He was born July 14, 1922 in Stockland, Il. to the late Michael and Marie Donahue Cooley. On Jan. 22, 1966 he married Jean A. Rausch in Lafayette. She died Aug. 2, 2008.
Surviving are a son, Jim Cooley (wife: Lisa) of Lafayette; four sisters, Rita Lundgren of Salt Lake City, Ruthann Wolfe of West Lafayette (husband: Harvey), Rosemary Budreau of Earl Park and Jan Flora of Delphi (husband: Carol); a brother, Paul Cooley, of Kissimmee, Fl. and two grandsons, Evan and Luke.
He was also preceded in death by brothers, Bernie, Norbert, Kenny, Richard and Joseph; sisters, Aletha Reifel and Helen Budreau; two of his wife's siblings, brother-in-law, Bob Rausch of Lafayette, and sister-in-law, Sister Blanche Rausch of Mishawaka and his sister-in-law, Lorraine Cooley of Woodland, Il.
He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.
He was born July 14, 1922 in Stockland, Il. to the late Michael and Marie Donahue Cooley. On Jan. 22, 1966 he married Jean A. Rausch in Lafayette. She died Aug. 2, 2008.
Surviving are a son, Jim Cooley (wife: Lisa) of Lafayette; four sisters, Rita Lundgren of Salt Lake City, Ruthann Wolfe of West Lafayette (husband: Harvey), Rosemary Budreau of Earl Park and Jan Flora of Delphi (husband: Carol); a brother, Paul Cooley, of Kissimmee, Fl. and two grandsons, Evan and Luke.
He was also preceded in death by brothers, Bernie, Norbert, Kenny, Richard and Joseph; sisters, Aletha Reifel and Helen Budreau; two of his wife's siblings, brother-in-law, Bob Rausch of Lafayette, and sister-in-law, Sister Blanche Rausch of Mishawaka and his sister-in-law, Lorraine Cooley of Woodland, Il.
He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.
Family Members
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Norbert Irvin Cooley
1914–1993
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Bernard Charles Cooley
1915–1979
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Aletha Marie Cooley Reifel
1917–1991
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Helen Marjorie Cooley Budreau
1918–2001
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Kenneth Eugene "Kenny" Cooley
1919–2008
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Rita Frances Cooley Lundgren
1921–2019
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Rosemary Cooley Budreau
1924–2013
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Paul Joseph Cooley
1927–2011
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Dr Ruthann Cooley Wolfe
1928–2018
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Infant Son Cooley
1934–1934
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Infant Son Cooley
1936–1936
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