The Lamoni Chronicle

March 7, 1946, page 1

DEATH CLAIMS W.P.COCHRAN

EARLY RESIDENT

Postal Employee 32 Years-

Was Original City Carrier-

Coliseum Service

Services were held here Monday for WILBUR COCHRAN, 63, who died suddenly at

his home on Saturday. Mr. COCHRAN had been a postal employee for 32 years and

was one of the original city carriers of the town.

He served under the following postmasters: G. W. BLAIR, DAN ANDERSON, B. M.

RUSSELL, LEA KELLEY, W. H. BLAIR, RALPH DERRY and BURNHAM SILSBY.

He was the son of ASA and MABEL CHURCH COCOHRAN and was born May 1, 1882 in

the house in which he died and where he- lived all of his life, with the

exception of 4 years when the family resided in Leon during the term the

father was county treasurer.

He was baptized into the LDS church on July 3, 1892 by his father. In 1901 he

was graduated from the Leon high school and August 18, 1909 he was united in

marriage to ETTYA BUNKER NEWTON [my note: this is WRONG---he married ETTYA

BUNKER in the town of Newton!!]

He is survived by his widow and three children, WILBUR PAUL, Jr., of Bethany,

Mo.; CLEMENT, of Chi- cago; and Mrs. CORA MULLINS, of Independence, Mo.; two

grandchidren, WILBUR PAUL, III and JOE; and two sisters, Mrs. ELBERT A.

SMITH and MRS. CORA GRENAWALT of Independence, Mo.

Mr. COCHRAN was eligible to retire 2 years ago but due to the shortage of

help he continued as clerk. He was a patient in the Independence Sanitarium

last November and at Iowa City in December but had been back at the Post

office almost daily since.

Services were held at the Coliseum with Dr. R. A. Cheville in charge,

assisted by Pastor E. J. Gleazer, Jr. Interment was at Rose Hill.

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Transcribed by Linda Harris 9/18/01

This was my grandfather.