http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 23 December 2010 Obituary of John H. Coogan [SR] _____________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "Tonawanda News" [NY], 15 DEC 1932): COOGAN, John H.; 78; Syracuse, NY [IN PROGRESS] _____________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "Syracuse Herald" [NY], 16 DEC 1932, PAGE 6): WAS JACKIE'S PAL [photo; caption: John H. Coogan] J. H. COOGAN DIES; JACKIE'S GRANDFATHER Syracuse Pharmacist for 30 Years Succumbs to Long Illness Proud of Film Star Visited Hollywood to See Him Work and Jackie Came East John H. Coogan, 78, of 210 Wayne Street, grandfather of Jackie Coogan, screen star, and for more than 30 years owner of a pharmacy in the Bastable Block, died at his home late yesterday afternoon, following an illness of four months. His death was due to a complication of ailments. Word of Mr. Coogan's death was sent to his grandson last night. The young screen star is a student at a Jesuit college in Santa Clara, Calif. He will be unable to come to Syracuse in time for the funeral, his mother, Mrs. John H. Coogan, informed her brother Arthur J. Coogan of Syracuse, last night in a long distance telephone call from California to Syracuse. The day before his death Mr. Coogan received a letter from his noted grandson. The young motion picture star said that he was planning to come East next summer to visit his grandfather, preparatory to entering an Eastern College. Jackie said also he hoped his grandfather would recover from the illness that proved fatal yesterday afternoon. A native of Syracuse, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Coogan, who settled in this city after they came from Ireland, Mr. Coogan left school at an early age and entered the employe of the New York Central Railroad. He worked as a brakeman and was for a short time a station employee. Mr. Coogan then became a pharmacists apprentice, and after completing studies opened a pharmacy in the Bastable Block. He sold out to Stolz Brothers more than 30 years later and became an inspector in the Department of Public Works, retiring from that post a year ago. Jackie Coogan is the son of John H. Coogan JR and the former Lillian Dolliver. Jackie's father is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Coogan SR. The young movie star and his grandfather were great pals, Jackie making three visits to his grandfather's home in Wayne Street, first in June 1921, again in August 1924, and the third in 1928. The boy's career in motion pictures from the time he was made famous by Charlie Chaplin in "The Kid" was followed closely by his grandfather. Mr. Coogan visited Jackie on the Coast and watched him work in front of the movie cameras in Hollywood. Besides his wife and John H. Coogan JR, Mr. Coogan is survived by two other sons, Arthur J. Coogan, Syracuse, and George C. Coogan, Los Angeles, Cal.; two daughters, Mrs. John J. Portley, Albany, and Mrs. George A. Langan, Syracuse; two brothers, James P. Coogan, for many years New York Central station master, and Henry Coogan, Syracuse, and three sisters Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy, Mrs. John Bauder and Miss Margaret Coogan, all of this city. Funeral services will be conducted at 8:45 A.M. Monday in the home and at 9:30 o'clock at St. John the Evangelist Church. Burial will be at St. Agnes Cemetery. _____________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "Syracuse Herald" [NY], 17 DEC 1932): JOHN H. COOGAN, aged 78... ...[Mrs.] John Bauder and Miss Margaret Coogan of Syracuse. Funeral from his later residence, 210 Wayne, Monday... ...Burial in St. [Agnes] Cemetery... _____________________________________________________________________