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Alcinda “Cindy” Higgins Cooney

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Birth	:	30 Jun 1858 Ohio, USA
Death	:	8 May 1954 Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Villisca Cemetery, Villisca, Montgomery County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9389000, -94.9747009
Description	:	Mrs. Lum Higgins, a long timer resident of this community, died May 8, at the Schenck Nursing Home where she had resided since last October. Funeral services were conducted from the Pitman Funeral Home, Monday, May 10, by the Rev. Everett H. Steats, pastor to the Methodist Church. Singing was by Cecil Weaver, accompanied by Mrs. Frances Wheeler and in charge of flowers were Mrs. Guy Kehr and Mrs. Geo Muller. Pall bearers were Ray and Harry Higgins, Ed Wagaman, Donald Fisher, Clyde Lewis, and Orris Wagaman, with interment in Villisca Cemetery. Alcinda Higgins, daughter of Jacob and Margaret Ballentine... Read More	Mrs. Lum Higgins, a long timer resident of this community, died May 8, at the Schenck Nursing Home where she had resided since last October. Funeral services were conducted from the Pitman Funeral Home, Monday, May 10, by the Rev. Everett H. Steats, pastor to the Methodist Church. Singing was by Cecil Weaver, accompanied by Mrs. Frances Wheeler and in charge of flowers were Mrs. Guy Kehr and Mrs. Geo Muller. Pall bearers were Ray and Harry Higgins, Ed Wagaman, Donald Fisher, Clyde Lewis, and Orris Wagaman, with interment in Villisca Cemetery. Alcinda Higgins, daughter of Jacob and Margaret Ballentine Higgins was born June 30, 1858 at Hillsboro, Ohio. She came with her parents to Iowa and settled along the West Nodaway river at the age of 13 years. She was married to Frank N. Cooney, September 30, 1877 at Villisca. To this union were born two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Mitchell of Paola, Kansas and Zelpha Cooney, who died in young womanhood. Mr. and Mrs. Cooney spent their married life on their farm south of Villisca, with the exception of 12 years when they lived in Woodbury County, Iowa. They retired from the farm in 1912 and moved to their home in Villisca. Mr. Cooney died here January 24, 1925. March 29, 1928 Mrs. Cooney was married to Lum Higgins of Villisca. He preceded her in death on October 11, 1938. She continued to live in Villisca until May 1, 1951 when she went to Paola to make her home with her daughter, where she remained until until coming to the nursing home here. She untied with the Fairview Christian Church southeast of Villisca many years ago and in later life she transferred her membership to the Villisca Methodist Church. Besides her father, mother and daughter she was preceded in death by two brothers, James and Robert, and three sisters, Mrs. Louisa Lush, Miss Hettie Higgins, and Mrs. Jessie Bridgeman. She was the oldest and last member of the family os six children. Villisca Review, Villisca, Iowa, Thursday, May 13, 1954, page 2 Alcinda Higgins was born June 30, 1858 in Ohio. She died May 8, 1954 in Schenck Nursing home in Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa, senile, J. Clark Cooper, burial May 10, 1954 in Villisca Rosehill Cemetery, R. C. Pittman, undertaker, Villisca Montgomery County Court House, Red Oak, Iowa death records, book 1949-1968, page 103

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Alcinda “Cindy” Higgins Cooney's memorial is located at: Villisca Cemetery, Villisca, Montgomery County, USA.
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Alcinda “Cindy” Higgins Cooney death on 8 May 1954 in Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.9389000
Longitude: -94.9747009

Family Members:

Parent

Jacob Weaver Higgins

(1834 - 1910)

Margaret Ballentine Higgins

(1836 - 1901)

Spouse

Frank N. Cooney

(1859 - 1925)

Columbus Worth “Lum” Higgins

(1856 - 1938)

Siblings

James Allen Higgins

(1864 - 1939)

Hettie Higgins

(1865 - 1890)

Robert Higgins

(1867 - 1931)

Jessie O. Higgins Bridgeman

(1876 - 1908)

Children

Ethel May Cooney Mitchell

(1880 - 1957)

Zilpha Marguerite Cooney

(1882 - 1908)

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