Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Earl Walter Cooley ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Earl Walter Cooley
LAST NAME: Cooley FIRST NAME: Earl MIDDLE NAME: Walter NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE:  GENDER: M MILITARY: Navy - Korea
BORN: 14 Jun 1928 DIED: 9 Jul 2004 BURIED: 16 Jul 2004
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BIRTH PLACE:  Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
DEATH PLACE: Woodburn, Marion Co., Oregon
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MARRIAGE - Earl Cooley md Wanda Bishop 22 Sep 1950 in Marion Co., Oregon
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Earl W. Cooley
June 14, 1928 - July 9, 2004
WOODBURN- A Memorial Service will be held Friday, July 16, 2004 at 1:00 p.m. at City View Funeral Home, Salem. Private inurnment will be held at Salem Pioneer Cemetery.
Statesman Journal 13 Jul 2004

Earl Walter Cooley
June 14, 1928 - July 9, 2004 
SALEM - Earl graduated from North High School in 1946.  He joined the United States Navy right after high school and served in Korea.
In 1951 he married Wanda Bishop.  She was his beloved wife for fifty years before the Lord took her in 2001.  They had three children together.  On Feb. 14, 2004 he married Geraldine Merrell,m and though their time together was short, their love was strong.
Earl was a man of great faith, who loved his country and was passionate about his community. He had a love of outdoors and enjoyed taking his large family on yearly camping trips to Detroit Lake.  We will miss you this year Grandpa!!!
Earl is survived by his wife Gerry; her two children Nina and Frank; his three children, Natalie, Ray, and Cheryl; his ten grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be held on Fri., July 16, 2004, at 1 p.m. at City View Funeral Home in Salem.  Remembrances can be made to the Oregon Food Bank.
- newspaper clipping, not cited.
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SOURCES: 
Oregon Marriages (Ancestry.com)
SJ 13 Jul 2004
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LOT: 924 SPACE: 2 SE LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.207' LATITUDE: W 123° 03.006'