HARTWICK - Albert P. Pat Yourno age 87 of Oaks Creek Stock Farm on State Highway # 28, entered into eternal rest on Monday morning July 21, 2003 in Little Falls Hospital of complications from a hip fracture and surgery. Pat was born on April 22, 1916 at the family homestead on Yourno Road in West Winfield, son of the late Joseph and Carmella Sassone Yourno. He was the youngest of eleven brothers and sisters. After graduating from West Winfield High School in 1935 Pat began dairy farming near Monticello. In 1945 he then bought his current farm two and one half miles south of Schuyler Lake. On November 20, 1948 he married Anne Phillips in Herkimer. Together as partners they continued the dairy operation, along with his cattle dealing business, until just a few years ago. Pat was also well known in the area for supplying Christmas trees to local customers for over fifty years. A truly self-made man, Pat was very involved and respected in community activities. He was a member of the Richfield Springs School Board from 1976 to 1989 and had served as Board President for several years. A Richfield Springs Rotary Club member and past president he took pride in his twenty-seven years of perfect attendance. In 1985 Pat was elected a town justice of the Town of Otsego and served in that capacity until the time of his passing. He was also active in the Fly Creek Historical Society. He was a friend to many and will never be forgotten. Pat is survived by his dear wife of fifty-four years Anne, his beloved son James of Hartwick; his cherished daughters and sons-in-law Barbara and John Breen of Lake Luzerne, Ann Marie and William Lewicki of Otego, one sister Rose Coppola of Utica, a devoted nephew Vito Yourno and his wife Beverly of Sauquoit along with many other nieces and nephews. Besides his parents Pat was preceded in death by five sisters; Genevieve, Mary, Anna, Antoinette and Eva and five brothers; Victor, John, George, Joseph and Michael. Pat will be remembered by all who knew him for his great honesty and integrity, his kind and generous spirit, his good nature and his enjoyment of life, his work, his home and his family. We were blessed to have him as our husband and papa. Pat had a strong belief in God and was a faithful member of Christ Episcopal Church, Cooperstown where his funeral will be held on Thursday morning at 10:00 am. The Reverend Douglas C. Smith, Rector will officiate. Following the service Mr. Yourno will be laid to rest in Fly Creek Cemetery. The family will be present to receive relatives and friends in J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, 40 West James Street, Richfield Springs on Wednesday (today) from 2:00 to 4:00 and 7:00 to 9:00 pm. The family requests that in lieu of flowers memorial donations be made in the name of Albert P. Yourno to the Richfield Springs Central School District Scholarship Fund, PO Box 361, Richfield Springs, NY 13439. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.