Irene Elva Skinner

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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.

Irene married Ronald Delos Cooley on 19 Jul 1935 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado. Ronald (son of Herbert Merton Cooley and Jane Elizabeth Holliday) was born on 28 Jan 1906 in Crofton, Knox Co, Nebraska; died on 11 Jan 1980 in St Luke's Hospital, Denver, Colorado; was buried on 15 Jan 1980 in Limon, Lincoln Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Luanne Mildred Cooley was born on 22 Apr 1940 in Limon, Lincoln Co, Colorado; died on 19 Dec 2021 in Limon, Lincoln Co, Colorado; was buried on 28 Dec 2021 in Pershing Memorial Cemetery, Limon, Lincoln Co, Colorado.
2. Living

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Leonard was a Railroad Agent and Operater for the CB&Q Railroad.
At the 1880 census he lived in Independence, Macon Co, Missouri At the 1900 census he lived in Denver, Arapahoe Co, Colorado and was a servant At the 1920 census he lived in Otis, Washington Co, Colorado and ran a general store At the 1940 census he lived in Platner, Washington Co, Colorado and was a helper

Leonard married Ethel Campbell Powell on 15 Jun 1904 in Bevier, Macon Co, Missouri. Ethel was born about 1880; died about 1975 in Colorado; was buried about 1975 in Pershing Memorial Cemetery, Limon, Lincoln Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.

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Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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