Olive Alice Myers Cochran

1904 - 1976  (72 years)

• Name	Olive Alice Myers Cochran
  Birth	14 Mar 1904	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Death	18 Jul 1976	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Burial	21 Jul 1976	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I2872	Rossville
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Thaddeus James Myers,   b. 14 Aug 1866   d. 3 Mar 1934 (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Rosetta Isabel Page Myers,   b. 12 Sep 1868, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas d. 23 Jul 1952, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1894
  Family ID	F1699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	J. Harold Cochran   d. 1964
  Marriage	1928
  Children	1. Janet Louise Cochran,   b. 11 Nov 1929   d. 24 Jan 1989 (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F1698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2016

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Cochran, Olive Winter Accident Victim Succumbs A collision at W. 10th and Fairlawn Road the afternoon Feb. 5 has claimed the life of a Topeka woman. Mrs. Olive A. Cochran, 72, 1163 Boswell, who was injured critically in the crash died Sunday night, July 18,1976, in a Topeka convalescent center where she was transferred from a Topeka hospital June 9. Mrs. Cochran suffered chest and internal injuries and numerous fractures and remained in critical condition in a Topeka hospital for many weeks following the accident. She had been transferred back to the intensive care unit again April 26 after her condition worsened. Police said the car driven by Mrs. Cochran was westbound on 10th and a truck driven by William D. Eichinger 17, 1033 Silverstone Road, was northbound on Fairlawn Road when they collided shortly after 3 p.m. Feb. 5. Mrs. Cochran’s death raises the 1976 traffic toll in Topeka to four. The last previous fatality occurred June 9 when a pedestrian died shortly after being struck by a car at 6th and Clay. Services for Mrs. Cochran are planned at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Parker Mortuary. She was born March 14, 1904, at Rossville and spent most of her life in the Topeka community. She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Topeka Chapter No. 462, Order of Eastern Star, and Trinity White Shrine No. 7. She was married to Harold Cochran in 1928, he died in 1964. Survivors include a daughter, Janet Cochran, at home; two sister, Mrs. Mildred Fisher, 2037 High, and Mrs. Gwen McAfee, Decatur, Ala.; and two brothers, Vernon Myers, Rossville, and Dr. Clark Myers, Atlanta, Ga. Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery. Mrs Cochran will lie in state at the mortuary until time of services.