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> Obituary from the collection of Dale L
> Walker, date and name of newspaper unknown.
>
> Edward Cooley
> Galesburg - Edward Cooley, 66, of 1401 Lancaster, died at 3:35 a.m.
> yesterday in
> the emergency room of Keokuk Area Hospital, Keokuk, Iowa.
> He and a nephew were traveling through Keokuk, from Missouri, when he
> apparently suffered a heart attack.
> Born Dec 13, 1916, in Bucklin, Mo to Jessie and Rosa Reffett Cooley, he
> first married Gwendda Admire.
> He married Barbara Stancomb Dec 24, 1970, in East Galesburg, and she
> survives, along with one son, David of Galesburg; two daughters, Gwendda
> Gabbert of Lake Vilia and Frankie Luallen of Knoxville.
> Also, surviving are three stepdaughters, Janet, Jerri and Joanna, all at
> home; one sister, Mrs Francis Wall of Galesburg; and five grandchildren.
> He worked at Admiral Division of Magic Chef 29 years, retiring in 1981.
> He was an Army veteran of World War II.
> Services will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Foley-Watson Mortuary, where
> visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 tonight. The Rev. Ray Aldridge will
> officiate and burial will be in Oak Lawn
> Memorial Gardens.
>
>
>
> Obituary from Dale L Walker
> collection. Date and name of the newspaper is unknown. He was a son of
> Jessie D
> Cooley.
>
> George Cooley
> PEORIA
> Former Galesburg resident George
> Cooley, 57, of Peoria was dead on arrival Saturday at 9:25 a.m. at Peoria
> Proctor Hospital.
> Born at Bevier, MO, Aug 10, 1911, he married Mary J McVey at Jackson,
> Mississippi, May 1, 1946. Formerly a Galesburg bus diver, he was employed
> by
> the Peoria City Bus Lines for 14 years and retired in February 1968.
> Cooley was
> a member of Amalgamated Transit Union Division 416, and Northside Southern
> Baptist Church.
> Surviving besides his widow and a son, both of Peoria, are three
> daughters, Mrs. Barbara Nigbor, Mrs. Beverly Thada, Mrs. Mary Thada, all
> of
> Berlin, Wis; his mother of Galesburg; [rest of the obit is missing]
>
>
> The following obit is from the
> collection of Dale L Walker, name and date of the newspaper unknown.
>
> Funeral Rites For Joseph E Cooley At
> Bevier Tomorrow
>
> Funeral
> services for Joseph E Cooley, 79, who died yesterday morning at the
> Samaritan
> Hospital will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Edwards Funeral Home in
> Bevier. The services will be conducted by the Rev. Ezra Coppin, pastor of
> the
> Bevier Baptist Church, and burial will be in West Oakwood Cemetery.
> The son of Jessie D and Nancy Jane Peterson Cooley, Mr. Cooley was born
> Sept. 11, 1880 in Macon County. He lived his entire life in and near
> Bevier
> where he had wowrked at most of the mines in the area. He was united in
> marriage to Gertie Shearon on Oct. 24, 1909 and to their union five
> children
> were born.
> Survivors include his wife and daughter, Josephine, of the home, two
> daughters, Pansy Marie Cooley of St. Joseph, Nellie May Cooley of Marshall
> and tow
> sons, Pearly and Gerald Lee of Bevier. He also leaves one brother, G B
> Cooley
> of Springfield, Ill.; two half sisters, Myrtle and Frankie, of Peoria,
> Ill;
> four half brothers, John Willie, Chester, Wilbur and Eddie Cooley, all of
> Galesburg, Ill; a step mother, Mrs Rose Cooley of Rio, Ill; one niece,
> Mrs.
> Mary Carriker of Bucklin, two nephews, Delbert and Bernard Cooley of
> Springfield, Ill and other relatives.
> The body will lie in state at the Edwards Funeral Home until the hour of
> the services.
--
Second VP, the Cooley Family Association of America
Administrator, the Akins DNA Project
Administrator, the Ashenhurst DNA Project
Administrator, the Bishop DNA Project
Administrator, the Eldridge DNA Project
Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Cooley DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the McDougall DNA Project
Instructor "Genealogy and Family History," the Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute (OLLI)
B.A. Humboldt State University, History
Received on Fri Aug 30 2013 - 17:42:20 MDT