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The Andrew John Cusac Family Newsletter
  Issue 20

14 June,  2005

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             1.                  Gerald O Cookson Obituary (1906 – 1966)

2.                  Mary Alice Montgomery Cookson Obituary (1906 – 1969)

3.                  Marion Cookson wedding announcement

4.                  Robert N Daugherty Jr. Obituary (1946 – 2003)

5.                   Muriel Irene Bond Feller Obituary (1926 – 2004)

6.                  Wanda Ellen Rader Kelley Obituary (1911 – 2000)

7.                  Christa Joan Mitchell Holmes Obituary (1930 – 2001)

8.                  Kathryn J Mitchell Barnes Obituary (1917 – 2003)

9.                  Francis Robertis Ford Obituary (1898 – 1992)

10.              Dorothy Mae Gorby Obituary (1926 – 2001)

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1.         Gerald O Cookson Obituary (Irvin Cookson, Alfred, Mary Rodman, Roseann Cusac, Andrew John)

 

             Gerald Cookson Dies; Pottery Operator

Died: 09 December 1966 Good Samaritan Hospital

Born: 01 Feb 1906 Roseville, OH

Parents: Irvin Cookson and Ethel Bash

Survivors: wife Mary Alice of Roseville; son Ronald of Roseville; sister Mrs. Margaret Lippold of Sacramento, CA; a number of nieces and nephews

Notes: owned and operated Cookson Pottery in Roseville, OH since1946; he and his mother operated the Cookson Restaurant in Roseville from 1930 – 1959; he was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Roseville

Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery

  Times Recorder, The (Zanesville, OH) 10 December 1966 p. 8B

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2.         Mary Alice Montgomery Cookson Obituary (wife of Gerald O Cookson, Irvin Cookson, Alfred, Mary Rodman, Roseann Cusac, Andrew John)

 

  Mrs. Mary A. Cookson Dies; Operated Pottery

Died: 08 June 1969 at Good Samaritan Hospital

Born: 10 Sep 1906 Granville, OH

Parents: Charles and Flora (Fisher) Montgomery

Survivors: son Ronald of Roseville, brothers Benjamin and Earl Montgomery of Houston, TX and a sister Margaret Hammond of Canton, OH.

Notes: operated Cookson Pottery for the last 3 years; operated Cookson Restaurant which closed in 1957; member of Roseville Lutheran Church; graduate of Grant Hospital School of Nursing in Columbus

Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery

              Times Recorder, The (Zanesville, OH) 10 Jun 1969 p. 2A

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3.            Marion Cookson wedding announcement (Henry Harrison Cookson, William R, Mary Rodman, Roseann Cuac, Andrew John)

 

                  “STUDENT WEDDING ANNOUNCED AT TEA –

      The approaching marriage of Miss Marion Cookson of Deming, New Mexico, and Mr. J.L. Bradford was announced Saturday at a tea given in the bride-elect’s honor by Mrs. J.M. Bradford and daughters, Miss Mildred Bradford and Mrs. Glidden Wilson, Jr.

      The Bradford home on Avenue ----- decorated beautifully with fall baskets of roses and blue hydrangeas, which carried out the bride-elect’s colors of blue and white.

      Miss Lena Vinson and Mrs. Bradford greeted the guests at the home after which Mrs. Wilson presented the honoree, Miss Cookson. Other members of the house party included Mrs. Orville H. Cookson of Roswell, New Mexico, Mrs. J.W. Jennings, Mrs. Clyde McIntosh, Mrs. J.R. Stalcup and Miss Gladys Hicks.

      The tea table was attractively laid with white satin and appointed with crystal and silver. White rosebuds, gyposphlia and snapdragons centered the table and formed an arch for the miniature bride and groom. A heart suspended from the arch made the announcement, “Marion and J.L., May 23.”

      Presiding at the table were Miss Julia Rogers of Cleburne, Mrs. S.F. Porter and Mrs. A.S. Edwards. They were assisted in serving by Misses Mary Mathews, Mary Helen Whitfield, Jean Strickland, Mrs. C.Q. Davis and Mrs. Sam White.

      Guests were directed to the music room, which was decorated with white satin wedding bells and baskets of white and pink rosebuds, by Miss Callie Hornsby and Mrs. J.W. Hicks. Musical selections were given by Misses Genia Sprinkle, Anna Louise Marshall (violin) accompanied by Geraldine Eikenberg and Howard Payne trio. Dorothy and Doris McIntosh and Frances Evans, accompanied by Norma Guy.

      Miss Lurline Poe presided at the bride’s register. Goodbyes were said to Miss Carolyn Rice. About 200 guests called.”

-          Howard Payne, Yellow Jacket, Brownwood, Texas.

           Deming Headlight (Deming, New Mexico) Friday 10 May 1940

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4.   Robert N Daugherty Jr. Obituary (Robert N Daugherty, Elizabeth Vernon Moore; Amanda Jane Ewing, Martha E Cooper, Jane Eliza Cusac, Daniel J, Andrew John)

 

             Robert N Daugherty, Jr.

Died: Sunday 02 November 2003 in HIS Greenery of Canonsburg, PA

Born: 10 October 1946 in Findlay, OH

Parents: Theodora Shull and Robert N Daugherty Sr.

Notes: bachelor’s degree in education from Otterbein University; master’s degree in secondary education administration from Eastern Michigan University; former principal at Western Reserve and White Oak High Schools in OH; taught and coached at Genesee High School in Genesee, MI; member of United Methodist Church of Monessen, PA; member of the National Association of Secondary School Principals; former member of Monessen Elks Lodge 773.

Survivors: wife of 33 years Mary Ann D’Alonzo; daughters: Amy (Keith) Olin of Scaggsville, MD, and Jill (David) Mikula of Fayetville, NC; one grandson Jacob Mikula; cousins; and father and mother-in-law Henry and Mary Ann D’Alonzo of Monessen.

Funeral services: Wednesday 05 November 2002 with interment in St. Hyacinth Cemetery, Monessen, PA

             Valley Independent (Monessen, PA) 04 November 2003

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5.   Muriel Irene Bond Feller Obituary (wife of James Albert Feller, Harriet Evelyn Lape, Edward Sherman, Evaline Cooper, Nancy Cusac, Daniel J, Andrew John)

 

             Muriel “Mim” Irene (Bond) Feller

Died: 25 February 2004 Creswell, Lane Co, Oregon

Born: 04 September 1926 Napoleon, Henry Co, OH

Parents: Eugene and Irene Bond

Notes: graduated from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Wood Co, OH; married James A Feller on 27 November 1948; elementary school teacher in Oxnard and Camarillo, CA; retired in 1979; founding member of the Friends of Thompson School in Bend, OR; volunteered with the Pleasant Valley Hotline for troubled teens and the Ventura School for Girls.

Survivors: two daughters, Belinda of Redmond, VA and Robin Breslaw of Creswell, OR; brother, Howard Bond of Ann Arbor, MI; and three grandchildren.

Preceded in death by: husband.

Memorial service: 05 March 2004 Creswell Presbyterian Church

                  Bulletin, The (Creswell, OR) 03 March 2004

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6.   Wanda Ellen Rader Kelley Obituary (wife of Ralph R Kelley, Charles Grice, Phillip Barton, Mary Ann Cusac, Daniel J, Andrew John)

 

            Wanda E Kelley

Died: 30 January 2000 Findlay, Hancock Co, OH

Born: 24 July 1911 Deshler, Henry Co, OH

Parents: Turl Rader and Lillie Montooth

Spouse: Ralph R Kelley, married 1929, he died in 1971

Survivors: 10 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren

Preceded in death by: sons Ronald J, Norman K and Max L Kelley; brothers: Otie, Earl and Lem Rader.

Buried: McComb Union Cemetery, Pleasant Twp, Hancock Co, OH

                  Courier, The (Findlay, OH) 31 January 2000

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7.   Christa Joan Mitchell Holmes Obituary (Wallace Mitchell, Thomas Melvin, Margaret Emeline Cusac, John, Daniel J, Andrew John)

 

            Christa Joan Holmes

Died: 27 Jun 2001 Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, Lucas Co, OH

Born: 14 Dec 1930 Findlay, Hancock Co, OH

Parents: Wallace Mitchell and Naomi Gordon

Spouse: married Robert L Holmes 31 Dec 1954, he survives

Survivors: sons Tom and Jim of Findlay, OH; son Bobby of rural Findlay, OH; daughter Christa (Bob) McMonigal of Findlay, OH; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Notes: retired as a cafeteria worker for Findlay city schools; member of St Michael’s Catholic Church

Burial: 30 June 2001 St Michael’s Cemetery, Findlay, Hancock Co, OH

                  Courier, The (Findlay, OH) 28 June 2001

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8.   Kathryn J Mitchell Barnes Obituary (Charles Eliot Mitchell, Homer, Martha Abigail Cusac, John, Daniel J, Andrew John)

 

                  Kathryn Barnes

Died: 11 June 2003 Birchaven Retirement Village, Findlay, Hancock Co, OH

Born: 29 August 1917 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH

Parents: Charles E and Edna W (Alspach) Mitchell

Spouse: married Russel L Barnes on 07 Oct 1940, he died 04 April 1977

Survivors: son James C (Pauline) Barnes of Jacksonville Beach, FL; daughter Binnie (Noah) Mathias, Findlay; daughter Bonnie (Peter-Lester) Yates of Middletown, CT; six grandchildren, Philip and Patrick Mathias, Sara and Margaret Barnes, and Kathryn and Charles Yates; five great grandchildren; and two great-great grand children.

Notes: formerly worked at Marathon Oil Company, active in League of Women Voters, attended Findlay Evangelical Congregational Church, former member of St. Marks United Methodist Church.

Burial: 18 June 2003 Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Hancock Co, OH

                  Courier, The (Findlay, OH) 13 June 2003

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9.   Francis Robertis Ford Obituary (Hattie B Cusac, William John, John, Daniel J, Andrew John)

 

              Frank R Ford

Died: 12 October 1992 Evansville, IN

Born: 14 November 1898

Notes: second editor of the Evansville Press, retired chief editorial writer for Scripps Howard Newspapers; lived in Evansville since retirement in mid 1960s; traveled the world and met with world leaders; read extensively.

Survivors: daughter Caroline Ford Stahlschmidt of Evansville; grandchildren: Caroline S Marsh of Susanbille, CA; Walter Stahlschmidt and Frank F Stahlschmidt of Evansville, and Ford L Stahlschmidt of Albuquerque, NM.

                  Evansville Courier & Press, The (Evansville, IN) 13 October 1992

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10. Dorothy Mae Gorby Obituary (Violet M Crites, Alice Blanche Cusac, James M, Daniel J, Andrew John)

                  Dorothy Gorby

Died: 04 September 2001 in McComb, OH

Born: 19 May 1926 in McComb, OH

Parents: Earl and Violet (Crites) Gorby

Survivors: sister Margaret Gorby of McComb

Preceded in Death by: brother Paul Robert Gorby

Notes: retired as Director of YWCA of OH; previously a dietitian of Ohio State University dormitories; director of 4-H in Marion county, and State Director of 4-H for Western OH. Graduated in 1944 from McComb High School, received a bachelor’s degree in home economics from Ohio State University in 1950. She was a member of Portage Chapel United Methodist Church.

Burial: McComb Union Cemetery on Wednesday 07 September 2001

                  Courier, The (Findlay, OH) 05 September 2001

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