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W. F. Cottrell Diesi- (Continued from page it i ist. The casket was open from 10:00 a.m. to the hour of the er 1- vice, Miss Lucile Este-, local pas-^ tor, and Mrs. A. E. Smith of Sail ^1*1 Lake acting as church hostesses, h Interment was in the Milford cemetery.William Franklin Cottrell was born at Oregon, Missouri, August 25, 1867, and died at the home of [ d 1 his son. Dr. W. F. Cottrell, in Ox-stj ford. Ohio, April 25, 1036. at 10:30 g | a.m.y He was married to Alice C. h McCubbin at Huntington. Oregon.I on May 31, 1891, and six children were bom of this union, he being survived by the widow and four children, Mrs. J. F. Tribole and Hoy Cottrell of Milford. Mr- LeeIt Gray of Cedar City and Dr. W. F. :o Cottrell of Oxford, Ohio. Also n. .surviving are eight grandchildren! le one sister, Mrs. Laura Smith of i- Holton, Kansas; and two half-sis-r ters, Mrs. L. G. Reinke of Maple-1 wood. Oregon, and Mrs. J. H i Horigan of Prinevillc, Oregon, is Mr. Cottrell .began his railroad ,v career at The Dalles, Oregon, in j 1887 and, with the exception of id two or three years at the begin-r ning of the century, served the! •e Union Pacific railroad and its pres-a- ent subsidiaries continuously until a, his retirement in January, 1032. id He came to Milford August 27, 1904, his family following a short time later, and has resided here' continuously except for a short period spent in Provo, to which is place he was transferred in Mav, ir 1930.is He was a member of the Odd ;e Fellows lodge and the Union Paci-r, fic Oldtimers club. He served one s, term as president of the Milford r- town hoard and one term on the district school board. lie had been le an active member of the M. F.. i- church since it was organized d here and had been a genorou- sun porter of school, church and community activities, it being a very rare thing for Mr. and Mrs. Cot | trell not to be present at a play, program or any other affair of similar nature, no matter under what sponsorship.He was exceptionally considerate of his wife and the break in their ideal life together is going to he hard for Mrs. Cottrell to bear though she has thus far met her loss and that of the community as the courageous woman she i well known to be.--o--
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Milford News
Milford, Utah, US
Thu, Apr 30, 1936
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