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John Walter Cooksey

John Walter Cooksey (I60802)

Male 1915 - 2004  (88 years)

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  • Name John Walter Cooksey  [1
    Relationshipwith Albert Leopold Vitter
    Birth 28 Oct 1915  Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Name Walter 
    Death 8 Apr 2004  Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 4 brothers and 7 sisters 
     1. Helen Marie Cooksey,   b. 11 Apr 1914, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 1990, Linn, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. John Walter Cooksey (current person),   b. 28 Oct 1915, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 2004, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     3. William Leroy Cooksey,   b. 30 Oct 1917, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1998, El Cajon, San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     4. Richard Charles Cooksey,   b. 20 Feb 1919, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1919, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. Gertrude Louise Cooksey,   b. 7 Feb 1920, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 2010, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    Deane Duane Shepard,   b. 26 Aug 1921, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1988, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years),  m. 19 Sep 1942, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     6. Edith Mae Cooksey,   b. 3 Feb 1922, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 2004, Eugene, Lane, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     7. Hazel Irene Cooksey,   b. 1 Oct 1923, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 2008, Albany, Linn, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     8. Leona Cooksey,   b. 6 Jan 1926, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. James Edwin Cooksey,   b. 1 Dec 1927, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 2006, Palmdale, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     10. Mary Frances Cooksey,   b. 13 Dec 1930, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 2012, Albany, Linn, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     11. Living
     12. Marion Cooksey   d. Bef 2010
     
    Person ID I60802  Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2024 

    Father John Washington Cooksey,   b. 15 Mar 1879, Redtop, Dallas, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1968, Crabtree, Linn, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Gertrude Leona Root,   b. 9 Feb 1895, Pawnee, Pawnee, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1969, Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 10 Feb 1913  Springfield, Henry, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F47865  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 28 Oct 1915 - Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Apr 2004 - Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S915] Death Notices and Obituaries, Louise Shepard obituary, Topeka Capital-Journal, 21 September 2010.
      Louise Shepard, 90, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, September 19, 2010. Louise was born February 7, 1920, in Springfield, Missouri, daughter of John and Gertrude (Root) Cooksey. She graduated from Springfield High School in 1939. Louise was united in marriage to Deane Shepard on September 19, 1942, in Topeka. She worked as a Switchboard Operator at Southwestern Bell, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and retired from Security Benefit Life. Louise was a member of First Assembly of God. She belonged to many social organizations including the Order of Eastern Star, Ladies Auxiliary of the Topeka Santa Fe Band and Arab Shrine Band. In addition, Louise and her husband were State Directors of the Good Sam Club and she was a past president of the PBX Club of Topeka. Louise is survived by her two children, Judy Davis and husband, Darold, Kansas City, MO; and Deane D. Shepard II, Overland Park, KS; grandchildren, Carolyn Cockey and husband, Rev. Joseph, Sarasota, FL; Deborah Davis, Plattsburg, MO; and Darold Davis II and wife, Sheila, Kansas City, MO; great-grandchildren, Zachary Davis and Julia Davis, Kansas City, MO; and Joshua, Alex and Christopher Cockey, Sarasota, FL; sisters, Leona Beeves, San Diego, CA; Fran Orsborn, Albany, OR; and Betty Williams, Houston, TX; and sister-in-law, Etta Schafer, Topeka. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sisters, Helen Scott, Edith Roepke and Hazel Truax and brothers, Leroy, Walter, Jim and Marion Cooksey. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at Penwell-Gabel Southwest Chapel, 3700 SW Wanamaker Road, Topeka. Interment will follow at Carbondale Cemetery, Carbondale. Louise will lie in state after 3:00 p.m. today; where the family will receive friends from 6:30 8:30 p.m. today. Flowers maybe sent to the Penwell-Gabel Southwest Chapel or memorial contributions may be sent to Leslie Hale Ministries, PO Box 125, Tarpon Springs, FL 34688 or Topeka First Assembly of God, 500 SW 27th Street, Topeka, KS 66611. To leave the family a special message online, visit www.PenwellGabelTopeka.com. Louise Shepard
      https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cjonline/obituary.aspx?n=louise-shepard&pid=145529016



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