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23 December 2010

Obituary of Frances (Willett) Coogan

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(extracted from "Roanoke Times & World News" [VA], 05 APR 2005):

COOGAN, FRANCES WILLETT

Frances Willett Coogan, 86, of Roanoke, died Sunday, April 3, 
2005 at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. She was born in Kannapolis, 
North Carolina on October 3, 1918 to Phyleckster and Susan Sain 
Willett. She graduated from Rockwell High School in Rockwell, 
North Carolina and joined the United States Army on June 29, 
1943. She served as a stenographer in the Women's Army Corps 
until her honorable discharge in November 1945. She married 
John W. Coogan of Yonkers, New York on June 15, 1946 and lived 
in the state of New York for the next thirty seven years. She 
worked for Reader's Digest in Chappaqua, New York until her 
retirement in 1982. In 1983, she returned to China Grove, North 
Carolina to be...

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(extracted from "Kannapolis Citizen" [NC], 12 APR 2005):

FRANCES W. COOGAN
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KANNAPOLIS [near Charlotte, NC] - Frances Willett Coogan, 86,
Roanoke, Va., a native of Kannapolis, died Sunday (April 3, 
2005) at Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke.

Born Oct. 3, 1918, in Kannapolis, Mrs. Coogan, a daughter of
the late Phyleckster and Susan Sain Willett, was a graduate of 
Rockwell High School.  She joined the U.S. Army on June 29, 
1943, serving as a stenographer in the Women's Army Corps. She 
was honorably discharged in November 1945.

In 1982, she retired from Reader's Digest in Chappaqua, N.Y.
She moved to China Grove the following year, where she was a 
member of First United Methodist Church.  In 1999, she moved to 
Roanoke, where she briefly lived at Friendship Manor Retirement 
Community before moving in with her son, Dr. Peter F. Coogan.

Her husband, John Coogan, preceded her in death.

Other survivors include son Dr. John W. Coogan, East Lansing,
Mich.; brothers James and Hal Willett; sisters Betty Willett
Bollinger and Pat Willett Hall; and one granddaughter.

A memorial service will be held in China Grove at a later date.
Oakley's Funeral Service and Crematory is in charge.

Memorials: First United Methodist Church, 11 W. Church St., 
China Grove, NC 28023; or Community School, 7815 Williamson
Road, Roanoke VA 24019.

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