{"id":88397,"date":"2022-01-16T08:16:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T13:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=88397"},"modified":"2022-01-17T08:46:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T13:46:53","slug":"community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/","title":{"rendered":"Community mourns its longtime friend and servant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, Jeff Soules, longtime employee for the Village of Owego, and who headed up the Department of Public Works, passed away unexpectedly.<\/p>\n<p>According to his obituary, located at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legacy.com\/us\/obituaries\/name\/jeffery-soules-obituary?id=32191206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legacy.com<\/a>, the family received friends on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, and a funeral service followed. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking that memorial contributions in Jeffery&#8217;s name to the Broome County Dog Shelter, 110 Cutler Pond Rd., Binghamton, N.Y. 13905.<\/p>\n<p>Upon word of Jeff\u2019s passing, the Village of Owego Mayor, Mike Baratta, wrote, \u201cThe Village of Owego mourns the loss of our Department of Public Works Superintendent Jeff Soules. Jeff served the village for 28 years and has been key to many successful projects, festivals, fairs and much more in the Village of&nbsp;Owego.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Baratta added, \u201cJeff has helped us get through some difficult times of major disaster, flooding and snowstorms, and now we must&nbsp;help his family and friends. Jeff will be greatly missed by everyone at the village. Our hearts are with Jeff\u2019s family and&nbsp;friends during these difficult times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flags can be seen around the village at half-staff to honor Jeff.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Village of Owego offices and normal operations closed early on Jan. 14 to allow for Jeff\u2019s co-workers time to attend the services. The Village will resume normal operations on Tuesday, Jan. 18 as Martin Luther King Day&nbsp;is recognized on Monday.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, Jeff Soules, longtime employee for the Village of Owego, and who headed up the Department of Public Works, passed away&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":88398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Community mourns its longtime friend and servant - Owego Pennysaver Press<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Community mourns its longtime friend and servant - Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, Jeff Soules, longtime employee for the Village of Owego, and who headed up the Department of Public Works, passed away...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Owego-Pennysaver-49179420591\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-16T13:16:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-17T13:46:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/01\/Soules.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"331\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"psadvert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"psadvert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/\",\"name\":\"Community mourns its longtime friend and servant - Owego Pennysaver Press\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/01\/Soules.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-16T13:16:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-17T13:46:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/01\/Soules.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/01\/Soules.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":331,\"caption\":\"Pictured in the green shirt in the center, the late Jeff Soules represents the Department of Public Works during a Village of Owego Board Meeting.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Community mourns its longtime friend and servant\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/\",\"name\":\"Owego Pennysaver Press\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492\",\"name\":\"psadvert\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"psadvert\"},\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/author\/psadvert\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Community mourns its longtime friend and servant - Owego Pennysaver Press","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Community mourns its longtime friend and servant - Owego Pennysaver Press","og_description":"On Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, Jeff Soules, longtime employee for the Village of Owego, and who headed up the Department of Public Works, passed away...","og_url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/","og_site_name":"Owego Pennysaver Press","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Owego-Pennysaver-49179420591\/","article_published_time":"2022-01-16T13:16:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-01-17T13:46:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":331,"url":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/01\/Soules.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"psadvert","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"psadvert","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/","url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/","name":"Community mourns its longtime friend and servant - Owego Pennysaver Press","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/01\/Soules.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-16T13:16:52+00:00","dateModified":"2022-01-17T13:46:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/01\/Soules.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2022\/01\/Soules.jpg","width":600,"height":331,"caption":"Pictured in the green shirt in the center, the late Jeff Soules represents the Department of Public Works during a Village of Owego Board Meeting."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2022\/01\/16\/community-mourns-its-longtime-friend-and-servant\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community mourns its longtime friend and servant"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/","name":"Owego Pennysaver Press","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492","name":"psadvert","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"psadvert"},"url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/author\/psadvert\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88397"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88401,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88397\/revisions\/88401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}