The following information provided by Find A Grave contributor "Cara"
Big Timber Pioneer (MT), 24 April 1930
E.H. Cooney Passes Following Operation
Great Falls, Mont., April 21--Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for Edward H. Cooney, widely known Montana newspaperman who died at Rochester, Minn., Sunday, after an operation. The body is scheduled to arrive here from Helena, where several members of the Cooney family reside. Great Falls and Masonic clubs will have charge of the services. Burial will be in Highland cemetery where Mrs. Cooney and their three children are interred.
Mr. Cooney, who had been in ill health for a long time, submitted to an operation in hope of relieving bladder ailments and complications.
He had been associated with The Leader, Great Falls afternoon daily, for almost 30 years as editor and for many years as part owner. In recent years he conducted a column called "Splinters."
Pallbearers will be District Judges H.H. Ewing and W.H. Meigs, Wheeler Coy, C.E. Stellar, Robb Williams and J.W. Robers, long time friends of the late editor. Among those who will attend the services will be Dr. and Mrs. S.A. Cooney of Helena, Ella Supple, Mrs. Winfred Brown, George Cooney and Alfred Cooney, sisters and brothers of the deceased. Mr. Cooney's mother, Mrs. M.A. Cooney of Canyon Ferry, near Helena, probably will not be present as she is more than 90 years old.
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The following information provided by Find A Grave contributor Linda Morice
"Little Brown Gingerbread Man" and Memories of Its Author Still Linger with Montanan People
On Christmas eve, 1929, the Great Falls Leader printed for the first time what was later come to be known in Montana as one of the best loved of all Yuletide poems--"The Little Brown Gingerbread Man." It was written by a man who during his long life in the Treasure state did more than any other Great Falls resident to portray the little joys and the little tragedies of our everyday life--the late Edward H. Cooney, then editor of Great Falls' evening paper.
Since that time the Leader has published this cheery little verse by popular request in nearly every Christmas edition. In fact, it has been demanded so often that the poem and the memory of its author have become as much a part of the holiday season as Christmas day itself.
The tragedy connected with the story is that a few months after the poem was written its author passed away, and today rests beside his wife and three children in Highland cemetery at Great Falls, but his memory and his poem are still with us.
Mr. Cooney, who was born in Atkinson, Ia., Feb. 24, 1865, came to Montana in July of the same year with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cooney, who located in Alder gulch, then in the heyday of its gold mining activity. It was among the scenes of that feverish camp and other pioneer settlements of Montana that young Cooney received his education and grew to manhood.
Smell of News Ink Got Him
The Cooney family lived in Meagher county in the early days where as a boy going to school in White Sulpher Springs Ed Cooney got his first whiff of printer's ink and learned to set type, after school hours, on the old White Sulpher Springs Rocky Mountain Husbandman, of which R. N. Sutherlin was the editor and publisher for more than 50 years and which newspaper had the largest circulation of any newspaper in Montana territory.
Later Mr. Cooney went to Butte where he became engaged in newspaper work on the old Montana Spectator and later as a member of the Butte staff of the Anaconda Standard. In 1896 he went to Great Falls to manage the branch office at that time maintained there by the Anaconda Standard, but after three years resigned his position to become editor and part owner, in which capacities he continued for many years.
Mr. Cooney filled the position of both manager and editor of the paper until 1907 when he was appointed postmaster of Great Falls by President Roosevelt, a position to which he was reappointed by President Taft, serving two full terms.
Mr. Cooney was also a member of the first state legislature and a candidate for governor in 1912 and 1916.
During his lifetime Ed Cooney suffered more sorrows than usually come to the average man, in the death of his children and his wife, but despite that no one ever heard him lament. His grief was his own and he never asked his friends to help him bear his burdens.
Big Timber Pioneer (MT), 24 April 1930
E.H. Cooney Passes Following Operation
Great Falls, Mont., April 21--Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for Edward H. Cooney, widely known Montana newspaperman who died at Rochester, Minn., Sunday, after an operation. The body is scheduled to arrive here from Helena, where several members of the Cooney family reside. Great Falls and Masonic clubs will have charge of the services. Burial will be in Highland cemetery where Mrs. Cooney and their three children are interred.
Mr. Cooney, who had been in ill health for a long time, submitted to an operation in hope of relieving bladder ailments and complications.
He had been associated with The Leader, Great Falls afternoon daily, for almost 30 years as editor and for many years as part owner. In recent years he conducted a column called "Splinters."
Pallbearers will be District Judges H.H. Ewing and W.H. Meigs, Wheeler Coy, C.E. Stellar, Robb Williams and J.W. Robers, long time friends of the late editor. Among those who will attend the services will be Dr. and Mrs. S.A. Cooney of Helena, Ella Supple, Mrs. Winfred Brown, George Cooney and Alfred Cooney, sisters and brothers of the deceased. Mr. Cooney's mother, Mrs. M.A. Cooney of Canyon Ferry, near Helena, probably will not be present as she is more than 90 years old.
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The following information provided by Find A Grave contributor Linda Morice
"Little Brown Gingerbread Man" and Memories of Its Author Still Linger with Montanan People
On Christmas eve, 1929, the Great Falls Leader printed for the first time what was later come to be known in Montana as one of the best loved of all Yuletide poems--"The Little Brown Gingerbread Man." It was written by a man who during his long life in the Treasure state did more than any other Great Falls resident to portray the little joys and the little tragedies of our everyday life--the late Edward H. Cooney, then editor of Great Falls' evening paper.
Since that time the Leader has published this cheery little verse by popular request in nearly every Christmas edition. In fact, it has been demanded so often that the poem and the memory of its author have become as much a part of the holiday season as Christmas day itself.
The tragedy connected with the story is that a few months after the poem was written its author passed away, and today rests beside his wife and three children in Highland cemetery at Great Falls, but his memory and his poem are still with us.
Mr. Cooney, who was born in Atkinson, Ia., Feb. 24, 1865, came to Montana in July of the same year with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cooney, who located in Alder gulch, then in the heyday of its gold mining activity. It was among the scenes of that feverish camp and other pioneer settlements of Montana that young Cooney received his education and grew to manhood.
Smell of News Ink Got Him
The Cooney family lived in Meagher county in the early days where as a boy going to school in White Sulpher Springs Ed Cooney got his first whiff of printer's ink and learned to set type, after school hours, on the old White Sulpher Springs Rocky Mountain Husbandman, of which R. N. Sutherlin was the editor and publisher for more than 50 years and which newspaper had the largest circulation of any newspaper in Montana territory.
Later Mr. Cooney went to Butte where he became engaged in newspaper work on the old Montana Spectator and later as a member of the Butte staff of the Anaconda Standard. In 1896 he went to Great Falls to manage the branch office at that time maintained there by the Anaconda Standard, but after three years resigned his position to become editor and part owner, in which capacities he continued for many years.
Mr. Cooney filled the position of both manager and editor of the paper until 1907 when he was appointed postmaster of Great Falls by President Roosevelt, a position to which he was reappointed by President Taft, serving two full terms.
Mr. Cooney was also a member of the first state legislature and a candidate for governor in 1912 and 1916.
During his lifetime Ed Cooney suffered more sorrows than usually come to the average man, in the death of his children and his wife, but despite that no one ever heard him lament. His grief was his own and he never asked his friends to help him bear his burdens.
The following information provided by Find A Grave contributor "Cara"
Big Timber Pioneer (MT), 24 April 1930
E.H. Cooney Passes Following Operation
Great Falls, Mont., April 21--Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for Edward H. Cooney, widely known Montana newspaperman who died at Rochester, Minn., Sunday, after an operation. The body is scheduled to arrive here from Helena, where several members of the Cooney family reside. Great Falls and Masonic clubs will have charge of the services. Burial will be in Highland cemetery where Mrs. Cooney and their three children are interred.
Mr. Cooney, who had been in ill health for a long time, submitted to an operation in hope of relieving bladder ailments and complications.
He had been associated with The Leader, Great Falls afternoon daily, for almost 30 years as editor and for many years as part owner. In recent years he conducted a column called "Splinters."
Pallbearers will be District Judges H.H. Ewing and W.H. Meigs, Wheeler Coy, C.E. Stellar, Robb Williams and J.W. Robers, long time friends of the late editor. Among those who will attend the services will be Dr. and Mrs. S.A. Cooney of Helena, Ella Supple, Mrs. Winfred Brown, George Cooney and Alfred Cooney, sisters and brothers of the deceased. Mr. Cooney's mother, Mrs. M.A. Cooney of Canyon Ferry, near Helena, probably will not be present as she is more than 90 years old.
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The following information provided by Find A Grave contributor Linda Morice
"Little Brown Gingerbread Man" and Memories of Its Author Still Linger with Montanan People
On Christmas eve, 1929, the Great Falls Leader printed for the first time what was later come to be known in Montana as one of the best loved of all Yuletide poems--"The Little Brown Gingerbread Man." It was written by a man who during his long life in the Treasure state did more than any other Great Falls resident to portray the little joys and the little tragedies of our everyday life--the late Edward H. Cooney, then editor of Great Falls' evening paper.
Since that time the Leader has published this cheery little verse by popular request in nearly every Christmas edition. In fact, it has been demanded so often that the poem and the memory of its author have become as much a part of the holiday season as Christmas day itself.
The tragedy connected with the story is that a few months after the poem was written its author passed away, and today rests beside his wife and three children in Highland cemetery at Great Falls, but his memory and his poem are still with us.
Mr. Cooney, who was born in Atkinson, Ia., Feb. 24, 1865, came to Montana in July of the same year with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cooney, who located in Alder gulch, then in the heyday of its gold mining activity. It was among the scenes of that feverish camp and other pioneer settlements of Montana that young Cooney received his education and grew to manhood.
Smell of News Ink Got Him
The Cooney family lived in Meagher county in the early days where as a boy going to school in White Sulpher Springs Ed Cooney got his first whiff of printer's ink and learned to set type, after school hours, on the old White Sulpher Springs Rocky Mountain Husbandman, of which R. N. Sutherlin was the editor and publisher for more than 50 years and which newspaper had the largest circulation of any newspaper in Montana territory.
Later Mr. Cooney went to Butte where he became engaged in newspaper work on the old Montana Spectator and later as a member of the Butte staff of the Anaconda Standard. In 1896 he went to Great Falls to manage the branch office at that time maintained there by the Anaconda Standard, but after three years resigned his position to become editor and part owner, in which capacities he continued for many years.
Mr. Cooney filled the position of both manager and editor of the paper until 1907 when he was appointed postmaster of Great Falls by President Roosevelt, a position to which he was reappointed by President Taft, serving two full terms.
Mr. Cooney was also a member of the first state legislature and a candidate for governor in 1912 and 1916.
During his lifetime Ed Cooney suffered more sorrows than usually come to the average man, in the death of his children and his wife, but despite that no one ever heard him lament. His grief was his own and he never asked his friends to help him bear his burdens.
Big Timber Pioneer (MT), 24 April 1930
E.H. Cooney Passes Following Operation
Great Falls, Mont., April 21--Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for Edward H. Cooney, widely known Montana newspaperman who died at Rochester, Minn., Sunday, after an operation. The body is scheduled to arrive here from Helena, where several members of the Cooney family reside. Great Falls and Masonic clubs will have charge of the services. Burial will be in Highland cemetery where Mrs. Cooney and their three children are interred.
Mr. Cooney, who had been in ill health for a long time, submitted to an operation in hope of relieving bladder ailments and complications.
He had been associated with The Leader, Great Falls afternoon daily, for almost 30 years as editor and for many years as part owner. In recent years he conducted a column called "Splinters."
Pallbearers will be District Judges H.H. Ewing and W.H. Meigs, Wheeler Coy, C.E. Stellar, Robb Williams and J.W. Robers, long time friends of the late editor. Among those who will attend the services will be Dr. and Mrs. S.A. Cooney of Helena, Ella Supple, Mrs. Winfred Brown, George Cooney and Alfred Cooney, sisters and brothers of the deceased. Mr. Cooney's mother, Mrs. M.A. Cooney of Canyon Ferry, near Helena, probably will not be present as she is more than 90 years old.
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The following information provided by Find A Grave contributor Linda Morice
"Little Brown Gingerbread Man" and Memories of Its Author Still Linger with Montanan People
On Christmas eve, 1929, the Great Falls Leader printed for the first time what was later come to be known in Montana as one of the best loved of all Yuletide poems--"The Little Brown Gingerbread Man." It was written by a man who during his long life in the Treasure state did more than any other Great Falls resident to portray the little joys and the little tragedies of our everyday life--the late Edward H. Cooney, then editor of Great Falls' evening paper.
Since that time the Leader has published this cheery little verse by popular request in nearly every Christmas edition. In fact, it has been demanded so often that the poem and the memory of its author have become as much a part of the holiday season as Christmas day itself.
The tragedy connected with the story is that a few months after the poem was written its author passed away, and today rests beside his wife and three children in Highland cemetery at Great Falls, but his memory and his poem are still with us.
Mr. Cooney, who was born in Atkinson, Ia., Feb. 24, 1865, came to Montana in July of the same year with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cooney, who located in Alder gulch, then in the heyday of its gold mining activity. It was among the scenes of that feverish camp and other pioneer settlements of Montana that young Cooney received his education and grew to manhood.
Smell of News Ink Got Him
The Cooney family lived in Meagher county in the early days where as a boy going to school in White Sulpher Springs Ed Cooney got his first whiff of printer's ink and learned to set type, after school hours, on the old White Sulpher Springs Rocky Mountain Husbandman, of which R. N. Sutherlin was the editor and publisher for more than 50 years and which newspaper had the largest circulation of any newspaper in Montana territory.
Later Mr. Cooney went to Butte where he became engaged in newspaper work on the old Montana Spectator and later as a member of the Butte staff of the Anaconda Standard. In 1896 he went to Great Falls to manage the branch office at that time maintained there by the Anaconda Standard, but after three years resigned his position to become editor and part owner, in which capacities he continued for many years.
Mr. Cooney filled the position of both manager and editor of the paper until 1907 when he was appointed postmaster of Great Falls by President Roosevelt, a position to which he was reappointed by President Taft, serving two full terms.
Mr. Cooney was also a member of the first state legislature and a candidate for governor in 1912 and 1916.
During his lifetime Ed Cooney suffered more sorrows than usually come to the average man, in the death of his children and his wife, but despite that no one ever heard him lament. His grief was his own and he never asked his friends to help him bear his burdens.
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