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Obituary: Lawrence Williams Jr.

30 December 2011 Marcy Shortuse

Lawrence (Larry) Williams Jr., 85, died on December 21, 2011 due to complications associated with Alzheimer’s disease. He will be laid to rest at his birthplace of Lake Forest, Ill., joining his mother and father, Barbara Kirk Williams and Lawrence Williams.

He leaves behind his wife, Barbara Blossom Williams; their four children, Ann Williams Stocke, Jane Williams Korhonen, Kirk Williams McKie, and Lawrence (Will) Williams IV; and six grandchildren.

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Obituary: Daisy Yolanda Romaro Park

23 December 2011 Last Updated on 23 December 2011 Marcy Shortuse

Daisy Yolanda Romaro Park of Cooperstown and Boca Grande, died unexpectedly on December 19, 2011 at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown.

Born in Salinas, Puerto Rico, on August 4, 1942, Daisy was the daughter of the late Juan and Virginia (Rosado) Romaro. Sent to the mainland United States as a young child to be educated, Daisy attended a convent school in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., from which she was graduated in 1960. She was married to Robert T. Park at St. John the Baptist Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., on September 16, 1961. She made her home and raised her young family in Brooklyn before moving to Cherry Valley in 1978 and to Cooperstown in 1988.