Dale Weir Cochensparger

1923 - 1992  (69 years)

• Name	Dale Weir Cochensparger  [1]
  Birth	8 Feb 1923	Bronson, Branch Co., Michigan, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Obituary	Sturgis Daily Journal  [2]
  Death	21 Feb 1992	Bronson, Branch Co., Michigan, USA   [1]
  Burial	Bronson, Branch Co., Michigan, USA   [1]
  		Headstone of Dale Cochensparger
  Person ID	I8993	Rumsey/Ballou Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	Arthur Cochensparger,   b. 7 Apr 1895, Michigan, USA d. 11 May 1955 (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Verba Dell Rumsey,   b. 7 May 1901, Noble, Branch Co., Michigan, USA d. 10 Mar 1974, Bronson, Branch Co., Michigan, USA (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	20 Feb 1918	Bronson, Branch Co., Michigan, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F3216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Shirley Sue Donnel,   b. 20 Jul 1929, Coldwater, Branch Co., Michigan, USA d. 4 Jan 1993 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	22 Dec 1982	Honolulu, Honolulu Co., Hawaii, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F3237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2008

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 8 Feb 1923 - Bronson, Branch Co., Michigan, USA Marriage - 22 Dec 1982 - Honolulu, Honolulu Co., Hawaii, USA Death - 21 Feb 1992 - Bronson, Branch Co., Michigan, USA Burial - - Bronson, Branch Co., Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S636] Jean Rumsey, Descendants of Simon Rumsey, (Jean Rumsey), SR136(15-37). [S636] Jean Rumsey, Descendants of Simon Rumsey, (Jean Rumsey), SR136(15-37). Bronson: Dale Weir (Coke) Cochensparger, 69, 120 W. Corey St., died Feb. 21 1992, at his home, following a two year illness. He was born Feb. 8, 1923, in Bronson, a son of Arthur and Verba (Rumsey) Cochensparger. On Dec. 22, 1982, he married Shirley Donnel, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was a lifelong Bronson resident and he graduated from Bronson High School in 1941. He served as a corporal in the U.S.Army during World War II in England, Utah Beach, Normandy France, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Luxemburg. He earned five Bronze Battle Stars. While serving with the 2nd Cavalry, his unit was responsible for saving the breeding herd of the Lipizzaner horses along with several hundred Arabian, American and British thoroughbreds and French and Cossack horses from the Russians at the Hostau German Remount Breeding Depot in Czechoslovakia. Lipizzaner horses were later returned to Linz, Austria. He worked one month at the L.A.Darling Company and 43 years and seven months at the H.A.Douglas Mnufacturing Company (now Universal Components) until his retirement in 1984. He was a life member of the Bronson Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5003 and the Bronson American Legion Post 259. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose 574, Sturgis, the Branch County Historical Society, the September Days Club and a National and Branch County American Association of Retired Persons, and a former member of the Coldwater Fraternal Order of Eagles. Surviving are his wife; five stepdaughters, Mrs. Frank (Sharon) Lipke [sic] and Dawn Norris, both of Westland, Mrs. Laurence (Dale Dee) Morrow, Wayne, Mrs. Scott (Kelly) Underwood, South Lyon, and Katherine Slack, Wixom, nine step-grndchildren; five step-great-grandchildren; one brother, John Michael (Jim) Cochensparger, Bronson; two nieces and three nephews. There will be no visitation. Graveside services are at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Bronson Cemetery with full military rites being conferred by the Bronson American Legion and VFW. A lunch and time for fellowship will follow at the Bronson American Legion. Arrangements were handled by the Kolcz Funeral Home, Bronson. [S636] Jean Rumsey, Descendants of Simon Rumsey, (Jean Rumsey), SR136(1-14).