Outagamie County, WI - Obituary of Rosetta B. Cooley of Appleton 1822-1894

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SUBJECT: Rosetta B. Cooley of Appleton 1822-1894
SUBMITTER: Bill Cooley
EMAIL: spade@northlink.com
DATE: 12 Feb 1999
SURNAMES: COOLEY, VEZEY, SHIPLEY

SOURCE: Appleton Weekly, 26 April 1894


ROSETTA B. COOLEY. 

Mrs. Rosetta B. Cooley, wife of  T.F. Cooley, aid de camp on the staff of the State Department
Commander, G.A.R., died at 4:15 Saturday afternoon at her home on Superior Street, aged 72
years. Deceased was born in New York state in 1822, and had been a resident of Wisconsin a
number of years, having been located at Kenosha, New London, Plover, and for the past three years
in this city. For a number of years she has been an invalid, having suffered two strokes of paralysis,
but the immediate cause of death was dropsy. she leaves a husband, three sons and two daughters.
Charles, George and Addie L. are residents of Appleton; W. H. Cooley lives in Norfolk, Neb., and
Mrs. Emma Vezey at Plover. The absent children, together with Mrs. B. F. Shipley, sister of the
deceased, and her husband, of New London, were present at the funeral, which took place from the
house, at 810 Superior Street at 2 o'clok Monday afternoon, under the auspices of the G. A. R. Rev.
John Faville conducted the religious services. Deceased was a woman of lovable character, and will
be mourned by a large circle of friends. The remains were interred in Riverside Cemetery. A detail
of comrades of G. A. R. acted as pall bearers."