Coatesville Record
September 23, 1960The former Westwood resident, Cora M. Lowrey, 88, wife of James L. Lowrey, died early this morning in Philadelphia after having been in failing health for the past three years. Born in Utica County, New York, a daughter of the late Alonzo R. and Martha Ann Westcott, she had lived in Philadelphia the past five years. Previously she had lived for a long time in Westwood with a granddaughter, Mrs. Ralph H. Schroder. Mrs. Lowrey was a member of the Claymont Methodist Church in Claymont, Delaware.
Surviving her are a daughter, Mrs. Martha V. Callaghan of Philadelphia, a son Hastings H. Dickinson of Chicago, Cook, Illinoisinois, 8 grandchildren, a number of great great grandchildren, and a brother Walter Westcott of Philadelphia.
Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery.
30800. Crawford Reaney Haskell
Maryland Military Men, 1917-1918
Name: Crawford Reaney Haskell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 21
Birth Date: 3 Jul 1896
Birth Place: Baltimore, MD.
Residence Place: Washington Apts., Baltimore
Decorations: Order of St. Sava (Serbian)
Military Year: 1917-1919
Military Place: Maryland, USA
Comments: RA 10/29/17 pvt; corp 12/3/17; sgt 4/19/18, Co C 4 Balloon Sq; 1 Balloon School Sq Ft Omaha Neb. 12/28/17; 3 Off Tng School Camp Dodge Iowa 1/3/18, Hon disch 6/1/18, NA 6/2/18 2 lt FA, FA Repl Dep Camp Jackson S.C.; School of Fire Ft Sill Okla. 7/8/18; AS Radio School Columbia Univ 9/19/18; 40 FA 11/10/18, Hon disch 12/8/18
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The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland)
February 16, 1931Funeral Services for Crawford Reaney Haskell, secretary of the Roland Park Company, will be held from his home, 327 Broxton road, late today.
Mr. Haskell became ill while attending a real estate convention in Florida about three weeks ago. He returned to Baltimore and entered the Union Memorial Hospital, where he died yesterday. He was 35 years old.
A World War veteran, Mr, Haskell was a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, the Maryland Club and the L'Hirondelle Club. He attended the John Hopkins University.
Surviving Mr. Haskell are his widow, Mrs. Mary Sharp Haskell, and twp children, Mary Burton Haskell and Crawford Reaney Hasskell, Jr.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
February 11, 2016Mary MARY BURTON HASKELL MCKENZIE July 20, 1926 - February 4, 2016
Mary Burton was born to Crawford Reaney Haskell and Mary Burton (Sharp) Haskell in Baltimore, Maryland in 1926. Her father died when she was four. Mary and her younger brother, "Reaney," were raised in Richmond, Virginia, by a strong mother who firmly believed women could pursue the sciences and other academic fields.
As a child, Mary Burton developed a love of cats, horses and all God's creatures. As Mary proudly recalled - in the 6th grade she was the fastest runner in her elementary school which included girls and boys. For high school Mary attended St. Catherine's School for Girls, where she enjoyed playing field hockey and learning French. It was at St. Catherine's, with the encouragement of a dedicated teacher (Margaret McGing), that Mary developed her love of writing poetry.
Mary graduated from West Hampton College at the University of Richmond in 1949. She soon embarked on the next phase of her life, raising her children in the college towns of Chapel Hill, NC, Evanston, IL, Durham, NH and Long Beach, CA. In the early 1960's, she moved back to Richmond and taught elementary school for two years.
In 1968, Mary married Kermit Eubank McKenzie and moved to Atlanta where he taught Russian History at Emory University. Mary and Kermit were happily married until his death in 2008. They lived a wonderful life, with adventures and travels all over the globe, to places including Addis Ababa and Kazakhstan, with several trips throughout Europe. In the 1970's Mary went back to school. She received a Master of Education in 1974 from Georgia State University. She completed a Specialist in Education degree in 1978. Mary worked ten years for Cobb County Psychological Services as a school psychometrist. After retiring from Psychological Services, Mary studied for a year at the Carl Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1994, at the age of 68, Mary proudly earned a Master of Theological Studies, from Emory University. Like her mother, Mary was a woman ahead of her time. Long before such things were trendy, she embraced health-food, exercise, yoga and meditation. She was spiritually grounded but ever open minded and inquisitive. She supported the Civil Rights Movement and was an unabashed liberal. She enjoyed book clubs and Bible study groups with her friends at Church of the Epiphany. For a lark she read tarot cards. She loved trips to the beach and good dinner parties with interesting people. She loved and supported the Arts and the starving artists. Throughout her life, Mary wrote beautiful poetry, with numerous poems published in "The Poet's Domain." Mary was a friend and host to an unending stream of house cats. All of these endeavors kept Mary remarkably young, well beyond her time.
Mary passed away peacefully at home, asleep in her own bed, after 89 years on this blessed Earth. The family wishes to express its deepest gratitude to Dr. Annette Bernard, Nurse Melissa Adamson and home care-giver Rickita Amey, for their dedicated care, support and love during Mary's last years.
Mary was predeceased by her brother, Crawford Reaney Haskell, II, and by both her parents.
Her survivors include children: Joan Finlayson Baker of Woodstock, Victoria Carriger (Jerry) of Tulare, CA, Charles Reid Finlayson (Donna) of Norcross, Valerie McKenzie (Carl Delo) of New York, Leigh Burton Finlayson (Teresa) of Atlanta, grandchildren: Cynthia Ivey (David) of Mount Pleasant, SC, Mary Elizabeth Jones (Lawton) of Lawrenceville, Timothy Harry of Visalia, CA, Anathea Leigh Baker of Woodstock, Elanor McKenzie Finlayson and Samuel Leigh Finlayson of Atlanta, great grandchildren: Bethany Ivey, Adelaide Grace Ivey, Ariel Harry and Finley Jones.
Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA)
March 21, 1998A funeral for Alec Wakefield Finlayson, a former Virginia State Penitentiary School principal, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Joseph W. Bliley Funeral Home's Staples Mill Chapel, 8510 Staples Mill Road. He will be buried in Westhampton Memorial Park.
Mr. Finlayson, who also taught in area public schools for a short time, died Wednesday after a short illness. He was 73 and lived in Richmond.
A University of Richmond graduate, he earned a master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and did graduate work at Northwestern University. He began his education career teaching drama at Longwood College, the University of New Hampshire and Long Beach State College. He also taught a myriad of subjects at Lee-Davis High School and later John Marshall High School before joining what is now the Department of Correctional Education.
A native of Missouri, Mr. Finlayson was principal of the former penitentiary school from 1966 until 1973, when he returned to teaching General Equivalency Diploma preparation at the prison. He retired in the mid-1980safter a few years of teaching basic education and GED classes at the Powhatan Correctional Center.
He served in the Army during World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia Finlayson; two sons, Charles Reid Finlayson and L. Burton Finlayson; a daughter, Joan Baker, all of Atlanta; and a brother, Dr. John S. Finlayson of Bethesda, Md.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitutione (GA)
March 21, 2008KERMIT EUBANK MCKENZIE December 10, 1924 - March 18, 2008
Dr. Kermit E. McKenzie, PhD. was born to W. Leftwich McKenzie and Mary Kate (Eubank) McKenzie in Hanover County, Virginia in 1924.
His family struggled through the Great Depression, but Kermit flourished academically as a young man. In 1943 he entered the United States Army and fought with the 9th infantry division (47th regiment) in the European theater. He obtained the rank of sergeant and received two purple hearts. In 1947 he graduated from the University of Richmond. He received his Masters in 1949, followed by his PhD. in History in 1960, both from Columbia University in New York. He also completed a program at the Russian Institute in Moscow, (then) USSR, in 1947. Professor McKenzie taught Russian and Soviet history at Emory University in Atlanta from 1960 until 1995. Dr. McKenzie could converse in at least four languages and could read several more. He was a self-made man who advocated and embodied the success that a good education can create. Dr. McKenzie was the author of Comintern and World Revolution, 1928-1943: The Shaping of Doctrine, as well as other articles and books related to history. Late in his career he wrote about Chokan Valikhanov, a Kazakh born descendant of Ghengis Kahn. A long time resident of Atlanta, Dr. McKenzie was a true southern gentleman. A brilliant but humble man, he rarely spoke ill of others. He loved his country but not always his politicians. In 1967, Dr. McKenzie took an early stance against the Viet Nam war. He not only opposed U.S. intervention, he spoke out to "counter the ridiculous and profoundly anti-democratic notion that participation in warfare imposes a moratorium on free and critical inquiry respecting the rightness or wrongness of that participation." Throughout his life Dr. McKenzie was an avid chess player. He won tournaments at Emory and in Atlanta in the late 1960's. He loved to travel the world and even took cruises with his wife, Mary Burton McKenzie, down the Danube and the Nile rivers, despite suffering from a major stroke in 1998. He was a friend to countless cats who were bestowed with exotic names such as "Kubla Khan," "Maximilian" and "Marcus Aurelius." Dr. McKenzie always cheered for the underdog and the little guy. Barely surviving the Depression, he was a fan of FDR and a life-long Democrat. Despite his keen intellect, he always kept up with the Braves and the Falcons, no matter how bad the season. Dr. McKenzie was a kind and humble man who will be greatly missed.
He is survived by his loving wife of 40 years, Mary Burton McKenzie, his children: Joan Baker, Victoria Carriger, Charles Finlayson, Valerie McKenzie and Leigh Finlayson, grandchildren: Cindy Ivey, Beth Finlayson, Timothy Harry, Annathea Baker, Elanor Finlayson and Samuel Finlayson, and one great-granddaughter: Bethany Ivey.
53459. Crawford Reaney Haskell Jr.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
October 23, 1998HASKELL - Crawford, Reaney Jr. (Capt.) died July 18, 1998.
He is survived by his wife, Laura T. Haskell; his children, Mary Overton Cosby of Hanover, VA, Elizabeth H. Garner of Farmville, VA., Crawford R. Haskell III and Ashley B. Haskell, both of Ft. Lauderdale, William E. and John Ashcraft and Gigi Reusch of Florida; his grandchildren, -Crawford R. Haskell IV, Wyatt S. Haskell, -Waverly H. Garner, Kathryn O. Cosby, John and David Dimier and Abby Ashcraft; sister, Mary Burton McKenzie of Atlanta, GA; several nieces, nephews, cousins, and many friends.
Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA)
December 9, 2005Helen Overton Harris Haskell Berlekamp, 74, of Hanover, died Wednesday, December 7, 2005.
She is survived by four children, Mary Overton Haskell Cosby, Crawford Reaney Haskell III, Elizabeth Haskell Garner, and Kathryn Lewis Berlekamp; four grandchildren, Crawford Haskell IV, Katy Overton Cosby, Waverly Harris Garner and Wyatt Haskell; four siblings, William Francis Harris, Anne Lewis Harris, Gladys DeBerry and Mabel Nelson.
She retired from Hanover General District Court in 1991. She had previously been a magistrate and the first General Registrar for Hanover Co. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Hanover, where she served on the vestry and was the first female Senior Warden. She served as Worthy Matron four times of Hanover Chapter No. 130 OES, was a member and past president of the Hanover Woman's Club, Senior Travel Commission, Courthouse Ruritan Club, Community Advisory Board of Hanover Juvenile Correctional Center, and Hanover Democratic Committee.
53464. Willis Haskell Umberger
The Day (New London, CT)
June 11, 2006Niantic - Willis Haskell Umberger, 99, of Crescent Point, Niantic, formerly of Lyme and Old Lyme, died June 1, 2006, en route to Lawrence (and) Memorial Hospital in New London.
Dr. Umberger was born on March 15, 1907, in Brownstown, Ind., the son of the Rev. Andrew J. Umberger and Stella Mize Umberger. His early years were spent in Missouri and Kansas ,where he attended the local schools. Summers were spent on his family's Kansas farms, where he especially enjoyed working with the horses.
He graduated from Yale University in 1929, having earned a bachelor of arts degree in education
He married Dorothy Edith in August 1929.
In 1940 he received a master of arts degree in educational administration from Yale.
He began his teaching career in New London in 1929 and in 1942 he became principal and superintendent of schools in Old Lyme. Beginning in 1950 , he served as superintendent of the Bureau of Rural Seniors and later became associate commissioner of education for the state of Connecticut.
While a resident of Old Lyme and Lyme he was active in local affairs, serving as church historian, deacon, secretary/treasurer of the Salisbury-McCurdy Educational Fund and he was one of the founders of the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts. He held honorary memberships in several educational associations and was cited for his distinguished service in the local area throughout the state.
Dr. Umberger was predeceased by his only son, W.H. Umberger Jr., a veteran of the Korean War, who died in 1970, and a granddaughter, Lisa Creason.
He leaves his wife, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
The Hartford Courant (CT)
August 12, 2009Dorothy Edith Umberger, formerly of Lyme, passed away peacefully at Crescent Point of Niantic, Monday (August 10, 2009). She celebrated her 102nd birthday on July 13, and up until recently was alert and enjoying many of the home's activities.
Born the daughter of Werner S. and Bertha Pieper Eichmann in Kingston, NY, she lived her early years in New Haven.
She married Willis H. Umberger on August 17, 1929 and moved to New London, later to Old Lyme and Lyme.
She was an active leader and officer in many civic activities wherever she resided, including The American Red Cross, League of Women Voters, Girl Scouts, Garden Clubs, Child and Family Services, Library Auxiliary, and The Art Academy. She was a member and deacon emeritus of the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, and a founding member of the Women's Exchange.
Survivors include her grandsons, David Umberger of Madison, Gregory and Steven of Florida, Thomas of New Jersey; and seven great grandchildren. She also leaves her sisters, Pauline Binkley of North Carolina, Beatrice Minson of Old Lyme; and her goddaughter Mary Dunn Haymann of Old Lyme.
She was predeceased by her husband and son and a granddaughter.
Providence Journal (RI)
July 22, 1995FRANCIS MIZE SANNELLA, 84, of 6770 East Carondelet, Tucson, Ariz., a retired dentist, died Sunday at the Forum in Tucson.
Born in Springfield, Mass., a son of the late Reverend Francesco and Nora Sannella, he had lived in Gulfport, Miss., and Tuscon.
Dr. Sannella had practiced dentistry in Providence long ago before he moved to Mississippi. He was an Army veteran, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
He was a graduate of the University of Rhode Island and the Harvard University Dental School.
He leaves a son, Carl F. Sannella of East Providence; a daughter, Carol E. Gaines of Charlotte, N.C.; a nephew, David Sannella of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and five grandchildren. He was the brother of the late Dr. Lee G. Sannella and Rosalind Sannella.
Providence Journal (RI)
October 10, 2000EVELYN MELKONIAN, 85, formerly of Pleasant Street, Rumford, a homemaker, died yesterday at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Center, Providence.
She was the wife of the late Harold "Toby" Melkonian. Born in Providence, a daughter of the late Carl and Anita (Bernardo) Triangolo, she had lived in Rumford for the past 47 years.
Mrs. Melkonian was a member of the Metacomet Country Club, and a social member of the Wannamoisett Country Club. She was a member of the Rhode Island Bridge Club. She was a member of both Central Baptist and Emmanuel Baptist Churches. She was an avid golfer, bridge player, gardener and traveler.
She leaves a son, Carl F. Sannella of East Providence; a daughter, Carole E. Gaines of Sagamore Beach, Mass.; a sister, Esther Tremblay of Riverside; a brother, Allie "Finch" Triangolo of Smithfield; five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was the sister of the late Irma A. Buckley, and Edward P., Carl, Amie, and Alfred Triangolo.
Union-News (Springfield, MA)
September 14, 1988Barbara B. (Mize) Brainerd, 69, of 43 Knollwood Drive, a licensed practical nurse and a founding member of the East Longmeadow Community Players, died Monday in a local nursing home.
She worked as a nurse at the former Wesson Memorial Hospital, Springfield, for many years. During the 1930s and 1940s, she was involved with program production at radio stations WMAS and WSPR. She was also involved with theater productions at several local churches.
Born in Springfield, she graduated from Classical High School and was a member of Faith United Church of Christ. Her husband, Howard O. Brainerd, died July 4.
She leaves two sons, Jeffrey H. of Brunswick, Maine, and David W. of State College, Pa., and four grandchildren.
Union-News (Springfield, MA)
July 7, 1988Howard Brainerd, 68, was purchasing agent at Hamilton Standard
Howard O. Brainerd, 68, of 43 Knollwood Drive, retired quality control engineer and purchasing agent at Hamilton Standard Division of United Technologies Corp., East Hartford, died Monday in Baystate Medical Center, Springfield. Born in Penfield, Pa., he had lived in East Longmeadow for 30 years.
He received his associate degree from the University of Minnesota and his bachelor's degree from American International College, Springfield. He was an Army veteran of World War II.
He was a member of Faith United Church of Christ in Springfield and of Alpha Chi Omega fraternity.
He leaves his wife, the former Barbara Mize; two sons, Jeffrey H. of Brunswick, Maine, and David W. of State College, Pa.; a brother, William of Williamson, N.Y., and two grandsons.
Union-News (Springfield, MA)
August 14, 2002
Deceased Name: Martha Fish
1905 - 2002
The Hartford Courant (CT)
October 8, 2000Frederic Colvin Holmes, 93, died Monday, (October 2, 2000) at the Valley View Health Care, Elkhart, IN, after a short illness.
He was born January 29, 1907 in Garfield, NJ, to George Hiram and Amy May (Colvin) Holmes.
Mr. Holmes graduated form Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, in 1931 with a degree in Civil Engineering. In 1931 he went to Canada and was an engineer with the Shawingan Water and Power Co., installing a dam. From 1934 through 1938 he was an engineer and superintendent with the National Parks Service. In 1937 he accepted the job as highway and bridge engineer for the town of Lee, MA, and in 1940 he became the Chief Engineer for the Smith Paper Company in Lee, MA, and supervised the engineering for five plants in that area. In 1950, he joined the Bird Machine Company of South Walpole, MA, as sales engineer, and was assigned to the Chicago office.
He moved his family to LaPorte, IN, where he lived for 50 years before moving to his son's home inElkhart, IN. He retired in 1972. He was past master and 32nd degree mason and 60 year member of the Evening Star Masonic Lodge in Lee, MA, where he was also president and member of the Lee Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the Finance Board for seven years.
On June 16, 1934, in Springfield, MA, he married Katherine Lane Spinney, who died September 25, 1953 in Pittsfield, MA. He was preceded in death by a brother, George L. Holmes.
Surviving are two sons, Curtis L. Holmes of Elkhart, IN, and Milton C. Holmes of Queenstown, MD; five grandchildren; and four great grandchildren; and two sisters, Martha Fish of Longmeadow, MA, and Dorothy Bowen of Norwood, MA.
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: George L Holmes
Birth Year: 1911
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Ohio
State: Massachusetts
County or City: Hampden
Enlistment Date: 10 Nov 1942
Enlistment State: Massachusetts
Enlistment City: Springfield
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 4 years of high school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 73
Weight: 200
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Union-News (Springfield, MA)
August 4, 1993George L. Holmes, 82, of 6 Sibley Ave., a master modeler and a retired machinist at the former Chicopee plant of Uniroyal Co., died on Tuesday at home.
He worked for 38 years, and retired in 1973. Holmes built many meticulous, realistic replicas of historic area buildings, including churches, libraries, schoolhouses, and toll bridges. His biggest project was a scale model of 18th-century Storrowton Village on the Eastern States Exposition fairgrounds in West Springfield. The complex layout, commissioned by Storrowton Village, took Holmes about 1,500 hours to complete. The village church alone required 500 pieces of wood no bigger than one 16th of an inch square each for its window panes.
Born in Port Clinton, Ohio, he was an Army veteran of World War II. He lived in West Springfield most of his life, and worshipped at the First Congregational Church. He was in the American Association of Retired Persons. He was an expert model builder, and was known for his replicas of area historic and town buildings.
He leaves his brother, Frederic of La Porte, Ind.; two sisters, Dorothy Bowen of Norwood and Martha Fish of Agawam, and several nieces and nephew
The Daily News Transcript (Dedham-Norwood-Walpole-Westwood, MA)
November 22, 2006NORWOOD - Earl Kenneth Bowen, 88, of Norwood, died Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006, of complications from a stroke. A resident of Norwood for more than 60 years, he was a retired mathematics professor emeritus at Babson College and author of several college textbooks.
He was the husband of Dorothy Ethel Holmes, whom he met in high school, married in 1942, and with whom he celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary in June.
Born on his parents' farm in Colonie, N.Y., he lived in Springfield and Worcester, finally settling in West Springfield in 1931. He graduated from West Springfield High in 1936, a star athlete playing on a conference winning soccer team and on the track team, setting school records in the discus, shot put, and javelin, at least one of which remained unbroken for decades.
As a young man he spent much time camping, trapping, and fishing in the Connecticut River Valley, forming a lifelong connection with the natural world, and maintained a vegetable garden at his Norwood home. Mr. Bowen graduated with honors from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where he lettered in soccer and track. He did graduate studies at Boston University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and taught math at Northeastern University, where he also served as assistant track coach.
During World War II, Mr. Bowen worked for the United States Office of Scientific Research and Development, as a scientific consultant in mathematics in the Office of Field Services (OFS). He was a collaborator in the creation of a series of graphic summary sheets that were organized to show in simplified fashion the major effects of various bombs and fuses. After returning home in 1946,
Mr. Bowen was appointed instructor in statistics at Babson College (then known as Babson Institute) where he worked for the next 35 years retiring in 1981. He taught math, statistics, and computer fundamentals to generations of undergraduates. He was promoted to full professor in 1962, and served as chairman of the department of statistic from 1964 to 1974. From 1962 through 1963, he was director of institutional research while serving as professor. Mr. Bowen was associate director of athletics in 1952 to 1953, and director of athletics from 1953 to 1955 at Babson. He introduced soccer and hockey to Babson, and was named outstanding professor at Babson in 1971.
Besides his wife, he leaves a son and daughter-in-law, Steven H. and Susan Stein of Arlington, and a daughter, Pamela B. Jewell, of Scotia, N.Y.; a sister, Elizabeth B. Briggs of Norwood; three grandsons and their wives, James and Holly Jewell, Keith and Jennifer Jewell and John and Laura Jewell; and two great-grandchildren, Daniel Vincent and Allison Marie Jewell.
Durango Herald
October 3, 2004Bernice "Bernie" Toonen Cooper, who worked as a nurse in Durango, died at her ranch east of Bayfield on Monday, Sept. 15, 2003. She died of natural causes at the age of 90, her family said.
She was born over a grocery store in Appleton, Wis., on June 13, 1913, the daughter of Katherine (Sommerhalder) Toonen and Joseph Toonen. After the death of her father when she was 3, the family moved to Long Beach, Calif., where Mrs. Cooper grew up swimming, dancing and working at her aunt?s soda fountain. In 1934, Mrs. Cooper graduated as a registered nurse from Los Angeles County Hospital. Later she carried out postgraduate study in obstetrics and surgical nursing. Mrs. Cooper spent 40 years in nursing. She was head nurse at Durango?s Community Hospital, later the Gable House at the corner of East Fifth Avenue and Eighth Street.She married Edward Harry Cate in California and they had one daughter, Derylin. The couple divorced in 1940. Mrs. Cooper and her daughter moved to Bayfield in 1942. There she married Charles B. "Mick" Cooper. Mr. Cooper adopted Derylin, and he built a family house east of Bayfield. The Coopers lived there for 52 years until Mr. Cooper?s death in 1994.
When Mrs. Cooper was in nursing, water, laundry and all medical supplies had to be carried to the top of the building, and open fires heated the wards. Dr. Sam Calloway described Mrs. Cooper as the "best nurse in Durango."
She enjoyed dancing, movies and movie stars, politics, crocheting, the study of American Indian culture and shoes. Her greatest passions were her love for her husband and her family.
She is survived by her daughter, Derylin Ludwig of Salt Lake City, Utah; her grandchildren, Katherine Elliott of Bayfield, Julie Kelly of Bayfield and Stephen Ludwig of Salt Lake City; her great grandchildren; and her nephews and nieces.Burial will be at Pine River Cemetery in Bayfield, on County Road 501.