24 March 2008

Obituary of Charles E. Coogan

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(extracted from "?", 19 FEB 1998):

CHARLES E. COOGAN

Funeral Mass for Charles E. Coogan of Hobbs will be held at 9 a.m. on
Saturday, Feb. 21, at St. Helena Catholic Church.

The Rev. Jose Reyes will officiate.

The Rite of Committal will follow at Prairie Haven Cemetery under the
direction of Griffin Funeral Home.

A vigil will be held Friday at 6 p.m. at St. Helena Catholic Church.
The Rev. Donald Adamski is the celebrant.  Visitation at the funeral
home will be from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. today, and Friday from 8 a.m.
until 5 p.m.

Mr. Coogan, 101, died Tuesday, Feb. 17, at Columbia Lea Regional Medical
Center.  He was born Dec. 31, 1896, in Massachusetts.

He was a member of St. Helena Catholic Church and American Legion Post
No. 48, in Newton, Mass.  He was a veteran, having served in the U.S.
Navy during World War I.

Mr. Coogan lived in Auburndale, Mass. from the 1940s to the 1960s.  
He was a member of the Corpus Cristi Parish while living there.

Survivors include two daughters, Bonnie Moran of Hobbs and Charlene
Geltmacher of Las Vegas, Nev.; a sister, Mrs. Gerald Golden of West
Yarmouth, Mass.; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

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(extracted from "Lubbock Avalanche-Journal" [TX], 20 FEB 1998):

CHARLES COOGAN

HOBBS, N.M. (Special) - Vigil services for Charles E. Coogan, 101, of 
Hobbs will be at 6 p.m. today in St. Helena Catholic Church with the 
Rev. Donald Adamski officiating.

Services will be at 9 a.m. Saturday in the same church with the Rev. 
Jose Reyes officiating.

Burial will be in Prairie Haven Cemetery under direction of Griffin 
Funeral Home.

Coogan died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1998, in Columbia Lea Regional Medical 
Center.

He was born Jan. 31, 1896, in Massachusetts. He married Mabel Coogan, 
and she preceded him in death. He was a member of St. Helena Catholic 
Church, American Legion Post 48 in Newton, Mass., and Corpus Christi 
Parrish. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. 

Survivors include two daughters, Bonnie Moran of Hobbs and Charlene 
Geltmacher of Las Vegas, Nevada; a sister, Mrs. Gerard Golden of West 
Yarmouth, Mass.; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials to St. Helena's Building Fund or to a 
favorite charity.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 8 a.m. to 
5 p.m. today.

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