Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cooley, Ray June 17, 1953
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Lake Odessa Wave-Thursday June 18, 1953

RAY COOLEY LIFELONG RESIDENT DIED WEDNESDAY

Ray Cooley 61, lifelong resident of Lake Odessa Township, died at St.Lawrence 
hospital,Lansing, from injuries received in an accident early Sunday morning as 
he was returning home from work.

Lewis Longanbach of Saranac Rt.! driver of the other car struck the rear of the 
Cooley car as both were traveling west on M-43, according to Eaton county 
sheriff's officers. Mr. Cooley suffered concussion, a punctured lung and 
internal injuries.

Police said Longanbach told them as he was driving on M-43, three miles west of 
Mulliken, he apparently fell asleep and awoke too late to avoid hitting Cooley's 
car.

Mr. Cooley  had been employed by the Fisher Body at Lansing for the last seven 
years and prior to that at the Nash Kelvinator and the Lake Odessa Canning Co.

Surviving are his wife Verna, one daughter Janet, on son Edward, two sisters, 
Mrs.Ralph Shaw and Mrs. Esther kart, one brother La Vern and three grand-
children.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:30 at the Pickens Funeral Chapel 
with burial in Lakeside cemetery. Rev. Inez Martz will officiate.

Additional Comments:
Lakeside Cem.#8-926-1

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