Obit of Marie Cowan - Grady County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Sandy Miller <skmiller@webtv.net>  11 Oct 2000
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Marie Cowan 

Surname: Cowan, Booker, Hofman, McKee, Harriman

October 07, 2000
VERDEN--Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, 10-Oct-2000 at 
the Verden United Methodist Church in Verden, Ok. for Marie Cowan, 
87, of Verden who died 07-Oct-2000 in Chickasha. Officiating at the 
service was the Rev. Gay Templeton. Burial was in Chickasha's 
Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of McRay's Verden Funeral Home.

Mrs. Cowan was born 30-Dec-1912 in Headrick, Jackson county, Ok. 
to Edgar Harrison Booker and Jessie Inez (Hofman) Booker. She 
married David Crockett Cowan 16-Feb-1936 in Stillwater, Payne 
county, Ok. She grew up in Jackson county, later attending 
Southwestern State Teachers College in Weatherford, Custer county, 
Ok. where she obtained a Lifetime Teaching Certificate. After her 
marriage she and her husband moved to Altus, Jackson county, Ok. 
where they lived until moving to Grady county, Ok. in 1942. She 
was employed as a legal secretary for over 30 years, retiring in 
1975. She was a Cub Scout Leader, a precinct official for the town 
of Verden and a longtime active member of the Democratic Party. 
She was a member of the Professional Business Women's Club, 
Altrusa and the Verden United Methodist Church. She was an avid 
fisherman and enjoyed making quilts and afghans. Over the years 
she had made over 100 quilts and afghans for members of her 
family and close friends.

Preceding her in death was her husband on 20-Sep-1993; one son, 
James Michael Cowan on 01-Mar-1997; her parents; and one brother. 
Survivors include three daughters and son-in-law, Jean Anne McKee 
of Anadarko, Linda Cowan of Chickasha, and Sandra and David Harriman 
of Laverne, Ok.; one son and daughter-in-law, David C. Jr. and 
Margaret Ann Cowan of Verden; 13 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren;
three brothers and three sisters and their extended families in Ohio.