Dorothy Ann Ames

COOPERSTOWN – Dorothy Ann Ames, age 88, of Schuyler Lake, passed away on Sunday March 12, 2023 in Bassett Medical Center.
She was born November 22, 1934 in Earlville, and daughter to the late Harry O. and Marion Cooper Gott. She was raised and educated in Edmeston, graduating from Edmeston High School in 1953. She first worked for the Utica Telephone Company, then Norwich Cornell Cooperative Extension, and for twenty seven years with Bassett Hospital. In 1991 she became a Gold Star Mother of her son David Ames, who made the ultimate sacrifice for his nation during the Persian Gulf War. Dorothy found comfort in her garden, growing many different types of flowers and collecting unique rocks for her flower beds. She enjoyed bird watching and on her farm she loved her goats and horses. Dorothy was a dear friend to many and never hesitated to help a friend in need. She was affectionately named Mayor of Tunnicliff Road by some. She was a member of the Schuyler Lake Old Stone Church.
Surviving her are her daughter Lisa Jahnke of Cooperstown; four brothers, Robert Gott and his companion Brenda of Cussetta Georgia, Thomas Gott and his wife Ruth of Edmeston, James Gott and his wife Chris of Burlington, Brian Gott and his wife Andrea of Glen Rock, PA, and two sisters Frances Radziewicz and her husband Leonard of Frankfort, Bonnie Wetherbee and her husband Steve of Utica; five grandchildren, David Nicholas Ames (Melissa) of Papillion, Nebraska, Crystal Ames of South Carolina, Matt Jahnke (Jenny) of Milford, Mitchell Jahnke (Tarrissa) of Milford, Marcus Jahnke of Pittsburgh, PA; eight great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Besides her parents and son David, she was preceded in death by her brother William Gott.
A graveside service will take place April 28, 2023, at 1:00 in Taylor Hill Cemetery in Edmeston. Celebration of Life will take place at Pathfinder Village in Edmeston at 2:00. Funeral arrangements are with J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, Richfield Springs.

The family asks in lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in her memory to the Schuyler Lake Fire Department or the Schuyler Lake Stone Church.