JACK'S OBITUARY
U.S. Veteran
Jack E. Cochran was born into the love of family on Tuesday, October 21, 1924 as the eighth of ten children born to George Albert and Lizzie Mae Wright Cochran, near Chouteau, Oklahoma.
In 1938, when Jack was 14, the family moved to a farm southwest of Wagoner. Jack graduated from Wagoner High School as a member of the class of 1942. The following October, on his 18th birthday, Jack enlisted in the Army Air Corp. He served three years as a gunner in a B-17 on the Italian peninsula during World War II.
Following his Air Corp. service, Jack returned to Wagoner and reactivated the Wagoner Company L 279th National Guard unit as the commanding officer. He began a job with the U.S. Post Office delivering rural mail. During the Korean War, Jack's National Guard unit was mobilized, resulting in another two years active military duty in Korea.
Jack was able to return to his rural mail route when he came home. He was a mail carrier for sixteen years and was Postmaster another sixteen years, until his retirement from the Post Office. Jack retired from the National Guard after 25 years with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Shortly after his return from Korea, Jack met and married Lucinda Jane Webb on June 20, 1953. Their family grew as four children were born over the next nine years.
Jack was a member of the First Christian Church of Wagoner, joking that he was a Baptist, but then he became a Christian. He was a Paul Harris Fellow with the Rotary Club, and a life time member of the American Legion and the African Violet Society. Jack was a member of the Wagoner Chamber of Commerce, serving as Treasurer for a time. In 2002, Jack and Jane were named Wagoner Citizens of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce. Jack served on the Wagoner Hospital Board during the time the current hospital was built. Jack also liked to bowl, winning a trophy the night the bowling alley burned. He and Jane were honored to be named WHS Alumni of the Year in 2006.
After his retirement from the Post Office, Jack joined the National Red Cross, training to respond to national and local disasters. Over his twenty years of service he was deployed many times, working everything from floods across the United States to hurricanes in Florida and Puerto Rico. Locally, he was able to help families recover from tornados, floods and house fires. Jack and Jane were named Tulsa Red Cross "Volunteers of the Year".
Through it all, Jack never lost his love of growing things. He raised a large garden every year to help feed the family. His favorite hobby was growing african violets in his greenhouse "Jack's Playhouse". He worked at creating new, hybrid varieties of violets, naming these and selling them to other growers.
Life was not always easy. Jack was born with a cleft palate. He lost the hearing in one ear during the war. He battled and recovered from lymphoma. He had several surgeries. He developed Alzheimer's in his later years. Through it all, he led his family with a smile and quiet grace. Jack passed from this life at the Claremore Veteran's Center on August 8, 2018. Even at the end, he enjoyed hearing about his siblings, his home and his family.'
Jack was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers and sisters. He is survived by his wife, Jane Cochran of the home; four children, Dr. Helen Lucinda Franklin and her husband John Wayne of Claremore, Nancy Sue Catron and her husband Jerry of Tahlequah, Dr. W. George Cochran and his wife Terri of Baton Rouge, LA, and Elizabeth Ann Skelton of Wagoner.
Survivors also include six grandchildren; Matthew Fleenor, Courtney Leach, Patrick Franklin, Jack Allen Franklin, Lucy Franklin, Jack Edward Cochran and Christopher Cochran, and five step-grandchildren. There are also six great-grandchildren, fifteen step-great grands, and a host of nieces, nephews, and extended family.
Funeral services for Jack E. Cochran will held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, August 13, 2018 at the First Christian Church of Wagoner. Viewing with be held from 1:00 to 2:00, prior to the service at the church. Family and guests are invited to visit following the service in the Fellowship Hall. For those interested, donations may be made in lieu of flowers to the charity of the donor's choice.
Suggested edit: Burial info:
Jack was cremated and cremains we're given to family
Contributor: Donna Rankin * Searching the Past (47007026) THANK YOU.
U.S. Veteran
Jack E. Cochran was born into the love of family on Tuesday, October 21, 1924 as the eighth of ten children born to George Albert and Lizzie Mae Wright Cochran, near Chouteau, Oklahoma.
In 1938, when Jack was 14, the family moved to a farm southwest of Wagoner. Jack graduated from Wagoner High School as a member of the class of 1942. The following October, on his 18th birthday, Jack enlisted in the Army Air Corp. He served three years as a gunner in a B-17 on the Italian peninsula during World War II.
Following his Air Corp. service, Jack returned to Wagoner and reactivated the Wagoner Company L 279th National Guard unit as the commanding officer. He began a job with the U.S. Post Office delivering rural mail. During the Korean War, Jack's National Guard unit was mobilized, resulting in another two years active military duty in Korea.
Jack was able to return to his rural mail route when he came home. He was a mail carrier for sixteen years and was Postmaster another sixteen years, until his retirement from the Post Office. Jack retired from the National Guard after 25 years with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Shortly after his return from Korea, Jack met and married Lucinda Jane Webb on June 20, 1953. Their family grew as four children were born over the next nine years.
Jack was a member of the First Christian Church of Wagoner, joking that he was a Baptist, but then he became a Christian. He was a Paul Harris Fellow with the Rotary Club, and a life time member of the American Legion and the African Violet Society. Jack was a member of the Wagoner Chamber of Commerce, serving as Treasurer for a time. In 2002, Jack and Jane were named Wagoner Citizens of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce. Jack served on the Wagoner Hospital Board during the time the current hospital was built. Jack also liked to bowl, winning a trophy the night the bowling alley burned. He and Jane were honored to be named WHS Alumni of the Year in 2006.
After his retirement from the Post Office, Jack joined the National Red Cross, training to respond to national and local disasters. Over his twenty years of service he was deployed many times, working everything from floods across the United States to hurricanes in Florida and Puerto Rico. Locally, he was able to help families recover from tornados, floods and house fires. Jack and Jane were named Tulsa Red Cross "Volunteers of the Year".
Through it all, Jack never lost his love of growing things. He raised a large garden every year to help feed the family. His favorite hobby was growing african violets in his greenhouse "Jack's Playhouse". He worked at creating new, hybrid varieties of violets, naming these and selling them to other growers.
Life was not always easy. Jack was born with a cleft palate. He lost the hearing in one ear during the war. He battled and recovered from lymphoma. He had several surgeries. He developed Alzheimer's in his later years. Through it all, he led his family with a smile and quiet grace. Jack passed from this life at the Claremore Veteran's Center on August 8, 2018. Even at the end, he enjoyed hearing about his siblings, his home and his family.'
Jack was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers and sisters. He is survived by his wife, Jane Cochran of the home; four children, Dr. Helen Lucinda Franklin and her husband John Wayne of Claremore, Nancy Sue Catron and her husband Jerry of Tahlequah, Dr. W. George Cochran and his wife Terri of Baton Rouge, LA, and Elizabeth Ann Skelton of Wagoner.
Survivors also include six grandchildren; Matthew Fleenor, Courtney Leach, Patrick Franklin, Jack Allen Franklin, Lucy Franklin, Jack Edward Cochran and Christopher Cochran, and five step-grandchildren. There are also six great-grandchildren, fifteen step-great grands, and a host of nieces, nephews, and extended family.
Funeral services for Jack E. Cochran will held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, August 13, 2018 at the First Christian Church of Wagoner. Viewing with be held from 1:00 to 2:00, prior to the service at the church. Family and guests are invited to visit following the service in the Fellowship Hall. For those interested, donations may be made in lieu of flowers to the charity of the donor's choice.
Suggested edit: Burial info:
Jack was cremated and cremains we're given to family
Contributor: Donna Rankin * Searching the Past (47007026) THANK YOU.
JACK'S OBITUARY
U.S. Veteran
Jack E. Cochran was born into the love of family on Tuesday, October 21, 1924 as the eighth of ten children born to George Albert and Lizzie Mae Wright Cochran, near Chouteau, Oklahoma.
In 1938, when Jack was 14, the family moved to a farm southwest of Wagoner. Jack graduated from Wagoner High School as a member of the class of 1942. The following October, on his 18th birthday, Jack enlisted in the Army Air Corp. He served three years as a gunner in a B-17 on the Italian peninsula during World War II.
Following his Air Corp. service, Jack returned to Wagoner and reactivated the Wagoner Company L 279th National Guard unit as the commanding officer. He began a job with the U.S. Post Office delivering rural mail. During the Korean War, Jack's National Guard unit was mobilized, resulting in another two years active military duty in Korea.
Jack was able to return to his rural mail route when he came home. He was a mail carrier for sixteen years and was Postmaster another sixteen years, until his retirement from the Post Office. Jack retired from the National Guard after 25 years with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Shortly after his return from Korea, Jack met and married Lucinda Jane Webb on June 20, 1953. Their family grew as four children were born over the next nine years.
Jack was a member of the First Christian Church of Wagoner, joking that he was a Baptist, but then he became a Christian. He was a Paul Harris Fellow with the Rotary Club, and a life time member of the American Legion and the African Violet Society. Jack was a member of the Wagoner Chamber of Commerce, serving as Treasurer for a time. In 2002, Jack and Jane were named Wagoner Citizens of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce. Jack served on the Wagoner Hospital Board during the time the current hospital was built. Jack also liked to bowl, winning a trophy the night the bowling alley burned. He and Jane were honored to be named WHS Alumni of the Year in 2006.
After his retirement from the Post Office, Jack joined the National Red Cross, training to respond to national and local disasters. Over his twenty years of service he was deployed many times, working everything from floods across the United States to hurricanes in Florida and Puerto Rico. Locally, he was able to help families recover from tornados, floods and house fires. Jack and Jane were named Tulsa Red Cross "Volunteers of the Year".
Through it all, Jack never lost his love of growing things. He raised a large garden every year to help feed the family. His favorite hobby was growing african violets in his greenhouse "Jack's Playhouse". He worked at creating new, hybrid varieties of violets, naming these and selling them to other growers.
Life was not always easy. Jack was born with a cleft palate. He lost the hearing in one ear during the war. He battled and recovered from lymphoma. He had several surgeries. He developed Alzheimer's in his later years. Through it all, he led his family with a smile and quiet grace. Jack passed from this life at the Claremore Veteran's Center on August 8, 2018. Even at the end, he enjoyed hearing about his siblings, his home and his family.'
Jack was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers and sisters. He is survived by his wife, Jane Cochran of the home; four children, Dr. Helen Lucinda Franklin and her husband John Wayne of Claremore, Nancy Sue Catron and her husband Jerry of Tahlequah, Dr. W. George Cochran and his wife Terri of Baton Rouge, LA, and Elizabeth Ann Skelton of Wagoner.
Survivors also include six grandchildren; Matthew Fleenor, Courtney Leach, Patrick Franklin, Jack Allen Franklin, Lucy Franklin, Jack Edward Cochran and Christopher Cochran, and five step-grandchildren. There are also six great-grandchildren, fifteen step-great grands, and a host of nieces, nephews, and extended family.
Funeral services for Jack E. Cochran will held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, August 13, 2018 at the First Christian Church of Wagoner. Viewing with be held from 1:00 to 2:00, prior to the service at the church. Family and guests are invited to visit following the service in the Fellowship Hall. For those interested, donations may be made in lieu of flowers to the charity of the donor's choice.
Suggested edit: Burial info:
Jack was cremated and cremains we're given to family
Contributor: Donna Rankin * Searching the Past (47007026) THANK YOU.
U.S. Veteran
Jack E. Cochran was born into the love of family on Tuesday, October 21, 1924 as the eighth of ten children born to George Albert and Lizzie Mae Wright Cochran, near Chouteau, Oklahoma.
In 1938, when Jack was 14, the family moved to a farm southwest of Wagoner. Jack graduated from Wagoner High School as a member of the class of 1942. The following October, on his 18th birthday, Jack enlisted in the Army Air Corp. He served three years as a gunner in a B-17 on the Italian peninsula during World War II.
Following his Air Corp. service, Jack returned to Wagoner and reactivated the Wagoner Company L 279th National Guard unit as the commanding officer. He began a job with the U.S. Post Office delivering rural mail. During the Korean War, Jack's National Guard unit was mobilized, resulting in another two years active military duty in Korea.
Jack was able to return to his rural mail route when he came home. He was a mail carrier for sixteen years and was Postmaster another sixteen years, until his retirement from the Post Office. Jack retired from the National Guard after 25 years with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Shortly after his return from Korea, Jack met and married Lucinda Jane Webb on June 20, 1953. Their family grew as four children were born over the next nine years.
Jack was a member of the First Christian Church of Wagoner, joking that he was a Baptist, but then he became a Christian. He was a Paul Harris Fellow with the Rotary Club, and a life time member of the American Legion and the African Violet Society. Jack was a member of the Wagoner Chamber of Commerce, serving as Treasurer for a time. In 2002, Jack and Jane were named Wagoner Citizens of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce. Jack served on the Wagoner Hospital Board during the time the current hospital was built. Jack also liked to bowl, winning a trophy the night the bowling alley burned. He and Jane were honored to be named WHS Alumni of the Year in 2006.
After his retirement from the Post Office, Jack joined the National Red Cross, training to respond to national and local disasters. Over his twenty years of service he was deployed many times, working everything from floods across the United States to hurricanes in Florida and Puerto Rico. Locally, he was able to help families recover from tornados, floods and house fires. Jack and Jane were named Tulsa Red Cross "Volunteers of the Year".
Through it all, Jack never lost his love of growing things. He raised a large garden every year to help feed the family. His favorite hobby was growing african violets in his greenhouse "Jack's Playhouse". He worked at creating new, hybrid varieties of violets, naming these and selling them to other growers.
Life was not always easy. Jack was born with a cleft palate. He lost the hearing in one ear during the war. He battled and recovered from lymphoma. He had several surgeries. He developed Alzheimer's in his later years. Through it all, he led his family with a smile and quiet grace. Jack passed from this life at the Claremore Veteran's Center on August 8, 2018. Even at the end, he enjoyed hearing about his siblings, his home and his family.'
Jack was preceded in death by his parents and his brothers and sisters. He is survived by his wife, Jane Cochran of the home; four children, Dr. Helen Lucinda Franklin and her husband John Wayne of Claremore, Nancy Sue Catron and her husband Jerry of Tahlequah, Dr. W. George Cochran and his wife Terri of Baton Rouge, LA, and Elizabeth Ann Skelton of Wagoner.
Survivors also include six grandchildren; Matthew Fleenor, Courtney Leach, Patrick Franklin, Jack Allen Franklin, Lucy Franklin, Jack Edward Cochran and Christopher Cochran, and five step-grandchildren. There are also six great-grandchildren, fifteen step-great grands, and a host of nieces, nephews, and extended family.
Funeral services for Jack E. Cochran will held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, August 13, 2018 at the First Christian Church of Wagoner. Viewing with be held from 1:00 to 2:00, prior to the service at the church. Family and guests are invited to visit following the service in the Fellowship Hall. For those interested, donations may be made in lieu of flowers to the charity of the donor's choice.
Suggested edit: Burial info:
Jack was cremated and cremains we're given to family
Contributor: Donna Rankin * Searching the Past (47007026) THANK YOU.
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