Alice Mary (Reynolds) Cockle (1873-1936)

COCKLE, COCKEL, REYNOLDS, WALKER, THOMPSON, ANDERSON, STRAMPE, MALCOM

Posted By: jane austin (email)
Date: 9/2/2021 at 00:24:35

The funeral of Mrs. Dan Cockel [sic] was held Saturday afternoon, December 5, from the home. The Rev. W. R. Clyde, Jr., was in charge. Interment was in Prairie View cemetery.

Mrs. Cockel died after a lingering illness extending over two years. The last summer she had been especially poorly, and her condition had been critical for the last few weeks. She died at 8:30, Wednesday, December 2, 1936.

Mary Alice Reynolds Cockel, daughter of Zemry and Isabell Reynolds, was born at Steamboat Rock, Iowa, Nov 11, 1873. She passed away in Paullina, Iowa, on December 2. at the age of 63 years and 22 days.

At the age of seven the deceased was left an orphan and went to make her home with her oldest sister, Mrs. L. W. Walker, of Sanborn, Iowa. There she remained until Jan. 25th, 1892, when she was married to Daniel Cockel[sic].

After their marriage, the deceased and her husband settled on a farm near Cleghorn. They continued there until the year 1920, when they moved to Paullina.

While near Cleghorn Mrs. Cockel united with the Christian church at Cleghorn and entered actively into the work of the church. In Paullina she was a member of the Grace Methodist church.

There survive her husband; four daughters, Mrs. Inez Thompson, of Cleghorn, Mrs. Mabel Anderson, Mrs. Grace Strampe, and Mrs. Mildred Malcom, all of Paullina; two sisters of Harris, Iowa; and six grandchildren.

Source: Paullina Times, published in Paullina, Iowa on Thursday, December 10th, 1936, Page 7

Contributor: Kent Pauling