Avis de décès de John-Earl Casey - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

John Earl Caseyof Cooperstown, New YorkJohn Earl Casey, 78, a resident of Cooperstown, passed away after a long illness on Saturday evening, May 7, 2005, at Otsego Manor. Born July 19, 1926 in Albany, John was the son of the late Dr. George Morris Casey and Emily (Merwin) Casey, formerly of Hudson Falls. A graduate of Hudson Falls High School, Class of 1944, John enrolled at Yale University but then enlisted in the United States Army. During World War II, he proudly served his country in the 10th Mountain Division in Italy. Upon his honorable discharge in July of 1946 from the United States Army, he returned to Yale University and graduated with the Class of 1950. He then attended Cornell University Law School and graduated with the Class of 1953. John first practiced law in Binghamton, which is where he met and married his wife, Jane Ann Feeck on April 26, 1958. That same year, John and Jane Ann moved to Cooperstown, where he practiced law for many years. He was a past member of the Broome County Bar Association, the Otsego County Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and was admitted to the United States Supreme Court Bar. John had also served as a president of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, a Village of Cooperstown Justice, and was a past member of the Otsego County Republican Committee. For 48 years, he served as a member of the Cooperstown Fire Department Engine Co. No. 1, and was also a Third Degree Knight in the former Leatherstocking Council No. 1879, Knights of Columbus in Cooperstown, and a life member of the Sgt. Walter P. Eggleston Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7128 in Cooperstown. John is survived by his wife of 47 years, Jane Ann Casey, Cooperstown; a son, George, daughter-in-law, Dorothea, and a grandson, Michael, Greenwich, N.Y.; a daughter, Ann, partner, Dana Wagemaker, and grandchildren, Emily, Sarah, Andrew and Catharine, Niskayuna; and several cousins.A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, May 15, 2005, at St. Mary's "Our Lady of the Lake" Roman Catholic Church, Elm Street, Cooperstown, with Fr. John P. Rosson, pastor, presiding. A Firefighter Memorial Service will be conducted by members of the Cooperstown Fire Department as part of the service at the church. Immediately following the services at church, all attending are invited to join with John's family for a time of refreshment and fellowship at Templeton Hall, located at the corner of Church and Pioneer Streets in Cooperstown. John will eventually be laid to rest in Columbarium Wall in the Church-yard at Christ Church, Cooperstown. The family will receive friends in their home at 3 Elm Street, Cooperstown, from 1-4 and 7-9 p.m. on both Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that expressions of sympathy in the form of memorial gifts be made to a charity of one's choice. Arrangements are under the direction of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.