Christmas concerts and holiday performances are returning to the stage in South Dakota after taking last year off. But few require masks, let alone proof of vaccination, as organizers are hesitant to push mandates on audiences.
Christmas concerts and holiday performances are returning to the stage in South Dakota after taking last year off. But few require masks, let alone proof of vaccination, as organizers are hesitant to push mandates on audiences.
Apr 29, 2021
Karen Dohne Cotten passed away at 11:55 p.m. on April 27, 2021, peace-fully at home, following a long and courageous battle with cancer.
She was born Aug. 10, 1944, in Syracuse to the late Raymond and Virginia (Gulgusky) Dohne.
Karen graduated from Liverpool High School in 1962 and from SUNY Brockport in 1966. She then began her teaching career at Falconer Central School, where she taught physical education and health for 35 years before retiring in 2005. While there, she touched numerous lives as a teacher, athletic director, coach, and friend. Her presence there remains strong as the tennis courts were named for her in 2007. After retiring, she continued to substitute teach for 15 years until becoming sick. She was so blessed to have many of her Falconer family with her until the end.
Updated 1/27/2021 3:35 AM
A well known Illinois high school basketball player, F. William Bill Schulz, 86, of Kenilworth, IL, passed away due to complications related to leukemia on Jan. 21, 2021, with his family by his side. Bill was born on November 11, 1934, in Harvard, to the late Fred and Helen Schulz and is survived by his wife of 63 years, Karin; his two daughters, Julie (Matthew) Halbower and Dr. Pamela Schulz, and his son Bill Schulz; his siblings, John, Ken (Marcia), Jim (Carolyn), and Dr. Russell (Hubertus) Schulz and Marybeth (Bill) Peden; his four grandchildren, Samantha, Veronica, Abby and Drew; and numerous nieces and nephews.