Cooley, Ezekiel E. Judge 1827 - 1895

COOLEY

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 5/18/2013 at 17:39:00

Postville Review, Sat., 9 Feb. 1895. Particulars reprinted from the Cedar Rapids Republican of 3 Feb. 1895.

JUDGE COOLEY DEAD.

The shocking intelligence of Judge Cooley's sudden death at Decorah was received here last Saturday. The Cedar Rapids Republican of Sunday had the following particulars:

"Judge E. E. Cooley, of this city, was suddenly stricken with apoplexy while in the Winnesheik House Thursday night about 9 o'clock. He was taken to his home but soon lost consciousness and sank rapidly until 3 o'clock yesterday morning when the end came. Judge Cooley was one of the oldest residents of this part of the state, having settled here in 1854 and was 67 years old at the time of his death. He was postmaster here under President Lincoln and was recently elected judge to fill the unexpired term of Judge Hatch. He was always upright and honest and prominent in social and business circles and was well known in northeastern Iowa. The funeral will be held Tuesday."

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Note: The Iowa Gravestone Photo Project shows a picture of the gravestone of Ezekiel E. Cooley 1-12-1827 / 2-1-1895, buried in Phelps cemetery, Winneshiek Co., Iowa.

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Added by Joy Moore Feb. 28, 2021

Source: Decorah Republican Feb. 7, 1895 P 1 C 5

EZEKIEL E. COOLEY.
Again we are reminded, that the line between the activities of life, and the unknown, untried realities of the future life, is often a narrow one. We walk along its borders scarcely realizing that a little mis-step—a trifling matter—lifts the veil of the beyond, and lowers the curtain of the present. So it was with Judge Ezekiel E. Cooley last Thursday evening. In his usual good health he came down town, visited at the Winnesheik House, chatted with friends, read the daily papers, and as nine o’clock came was preparing to return home. Passing into the toilet rooms, as like himself as he had been during all the years of his residence in this city, he came out,—was brought out—smitten with appoploxy, helpless, but in the full realization of his con{d}ition, and that his final summons had come.
A few minutes after his departure from the hotel office, a thud was heard that attracted the attention of those in the office. Landlord McClaskey arose to make a tour of examination, supposing the noise to have come from the saloon. As he passed on his way he opened the adjoining door, and, in the passage way, discovered the fallen form of the Judge. Assistance was rendered immediately, and power to speak then remained. Thickly yet unmistakeably Mr. Cooley spoke words which indicated he felt his death knell had been sounded. Medical aid was summoned, but it was a case beyond surgery. He was removed to his home shortly after ten o’clock and breathed his last some six hours later.
The funeral services were held from his late residence on Monday last, a large number of friends and acquaintances attending to pay their last respects to the memory of one who will always sustain a prominent relation to the early history of the city of Decorah.

Phelps Cemetery
 

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