Hannah Cochran, 82 Final Rites Held Here April 5
Funeral services for Mrs. Walter (Hannah) Cochran, 82, of Bedford, held April 5 in Shum-Novinger Funeral Home at 2 p.m., was conducted by Rev. C. Ray McCain. Mrs. Cochran died in Bedford Manor April 2, 1978. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery.
Hannah Jerusha Cochran, daughter of William H. [enry] Geagley and Biddie McCracken, was born at Bristol, Tennessee on May 10, 1895.
She grew to maturity and lived her life in Bedford, where she attended the, Bedford Public Schools and became a member of the Bedford Presbyterian Church.
On January 26, 1921, she was united in marriage to Walter Byron Cochran at Bedford and they made their home here. To this union seven children were born: Harold Cochran, of Creston, Iowa; Henry Cochran, of Omaha, Nebraska; Mrs. Kenneth (Faye) Farrens, of Hot Springs, South Dakota; Mrs. Cecil (Lillie) Claman, of Wauchula, Florida; Clarice Cochran Reed, of Omaha, Nebraska; Walter Cochran, of Evergreen, Colorado; and Mrs. Tom (Anna) Wetuski of Omaha, Nebraska.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband (April 21, 1968), two brothers and one sister.
Left to cherish her memory are her children; one brother, Merrill Geagley, of Wheaton, Md.; 16 grandchildren; and 16 great grandchildren.
She was a kind and considerate mother, neighbor and friend, and will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
Hannah Cochran, 82 Final Rites Held Here April 5
Funeral services for Mrs. Walter (Hannah) Cochran, 82, of Bedford, held April 5 in Shum-Novinger Funeral Home at 2 p.m., was conducted by Rev. C. Ray McCain. Mrs. Cochran died in Bedford Manor April 2, 1978. Interment was at Fairview Cemetery.
Hannah Jerusha Cochran, daughter of William H. [enry] Geagley and Biddie McCracken, was born at Bristol, Tennessee on May 10, 1895.
She grew to maturity and lived her life in Bedford, where she attended the, Bedford Public Schools and became a member of the Bedford Presbyterian Church.
On January 26, 1921, she was united in marriage to Walter Byron Cochran at Bedford and they made their home here. To this union seven children were born: Harold Cochran, of Creston, Iowa; Henry Cochran, of Omaha, Nebraska; Mrs. Kenneth (Faye) Farrens, of Hot Springs, South Dakota; Mrs. Cecil (Lillie) Claman, of Wauchula, Florida; Clarice Cochran Reed, of Omaha, Nebraska; Walter Cochran, of Evergreen, Colorado; and Mrs. Tom (Anna) Wetuski of Omaha, Nebraska.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband (April 21, 1968), two brothers and one sister.
Left to cherish her memory are her children; one brother, Merrill Geagley, of Wheaton, Md.; 16 grandchildren; and 16 great grandchildren.
She was a kind and considerate mother, neighbor and friend, and will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
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