Obit of Sidney Roy Cogburn, Sr. (c216) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 6 Aug 2002 ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ====================================================================== Sidney Roy Cogburn, Sr. was born March 28, 1911 at Strong City, Oklahoma to Charles R. and Dovie M. Hilt Cogburn and passed away in Veterans Hospital at Albuquerque, New Mexico at the age of 86 years , 8 months and twenty-eight days. Sid attended school at Square Top and Strong City graduating from High School in 1929. He was married to Mildred F. Tomberlin April 28, 1933. He worked in the Strong City vicinity until the early 1940's when he and his family decided to go west and look for a better life. Sid found work in Albuquerque, New Mexico and was employed by a trucking company, which was later known as ICX. Sid was drafted into the Army in 1944 where he was sent to Germany, and was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. After two years in and out of hospitals he returned to Strong City and farmed and ran a dairy. After the death of his mother the Cogburn heirs agreed to sell the farm to Robert and Sid returned to Albuquerque and to once more work for ICX which he continued until his retirement. Sid was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Mildred of forty five years, one brother Robert of Cheyenne, Oklahoma and two sisters, Goldie Trammell, Bakersfield, California and Flora Belle Johnson of Elk City, Oklahoma. He is survived by his four children Jo Ann Pasby and husband Jim of Clinton, Oklahoma, Charles R. and wife Mary Alice, Sidney Roy, Jr. and wife Linda and Betty Gonzales and husband Bob all of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Survivors also include his sister Gladys Little of Dallas, Texas and sister-in-law, Maye Cogburn of Cheyenne, Oklahoma, eleven grandchildren, twenty-one great grandchildren and several brothers and sisters-in-law of the of the Tomberlin family as well as several nieces and nephews. Services were held December 30, 1997 at the Fitzgerald Mortuary in Albuquerque with burial following at National Cemetery with his wife in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Donations may be made to your favorite charity or to the Strong City Cemetery. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok