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Anna R <I>Bozanich</I> Coogan

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Anna R Bozanich Coogan

Birth
Chisholm, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
Death
4 Jul 2005 (aged 83)
Hemet, Riverside County, California, USA
Burial
Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
section C site 827
Memorial ID
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Wife of Dorian Coogan

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COOGAN, ANNA Passed away at her home in Hemet on June 30, 2005. She was the daughter of Nick Bozanich and Sophie Rajacich born on March 22, 1922 in Chisholm, Minnesota. After graduating Chisholm High School in 1941, Anna moved to Chicago and graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1944 form Grand Hospital School of Nursing.

She was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Army Air Corps and served on active duty as a flight nurse and First Lieutenant until 1946.

She met Frank Johnson, a WWII pilot and they were married in Boca Raton, Florida the same year. Tragically, within a year, Frank was killed during an Air Force training mission.

In 1953 Anna Married Dorian Coogan and they settled in Whittier, CA. They later moved to Hemet in the early 1980's where Anna resided until her passing. Dorian died in 1988 and was buried in the Riverside National Cemetery where Anna's remains will also be placed next to his. Anna is predeceased by her parents and two brothers, Alec and Gordon Bozanich. She is survived by her sister Amelia Gutherie of Rockford, IL. Anna's life was one of high vitality, always projecting enthusiasm and friendliness and passed that on to every life she touched.

Press-Enterprise, The (Riverside, CA) - Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Find A Grave contributor Louise Brockway Thedford
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Wife of Dorian Coogan

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COOGAN, ANNA Passed away at her home in Hemet on June 30, 2005. She was the daughter of Nick Bozanich and Sophie Rajacich born on March 22, 1922 in Chisholm, Minnesota. After graduating Chisholm High School in 1941, Anna moved to Chicago and graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1944 form Grand Hospital School of Nursing.

She was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Army Air Corps and served on active duty as a flight nurse and First Lieutenant until 1946.

She met Frank Johnson, a WWII pilot and they were married in Boca Raton, Florida the same year. Tragically, within a year, Frank was killed during an Air Force training mission.

In 1953 Anna Married Dorian Coogan and they settled in Whittier, CA. They later moved to Hemet in the early 1980's where Anna resided until her passing. Dorian died in 1988 and was buried in the Riverside National Cemetery where Anna's remains will also be placed next to his. Anna is predeceased by her parents and two brothers, Alec and Gordon Bozanich. She is survived by her sister Amelia Gutherie of Rockford, IL. Anna's life was one of high vitality, always projecting enthusiasm and friendliness and passed that on to every life she touched.

Press-Enterprise, The (Riverside, CA) - Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Find A Grave contributor Louise Brockway Thedford
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  • Created by: Barbara LeClaire
  • Added: Mar 5, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34493139/anna_r-coogan: accessed ), memorial page for Anna R Bozanich Coogan (14 Mar 1922–4 Jul 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34493139, citing Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA; Maintained by Barbara LeClaire (contributor 46903377).