ONEONTA - James Edward Konstanty, 73, of Oneonta, died suddenly on Friday, April
3, 2015 in Pinehurst, North Carolina.


He was born February 26, 1942 in Jamestown, NY, the eldest son of C. James and
Mary (Burlingame)Konstanty.


Jim grew up in Worcester, NY, and attended Worcester Central School through the
9th grade. He graduated from Oneonta High School in 1960 and was an active part
of the football, basketball and baseball teams. He was recently chosen to be
inducted into the Oneonta High School Athletic Hall of Fame in October 2015.
After graduating from OHS, he graduated from Cornell University in 1964, and
received his law degree
from Syracuse University School of Law in 1967. He first practiced with the law
firm of Turk, Truman and Bishop in Owego and then joined the Leamy, VanWoert and
Dunn Law Firm in Oneonta in 1969 before opening his own practice at 252 Main St.
in Oneonta. He was Attorney for the Towns of Oneonta and Davenport, as well as
the Otsego County Attorney for over 20 years. He was a member of the Otsego
County Bar Association, the NYS Bar Association, the American Trial Lawyers
Association and the Otsego County Republican Party. Jim was also a member of the
First United Methodist Church, the Oneonta Country Club, Kiwanis, the Oneonta
Elks Club and volunteered his talents for many area organizations including the
Oneonta Little League, Youth Soccer and the 1989 Otsego County Bicentennial.


Always active and on the go, he loved playing sports while in school and in
later years he took up golf,tennis, skiing, & boating. However, his favorite
activity was supporting his children in their athletic endeavors, and later
watching his grandchildren play football, soccer, baseball, and basketball and
enjoying their plays, dance and piano recitals. Favorite family memories include
Member Guest golf with his sons, fishing trips to Cape Cod, golf anywhere and
everywhere, Aspen ski trips, and boating on Otsego Lake.


He was predeceased by his parents, Jim Konstanty (1976) and Mary Konstanty
(2007) and his brother, Robert Konstanty (1947).


He is survived by his wife, Irene Helen (Baker) Konstanty; daughter,
Kristin (Konstanty) Maher, her husband, Hunter, and their children, Layne and Chase
of Matthews, NC; and four sons, Michael Konstanty of Charlotte, NC; James John and Maribeth
(Allison) Konstanty, their children, Jacquelyn Mary (Jackie) and James John, Jr
(Jimmy) of Fairfield, CT; Daniel and Lori (Stern) Konstanty and their children,
Grace and Joseph of Melrose, MA; and Jared Andrew and Kelly Ann (Mitchell)
Konstanty, and their children, Andrew John and Colin Michael of Westport, CT; his sister, Helen Irene (Konstanty) Rees and her
husband, David of Oneonta. He is also survived by numerous cousins around the
country.


Calling hours will be Thursday, April 9, 2015 from 5-7 PM at the Lewis, Hurley &
Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz Street, Oneonta.


A memorial service and celebration of Jim's life will be held Friday,
April 10 at 11 AM at the First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut Street,
Oneonta.


Burial will be private at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Worcester, NY.


The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jim's
memory to the Oneonta High School Athletic Department, care of Joseph Hughes,
Athletic Director, 130 East Street, Oneonta, New York 13820.


Expressions of sympathy may be made at, www.lhpfuneralhome.com