Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cooley, Verna A. March 2, 1982 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net June 13, 2010, 8:30 pm The Hastings Banner, Thursday, March 11, 1982 Lake Odessa: Mrs. Verna A. Cooley, 87, of 1118 6th Avenue, died Tuesday, March 2, at Ionia County Memorial Hospital. She was born July 10, 1894 in Odessa Township, the daughter of Frank and Etta (Garfield) Fought. She attended Lake Odessa schools, graduating in 1913. She married Ray E. Cooley in May, 1915. He preceded her in death in 1953. She was a member of the Lakewood United Methodist Church. Mrs. Cooley is survived by one son, Edward Cooley of Lake Odessa; one daughter, Mrs. Dale (Janet) Schairer of Birmingham, Michigan; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 4, from the Pickens-Koops Funeral Chapel of Lake Odessa. Rev. James Hulett officiated. Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/cooley5510nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb