Irene Elva Skinner

1907 - 1990  (83 years)

• Name	Irene Elva Skinner  [1]
  Birth	29 Jul 1907	Anabel, Macon Co, Missouri   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	6 Dec 1990	Hugo, Lincoln Co, Colorado   [2, 3]
  Burial	10 Dec 1990	Pershing Memorial Cemetery, Limon, Lincoln Co, Colorado   [3, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I87	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Leonard E Skinner,   b. 29 Jun 1875, Clarence, Shelby Co, Missouri d. Abt 1952 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Ethel Campbell Powell,   b. Abt 1880   d. Abt 1975, Colorado (Age ~ 95 years)
  Marriage	15 Jun 1904	Bevier, Macon Co, Missouri   [6]
  	LE Skinner was of Clarence, Shelby County, Missouri and Ethel Powell was of Bevier, Macon County, Missouri. The marriage took place in the bride's home.
  Family ID	F161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ronald Delos Cooley,   b. 28 Jan 1906, Crofton, Knox Co, Nebraska d. 11 Jan 1980, St Luke's Hospital, Denver, Colorado (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	19 Jul 1935	Denver, Denver Co, Colorado   [1, 7, 8]
  Children	1. Luanne Mildred Cooley,   b. 22 Apr 1940, Limon, Lincoln Co, Colorado d. 19 Dec 2021, Limon, Lincoln Co, Colorado (Age 81 years)   2. Living
  Family ID	F22	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Irene Elva Skinner was born July 29, 1907 in Anabel, Macon County, Missouri, second daughter of Leonard and Ethel Skinner. While she was still a child, the family moved to Otis, Colo, where her father owned and operated a general store and her mother was postmaster. She attended Otis Grade School and Otis High School graduating in 1925. She enrolled in Colorado Teachers College in Greeley (now University of Northern Colorado) graduating in 1929. In 1930 she began her teaching career in the Denver public school system. On July 20, 1935 she married Ronald Delos Cooley, also an Otis High School graduate. They were married in Denver, Colorado, where they lived until 1937. In that year Ronald joined his cousin, Dale Cooley, in Limon, Colorado where they formed a partnership in the operation of the weekly newspaper, the Eastern Colorado Leader. Later it was combined with the Hugo, Colorado newspaper to finally be called the Limon Leader. On April 22, 1940 their first child, Luanne, was born in Limon. In 1941 the family moved back to Denver. On Dec 16, 1943 their second and last child was born, James Ronald, in Denver, Colorado. In 1945 the family returned to Limon. Irene taught third grade and elementary music in the Limon Public Schools and she gave private piano lessons. Ronald and his cousin Dale owned and operated The Limon Leader from 15 Feb 1937 through 1 Jun 1972 at which time, he retired. In the same year, Irene also retired. The couple traveled extensively after retirement visiting various places in the United States and, later, Canada and Jamaica. Irene spent her last few years at Prairie View Care Center and she died Dec 6, 1990 in Lincoln Community Hospital in Hugo, Colorado. Anabel (Round Grove, Beverly) Missouri - The settlement of Round Grove was named after the township Round Grove. The post office at this place was called Beverly. In the 1890s the railroad changed the name to Anabel. One old inhabitant says it was so called after a merchant's daughter. - Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928. Currently, Anabel is an unincorporated community in Round Grove township in eastern Macon County, Missouri, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 36 about seven miles east of Macon. Macon County is located in northeast Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county's population was 15,566. Its county seat is Macon. The county was organized January 6, 1837 and named for Nathaniel Macon, a Revolutionary War hero and North Carolina politician. Nathaniel Tuttle was the first person to settle in Macon County during the late 1790s.

  
  

• Sources

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