Merton Beth Cooley 1907–1992 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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Merton Beth Cooley, 1907–1992 (aged 84 years)

Name

Merton Beth Cooley

Name: Merton Beth /Cooley/
Given names: Merton Beth
Surname: Cooley

Sex Male

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 20 October 1875 — McGregor, Clayton, Iowa, USA Marriage: 26 April 1905 — Holliday Farm, Knox, Nebraska, USA Death: 4 November 1914 — Yankton, South Dakota, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jane Elizabeth Holliday Ronald Delose Cooley Merton Beth Cooley Herbert Merton Cooley 1875–1914 Birth: 20 October 1875 — McGregor, Clayton, Iowa, USA Death: 4 November 1914 — Yankton, South Dakota, USA
mother	Links Birth: 20 March 1884 38 37 — Castle Sowerby, Cumberland, England Marriage: 26 April 1905 — Holliday Farm, Knox, Nebraska, USA Death: 1 January 1908 — Crofton, Knox, Nebraska, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Herbert Merton Cooley Ronald Delose Cooley Merton Beth Cooley Jane Elizabeth Holliday 1884–1908 Birth: 20 March 1884 38 37 — Castle Sowerby, Cumberland, England Death: 1 January 1908 — Crofton, Knox, Nebraska, USA
Marriage	Marriage — 26 April 1905 — Holliday Farm, Knox, Nebraska, USA
9 months elder brother	Links Birth: 28 January 1906 30 21 — Crofton, Knox, Nebraska, USA Marriage: 20 September 1935 — Denver, Washington, Colorado, USA Death: 11 January 1980 — Limon, Lincoln, Colorado, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Irene Elva Skinner Ronald Delose Cooley 1906–1980 Birth: 28 January 1906 30 21 — Crofton, Knox, Nebraska, USA Death: 11 January 1980 — Limon, Lincoln, Colorado, USA
23 months himself	Links Birth: 7 December 1907 32 23 — Crofton, Knox, Nebraska, USA Marriage: 25 May 1929 — Golden, Jefferson, Colorado, USA Death: 3 November 1992 — Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Viola Myfanwy Kyffin Herbert Merton Cooley Merton Beth Cooley 1907–1992 Birth: 7 December 1907 32 23 — Crofton, Knox, Nebraska, USA Death: 3 November 1992 — Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA

Family with Viola Myfanwy Kyffin
himself	Links Birth: 7 December 1907 32 23 — Crofton, Knox, Nebraska, USA Marriage: 25 May 1929 — Golden, Jefferson, Colorado, USA Death: 3 November 1992 — Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Viola Myfanwy Kyffin Herbert Merton Cooley Merton Beth Cooley 1907–1992 Birth: 7 December 1907 32 23 — Crofton, Knox, Nebraska, USA Death: 3 November 1992 — Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA
wife	Links Birth: 20 January 1908 — Denver, Colorado, USA Marriage: 25 May 1929 — Golden, Jefferson, Colorado, USA Death: 1 May 1995 — Brush, Morgan, Colorado, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Merton Beth Cooley Herbert Merton Cooley Viola Myfanwy Kyffin 1908–1995 Birth: 20 January 1908 — Denver, Colorado, USA Death: 1 May 1995 — Brush, Morgan, Colorado, USA
Marriage	Marriage — 25 May 1929 — Golden, Jefferson, Colorado, USA
4 years son	Links Birth: 25 August 1933 25 25 — Akron, Washington, Colorado, USA Marriage: 14 April 1960 — Washington, Colorado, USA Death: 8 January 1979 — Akron, Washington, Colorado, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Donna Lee Mountain Dale LeRoy Cooley Herbert Merton Cooley 1933–1979 Birth: 25 August 1933 25 25 — Akron, Washington, Colorado, USA Death: 8 January 1979 — Akron, Washington, Colorado, USA

Events of close relatives
Birth	7 December 1907 32 23 Crofton, Knox, Nebraska, USA
Death of a mother	Jane Elizabeth Holliday 1 January 1908 Crofton, Knox, Nebraska, USA
Death of a father	Herbert Merton Cooley 4 November 1914 Yankton, South Dakota, USA
Marriage	Viola Myfanwy Kyffin — View this family 25 May 1929 (aged 21 years) Golden, Jefferson, Colorado, USA
Birth of a son	Herbert Merton Cooley 25 August 1933 Akron, Washington, Colorado, USA
Death of a maternal grandfather	Hugh Sutton Holliday 24 June 1937 Orchard, Antelope, Nebraska, USA
Marriage of a son	Herbert Merton Cooley — Donna Lee Mountain — View this family 14 April 1960 Washington, Colorado, USA
Death of a son	Herbert Merton Cooley 8 January 1979 Akron, Washington, Colorado, USA
Death of a brother	Ronald Delose Cooley 11 January 1980 Limon, Lincoln, Colorado, USA
Death	3 November 1992 (aged 84 years) Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA
Last change	28 May 2020 – 22:54:30 Author of last change: 7mikefh

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Note	Merton Beth Cooley was born to Herbert Merton (Mert) and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Holliday Cooley on Dec 7, 1907, in Crofton, Neb. His mother died in 1908 from complications of childbirth. His father was editor and publisher of the Crofton Journal so Beth and his elder brother, Ronald literally grew up in the newspaper business. On 14 Nov 1914, a car in which their father Herbert Merton was a passenger plunged off the Yankton pontoon bridge over the Missouri River drowning him and another passenger in the car. His body was never recovered. Robert Berton Cooley (a twin brother of Herbert Merton) and his wife Carrie Louella Miller had homesteaded to a farm near Flagler Colorado in 1910 and in 1912 Bert had started the Otis Independent in Otis, Colo., 59 miles north of Flagler. Upon learning of his brother's death, Bert sold the Independent and he and his wife and two sons moved back to Crofton to take over the newspaper. They immediately took in and raised Beth and his elder brother Ronald as members of the family. Beth was still just a small boy at this time but he was already working in the family business. "I could read upside down when I was about four or five, and I was hand-setting type before I went to school. To get the paper out, we were hand-setting type day and night. Us kids never knew anything else." In 1916, because of a worsening allergy condition, Bert sold the Crofton Journal and the family returned to Colorado to resume operation of the Otis Independent, this time with two more "sons" in tow. Beth attended school in Otis, graduating from Otis High School in 1927. He also proved to be a fine football player. In his younger years, Beth played trumpet in a local dance band called "The Night Hawks" and became an excellent performer. After graduation, Beth attended the University of Colorado for a short time, later moving back to Otis to help with the newspaper. Beth married Viola Myfanwy Kyffin on May 25, 1929, in Otis and they had one son, Herbert Merton. His Uncle Bert continued to operate the Independent until the fall of 1928 when, in a trade, he swapped the Otis Independent for ownership in the Monte Vista Tribune, Monte Vista, Colorado. Within a few months, Bert disposed of the Tribune and the family moved to Akron, Colo., where he bought the Akron Semi-Weekly News and the Akron Reporter combining the two papers on February 28, 1929 into the Akron News-Reporter. Its first edition was published on 7 Mar 1929. Beth was an adept Linotype operator and he had a natural bent for mechanics of all kinds. Through the years he became known as one of the best repairmen on all printing machinery and was sought after by other newspapers in northeastern Colorado for repair work. On the retirement of the original owners of the Akron News-Reporter, his Uncle Bert and Aunt Lou, Beth and his cousin, Coyne Cooley, became the sole owners of the Akron News-Reporter, which they continued to operate until 1979. All in all, Beth had worked in the weelky newspaper business almost 68 years, from a four-year-old kid folding newspapers at the Crofton Journal to the sale of the Akron News-Reporter in 1979. In keeping with his interest in mechanics, he had a life-long love affair with the automobile (his favorite, Buick). Beth was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and a charter member of the Akron Rotary Club. He was honored as a Paul Harris Fellow. Merton Beth Cooley died at Sterling Regional MedCenter on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1992 ae 84. Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 6 at 10 a.m. from the First Presbyterian Church in Akron with Rev. Kyle Weir officiating. Interment followed in the Akron Cemetery with Yeamans & Gordon Memorial Chapel in charge of arrangements

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Merton Beth Cooley was born to Herbert Merton (Mert) and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Holliday Cooley on Dec 7, 1907, in Crofton, Neb. His mother died in 1908 from complications of childbirth.

His father was editor and publisher of the Crofton Journal so Beth and his elder brother, Ronald literally grew up in the newspaper business. On 14 Nov 1914, a car in which their father Herbert Merton was a passenger plunged off the Yankton pontoon bridge over the Missouri River drowning him and another passenger in the car. His body was never recovered.

Robert Berton Cooley (a twin brother of Herbert Merton) and his wife Carrie Louella Miller had homesteaded to a farm near Flagler Colorado in 1910 and in 1912 Bert had started the Otis Independent in Otis, Colo., 59 miles north of Flagler. Upon learning of his brother's death, Bert sold the Independent and he and his wife and two sons moved back to Crofton to take over the newspaper. They immediately took in and raised Beth and his elder brother Ronald as members of the family.

Beth was still just a small boy at this time but he was already working in the family business. "I could read upside down when I was about four or five, and I was hand-setting type before I went to school. To get the paper out, we were hand-setting type day and night. Us kids never knew anything else."

In 1916, because of a worsening allergy condition, Bert sold the Crofton Journal and the family returned to Colorado to resume operation of the Otis Independent, this time with two more "sons" in tow.

Beth attended school in Otis, graduating from Otis High School in 1927. He also proved to be a fine football player. In his younger years, Beth played trumpet in a local dance band called "The Night Hawks" and became an excellent performer.

After graduation, Beth attended the University of Colorado for a short time, later moving back to Otis to help with the newspaper. Beth married Viola Myfanwy Kyffin on May 25, 1929, in Otis and they had one son, Herbert Merton.

His Uncle Bert continued to operate the Independent until the fall of 1928 when, in a trade, he swapped the Otis Independent for ownership in the Monte Vista Tribune, Monte Vista, Colorado. Within a few months, Bert disposed of the Tribune and the family moved to Akron, Colo., where he bought the Akron Semi-Weekly News and the Akron Reporter combining the two papers on February 28, 1929 into the Akron News-Reporter. Its first edition was published on 7 Mar 1929.

Beth was an adept Linotype operator and he had a natural bent for mechanics of all kinds. Through the years he became known as one of the best repairmen on all printing machinery and was sought after by other newspapers in northeastern Colorado for repair work.

On the retirement of the original owners of the Akron News-Reporter, his Uncle Bert and Aunt Lou, Beth and his cousin, Coyne Cooley, became the sole owners of the Akron News-Reporter, which they continued to operate until 1979. All in all, Beth had worked in the weelky newspaper business almost 68 years, from a four-year-old kid folding newspapers at the Crofton Journal to the sale of the Akron News-Reporter in 1979.

In keeping with his interest in mechanics, he had a life-long love affair with the automobile (his favorite, Buick). Beth was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and a charter member of the Akron Rotary Club. He was honored as a Paul Harris Fellow.

Merton Beth Cooley died at Sterling Regional MedCenter on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1992 ae 84. Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 6 at 10 a.m. from the First Presbyterian Church in Akron with Rev. Kyle Weir officiating. Interment followed in the Akron Cemetery with Yeamans & Gordon Memorial Chapel in charge of arrangements

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