COCKERHAM, Myrl Rudolph 1913-2001
COCKERHAM, GLENNEY, FRIEST, ZWYGART, CONRAD, JONES, FRAZIER
Posted By: Jeffrey R. Phillips (email)
Date: 2/7/2004 at 17:05:43
Myrl Cockerham
By: 05/16/2001July 28, 1913-May 13, 2001
HUBBARD-Myrl Rudolph Cockerham, 87, of rural Hubbard, died of renal failure Sunday, May 13, 2001, at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. Myrl had donated his body to the College of Medicine at the University of Iowa of Iowa City. No services are planned. His remains will be buried at a later date in the Chester Cemetery, rural Union.
Myrl was born July 28, 1913, on a farm southwest of New Providence. He attended rural schools and on Sept. 24, 1939, he married Wilma Glenney at her parents home near Union. They farmed near Whitten for a time then near Buckeye and settled on a farm southwest of Hubbard in 1955. Myrl also helped at Thompson Auto Salvage in McCallsburg.
He is survived by his wife, Wilma, of Hubbard; a son, James, of Rhodes; three daughters, Jerrie Friest of Ames, Jeanie Zwygart of Cameron, Mo., and Jolene Conrad of Zearing; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, Jerry; a daughter, Judy Jones; two brothers, Clair and Myron Cockerham; and a sister, Beatrice Frazier.
Boeke Funeral home of Hubbard is in charge of arrangements.
ŠIowa Falls Times-Citizen 2004
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