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Alice Mildred Skinner

Female 1905 - 1996  (91 years)


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  1. 1.  Alice Mildred Skinner was born on 26 Mar 1905 in Clarence, Shelby Co, Missouri; died on 28 Oct 1996 in Riverside, Riverside Co, California; was buried on 1 Nov 1996 in Pershing Memorial Cemetery, Limon, Lincoln Co, Colorado.

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    Alice Mildred Skinner was born 26 Mar 1905 in Clarence, Shelby County. Missouri to Leonard and Ethel Skinner. She started school there but in 1916 the family moved to Lafayette, Colorado and then a year later to Otis, Colorado. Mildred finished high school in Otis, graduating in 1923. In the fall of 1923 Mildred entered Colorado Teacher's College (now the University of Northern Colorado) in Greeley, Colo. She majored in education and in two years received a Life Certificate to teach. She married Orville Dale Cooley on 11 July 1926. They had attended high school together but they had never dated until after graduation. The marriage lasted 68 years. The started her teaching career in Haxtun, Colo., in the fall of 1926 keeping her marriage secret because women teachers were not allowed to be married and teach in the Haxtun school system. Meantime, her husband, Dale, attended Denver University in pursuit of a journalism degree. In 1927 Dale and Mildred returned to Otis where they both taught in Otis schools for the next six years. They had two children, Robert Leonard born at Otis on 25 Jan 1933 and Jill Irene born in Akron, Colo., 17 Jul 1935. On 15 Feb 1937 the family moved to Limon, Colo., where he and his cousin, Ronald Cooley, assumed operation of the Limon Leader newspaper. Mildred became bookkeeper for the newspaper and she also sold advertising and was Social Editor. In 1941 she was one of the first organizers of the Colorado Press Women and served in 1943 as the state treasurer. Mildred belonged to the Mayflower Order of the Eastern Star, the Limon Women's Golf Club, the Thursday Bridge Club, the Colorado Education Association, the National Education Association (serving as Colorado's representative for improving public relations). In the fall of 1953 Mildred started her second career in teaching. At 48 years of age she returned to the Limon Public Schools. She also attended evening and summer school and in 1962 attained her A.B. degree at the age of 57. She continued to teach in the Limon schools until she retired at the age of 66. She was also an amateur artist beginning this pursuit in her 70's. For several years she and her sister, Irene, cared for their ailing parents in Limon and for the last several years of Dale's life (whose health had seriously deteriorated) she was a constant caretaker and companion where they lived first in Colorado Springs, Colo, then in Riverside, Calif.

    (Research):Clarence is a town in Shelby County, Missouri, United States. The population was 813 at the 2010 census. Shelby County is located in northeast Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county's population was 6,373. Its county seat is Shelbyville. The county was organized January 2, 1835 and named for Governor Isaac Shelby of Kentucky.

    Alice married Orville Dale Cooley on 11 Jul 1926 in Otis, Washington Co, Colorado. Orville (son of Robert Berton Cooley and Carrie Louella Miller) was born on 5 Apr 1903 in Plainview, Pierce Co, Nebraska; died on 12 May 1994 in Riverside, Riverside Co, California; was buried on 17 May 1994 in Pershing Memorial Cemetery, Limon, Lincoln Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Robert Leonard Cooley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Jan 1933 in Otis, Washington Co, Colorado; died on 14 Nov 2013 in Menifee, Riverside Co, California.
    2. 3. Living  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Robert Leonard Cooley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alice1) was born on 25 Jan 1933 in Otis, Washington Co, Colorado; died on 14 Nov 2013 in Menifee, Riverside Co, California.

    Robert married Nancy Adair Nolan on 13 Feb 1954. Nancy was born on 20 Sep 1934 in Greeley, Weld Co, Colorado; died on 16 Nov 1999 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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    1. 4. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 5. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 6. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 7. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

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

    Children:
    1. 8. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alice1)

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    Family/Spouse: David Bruce Johnson. David was born on 20 Feb 1937 in Patoka, Gibson Co, Indiana; died on 20 Dec 2015 in Palm Desert, Riverside Co, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

    Family/Spouse: Joseph Roger Gump. Joseph was born on 31 May 1929 in Denver, Denver Co, Colorado; died on 22 Aug 1987 in Englewood, Jefferson Co, Colorado; was buried about Aug 1987 in Fairmount Cem, Denver Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Living  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.Alice1)

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

    Children:
    1. 11. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

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


  2. 5.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.Alice1)

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  3. 6.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.Alice1)

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  4. 7.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.Alice1)

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

    Children:
    1. 12. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 13. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 8.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (2.Robert2, 1.Alice1)

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


  6. 9.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (3.Living2, 1.Alice1)

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


  7. 10.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (3.Living2, 1.Alice1)

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Generation: 4

  1. 11.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (4.Living3, 2.Robert2, 1.Alice1)

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  2. 12.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (7.Living3, 2.Robert2, 1.Alice1)

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  3. 13.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (7.Living3, 2.Robert2, 1.Alice1)

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