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- Title: Obituary of Ethel Cole
Author: Newspaper
Publication: Thursday, March 5, 1992
Text: Funeral services for Ethel Cole, 91, lifelong resident of Holt County, were held on Friday af
ternoon at the First Presbyterian Church of O'Neill. The Rev. Joe Tropansky officiated at the 2 pm services. Burial was in the O'Neill Cemetary. Muic was provided by Sonja Mueller at the organ and piano. Carrol, Toni and Justin Peacock from Springfield and Curt Peacock from Lincoln sang, "How Great Thou Art". Active Pallbearers were Ethel's grandsons, David Cole, Jack Cole, Chip Cole, Pat Cole, Kelly Cole, Dewey Schaffer, Zane Smith and Kent Laursen. Honorary Pallbearers were Ethel's granddaughters, Candace Cole Laursen, Christine Cole Westering, Shannon Smith Calitri, Beth Schaffer Chartier, Michele Jean Cole, Kylie Ann Smith and Kirsten Smith Vick. Ethel Anna Utley, the daughter of Lena Lester and S. Jacob Utley, was born the 8th of December, 1900 in Lauderdale County, Tennessee. She died the 25th of February 1992 in O'Neill. Ethel, a brother Walter, and their mother moved to O'Neill in 1901 when their mother married Lawrence Harding. She attended rural school north of O'Neill and at Wayne Teachers College. She taught school in Holt County and in Wyoming. In 1921 she married Guy Cole of Emmet. Guy and Ethel had five children, Zane, G.O. Bud, Bob, Lois and Jeanne. Ether was an early recipient of the AK-SAR-BEN Good Neighbor Award for her volunteer work during WW2 as state-wide chairman of the scrap metal (what we now call recyclable material) drives. She was also recognized for her volunteer work of Operation Snowbound in 1948 and 1949. She was a leader in the Republican Party for most of her adult life, serving on the State Central Committee as well as County Chairman. She was preceeded in death by her parents, 1 brother, 1 half-brother, 2 half-sisters, and one son, Zane, one grandson, Kent and her husband Guy. Survivors include Bud and Marilyn Cole; Bob and Donna Cole; Lois and Larry Schaffer, Jeanne and Michael Smith; 13 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, many neices, nephews and cousins.
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