Obituary - Doris E (Buckley) Kool

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Doris E. Kool

Mon, Feb 12, 2007

Doris E. Kool, 96, of Newton died Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, at USA Healthcare in Newton.

There will be no services. Her body was cremated. Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton handled arrangements.

The daughter of Ivan and Goldie (Fleenor) Buckley, she was born Aug. 12, 1910, in rural Jasper County near Monroe. She graduated from Monroe High School in 1927 and attended Grand View College. On Nov. 25, 1931, she married Dan Kool in Monmouth, Ill., and was a homemaker. She lived in Newton since 1947.

Survivors include two daughters, Marilyn (and John) Wickenkamp and Arlene Webb, all of Newton; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; a brother, Gene (and Shirley) Buckley of Monroe; and a sister, Miriam Pieper of Newton.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dan; a brother, Robert Buckley; and a sister in infancy.