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Zachariah Gentry Cooley

BENGE, BROWN, COOLEY, HARRELL, HOBSON, JESS, JOHNSON, KRUGER, LINDLEY, MCKINNEY, MICK, SMITH

Posted By: Linda Brittain
Date: 1/21/2006 at 11:46:50

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, February 28, 1929
Page 5

Z. G. Cooley

Zachariah Gentry Cooley was born in White county, Indiana, July 10, 1853, and departed this life February 11, 1929, aged 76 years, 7 months and 1 day.

He came to Iowa with his parents when 10 years of age and settled on a farm in Warren county. He was converted and united with the Baptist church at the age of 17 years and remained a faithful, conscientious follower of Christ until death overtook him, February 11, at the University hospital in Iowa City.

He was married to Miss Jennie Hobson of Winterset, on February 26, 1879. To this union were born one son and two daughters, Clarence C., now residing in Delta, Colorado, not able to be present on account of weather conditions; May, Mrs. Bert McKinney, who passed away July 17, 1909; and Edith, Mrs. C. J. Smith, of Benson, Minnesota, who was present at this time, together with his widow and 9 grandchildren. He also leaves two brothers and four sisters to mourn their loss; J. A. Cooley of Des Moines; A. T. Cooley of Grand Valley, Colorado; Mrs. Anna Kruger of Salem, Oregon; Mrs. Martha Mick of Detroit, Michigan, and Mrs. M. E. Lindley and Mrs. N. J. Brown of Norwalk, and a host of friends and neighbors.

Those from a distance who attended the funeral of Mr. Cooley were J. A. Cooley and Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Cooley, of Des Moines; Mrs. Carl Jess and Miss Lenora McKinney of Newton; Mrs. Hattie Johnson, Miss Mary Harrell and Warren Benge of Winterset.

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