Person:Parker Utter (1)

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Notes 2008: From Ancestry.com-U.S. Obituary Collection-The Daily Star, Oneonta, Otsego, New York, Monday, October 9, 2000: Parker L. Utter - ONEONTA - Parker L. Utter, 92, of 18 Chester St., Oneonta, and formerly of Stamford died Saturday, Oct. 7, 2000, with his family at his bedside at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital, Oneonta. He was born Oct. 7, 1908, at Johnson Hollow, Prattsville, the son of Chester and Mabel (Ives) Utter. Parker married Julia Manchester on April 4, 1934, in Hobart. Julia died Sept. 12, 1972. On Jan. 31, 1976, he married Emily Thorpe Andrus in Oneonta. Emily died Feb. 27, 1996. Parker had lived in Oneonta since 1976, having resided most of his life in Stamford where he owned and operated a dairy farm. He graduated from Stamford Seminary and in 1929 graduated from the State University College of Agriculture and Technology at Delhi. He was an avid golfer and bowler. Parker was a lifetime member of the Stamford Golf Club, where for many years he was superintendent and greenskeeper. He had a devoted love for his family. Years back Parker played baseball for the Stamford Town Team. He was a member of the Oneonta Eagles, the Sixth Ward Athletic Club, the former Hobart Lodge I.O.O.F., Stamford, the town of Harpersfield Board of Trustees for 12 years, and a member and past president of the Stamford Cemetery Association. He is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Shirley and Russell Germond of Gilboa and Shelia and Herbert Gifford of Stamford; a son and daughter-in-law, Ronald and Regina Utter of Madisonville, Tenn.; grandchildren, Brenda and George Kephart of Scotia, Denise Hart of Oswego, Barry and Colleen Germond of Litchfield, N.H., Michael, Melissa and Amanda Utter of Madisonville, Tenn., James and Cheryl Utter of Hemstead, and Terry Jean Gifford of Albany; great-grandchildren, Nicole Luskin of Scotia, Tyler Germond of Litchfield, N.H., Lyndsea Hart of Oswego and Jaron Parker Kephart of Scotia; sisters and brother-in-law, Lillian Oliver of Albany and Gladys and Charles Van Wif of Painted Post; a brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Mary Utter of Delhi. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a son, James; a brother, Kenneth; and a granddaughter, Andrea. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2000, at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, Stamford, with the Rev. Stephen Herring, pastor, officiating. Friends may call at the Hall Funeral Home, 142 W. Main St., Stamford, on Tuesday afternoon and evening at their convenience. The family will be in attendance between 2 and 4 and 7 and 9 p.m. Burial will be in the Stamford Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may be made in Parker's memory to the Catskill Area Hospice, 542 Main St., Oneonta, N.Y. 13820. Arrangements are under the direction of the Hall Funeral Home, Stamford-Grand Gorge. _____

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