Obituary: Richard Cooley

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Richard Cooley, 86, of Omaha, passed away at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at Fountainview Nursing Home in Eldorado.

He was born Dec. 20, 1925, in Flat Rock, the son of Oliver Otto and Sadie Nell (Baxter) Cooley. He married Nora Ruth Bryant on May 9, 1970. Richard was a purchasing agent and a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints and May Lodge No. 718.

Surviving are his wife of 41 years, Ruth Cooley of Harrisburg; two daughters and a son-in-law, Deborah June and Robert Eckert of Lincoln and Cathi Edwards of Auborn; two stepdaughters and their spouses, Linda and Wayne Morrison of Phoenix, Ariz., and Shirley and Keith Keeney of Glendale, Ariz.; five grandchildren, Andrew (Renee) Eckert, Jamie Eckert, Danielle Edwards, David G. Edwards and Sarah Jane Edwards; three stepgrandchildren, Michelle (Michael) Welch, Brenda (Jason) Parker and Christie (Dustin) Schaub; four great-grandchildren; eight great-stepgrandchildren; and a brother-in-law, Virgie Watts of Gifford.

Richard was preceded in death by his parents; a stepson, Charles Williams; a sister, Lila Lee Watts; a brother, Bob Cooley; and a granddaughter, Skye Alisha Cuthberson.

Funeral services for Richard Cooley, 86, of Omaha, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Campbell Funeral Home in Norris City with Orson Kramer officiating. Burial will be in Powell Cemetery in Norris City with military rites by Carmi VFW and American Legion. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home on Saturday. Visit the Internet site www.campbellfuneralservices.com for more information.