Viola Myfanwy Kyffin^[1]

1908 - 1995  (87 years)

• Name	Viola Myfanwy Kyffin  [2]
  Birth	20 Jan 1908	Denver, Denver Co, Colorado   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1 May 1995	Brush (Sunset Manor), Ft Morgan Co, Colorado   [3, 4]
  Burial	4 May 1995	Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado   [3, 5, 6]
  Person ID	I91	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2023

  
  

  Father	Seth James Kyffin,   b. 19 Jul 1881, Llanfair Talhairn, Denbigshire, Wales d. Abt Nov 1967, Lakewood, Jefferson Co, Colorado (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Julia S. Oram,   b. Abt 1882   d. Abt 1959 (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	8 Nov 1901	Denver, Denver Co, Colorado   [7]
  Family ID	F138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Merton Beth Cooley,   b. 7 Dec 1907, Crofton, Knox Co, Nebraska d. 3 Nov 1992, Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	25 May 1929	Golden, Jefferson Co, Colorado   [8]
  Children	1. Herbert Merton Cooley,   b. 25 Aug 1933, Akron, Washington Co, Colorado d. 8 Jan 1979, Akron, Washington Co, Colorado (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F24	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Viola Myfanwy Cooley, 87, of Akron died Monday, May 1, 1995 at Sunset Manor Nursing Home in Brush. Funeral services were Thursday, May 4, [1995] at 10:30 a.m. from the First Presbyterian Church of Akron with Rev. Kyle Weir officiating. Interment followed in the Akron Cemetery with Yeamans & Gordon Memorial Chapel of Akron in charge of arrangements. Viola Myfanwy [Kyffin] Cooley was born Jan. 20, 1908 in Denver, Colo. to Seth J. and Judith (Oram) Kyffin. She was united in marriage to Merton Beth Cooley on May 25, 1929, and to this union was born one son, Herbert. Viola attended her first year of college at Colorado School of Music, transferring to Colorado State Teacher's College in Greeley, Colo, where she earnd her degree in elementary education. In addition to teaching school in the Akron School District, she served as principal in the elementary school for 14 years and was the elementary school librarian for 13 years.* She had been a resident of Washington County since 1929. Viola held membership in many organizations, including Martha Washington No. 47; Order of the Eastern Star in Akron, Colo, of which she was a member for 51 years; Akron Book Chatter Club, Delta Delta Delta Sorority, AARP, ETA Bridge Club, and the First Presbyterian Church of Akron, Colo, where she played piano and organ for 60 years. Hobbies she enjoyed were playing the organ and piano, caring for her rose garden, and playing bridge with her friends. Those preceding her in death were her husband, Merton Beth, her son, Herbert, and one brother, Al Kyffin; four brothers-in-law, and two sisters-in-law. Survivors inclued her daughter-in-law, Donna Cooley of Akron; one brother, Maurice Kyffin of Lakewood, Colo, Mildred Cooley of Riverside, Calif., and Eleanor Cooley of Mountain Home, Iowa [error, should be Boise, Idaho]; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. - Akron News-Reporter, v. 85 no. 11, Thursday May 11, 1995, Akron, Colo. _________________*From the Denver Post, Monday, April 9. 1973 - COLORADO SPRINGS - Mrs. Viola K. Cooley of Akron, Colo., a teacher in schools for 41 years, was honored by the Colorado Education Association (CEA) at the 47th annual CEA Delegate Assembly at the Broadmoor Hotel. She is a native of Delta, Colo., and began her teaching career in Johnstown, Colo., after graduation from Colorado State Teachers College, now the University of Northern Colorado. For the past 12 years [since 1961] she has been a school librarian in Akron after serving as a classroom teacher and principal at Akron [Grade] School.

  
  

• Sources

  [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1920 CO Delta, Delta (Reliability: 3). 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Julia S Kyffin; Home in 1920: Delta, Delta, Colorado; Age: 37; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883; Birthplace: Missouri; Relation to Head of House: Wife; Spouse's Name: Seth J Keffin; Father's Birth Place: Missouri; Mother's Birth Place: Missouri; Marital Status: Married; Race: White; Sex: Female; Able to read: Yes; Able to Write: Yes; Household Members: Seth J Keffin 38; Julia S Keffin 37; Alfred E Keffin 16; Viola M Keffin 11; J Maurice Keffin 9; Charles D Oram 60; Martha J Oram 57 [S248] Daniel Berton Cooley, FHN. [S354] ANR obit, (Akron, Washington Co, Colorado), Obituary, Akron News Reporter, May 11, 1995 (Reliability: 3). [S292] United States Government data, Social Security app, (Ancestry.com, database online, Provo UT, 2015), SSN 523665503; Death Cert SSA-721 (Yeamans and Gordon, Akron Colo) (Reliability: 3). [S566] Find A Grave website founder Jim Tipton, Findagrave, Memorial ID 70816566 (Reliability: 3). [S4] Daniel Berton Cooley, DBC Witness, Picture taken in 2003 (Reliability: 3). Viola Myfanwy Kyffin and Merton Beth Cooley [S771] State of Colorado, Division of Vital Statistics, Colo marriages, (Ancestry.com. Colorado, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1863-2018 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020. ), Marriage Record Report nr 28315 (Reliability: 3). [S771] State of Colorado, Division of Vital Statistics, Colo marriages, (Ancestry.com. Colorado, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1863-2018 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020. ), State of Colorado Marriage Record Report nr 16621 date May 25 -29; John W Bailey performed ceremony (Reliability: 3).