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Show - - . - - - - - ' illiam -lliam lliam 'lliam Cooley Cooley'esident Cooleyesident , ' esident of County CountyjSince CountySince County&nce Countynce jSince Since & 1897 , Called t itice tlce lice of the Peace , rormei.School rormeiSchool . School Board Trustee Truste ( ' , Dies After BrIefIllness BriefIllness Brief > IllnessV Illnessm Illness V - . nillam liliam m Cooley Cooiey 80 justice of the theFe thets Fe Feof e of Moab No 2 precinct precmct and and'eSldent andresident andfcident 'eSldent eSldent resident ' of Grand county sincej since smce sinceB 1 1passed j passed away Saturday Saturda New Newl's Newtlrs News B \l's l's ls tlrs \ ' day follo\\ follo follow following follomg \ mg a brief illness illnessCooley illnessCooley ' 4 4rt Cooley Cooleyas \ was \\as as strickenIth stricken \ with \\Ith Ith a aIt ast It ( rt ailment aibnent last \ week eek and death.4e death deathie * .4e 4e < . ie e after an illness of only four fouri fourHe fourHe fours _ i | He had been e extremely .tremely tremely > . active activefPite activeSpite activepit fPite Spite of his a ag 4 until his rus last lastineral lastss lastssmeial pss pssnel ineral meial nel al services \ weie were el e held Sun Sunfiom " \ ' flom from the L D S chanel chane chapel I Iuth \uth uth with withRev \ withRev uthRev Rev William E c : Parks Parts of the the1St theist thetist 1St ist church in III charge The open openpraer openprayer openprater praer prayer } was gn given en by b bv Bishop W WcConkle WcConkre WWcConkie cConkle cConkre and Rev Parks de dered ded dered red d the funeral sel seimon sermon mon in inch inch Inch ch he mentioned Mr Coolev Cooley Cooles s sve sye sve , ve ye and useful useft ! life lfe A mr\.cd mr.cd mr .cd cd mixed mr.cdrtet mixedrtet mixedrtet \ . rtet composed of Mrs Carro11 Carroll Carro11eador Carrolleador CarrollHeader eador Robert Cormack and andand and'and andand ' , and Mrs L L Tavlor Taylor Ta lor sang sangat sangat sanghat at a Friend Fnend We Have in m Jesus JesusIde Jesusride Jesusnde Ide ride With Me and Softly Softl " and anddelly anddeily andideily delly deily At the cemetery the thecatory thecatory theIcatory catory praeras prater praer prayer } \ was \\as as offered by byRev byParks byRev Rev Res Parks ParksiIham Parksrilliam iIham illiam Resilliam Coole Cooler Cooley 'Iv Iv ssas ' ft as born October October1857 1857 at Hibbsvllle Hibbsville Hibbsviile near HamAppanoose Ham- Ham HamAppanoose Ham-S Ham S - Appanoose county Io\\a Io a Iowa Ion \ a the theof theof theof of Aaron W and Po11 Polls Polly Co\ Co Co- Coe Coley Coeley Coley " - \ . ley Soon after the Civil war ware warBe e st still l a boy he left his home homecame homecame homeI cameest came \ west \\est est nest He spent SPalt several severalrs rs working w \ 01 king with cattle outfits in inTexas inTexas inTexas Texas Panhandle country and ande andae e three tnps trips northuth north ' \ with \uth uth cattle cattleg cattleng g the old Chisolm trail He Het Het Hept t two wmteis wmtels wmters hunting buffalo buffalog buffalong g the Arkansas rn nver riser er and on ongreat ongreat oni great plainsCooley plains , & Cooley came to UtA Uuh Utah in III 1887 1887g 1887engaged 1887ng g engaged in m mining for several severalHe severalHe severalrs He settled first in Uintah Uintahnty Uintahty Ulntahnty nty ty and in 1897 came to Grand Grandtv Grandtv Grandntv tv HP HPworked " ' -worked worked "l'orked lorked - at placer mmmg mining mmmgnd miningrid miningimd nd rid Beaver basin basm for a tmie tnrie tmie"as tnriessas tmieI "as as ssas iv " as also engaged In saWIm11 sawmill sawmillrk saWIm11k sawmillk k Later he acquired a farm in intie intie inkle tie valley valle ; which wruch he operated for fory fory forby y years i ears He was considered onethe onethe one , [ the best falmers farmers f aimers in the countyumber county I Iumber Ipumber umber of " years "ears ears ago he and andi andny andfly andnily i , ny fly moved to Moab and Mr Mrley Mrley Mraley largeto ley here demoted de\oted de oted denoted \ his time large largetruck largetruck largeI I truck gardening He lemamed remained lemamedemel remainedemely lernainedremelv emely emel } active to the last andng andg and ing ng g the past summer produced producedarge producedrge producedarge arge rge crop of vegetablQs vegetabl vegetablesilr vegetablQsr s I r Cooleyas Cooley \ was \\as as ssas active 'in in 7n ' in a publ c cy cy cy y berna bemm being ( a member of the Castle Castleley Castleley Castleley ley school board several terms termslater termslater terms1 later serving a term on the thety thety themty ty board of education He was washce wastrice wasitice hce trice of the peace of Moab No 2cmct 2cmct 2 cmct for several years holdingposition holding holdmg holdingi i position at the time hme of histh histh his histth tth th thApril tthn n April 1904 he married Mrsy Mrsy Mrs Mrsiry iry y Mornson Morrison at Castleton He lbived Is h lb vived Ived by his widow v\1dow v 1dow \ one son Jward Jand J Jward ward and Cooley of Moab and two twondchildren twondchildren twomdchildren ndchildren |