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COCKRUM, Vernon Ross 1911-1987

COCKRUM, DAWSON, AMUNDSON, WALK, LUTH, EAGAN, PINT, NOBLE, MOELLER

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Date: 10/30/2013 at 23:03:24

VERNON COCKRUM
Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 14, 1987 at Rock Creek Lutheran Church, rural Osage, Iowa, for Vernon Cockrum, 75, of Osage. He died Saturday, July 11, 1987 at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital, Osage. Rev. R. Hoppenworth officiated, and burial was in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Mr. Cockrum was born in Warsaw, Missouri, the son of David and Maude (Dawson) Cockrum. He moved with his family to Little Cedar in 1923 where he graduated from Little Cedar High School in 1931.
On June 5, 1937, he married Marian Amundson in Osage. They farmed in the Osage area until 1965, the year she died.
He later married Dorothy (Luth) Walk, in South Dakota, on July 12, 1971 and she died in 1979.
Mr. Cockrum also worked at the Farmers Cooperative Elevator in Osage until retiring in 1974.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Connie) Eagan of New Haven and Mrs. Charles (Alice) Olswold of Muscatine; three sons: Dean and Gary both of Osage, and Jim of Nora Springs; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. John (Edna) Pint, Sr. of Mitchell and Mrs. Edith Noble of Osage; two brothers, Herbert Cockrum of Little Cedar and Dave Cockrum of LaJolla, Calif., and a special friend, Jean Moeller of Rudd.
He was preceded in death by his two wives; his parents; two grandchildren; and two brothers.
Mitchell County Press-News - July 15, 1987
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SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX:
Given Name: R
Surname: Cockrum
Birth Date: 16 August 1911
Social Security Number: ***-**-6586
State: Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Mitchell, Iowa
Previous Residence Postal Code: 50461
Event Date: July 1987
Age: 76
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The cemetery listing for Rock Creek Lutheran Cemetery shows:
Cockrum, Vernon Ross, Aug 16, 1911 -- Jul 11, 1987

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Obituary: VERNON COCKRUM Funeral services were held Tuesday, July 14, 1987 at Rock Creek Lutheran Church, rural Osage, Iowa, for Vernon Cockrum, 75, of Osage. He died Saturday, July 11, 1987 at the Mitchell County Memorial Hospital, Osage. Rev. R. Hoppenworth officiated, and burial was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr. Cockrum was born in Warsaw, Missouri, the son of David and Maude (Dawson) Cockrum. He moved with his family to Little Cedar in 1923 where he graduated from Little Cedar High School in 1931. On June 5, 1937, he married Marian Amundson in Osage. They farmed in the Osage area until 1965, the year she died. He later married Dorothy (Luth) Walk, in South Dakota, on July 12, 1971 and she died in 1979. Mr. Cockrum also worked at the Farmers Cooperative Elevator in Osage until retiring in 1974. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth (Connie) Eagan of New Haven and Mrs. Charles (Alice) Olswold of Muscatine; three sons: Dean and Gary both of Osage, and Jim of Nora Springs; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. John (Edna) Pint, Sr. of Mitchell and Mrs. Edith Noble of Osage; two brothers, Herbert Cockrum of Little Cedar and Dave Cockrum of LaJolla, Calif., and a special friend, Jean Moeller of Rudd. He was preceded in death by his two wives; his parents; two grandchildren; and two brothers. Mitchell County Press-News - July 15, 1987 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX: Given Name: R Surname: Cockrum Birth Date: 16 August 1911 Social Security Number: *--6586 State: Iowa Last Place of Residence: Mitchell, Iowa Previous Residence Postal Code: 50461 Event Date: July 1987 Age: 76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The cemetery listing for Rock Creek Lutheran Cemetery shows: Cockrum, Vernon Ross, Aug 16, 1911 -- Jul 11, 1987
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