Robert Reed Cooley^[1]

1847 - 1917  (70 years)

• Name	Robert Reed Cooley
  Birth	14 May 1847	Garnavillo Twp, Clayton Co, Iowa   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Dec 1917	Flagler, Kit Carson Co, Colorado   [4]
  	Cause: Cause: Paralysis due to Arterial Sclerosis for several years
  Burial	31 Dec 1917	Flagler Cemetery, Kit Carson Co, Colorado   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I21	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	Andrew Sutherland Cooley,   b. 11 Jul 1804, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont d. 28 Oct 1890, Garnavillo Twp, Clayton Co, Iowa (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Salome Warren,   b. Abt Aug 1809, Massachusetts d. 2 Nov 1895, Elkader, Clayton Co, Iowa (Age ~ 86 years)
  Marriage	10 Mar 1825	Lockport Township, Niagara Co, New York   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F18	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stella Alfresine Owen,   b. 21 May 1850, Alden Twp, McHenry Co, Illinois d. 10 Jun 1920, Flagler, Kit Carson Co, Colorado (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	10 Dec 1874	McGregor, Clayton Co, Iowa   [9]
  Children	1. Robert Berton Cooley,   b. 15 Oct 1875, McGregor, Clayton Co, Iowa d. 12 Dec 1962, Akron, Washington Co, Colorado (Age 87 years)   2. Herbert Merton Cooley,   b. 15 Oct 1875, McGregor, Clayton Co, Iowa d. 4 Nov 1914, Yankton, Yankton Co, South Dakota (Age 39 years)   3. Alton Verne Cooley,   b. 8 May 1880, McGregor, Clayton Co, Iowa d. 5 Aug 1881, McGregor, Clayton Co, Iowa (Age 1 year)   4. Glenn Syren Cooley,   b. 14 Jul 1894, Plainview, Pierce Co, Nebraska d. 3 Jul 1962, San Diego, San Diego Co, California (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Notes

  ROBERT REED COOLEY ANSWERS LAST CALLThe Flagler (Colorado) News Vol. V, No. 50, 3 Jan 1918, p. 4., col. 3 Will A. Borland, ed This community was grieved last Friday when the word was spread about town that Robert Cooley had passed away on 28 Dec 1917. Mr. Cooley was a man who was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him, and while the writer had known him but two years, still I had learned to love and respect him. His genial disposition and hearty greeting had endeared him to our people and he will be greatly missed in the community. Robert Reed Cooley was born to Andrew Sutherland Cooley and Salome Warren Cooley in Garnavillo, Iowa 14 May 1847 and died at his home near Flagler, Colo., December 28, 1917, at the age of 70 years, 7 months and 14 days, death being due to apoplexy [a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain]. Funeral services were held at the Congregational church in Flagler on Monday morning, December 31st [1918], at 11 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. A. W. Moore. His text was found in Phil. 1-21: "To me, to live is Christ, to die is gain." Businesses of Flagler were closed during services. He lived with his parents in Garnavillo [Clayton County, Iowa] until young manhood, when he and his father, A. S. Cooley, disposed of his [?] property near that place and purchased a farm near McGregor, Iowa, where he was in the lumber business several years. He was united in marriage with Stella A. Owen on December 10, 1874 in McGregor, Clayton County, Iowa. To this union were born four children: Twins Herbert Merton (Mert) and Robert Berton (Bert) on 20 Oct 1875 in McGregor, Clayton County, Iowa; Verne Alton on 8 May 1880 in McGregor, and Glenn Syren on 14 Jul 1894 in Plainview, Pierce County, Nebraska. Herbert Merton was drowned in the Missouri River near Yankton, S.D., 4 Nov 1914 and Verne Alton died at McGregor Iowa, 5 Aug 1881, at the age of 15 months. In the spring of 1886 Robert Reed and his family consisting of himself, wife Stella, and twin sons Mert and Bert moved to Plainview, Nebr., where he resided until the spring of 1910 when he migrated to Kit Carson County Colorado where he bought a relinquishment northwest of Flagler. Robert Cooley was a true man; a man who gave almost his entire life to the service of others. For three years he took care of a helpless brother who was wounded in the Civil War [Peter S. Cooley]. This ordeal practically undermined his health, but he never complained. Mr. Cooley is survived by his wife, Stella, and two sons, Robert Berton of Otis, Colo., and Glenn Syren of Flagler. He is also survived by six grand-children, one of whom, Ronald Cooley, has lived with his grandparents since the death of his mother, Elizabeth Holliday Cooley, in December of 1907. A large number of sympathizing friends and associates assembled to pay their last respects to one whom they loved, and the business houses of Flagler were closed during the services. The floral offerings were abundant and beautiful. The last remains were laid to their final rest in the Flagler cemetery. The News joins with the large circle of friend and acquaintances in extending sympathy to the bereaved wife and children in their time of sorrow. Card of Thanks, col 3, same edition "We desire to extend our sincere thanks to the neighbors and friends who so kindly gave of their assistance and sympathy during the late illness, death and burial of our loved one, Robert Cooley. We especially wish to thank the business men of Flagler and other, for the beautiful floral offerings." /s/ Mrs. Robert Cooley, Glenn Cooley, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Cooley, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Owen, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Groves, Mrs. L. A. Shaffer, Mrs. Mary I. Hicks [10] (Medical):I hereby certify that I attended deceased from Dec 22, 1917 to Dec 28, 1917, (signed) H.L. Williams MD, 12/28/1917, Flagler Colorado [10]

  
  

• Sources

  [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1850-US-IL-McHenry-Alden (Reliability: 3). [S357] State of Colorado, Colo Death Record, (State of Colorado, Colorado State Department of Public Health; State Registrar or Office of the Local Registrar of Vital Statistics ), State of Colorado, Certificate of Death #9411a, Reg Dist 121, Kit Carson Co, Flagler; Date of death Dec 28th 1917. Date of birth is given as May 12th 1871 which is totally wrong. On the certificate his age at death was given as 70y7m13d which gives a birt (Reliability: 3). [S398] Carrie Louella Miller interviewed by Daniel Berton Cooley 1968 , CL Miller Cooley Bible, Bible Records and information from Lou Cooley (Carrie Louella Miller) about 1968. (Reliability: 3). [S357] State of Colorado, Colo Death Record, (State of Colorado, Colorado State Department of Public Health; State Registrar or Office of the Local Registrar of Vital Statistics ), State of Colorado, Certificate of Death #9411a, Reg Dist 121, Kit Carson Co, Flagler; Date of death Dec 28th 1917; (Reliability: 3). [S357] State of Colorado, Colo Death Record, (State of Colorado, Colorado State Department of Public Health; State Registrar or Office of the Local Registrar of Vital Statistics ), State of Colorado, Certificate of Death #9411a, Reg Dist 121; Date of Burial: Dec. 31, 1917 (Reliability: 3). [S566] Find A Grave website founder Jim Tipton, Findagrave, Memorial ID 21411997 by Daniel Berton Cooley (7 Sep 2007) (Reliability: 3). Gravestone_RobtR_Stella.jpg [S510] Obituary, Obituary by son Stephen Warren Cooley published Elkader Register: November 6, 1890; Locals: Garnavillo (Reliability: 3). [S510] Obituary, The Register, D.G. Griffith & Son, Elkader, Iowa, Friday Morning, Nov. 8, 1895, p5. (Reliability: 3). [S398] Carrie Louella Miller interviewed by Daniel Berton Cooley 1968 , CL Miller Cooley Bible, Interview with Grandma Lou Miller about 1968 (Reliability: 3). [S357] State of Colorado, Colo Death Record, (State of Colorado, Colorado State Department of Public Health; State Registrar or Office of the Local Registrar of Vital Statistics ), State of Colorado, Certificate of Death #9411a, Reg Dist 121, Kit Carson Co, Flagler; Date of death Dec 28th 1917; Date of birth May 12th 1871, aged 70 y7m13d (Reliability: 3).