Joe Irvin Cottle

1923 - 1997  (73 years)

• Name	Joe Irvin Cottle
  Born	19 Oct 1923	Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Apr 1997	Richland Hills, Tarrant County, Texas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3003	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Joseph Morgan Cottle,   b. 12 Jul 1880, Morgan County, Kentucky ,   d. 19 Mar 1963, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Ella Blanche Brashear Cottle,   b. 2 Feb 1893, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 9 Mar 1961, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 68 years)
  Married	1910	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Family ID	F1442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Betty Lou Wilson Cottle,   b. 11 Mar 1929, Bristow, Creek County, Oklahoma ,   d. 3 Jul 1998, Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2016 09:47:27
  Family ID	F1441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Cottle, Joe I. Joe Irvin Cottle Joe Irvin Cottle, 73, North Richland Hills, Texas, formerly of Topeka, died Saturday, April 19, 1997, at home. He was a colonel in the Air Force before he retired. He was born Oct. 19, 1923, in Wamego, the son of Joseph M. and Ella Brashear Cottle. He lived in Wamego 10 years be¬fore he moved to Topeka. He attended Topeka High School and was graduated from Salina High School. He was graduat¬ed from Washburn University and received a masters degree in education from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. He was a B-17 pilot and flew missions in Europe during World War II. He was a C-130 pilot and flew missions during the Korean War and Vietnam War. While in the military, he taught four years at Oregon State University in Corvallis. He spent 33 years in military service before he retired in 1977. He was a member of a Masonic Lodge in Corvallis, Ore., Scottish Rite bodies in Eugene, Ore., and the Shrine in Portland, Ore. He was married to Betty Lou Wilson Aug. 19, 1948, in Salina. She survives. Other survivors include three brothers, Raymond Cottle, Wamego, Don Cottle, Wentzville, Mo., and Robert Cottle, Casa Verde, Ariz.; and two sisters, Reva Blanchard, Topeka, and Darlene Flickinger, Euless, Texas. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Rossville Cemetery in Ross¬ville. Mr. Cottle will lie in state from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Penwell-Gabel Mid-Town Funeral Home in Topeka. Biggers Funeral Home in Fort Worth is in charge of Texas arrangements.