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Carrie Leora “Ora” Cookingham Thiel

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Birth	:	5 Dec 1873 Wawaka, Noble County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	3 Jan 1950 Spokane County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Ritzville Memorial Cemetery, Ritzville, Adams County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.1332779, -118.3945084
Plot	:	5.25.10
Description	:	Mrs. John Jacob Thiel was born Leora Cookingham and was the second and sixth EWGS President. She held office in 1937-1938 and in 1945. Leora Thiel was also a founder of the Friends of the Library for Spokane Public Library. I found almost nothing on Leora's Cookingham family. It does look like an English family name, but there are no Cookinghams in England so it may be a derivative of another surname. John Jacob was the son of Jacob and Lizzie (Strombecker) Thiel, both Germans from Russia. The parents came to America in 1878 and lived in Franklin and Hitchcock... Read More	Mrs. John Jacob Thiel was born Leora Cookingham and was the second and sixth EWGS President. She held office in 1937-1938 and in 1945. Leora Thiel was also a founder of the Friends of the Library for Spokane Public Library. I found almost nothing on Leora's Cookingham family. It does look like an English family name, but there are no Cookinghams in England so it may be a derivative of another surname. John Jacob was the son of Jacob and Lizzie (Strombecker) Thiel, both Germans from Russia. The parents came to America in 1878 and lived in Franklin and Hitchcock counties of Nebraska, before coming to southern Idaho then Baker City and Walla Walla in 1882. In the spring if 1883 they drove to Adams County and homesteaded there. They raised four sons, John Jacob, Mike, Henry and Fred. I did not find as much on John Jacob as I thought I would, since he was born in Russia and grew up in Washington. The main reason was I kept disregarding information I found on the internet for John Thiel from Kansas, but when I found the biography of Fred Thiel, John's brother in the History of the Big Bend, it said John was a professor at Winfield College in Kansas. John died April 15, 1946 in Spokane at age 69 and was buried in the cemetery at Ritzville Washington. His obituary says he had lived in Spokane for 16 years and was associated with the County Auditors office and was survived by wife Leora, his three brothers and one sister. Leora Thiel died January 3, 1950 in a local hospital. She was a charter member of Eastern Washington Genealogical Society, a member of Spokane Garry chapter , Daughters of American Revolution and the Friends of the Library. Her obit says John Thiel was the director of the 1940 census in Spokane. I checked the Ritzville cemetery and Leora is not listed there, and her obit says she was cremated. Copied from the Eastern WashingtonGenealoical Society ~ thank you. Cemetery records show her in the same plot as her husband. (July 2, 2011) Family tree & 1880 C show she was born in Indiana Father Theorn Cookingham 1840 NY D. 1898 Indiana Mother Anna Adkins 1846-1881 Indiana

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Carrie Leora “Ora” Cookingham Thiel death on 3 Jan 1950 in Spokane County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 47.1332779
Longitude: -118.3945084

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