on Aug. 8, 1952, in the South New Berlin Parsonage.
MaryAnn retired from Kraft Foods in Lowville, where she had been employed as a quality controller.
She was a member of the Church of the Nativity and served in their Alter Guild. MaryAnn was also a member of the Wharton Valley American Legion Auxiliary Post #1311 and held the position of Sergeant of Arms and organized the Poppy fund-raiser for many, many years.
MaryAnn enjoyed bowling, golfing and loved to watch stock car racing.
She is survived by her husband, Robert; her son, Richard W. Sweet; her step children and their spouses, Robert L. Sweet Jr. and Donna and James W. Sweet and Joann; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; her brothers, Edward Pylinski and Albert (Bud) Pylinski; and her sisters, Helen Mockovciak and Janina Piazza.
She was predeceased by her brothers, Joseph, Peter, Sylvester and Walter Pylinski; her sister, Genevieve Nestved; and her step sister, Julia Gramberg.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 30, 2001, at 11 a.m. at the Church of the Nativity in Edmeston, with Fr. John Burns officiating. Calling hours are Friday, June 29, 2001, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Houk-Johnston-Terry Funeral Home in Edmeston. A vigil service will be held at 7:30 p.m. and a Legion Auxiliary service will be held at 8 p.m. on Friday evening.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in MaryAnn's memory to the Catskill Area Hospice, envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Arrangements are by Houk-Johnston-Terry Funeral Home in Edmeston.
Louise Merrihew
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Louise Merrihew, at rest June 24, 2001, at the Osceola Regional Hospital in Kissimmee, Fla.
Louise Preston Merrihew, 74, of Pebble Brook Road in Kissimmee, formerly of Duanesburg, N.Y.
Born in Stanford, N.Y., she was a graduate of Worcester, N.Y., schools.
She was a homemaker. She moved to the Delanson/Duanesburg, N.Y., area in the late 1950s, retiring in the Kissimmee area several years ago.
She was the beloved wife of the late Earl L. Merrihew, who died in 1989.
She was the beloved mother of Earl Merrihew Jr. and his wife, Linda, of Bellingham, Wash.; Mrs. Robert (Sandra) Leckel of Kissimmee; David Merrihew and his wife, Cheryl, of Duanesburg; Mrs. Robert (Shirley) Dorman of Mayfield, N.Y.; Steven Merrihew of Gloversville; and the late Diane Marie Merrihew. Beloved sister of Donald and Raymond Preston, both of Worcester, N.Y., and Larry Preston. Loving grandmother of Scott and Becky Merrihew, Robert and Christopher Leckel, Lynn and David Merrihew Jr., Diane Dorman and Carrie Merrihew. Also survived by several nieces, nephews and cousins.
A graveside service will be held Monday, July 2, 2001, at 1 p.m. at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Worcester, N.Y.
There will be no calling hours.
Contributions in Louise's memory may be made to the American Diabetes Association New York State Memorial Processing Center, P.O. Box 31160, Hartford, CT 06150-1160.
Arrangements are by the White-Van Buren Funeral Home in Delanson.
Henry D. Borggreen Sr.
BLOOMVILLE — Henry D. Borggreen Sr., 67, formerly of Bloomville, died June 26, 2001, at Amsterdam Memorial Hospital in Amsterdam.
He was born May 11, 1934, in Stamford, the son of William and Vestina (Clark) Borggreen.
He is survived by his wife, Cora (Miller) Borggreen, of Delhi; a son, Henry (Patricia) Borggreen Jr., of North Carolina; three daughters, Sarah Roe of Delhi, Eva Bresee of Davenport and Tina Borggreen of Delhi; and four grandchildren.
A lifelong area resident, he worked as a custodian at Hunter Mountain Ski Resort.
Graveside services will take place on Tuesday, July 3, 2001, at 11 a.m. at Locust Hill Cemetery in Hobart.
There will be no calling hours.
Arrangements are with the MacArthur Funeral Home in Hobart.
Ruth R. Wiseman
ONEONTA — Ruth Rendell Wiseman, 78, of 14 Bronk St. in Oneonta, died unexpectedly Wednesday, June 27, 2001, at her residence.
She was born March 31, 1923, at St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, to James and Annie (Charles) Rendell.
Ruth married Eric John Wiseman in April 1944, in Montreal. They moved to Oneonta in 1948. He died April 16, 1996.
She graduated from Eaton School for Girls in Nova Scotia, Canada and emigrated to the United States in 1947. She was a homemaker and worked briefly as secretary for George Waddington at Oneonta Junior High School.
Mrs. Wiseman was a past president of the Oneonta Garden Club and a member of St. James Episcopal Church. She enjoyed her winter residence in Holiday, Fla., where she spent time with her Canadian and Oneonta friends. Her family remembers her as an excellent homemaker, wonderful cook and garden lover.
She is survived by her loving daughter, Lynda A. Wiseman of Niskayuna, N.Y., and son, Gary J. Wiseman of Ventura, Calif.; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and nephews, Roger and Jim Finlen of Carmel, Calif., Bill Lloyd of Montreal and Fred and Jim Rendell of Ottawa. She was predeceased by a second son, Randy J. Wiseman, who died on Nov. 23, 1983, and four siblings, Renee Keating of Montreal, Jean Finlen Keen of Goodyear Lake, Fred Rendell of Ottawa and Evelyn Rendell of Oneonta.
Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, July 2, 2001, at Lewis-Hurley Funeral Home in Oneonta, N.Y., with the Rev. Robert Haskell, associate pastor of St. James Episcopal Church in Oneonta.
Burial will be later in Newfoundland.
There will be no calling hours.
In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to the American Cancer Society, 57 Front St., Binghamton, NY 13905.
Arrangements are by the Lewis-Hurley Funeral Home in Oneonta.
James D. Rames
COBLESKILL — Dr. James Duston Rames, of Legion Drive in Cobleskill, N.Y., died Thursday, June 28, 2001, from injuries received in a car accident.
Dr. Rames was born in Russellville, Ark., on July 20, 1922, son of James Lee and Eugenia Duston Rames.
He was a graduate of Brown University and Harvard Medical School. He served his internship and residency in Minneapolis. He was a board certified intern and had practiced in Cooperstown, N.Y., Hawaii and Oneonta, N.Y., before retiring from practice in Albuquerque, N.M., and residing in Cobleskill and Cooperstown.
He served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force in World War II. Dr. Rames was a member of several medical associations and was also a member of Cobleskill Lodge 2040, SPOE.
He was married in 1984 at Laurens, N.Y. to Marion Haith Barber.
Survivors include his wife, Marion Rames of Cobleskill; three sons, Peter Rames of Albuquerque, N.M., Richard Rames of Minneapolis and Steven Rames of San Francisco; two daughters, Sarah Farfield and Joanne Rames, both of Albany, N.Y.; two stepsons, Timothy M. Wales of Delmar, N.Y., and Michael Wales of Rancho Santa Marguerita, Calif.; a brother, Stanley Rames of Hot Springs, Ark.; and eight grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held Tuesday, July 3, 2001, at 2 p.m. at the Robert A. Guffin Funeral Home, 1 Chapel St. in Cobleskill.
There will be no calling hours.
Interment will be at the convenience of the family.
Memorials may be made to the Catskill Area Hospice, 1 MacArthur Ave., Cobleskill, NY 12043, The American Cancer Society, 1450 Western Ave., Room l0l, Albany, NY 12203-3572 or The American Heart Association, Northeastern Area, 440 New Karner Road, Albany, NY 12205-3890.
Frances H. Pratt
AFTON — Frances H. Pratt, 87, of Afton, N.Y., and Stuart, Fla., passed away on Wednesday, June 27, 2001, after an extended illness.
Survivors include her son, Lynn Pratt and wife Carolyn of Elveryson, Pa.; four daughters, Audrey Bartlett and husband James of Sidney, N.Y, Susan Insinga and husband Philip of Afton, N.Y., Deborah Papadopolous and husband Art of Jupiter, Fla., and Margaret Powell and husband Michael of Lusby, Md.; 11 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Charlotte Laraway and husband Raymond of Sidney, N.Y., and Ellen Egli and husband Henry of Sidney, N.Y.; and sister-in-law, Susan Rivenburgh and husband Frank of New Carlisle, Ohio.
Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 14, at St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Afton.
Contributions may be made to St. Ann's Episcopal Church, 125 Main St., Afton, NY 13730.
Wallace & White Funeral Home in Stuart, Fla., is in charge of arrangements.
Velma E. Thayer
OTEGO — Velma E. Thayer, 89, of Otego, N.Y., passed away Thursday, June 28, 2001, at the Oneonta Nursing Home in Oneonta.
She was born July 24, 1911, in Otego, N.Y., the daughter of the late Robert and Margery Sutton Hamilton. She was predeceased by her husband, Russell Lynn "Pop" Thayer; a daughter, Marjorie Crawford; three brothers, Stanley, Albert and Claude Hamilton; and two brothers-in-law, Leland and Paul Thayer.
She is survived by two sons, Paul Thayer and his wife, Irene, of Owego, N.Y., Clyde Thayer and his wife, Shirley, of Louisiana; a son-in-law, Frank Crawford, of New Berlin; six grandchildren and several great- and great-great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Dorothy Harris, of Otego and Jane Thayer, of Gilbertsville; and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Thayer was a lifetime resident of the area. She was a member of the Susquehanna Valley Grange, the Rebecca Lodge in Otego, the Otego Senior Citizens Club, and a charter member of the Otego Fireman's Auxiliary and the Otego Old Boys Club.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday July 2, 2001, at the Bookhout Funeral Home on River Street in Otego, with the Rev. David Wood officiating.
Interment will follow in Otego Evergreen Cemetery.
Family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m., before services at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to the Otego Emergency Squad, River Street, Otego, NY 13825, or the Pittsfield Emergency Squad, RD 3, New Berlin, NY 13411, in Velma's memory.
