Viola Myfanwy Kyffin

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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.

Viola married Merton Beth Cooley on 25 May 1929 in Golden, Jefferson Co, Colorado. Merton (son of Herbert Merton Cooley and Jane Elizabeth Holliday) was born on 7 Dec 1907 in Crofton, Knox Co, Nebraska; died on 3 Nov 1992 in Sterling, Logan Co, Colorado; was buried on 6 Nov 1992 in Akron, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Herbert married Donna Lee Mountain in 1960. Donna was born on 16 Feb 1934 in Washington County, Colorado; died on 31 Jan 2016 in Longmont, Boulder Co, Colorado; was buried about Feb 2016 in Akron Cemetery, Washington Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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