OLNEY DAILY MAIL OBITUARY:
Verlin E. Cokley, 76, of Parkersburg, died at 210 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at Welborn Baptist Hospital in Evansville, Ind.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney, with Rev. Bruce Nelson officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Parkersburg. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday. Full military rites will be performed at the graveside by the Olney veterans.
Memorials can be made to the charity of the donor's choice.
Cokley was born Jan. 20, 1920 in Richland County, the son of Walter and Estella (Stevens) Cokley. He married June V. Carey.
He was a retired employee with the Department of Transportation for the State of Illinois. He was also a retired Illinois State Policeman. He was a member of Parkersburg Methodist Church, the VFW, the American Legion, the DAV and was an ex-POW.
He is survived by his wife, of Parkersburg; a son, James Lynn Cokley, and his wife Sharon, of Simi Valley, Calif.; a daughter, Muriel Cokley, of Parkersburg; a sister, Lelia Stevenson, of Oblong; and two grandchildren, David and Erica.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and one sister.
The following was published in Olney Advocate (IL) ~ August 10, 1944: Pvt. Verlin Cokley, 24 year old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cokley of Parkersburg, returned home last week after being held a prisoner of war in Italy for 18 months. Verlin took part in two of the first major offenses in North Africa soon after the landing of American Troops there in the fall of 1942. He was taken prisoner and shipped back to Italy to a prison camp and was released soon after the Americans started advancing up the peninsula of Italy. It is thought that Verlin is the first Richland County boy, held as a prisoner of war, to return home.
Verlin E. Cokley, 76, of Parkersburg, died at 210 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at Welborn Baptist Hospital in Evansville, Ind.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney, with Rev. Bruce Nelson officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Parkersburg. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday. Full military rites will be performed at the graveside by the Olney veterans.
Memorials can be made to the charity of the donor's choice.
Cokley was born Jan. 20, 1920 in Richland County, the son of Walter and Estella (Stevens) Cokley. He married June V. Carey.
He was a retired employee with the Department of Transportation for the State of Illinois. He was also a retired Illinois State Policeman. He was a member of Parkersburg Methodist Church, the VFW, the American Legion, the DAV and was an ex-POW.
He is survived by his wife, of Parkersburg; a son, James Lynn Cokley, and his wife Sharon, of Simi Valley, Calif.; a daughter, Muriel Cokley, of Parkersburg; a sister, Lelia Stevenson, of Oblong; and two grandchildren, David and Erica.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and one sister.
The following was published in Olney Advocate (IL) ~ August 10, 1944: Pvt. Verlin Cokley, 24 year old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cokley of Parkersburg, returned home last week after being held a prisoner of war in Italy for 18 months. Verlin took part in two of the first major offenses in North Africa soon after the landing of American Troops there in the fall of 1942. He was taken prisoner and shipped back to Italy to a prison camp and was released soon after the Americans started advancing up the peninsula of Italy. It is thought that Verlin is the first Richland County boy, held as a prisoner of war, to return home.
OLNEY DAILY MAIL OBITUARY:
Verlin E. Cokley, 76, of Parkersburg, died at 210 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at Welborn Baptist Hospital in Evansville, Ind.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney, with Rev. Bruce Nelson officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Parkersburg. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday. Full military rites will be performed at the graveside by the Olney veterans.
Memorials can be made to the charity of the donor's choice.
Cokley was born Jan. 20, 1920 in Richland County, the son of Walter and Estella (Stevens) Cokley. He married June V. Carey.
He was a retired employee with the Department of Transportation for the State of Illinois. He was also a retired Illinois State Policeman. He was a member of Parkersburg Methodist Church, the VFW, the American Legion, the DAV and was an ex-POW.
He is survived by his wife, of Parkersburg; a son, James Lynn Cokley, and his wife Sharon, of Simi Valley, Calif.; a daughter, Muriel Cokley, of Parkersburg; a sister, Lelia Stevenson, of Oblong; and two grandchildren, David and Erica.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and one sister.
The following was published in Olney Advocate (IL) ~ August 10, 1944: Pvt. Verlin Cokley, 24 year old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cokley of Parkersburg, returned home last week after being held a prisoner of war in Italy for 18 months. Verlin took part in two of the first major offenses in North Africa soon after the landing of American Troops there in the fall of 1942. He was taken prisoner and shipped back to Italy to a prison camp and was released soon after the Americans started advancing up the peninsula of Italy. It is thought that Verlin is the first Richland County boy, held as a prisoner of war, to return home.
Verlin E. Cokley, 76, of Parkersburg, died at 210 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at Welborn Baptist Hospital in Evansville, Ind.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney, with Rev. Bruce Nelson officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery in Parkersburg. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday. Full military rites will be performed at the graveside by the Olney veterans.
Memorials can be made to the charity of the donor's choice.
Cokley was born Jan. 20, 1920 in Richland County, the son of Walter and Estella (Stevens) Cokley. He married June V. Carey.
He was a retired employee with the Department of Transportation for the State of Illinois. He was also a retired Illinois State Policeman. He was a member of Parkersburg Methodist Church, the VFW, the American Legion, the DAV and was an ex-POW.
He is survived by his wife, of Parkersburg; a son, James Lynn Cokley, and his wife Sharon, of Simi Valley, Calif.; a daughter, Muriel Cokley, of Parkersburg; a sister, Lelia Stevenson, of Oblong; and two grandchildren, David and Erica.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and one sister.
The following was published in Olney Advocate (IL) ~ August 10, 1944: Pvt. Verlin Cokley, 24 year old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cokley of Parkersburg, returned home last week after being held a prisoner of war in Italy for 18 months. Verlin took part in two of the first major offenses in North Africa soon after the landing of American Troops there in the fall of 1942. He was taken prisoner and shipped back to Italy to a prison camp and was released soon after the Americans started advancing up the peninsula of Italy. It is thought that Verlin is the first Richland County boy, held as a prisoner of war, to return home.
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