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Elizabeth Angeline COCHRAN 1
- Born: 20 May 1920, Monticello, White County, Indiana, USA 2
- Died: 24 September 2008, Wasco County, Oregon, USA at age 88
- Buried: 2 October 2008, Goldendale, Klickitat County, Washington, USA
Other names for Elizabeth were Betty COCHRAN and Betty A. COCHRAN.2
Recorded Events in Her Life
- She appeared on the 1930 US Federal Census on 14 April 1930 in Monticello, Union Township, White County, Indiana, USA. 2
Cochran Ray Head 41 Indiana United States United States laborer/section gang steam railroad ------- Helen B Wife 38 Indiana Indiana Canada ------- Louise Dau 16 Indiana Indiana Indiana ------- Ruth Dau 13 Indiana Indiana Indiana ------- Betty A Dau 9 Indiana Indiana Indiana
- Last Residence: Bef 24 September 2008, Goldendale, Klickitat County, Washington, USA.
- Her obituary was published in the Goldendale Sentinel on 2 October 2008 in Goldendale, Klickitat County, Washington, USA.
Elizabeth Angeline "Betty" Wanless
Elizabeth Angeline "Betty" Wanless, 88, died Sept. 24, 2008.
She was born in Monticello, Ind., on May 20, 1920, to Helen (Graves) and Raymond Cochran.
Betty grew up in Indiana and in 1941 hopped a train to Seattle. There she met Neil Wanless and the couple married on Oct. 17, 1941. Earlier in her life she was employed by the Borden Glue Company and Sears, but Betty mostly worked as a secretary for Seattle public schools, retiring from that position in the 1970s.
She enjoyed crossword puzzles, bowling and playing cards, and loved music and played both the organ and clarinet. She was a terrific knitter.
Betty was a member of Master Gardeners, Toastmasters and was a current member of the Seattle Secretaries Association.
Survivors include her husband, Neil Wanless of Goldendale; sons, ----- Wanless of Olympia, and ----- Wanless of Goldendale; daughter, ----- Wanless of Camano Island; nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and sisters Louise Berry and Dr. Ruth Hall.
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