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Tuesday, May 07, 1996 Page:
Margaret Cooney
May 6, 1996
Margaret Cooney of Phyllis Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, Fla., formerly of
River
Street, Old Forge, died Monday at the Fish Memorial Hospital, New Smyrna
BeachBorn in Old Forge, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Jane
Phillips O’Keefe.
Educated in Old Forge schools, she moved to Florida in 1988.
Before her retirement, she was employed by Old Forge Dress.
She was a member of the Nebo Congregational United Church of Christ Church,
Old Forge.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Patrick Morock; her second
husband, James W. Cooney, in 1988; a son, Patrick Morock; a sister, Rena
Salerno.
Surviving are a son, the Rev. James W. Cooney, Moosic, pastor of St. Paul’s
United Church of Christ Church, Taylor, and the Nebo Congregational United
Church of Christ Church, Old Forge; daughters, Jane Bousley, with whom she
resided; Nancy Graham, Winchester, Ky.; 10 grandchildren; 14
great-grandchildren; a sister, Evelyn Besecker, Lackawanna, N.Y.; several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday from the Nebo Congregational
United Church of Christ, Old Forge.
Interment will be in Forest Home Cemetery, Taylor.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Thomas P.
Kearney Funeral Home, 517 N. Main St., Old Forge.