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Emily G. Crandall
SIDNEY — Graveside services for Emily G. Crandall, who passed away on Jan. 3, 2004, in Sidney, will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 15, 2004, at the Lakeview Cemetery, Richfield Springs, with the Rev. Lyman Johnson of the United Methodist Church, Cherry Valley, officiating.
Arrangements were entrusted to the Ottman Funeral Home of Cherry Valley.
Marion Eastwood
COOPERSTOWN — Graveside and committal memorial services for Mrs. Marion C. Eastwood, who died April 9, 2004, will be held in the Springfield Center Cemetery, Saturday, May 15, 2004, at 1 p.m.
Maurice Goodrich
WORCESTER — A committal service for Maurice E. Goodrich, who died on Jan. 20, 2004, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 15, 2004, at the St. Joseph's Cemetery in Worcester, with the Rev. Edward Golding officiating.
Arrangements are by the E.J. Skinner Co., 155 Main St., Worcester.
Lillian S. Carlson
STAMFORD — Graveside services for Lillian S. Carlson, who died March 1, 2004, will take place on Friday, May 14, 2004, at 10 a.m. in Stamford Cemetery, Stamford.
Arrangements are with the MacArthur Funeral Home of Hobart.
Dawn Roadman
MARGARETVILLE — The Village of Margaretville lost one of its most committed, active and vibrant citizens Monday, May 10, 2004, when Dawn B. Roadman, 82, a prominent businesswoman and civic leader, died at her home surrounded by family and friends.
Dawn was a longtime board member of the Margaretville Telephone Company, and served as its president from 1974 to 1980. She was an energetic leader in many of the community's prominent cultural and civic organizations, including the Fairview Public Library, the Margaretville Memorial Hospital, and the Erpf Cultural Center.
Doris Dawn Birdsall was born in Fleischmanns on Oct. 25, 1921, to Sheldon Birdsall and Madeline Avery Birdsall. As a child, Dawn worked as a telephone operator in her family's business: a small telephone company that her grandfather, John Birdsall had bought from New York Telephone in 1917. The main switchboard was in the Birdsall home until 1962, when the company moved to its current location on Swart Street.
Dawn graduated from Margaretville Central School in 1939. She attended Syracuse University, where she received a degree in library science. While at Syracuse, she met Keene Roadman, a doctoral student in political science and married him on the day she graduated May 9, 1943. Shortly after, Keene enlisted in the Armed Forces.
After the war, the couple moved to Washington, D.C., where their son Larry was born, and later to Baltimore, Md., where their daughter Karen was born. While in Baltimore, Dawn served as vice president of the PTA at the Towson Senior High School, over which future United States Vice President Spiro Agnew presided.
Dawn and Keene returned to Margaretville in 1964, where Keene assumed the presidency of the Margaretville Telephone Company. Dawn became deeply involved in the life of the community.
She was an officer of the hospital auxiliary, a founder of the Erpf Catskill Cultural Center, an active member of the Presbyterian congregations in Margaretville and New Kingston and a community organizer on behalf of the Fairview Public Library.
Long before the Internet and the personal computer made the information age a reality, Dawn worked to connect these small mountain towns to the broader world through the free access of information. She worked closely with libraries throughout the region on book exchange systems, and helped to make Margaretville aware of its library's resources. She also led the long effort to find the Fairview Public Library a permanent home, spearheading the fund-raising drive and selecting the architect.
After many years of service on the hospital auxiliary board, Dawn was appointed to serve as a public liaison and representative of the community to the Margaretville Memorial Hospital, a position the hospital board created expressly for her.
Dawn also financed the donation of Binnekill Park to the Village of Margaretville, as well as the renovation of the Hussy Building on the corner of Main and Walnut streets.
Dawn assumed the presidency of the Margaretville Telephone Company after her husband's death in 1974.
In 1979, Dawn married Art Williams, a retiree. The couple divorced in 1983.
Dawn was an avid world traveler, whose voyages spanned four continents and almost every state in the Union. She often traveled alone, or with her close friends Harriet Smith and Betty Sanford, and delighted in cultural odysseys and unpredictable destinations.
"She was ahead of her time in every way. She was a businesswoman, a community leader," said Terry Cohen, who worked alongside her on the hospital auxiliary and at the Erpf Center. "Her representing the telephone company showed that the business cared about the life of the community."
In June of 1995, Dawn suffered a stroke, which left her unable to live independently. She lived briefly at Kirkside Adult Home in Roxbury, before moving to the Mountainside Residential Care Center. She lived at Mountainside until her death.
Dawn is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Betsy Roadman; her daughter, Karen Harris and fiance, Steven Jenkins; and four grandchildren, Keene Roadman, Christian Roadman, Lissa Harris and Avery Jenkins.
There will be a burial service open to all at 8 a.m. on Thursday, May 13, 2004, at the Old Margaretville Cemetery on Cemetery Road. A memorial service open to the community will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, at the United Presbyterian Church, Margaretville.
In lieu of flowers, donations should be made to the Fairview Public Library or the Margaretville Memorial Hospital.
Arrangements by the Hynes Funeral Home, Margaretville.
Dorothy O. Arnott
COOPERSTOWN — Mrs. Dorothy Olsen Arnott, 88, formerly of Oneonta and Long Island, died late Monday evening, May 10, 2004, at The Meadows.
She was born on Aug. 3, 1915, in Brooklyn, a daughter of Frank and Marie Margaret (Larsen) Olsen.
Raised in Bellmore on Long Island, she graduated from Baldwin High School and became a newspaper reporter. When sound came to motion pictures, she was employed by Warner Brothers as a sound technician and visited movie theaters in the New York Metropolitan area to check their sound production.
On Nov. 3, 1935, she married David Kingston Arnott in the Bellmore Methodist Church. Throughout their life together, she served as his partner in his painting business, taking care of the books and occasionally even wielding a paint brush.
In 1976, they moved from Long Island to East Meredith and made their home in the local church's parsonage. Mr. Arnott died on April 11, 1989. In 1993, Dorothy moved from East Meredith to Oneonta, where she volunteered many hours as a member of the A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
Her other interests included crocheting as well as keeping up with current events and politics.
Dorothy is survived by two daughters, Claire A. Kepner of Fly Creek, and Arlaine Niclas of Tualatin, Ore.; one son, David K. Arnott of Savannah, Ga.; 11 grandchildren, Rachael Crossman Kepner of East Syracuse, Jay Crossman of Charleston, S.C., Lindasue Lockwood of Harrisonburg, Va., Michele Schleiger of Portland, Ore., Michael Niclas of Florida, Daniel Niclas of Japan, and David K. Arnott III, Bryan Arnott, Timothy Arnott, Amy Arnott, and Kristen Sanders, all of Savannah, Ga.; two step grandchildren, Chris and Matt Kepner of Cooperstown; 12 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by her siblings, Cecelia, Mable, Harold and Etta.
A graveside service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 14, 2004, in the Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Coldenham, with the Rev. Charles W. Leach, pastor officiating.
Friends may call at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home, 82 Chestnut St., Cooperstown, on Thursday evening, May 13, 2004, from 6 to 8 p.m. when Dorothy's family will be in attendance.
In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in the form of memorial gifts may be made to Catskill Area Hospice Hope Foundation, 542 Main St., Oneonta, NY 13820 or to The Meadows Activities Fund, 140 County Highway 33W, Cooperstown, NY 13326, or to the Danish Home for the Aged, Inc., PO Box 334, Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520, which is an institution that Dorothy's grandmother was instrumental in founding.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.
Irene B. Mokay
DELHI — Mrs. Irene B. Mokay, 80, passed away at 6:50 a.m. on May 10, 2004, at Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown, after a short illness.
Mrs. Mokay was born in Maplewood on Jan. 30, 1924, and was the daughter of the late Andrew and Anna (Karel) Beeble.
A graduate of Watervliet High School, she was employed by the New York Telephone Company in the Watervliet, Troy and Albany offices.
She resided in Maplewood until her marriage to William Mokay on April 12, 1953, and moved to Delhi, where she was employed by the Delhi Telephone Company for 25 years, 10 of which were as chief operator.
Survivors besides her husband, William, include two daughters, Barbara Mackin of Huguenot, and Stephanie Warner of Delhi; and a daughter-in-law, Lonna Mokay of Belle Vernon, Pa. She is also survived by two brothers, Dr. John Beeble of Odessa, Fla., and Lt. Col. (retired) Peter Beeble of Melbourbe, Fla.; along with seven grandchildren, Matthew, Jon, Ryan and Jason Mackin, William and Ashley Warner, and Erica Mokay; and one great-grandson, Christopher Mackin; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
Her parents, a sister, Mary Beeble, and a brother, Andrew Beeble Jr., and her son, Paul Michael Mokay predeceased her.
A viewing will be held at MacArthur Funeral Home on Thursday, May 13, 2004, from 7 to 9 p.m. when the family will be in attendance.
Funeral Mass will be conducted on Saturday, May 29, 2004, from St. Basil's Russian Orthodox Church in Maplewood, with burial in St. Basil's Cemetery in Watervliet.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Basil's Church, General Fund, 9 Lansing Ave., Watervliet, NY 12189 or to the charity of your choice in memory of Irene B. Mokay.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the MacArthur Funeral Home, Delhi.
Martin Shults
FORT PLAIN — Martin "Leonard" Shults, 89, of State Highway 5S, Fort Plain, passed away unexpectedly Saturday evening, May 8, 2004, at his home.
Born in Stone Arabia on March 23, 1915, a son of Martin and Marie Fonda Shults. He was a lifelong Fort Plain resident and was a graduate of Fort Plain High School.
Mr. Shults worked for over 25 years on the family farm in Fort Plain. He then went to work as a truck driver for over 20 years for Agway in Fort Plain, until his retirement in 1980.
He was a member of the Reformed Church of Fort Plain. He was also a member of the Fort Plain Masonic Lodge No. 433 for over 50 years, and was a former member of the Hallsville Grange.
He married Marianna Lieber Shults on June 6, 1936. She passed away on Jan. 29, 2003. He was also pre-deceased by an infant son, Leonard John Shults, an infant daughter, Annette Marie Shults, and a brother, Charles Shults.
Survivors include two sons, Gary L. Shults and his wife, Helen of Canajoharie, and Manly E. Shults and his wife, Karen of Delhi; two daughters, Sondra Failing of Fort Plain, and Gayle Smith and her husband, Jack of Cooperstown; one brother, Manly Shults of Fort Plain; two sisters, Gertrude Waner of Salem, and Margaret Bollen of Fort Plain; two sisters-in-law, Janet O'Bryan and her husband, JB of Florida, and Doris Stiles of Amsterdam; 17 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Reformed Church, 165 Canal St., Fort Plain, with the Rev. Nancy Ryan, presiding. Interment will be in Fort Plain Cemetery.
The family received relatives and friends Tuesday, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Lenz and Betz Funeral Home, 69 Otsego St., Canajoharie.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Mid County Volunteer Ambulance Service, the Reformed Church of Fort Plain or the Masonic Home.
Howard E. Truscott
STUART, Fla. — Howard E. Truscott, 89, of Hobe Sound, Fla., was taken home to The Lord, May 9, 2004.
He was born Jan. 30, 1915, in Meredith, the son of Edgar and H. Luella Truscott.
He was a graduate of A.L. Kellogg High School in Treadwell, Class of 1934.
He owned and operated dairy farms in Delaware and Otsego counties prior to moving to Hobe Sound in 1971, where he was employed in the landscaping business until his retirement in 1982.
He was a charter member of the First United Methodist Church of Hobe Sound.
In 1942, he married Alice C. Buel, who predeceased him in 1982. He is also predeceased by one brother, Arnold E., and three sisters, Mildred Clark, Laura Mostert and Edna Mugglin; one granddaughter, Tammy Bookhout, one great-grandson, Johnathan Bookhout, and one great-granddaughter, Jessica Bookhout.
He is survived by his daughter, Marion Bookhout of Hobe Sound; two sons, Bruce G. of Pine Bluff, Ariz., and William H. of Unadilla; one sister, Doris Dropp of Summerville, S.C.; and one brother, Frederick H. of Hobe Sound. He has five surviving grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be held Friday, May 14, 2004, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Bookhout Funeral Home, Oneonta.
A graveside service will be held Saturday, May 15, 2004, at 10 a.m., with the Rev. Kip Stratton, pastor of the Unadilla and Sidney Center United Methodist Churches, officiating, in the Laurens Cemetery, Laurens.
Those who wish may make contributions in his memory to the First United Methodist Church, 10100 SE Federal Highway, PO Box 265, Hobe Sound, FL 33455 or to Hospice of Martin & St. Lucie Inc., Mayes Center for Hope, 1201 SE Indian St., Stuart, FL 34996.
Local arrangements are under the direction of Bookhout Funeral Home of Oneonta.
Angela Dawn Orosz
BEACH LAKE, Pa. — Angela Dawn Orosz, 18, of Beach Lake, died Sunday, May 9, 2004, unexpectedly from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.
Angela was born in Honesdale, Pa., the daughter of David R. Orosz Jr. of Davenport, and Sheila D. VanOrden, Beach Lake.
She attended Honesdale High School and completed her GED. She planned on attending college in the near future. Angela was very intelligent and musically inclined and was known for her love of animals.
She was employed as a maintenance worker for Landers River Trips, Narrowsburg.
In addition to her parents, she is survived by a brother, Jeremy Russell Orosz of Davenport; a maternal grandmother, Carrie VanOrden, Honesdale; a grandfather, George Martin Jr. of Honesdale; four uncles, Gene and Margo VanOrden of Moscow, Larry and Deanna VanOrden of Del Ray Beach, Fla., Joseph and Stacey VanOrden of Pleasant Mount, and Leonard VanOrden of Moscow; three aunts, Theresa and George Martin of Honesdale, Patsy and Phil Cordaro of Beach Lake, and Beverly Ann Orosz of Yonkers; and several cousins.
A funeral service will be held in the Pine Mill United Methodist Church, Pine Mill, Pa., on Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at 2 p.m., with the Dr. Rev. Gordon Weightman, of the Beach Lake United Methodist Church, officiating. There will be a visitation on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon in the Arthur A. Bryant Funeral Home, 1228 Main St., Honesdale.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Dessin Animal Shelter or the American Cancer Society.
Edward Rathgeber
CONESVILLE — Edward H. Rathgeber Sr., 67 years, of Conesville died suddenly at his home on May 10, 2004.
He was born in Inwood on Sept. 6. 1936, son of the late Peter and Elane (Crocker) Rathgeber.
Edward served in the United States Air Force being stationed in Alaska.
Moving from Long Island in 1970, he was employed as a heavy equipment operator by Briggs Construction of Prattsville and he also worked at Stiefel Lab. in East Durham, and Ski Windham in Windham.
Surviving are his wife, Aloana (Guerrera) Rathgeber; a daughter, Lonnie Lee Lavissiere and her husband, Erik of Earlton; two sons, Edward Rathgeber Jr., and Paul Rathgeber, both of Conesville; his grandchildren, Melissa Rose Rathgeber, Nikki Bereznak, Aiyana Rathgeber and Wolfgang Lavissiere; two sisters, June Kurkomelis of Sarasota, Fla., and Janet Rizzo of Cedarhurst; also a special niece, Cindy Carpenter; and several other nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday from the Cunningham Funeral Home, 4898 SR81, Greenville.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday.
Interment will be in the Manorkill Cemetery.
William Hosier
ONEONTA — A graveside committal service for William Hosier, who passed away Feb. 19, 2004, was held on Thursday, April 8, 2004, at the Sanford Cemetery, Dunraven. The Rev. Diane Wickham officiated.
The family of William Hosier would like to thank everyone who helped ease our pain at this difficult time.
Arrangements were with the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home, Oneonta.
Elma H. Mitchell
OTEGO — A graveside committal service for Elma H. Mitchell, 88, of Otego, who passed away March 24, 2004, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 17, 2004, at the family plot in Glenwood Cemetery, Oneonta.
Funeral arrangements are by the Westcott Funeral Home Inc., 123 Main St., Unadilla, under the direction of James S. Westcott and James C. Magee, funeral directors.
Carmella LaMonica Scorzafava
CENTEREACH — Carmella LaMonica Scorzafava, 86, formerly of Oneonta, passed away on Sunday, May 9, 2004, in Port Jefferson, Long Island.
Carmella retired from the Oneonta Dress Factory in 1979, after 27 years of service.
She was the loving mother of Rose Ann Haynes, Josephine Haug, Joseph Scorzafava and Sandra Davis; and grandmother of 11 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren; and also survived by one sister, Marion.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at the Marinello Funeral Home, Coram, Long Island.
Burial will be in Washington Memorial Park, Mt. Sinai, on Thursday, May 13, 2004.
Philip W. Petri
COOPERSTOWN — Committal and graveside services for Philip W. Petri, who died March 12, 2004, will be held on Friday, May 14, 2004, at 11:30 a.m. at the Hartwick Seminary Cemetery.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Tillapaugh Funeral Service, Cooperstown and Milford.
Richard G. Schlee
WEST LAURENS — Richard Glenn Schlee, 66, of West Laurens died Wednesday, May 12, 2004, at his home in West Laurens.
He was born in Catskill on Dec. 2, 1937, the son of Robert and Wilma (Bates) Schlee.
He married Imogene E. Smith on Sept. 29, 1963, at the United Methodist Church in Morris.
He attended Hartwick College and was a lifelong area resident. He was the former owner of Richard G. Schlee Insurance Agency, which he had operated for 29 years until his retirement in December 1997, at which time he sold the business to his daughter, Dena Schlee.
In the 1960s, Dick had served as an Oneonta Police Officer for six years. He was a member of the Laurens Masonic Lodge, the National Rifle Association, the Wednesday Night CJ's golf league, the 9:30 Men's Coffee Group at McDonald's, the Coaches Club at Hartwick College, the Hartwick Rod & Gun Club, and the Oneonta Men's Softball League.
He was very instrumental and had served as chairman of the C.O.I.D.A. He had served on the Otsego County Board of Representatives for 10 years and the last two years as the Chairman of the Board.
Dick is survived by his wife, Imogene, of West Laurens; his daughters, Dena Schlee and her companion, Ronald Howland, of West Oneonta, and Joana Schlee and her companion, Brian Dahmer, of Charlotte, N.C.; his granddaughter, Lexi Bookhout of West Oneonta; two sisters, Elizabeth Schlee of West Oneonta, and Barbara Lisk and husband, John, of Raleigh, N.C.; a brother, Robert Schlee and wife, Doris, of Oneonta; his mother-in-law, Bertha Smith, of Morris; and several sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
Calling hours will be held at the Johnston Funeral Home in Morris on Thursday, May 13, 2004, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 14, 2004, at 10 a.m. at the Laurens Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Harry G. Myers officiating. Committal services and burial will follow in the Oneonta Plains Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, it is requested that donations be made to either the Hartwick College Alumni Association, 1 Hartwick Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820 or the West Laurens First Responder Unit, 2766 State Hwy. No. 23, West Oneonta, NY 13861 in his memory.
Funeral arrangements are by the Johnston Funeral Home of Morris.
