| Father | Roy Bruce Jackson (b. 11 January 1903, d. 22 August 1988) |
| Mother | Edna V. Boardman (b. 15 August 1906, d. 6 May 1998) |
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| Son | Nathan Kenneth Jackson |
| Daughter | Carol Jackson |
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| Father | Joseph Keibler |
| Mother | Catherine Jane Richey |
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| Daughter | Emma Jane Keibler+ |
| Son | Ralph Wilbur Keibler+ (b. 11 April 1936, d. 1 September 2008) |
| Son | Joseph Wayne Keibler+ |
| Son | Roy Eugene Keibler+ |
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| Son | Benjamin Franklin Keibler+ (b. 26 February 1912, d. 3 December 1983) |
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| Son | Benjamin Franklin Keibler+ (b. 26 February 1912, d. 3 December 1983) |
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| Father | Benjamin Franklin Keibler (b. 26 February 1912, d. 3 December 1983) |
| Mother | Mary Garnet Jackson (b. 26 June 1916, d. 28 August 1997) |
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| Son | Arthur Benjamin Keibler |
OBITUARY
KEIBLER, RALPH — a retired chief of communications for The Associated Press in New York City and Phoenix, died Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, at the age of 72 in Blue Springs, Mo.
Longtime AP employee Keibler dies
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Ralph Keibler, a technical communications employee at The Associated Press for 42 years, has died at age 72.
His wife, Ellie Keibler, said he died Monday at a long-term care facility in Blue Springs. He died of complications from a brain injury he suffered in a fall at his home about a month ago.
Keibler, who retired in 2001, was born in Bennettsville, Ind., and spent four years in the U.S. Navy before joining the AP in 1959 as an office assistant in the Louisville, Ky., bureau. From 1960 to 1967, he was a technician in New York City; Washington D.C.; Roanoke, Va.; Indianapolis; Miami and Louisville.
Keibler became chief of communications in New York City in February 1967 before taking the same job in the Phoenix bureau in June 1968. He served in that capacity until becoming technical communications manager in the Kansas City bureau in December 1977.
In Kansas City, he was part of the CTS Engineering Department, which was in charge of various ways AP connected its worldwide network of offices. Over the next quarter-century, Keibler built and maintained one of the AP's first computer systems used to document and maintain myriad systems used by the AP's vast network.
"Literally thousands of maps detailing this and other information were categorized, printed and mailed to offices around the world on a daily basis, all from the little Radio Shack computer network Ralph built and programmed himself," said Brad Martin, senior manager of the AP's Global Operations Centers in Kansas City.
The CTS group eventually disbanded and Keibler continued to work in the Kansas City Technical Center until retiring.
"Ralph will be missed but those of us privileged to work with him will forever be indebted to his tenacity in fixing programs and his willingness to try and help streamline mundane tasks of administration," Martin said.
Dave Young, chief of communications for Missouri and Kansas before retiring in 2002, said Keibler was a dedicated employee who helped the Missouri and Kansas technical department run smoothly by keeping meticulous records.
"Ralph was a fun-loving guy, everybody loved him," Young said. "He would insist you do it his way but always in a way that you wouldn't take offense."
After retirement, Keibler was administrator for Web sites for family, high school alumni, fellow AP retirees and his residential community.
Keibler started his Web site for AP retirees in 2000 and it became very popular with his fellow retirees, said Jack Stokes, an AP spokesman. At the time, the company did not have a Web site for its retirees, so Stokes would provide news to Keibler, who put it on the Web site.
"That served a valuable, valuable function," Stokes said. "He was one of the few people I ever met who was very excited to be retiring because he knew he would get this time to do what he really enjoyed, which was the Web site so he could keep in touch with his colleagues who had the same sense of humor."
The AP began its own Web site for retirees in 2002 and it's worked in tandem with Keibler's site, Stokes said.
Keibler is survived by his wife, a son, three stepchildren, three siblings, nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be at Meyer Funeral Chapel in Blue Springs from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, with burial scheduled for Saturday in Clarksville, Ind.
OBITUARY - Family Obituary for Ralph W. Keibler
Ralph W. Keibler age 72 of Independence, MO passed away on Sept. 1, 2008 at St. Mary’s Manor in Blue Springs, MO. Ralph was born April 11, 1936 near Bennettsville, IN and graduated from Silver Creek High School in Sellersburg, IN. After two years of college, he served four years in the United States Navy. He worked for the Associated Press for forty-two years as a Technical Communications Manager until his retirement in 2001. Following his retirement he became a Webmaster for Internet websites for his family genealogy, high school alumni, AP retirees, and local residential community. Survivors include wife Ellie; son Benjamin (Angela) and grandson Craig Keibler of Floyd’s Knobs, IN; sister Emma (Cliff) Little of Salem, IN; brothers Joe Keibler of Clarksville, IN and Roy (Liz) Keibler of Pekin, IN; three step-children BriAnne (Donnie) Blaine of Harrisonville, MO; Ronald (Juliette) Wheeler of Coronado, CA; Elaine LeValley of Independence, MO; nine grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Visitation at Meyer Funeral Chapel, 1600 West Main Street, Blue Springs, MO, from 5-7pm on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008.
Burial Services will be held in Clarksville, IN on Saturday 6 Sept 2008.
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| Father | Henry Hardin Shireman (b. November 1869) |
| Mother | Ada May Huffman (b. 5 January 1871, d. 2 April 1927) |
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| Son | Ralph Julius Cooley, Jr. (b. 18 January 1921, d. 11 July 2000) |
| Son | Elmer Ray Cooley (b. 21 April 1922, d. 30 March 2011) |
OBITUARY - New Albany, Indiana Tribune; 1984 September 04; Page: 6 Column: 4:
Lillian Cooley
GREENVILLE -- Lillian Cooley, 90, of Route 1, Georgetown, died 8:30 p.m. Sunday at Floyd County memorial hospital.
She was the former Lillian Shireman and a native of Harrison County.
Survivors include two sons, O. Ralph Cooley of Georgetown and E. Ray Cooley of Pekin; five grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Love Funeral Home in Palmyra.
Burial will be in the Greenville Cemetery.
Visitation will be after 5 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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| Daughter | Lillian Lee Shireman+ (b. 13 January 1894, d. September 1984) |
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| Father | Harvey Heath Huffman (b. 11 July 1822) |
| Mother | Louisa Eliza Faith (b. about 1845) |
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| Daughter | Lillian Lee Shireman+ (b. 13 January 1894, d. September 1984) |
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| Daughter | Ada May Huffman+ (b. 5 January 1871, d. 2 April 1927) |
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| Daughter | Ada May Huffman+ (b. 5 January 1871, d. 2 April 1927) |
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| Father | Ralph Julius Cooley (b. 18 January 1894, d. 8 January 1970) |
| Mother | Lillian Lee Shireman (b. 13 January 1894, d. September 1984) |
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OBITUARY - Obituary - New Albany, Indiana Tribune; 2000 July 12, Edition: Wednesday ; page: 3A Column: 1:
Ralph Cooley, Jr.
GREENVILLE -- Ralph Cooley, Jr., 79, died yesterday at Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services. He was a retired heavy equipment operator at Newburg Construction Co. in Cincinnati and a member of Local 181 Operator Union of Louisville, Greenville Masonic Lodge 416 and Indian Creek Baptist Church.
Survivors include a brother, Ray Cooley of Pekin; and several nieces and nephews.
Services are 2 p.m. Friday at Love Funeral Home in Palmyra, with burial in Greenville Cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 9 p.m. tomorrow and after 9 a.m. Friday.
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| Father | Ralph Julius Cooley (b. 18 January 1894, d. 8 January 1970) |
| Mother | Lillian Lee Shireman (b. 13 January 1894, d. September 1984) |
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| Father | Jasper Theodore Wimp |
| Mother | Ella Simmons |
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| Daughter | Annetta Cooley+ (b. 16 November 1917, d. 20 September 1991) |
| Daughter | Bernice Cooley (b. 2 December 1918, d. 2 December 1918) |
| Son | James Edward Cooley, Jr.+ (b. 1923, d. 24 August 1947) |
| Daughter | Emma Jean Cooley+ (b. 10 July 1925, d. 2 September 2011) |
| Daughter | Janet Fay Cooley+ (b. 23 February 1933, d. 12 April 2009) |
| Son | Stephen Cooley |
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| Daughter | Anna Beulah Wimp+ (b. 23 January 1899, d. about 8 September 1980) |
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| Daughter | Anna Beulah Wimp+ (b. 23 January 1899, d. about 8 September 1980) |
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| Father | James Edward Cooley (b. 8 September 1895, d. 29 May 1977) |
| Mother | Anna Beulah Wimp (b. 23 January 1899, d. about 8 September 1980) |
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| Daughter | Judith Reinhardt+ |
| Daughter | Paula Reinhardt |
| Son | Jeffrey Paul Reinhardt (b. about 5 February 1954, d. October 1954) |
OBITUARY - New Albany, Indiana Tribune, September 24, 1991; page 2 column 4
Anetta Reinhardt
Annetta Cooley Reinhardt, 73, of St. Petersburg, Fla., died Friday at her home.
She was a native of New Albany and a member of St. Petersburg United Methodist Chruch.
Survivors include two daughters, Judie Mapp of Wadly, Alabama, and Paula Loponuke of St. Petersburg; and two sisters, Emma Jean Martin of Clarksville and Janet Kremer, New Albany.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
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| Father | James Edward Cooley (b. 8 September 1895, d. 29 May 1977) |
| Mother | Anna Beulah Wimp (b. 23 January 1899, d. about 8 September 1980) |
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| Father | James Edward Cooley (b. 8 September 1895, d. 29 May 1977) |
| Mother | Anna Beulah Wimp (b. 23 January 1899, d. about 8 September 1980) |
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| Son | Stephen Cooley |
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
Funerals Of Three Victims Of Airplane Crash Are Set
Funeral for James E. Cooley, Jr., 24, of 418 Cost, and Melvin Goss, 22, of 712 E., 11th, New Albany, two of three victims of an airplane crash Sunday, will be held today.
Services for Cooley will take place at 2 p.m. in the Mullineaux Funeral Home with burial in Graceland Memorial Park. Rites for Goss will be held at 2 p.m. in the Greenville Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Goss' body is at the Seabrook Funeral Home.
The funeral of the other victim, Mrs. Katherine Skipper Lundstrom, 23, of 1731 E. Market, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the residence. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery.
The three persons were burned to death when an airplane crashed in a cornfield near New Albany, Cooley owned and piloted the craft.
His survivors include a son, Stephen Cooley; parents, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Cooley, Sr., and three sisters, Mrs Annetta Reinhardt, Mrs. Imogene Martin and Miss Janet Cooley, New Albany.
Surviving Goss are his mother, Mrs. Stella Goss; one brother, Nelson Goss, and two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Austin and Miss Mary Elizabeth Goss, New Albany.
Mrs. Lundstrom's survivors are a son, James D. Lundstrom; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Skipper, New Albany and two sisters, Mrs. Howard Stone and Mrs. Ellen Carpenter, New Albany.
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| Father | James Edward Cooley (b. 8 September 1895, d. 29 May 1977) |
| Mother | Anna Beulah Wimp (b. 23 January 1899, d. about 8 September 1980) |
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| Daughter | Micki Martin+ |
| Daughter | Jacki Martin+ |
| Daughter | Kit Martin+ |
| Son | William Martin+ |
OBITUARY - News and Tribune, September 6, 2011
NEW ALBANY - Martin, Emma Jean (Cooley), 86, died September 2, 2011.
Emma Jean Cooley was born July 10, 1925 in New Albany. As a child she went to school at Silver Street Elementary and at junior high at the old Peoples College on Spring St. I, William M Martin, met Emma Jean in chorus at New Albany High School, in January of 1941 when I was the new kid in school after transferring from Lebanon, IN. Though I had very few dates in school, after graduation in 1943, I finally asked a girl for date, Emma Jean Cooley. She said yes and we have been together ever since. In those uncertain war years I was in the Army Air Corps and Emma Jean was working in the war effort at the Charlestown Powder Plant lab. After the war we were married in January of 1946, where we lived on Williams Air Field near Phoenix, AZ for a short time. Our first two children were born in Lafayette, IN. I was a student at Purdue and worked for the outdoor Maintenance Dept., while Emma Jean worked in the English Dept. In 1950 we bought a house in Clarksville and eventually added our last two children another daughter and a son, which completed our family. Now, 62 years later, after making Clarksville our home we have lost a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Emma Jean was preceded in death by her parents, Anna Wimp Cooley and James Edward Cooley; her brother James Cooley; her sisters Annetta Reinhart and Janet Kremer; her cousins Junior, Ray, Jack and Richard Cooley.
Emma Jean is survived by her husband of 65 years, William Martin; children, Micki Sellmer (Randy), Jacki Kincaid, Kit Rager (Larry) and Bill Martin (Shawn); grandchildren, Jeffrey Dempsey, Chris Dempsey, Lance Rager, Kara O'Neil, Nick Kincaid, Elise Stephens, Kyle Rager, Katie Kincaid, Martin Sellmer, KLeigh Sellmer, Jaxon Martin, Sawyer Martin and great-grandchildren, Tristan Sellmer, Wyatt Dempsey, Wasin Dempsey, Aschiwat Dempsey, Jacob Rager, Olivia Rager, Caia Rager and Seamus O'Neil.
As a teenager Emma Jean was a great roller skater. As a young woman we enjoyed square dancing for many years. We hiked and camped traveling from Yucatan to the Arctic Circle. Many of those adventures included the Great Smoky Mountains, the Grand Canyon and the entire Appalachian Trail. We bicycled all over Indiana and in 1992 biked from Wenatchee, Washington to Yorktown, VA. Even though we enjoyed a full life and many adventures together, it is still hard to lose her.
Visitation will be at Kraft Funeral Home 708 E. Spring St., New Albany, on Tuesday from 3-8 p.m. Service will be held on Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Kraft Funeral Home.
www.Kraftfuneralservice.net.
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| Father | James Edward Cooley (b. 8 September 1895, d. 29 May 1977) |
| Mother | Anna Beulah Wimp (b. 23 January 1899, d. about 8 September 1980) |
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| Son | Robert L. Kremer, Jr. |
| Son | Tony Edward Kremer |
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - New Albany, Indiana Tribune, Thursday, January 22, 1953; page 6, column 6-7 (photo)
Cooley-Kremer Wedding Planned For February 26
Mr. and Mrs. James Cooley, Klerner Lane, Announce the coming marriage of their daughter, Janet, to Robert L. Kremer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Kremer, Slate Run Road, which will take place January 26, in the Evangelical United Brethren Church at 7:30 p.m.
Miss Cooley is employed at the Fashion Shop, and Mr. Kremer is with the Courier Journal.[:CR:.
OBITUARY - New Albany, Indiana Tribune, April 14, 2009; page 5A column 2:
Janet Faye Kremer, 76; of New Albany
Janet Faye Kremer, 76, of New Albany, died Sunday, April 12, 2009, at her home.
Visitation at Seabrook Dieckmann & Naville Funeral Homes, Oak Street Chapel, will be from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Private burial will be in Kraft-Graceland Memorial Park.
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