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Viola Myfanwy Kyffin, 1908–1995 (aged 87 years)

Merton Beth Cooley 1907-1992 and wife Viola Myfanwy Kyffin 1908-1995.jpg
Name
Viola Myfanwy /Kyffin/
Given names
Viola Myfanwy
Surname
Kyffin
Married name
Viola Myfanwy /Cooley/
Family with Merton Beth Cooley
husband
Merton Beth Cooley 1907-1992 and wife Viola Myfanwy Kyffin 1908-1995.jpg
Birth: 7 December 1907 32 23 — Crofton, Knox, Nebraska, USA
Marriage: 25 May 1929 — Golden, Jefferson, Colorado, USA
Death: 3 November 1992 — Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA
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Merton Beth Cooley
1907–1992
Birth: 7 December 1907 32 23 — Crofton, Knox, Nebraska, USA
Death: 3 November 1992 — Sterling, Logan, Colorado, USA
herself
Merton Beth Cooley 1907-1992 and wife Viola Myfanwy Kyffin 1908-1995.jpg
Birth: 20 January 1908 — Denver, Colorado, USA
Marriage: 25 May 1929 — Golden, Jefferson, Colorado, USA
Death: 1 May 1995 — Brush, Morgan, Colorado, USA
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Viola Myfanwy Kyffin
1908–1995
Birth: 20 January 1908 — Denver, Colorado, USA
Death: 1 May 1995 — Brush, Morgan, Colorado, USA
Marriage — 25 May 1929 — Golden, Jefferson, Colorado, USA
4 years
son
Birth: 25 August 1933 25 25 — Akron, Washington, Colorado, USA
Marriage: 14 April 1960 — Washington, Colorado, USA
Death: 8 January 1979 — Akron, Washington, Colorado, USA
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Herbert Merton Cooley
1933–1979
Birth: 25 August 1933 25 25 — Akron, Washington, Colorado, USA
Death: 8 January 1979 — Akron, Washington, Colorado, USA
Note

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 wer 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 Obituary, Akron, Colo.