1. | Lister, Myrtle Eileen was born on 1 Jan 1938 in Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois; died on 17 May 2011 in Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana; was buried on 23 May 2011 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. Other Events and Attributes:
- Reference Number: LIST.M001
- _FGRAVE: 70129066
- Funeral: 23 May 2011, Stasi-Grove Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois
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Myrtle Eileen Cochran, better known as "Eileen" to all of her friends, age 73, of Olney, passed away at 2:10 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana.
Eileen was born on January 1, 1938, in Sailor Springs, Illinois, the daughter of Kenneth Lister and Myrtle (Welch) Lister. She married Harlen Cochran on July 26, 1962, in Louisville, Illinois. He preceded her in death.
Eileen worked as a packer in manufacturing, was a bus driver for CEFS Headstart in Clay County, and was a licensed child-care provider for many years and provided in-home child care for neighborhood children.
She is survived by sons, Robert D. and Gary W. Cochran; daughters Brenda K. Pate, and Barbara J. Humes; brothers, Kenneth W. "Wayne" Lister, Marvin D. Lister, Glen R. Lister, and David Leon Lister; sister Thelma Boyd; 15 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Kenneth and Myrtle Lister, husband Harlen Cochran, special friend Walter Bruner, beloved dog, "Candi," and three grandchildren, Angel Jean Humes, Angel Lynn Humes and Angel Carroll Humes.
Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Monday, May 23 with funeral services following immediately in the Chapel of Stasi-Grove Funeral Home in Olney.
Burial will be in Clay City Cemetery with Reverend Chris Jennette officiating.
Memorials may be given to the family of Eileen in her memory.
Myrtle married Cochran, Harlen E. on 26 Jul 1962 in Louisville, Clay County, Illinois. Harlen (son of Cochran, Thomas D. and Davis, Mary Josephine 'Josie') was born on 12 Nov 1923 in Iola, Clay County, Illinois; died on 6 Aug 1987 in eterans Administration Hospital, Danville, Vermillion County, Illinois; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois.
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