Cooper's Castle Farewells Page

Deb's Father, 64, passed away September 1, 2007. His ashes are in a mausoleum at the Readon Cemetery in Simi Valley.

Died on September 5, 2007 and is laid to rest at the Santa Clara Cemetery in Oxnard.

Lily J. Cook

(Scott's Aunt)

Lily J. Cook, 67, passed away September 18, 2006. Born in London, England on May 23, 1939, she resided in Jacksonville for the

past forty-two years, and is retired from K.C. Barbeque. She leaves to cherish her memory four sons, Russell of Ft. Lauderdale,

Shawn, Joseph (JoAnna), and Troy (Brae) all of Jacksonville; two sisters, Iris Wilkinson (Wilber), and Joanie Thompson

(Dennis) both of Jacksonville. Three grandchildren, Justin, Julia and Tiffany Cook; and many relatives in the U.S. and

England. The family will receive friends for the Visitation on Friday, September 22, 2006 from 6-8pm at the Hardage

Giddens Funeral Home, 729 S. Edgewood Ave. Funeral Services will be held here in the Chapel on Saturday,

September 23, 2006 at 11am. Internment will follow in Long Branch Cemetery.

James M. Thompson

A service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005, in Willamette National Cemetery for James M. Thompson,

who died Nov. 21 at age 83. Mr. Thompson was born Sept. 27, 1922, in Vicksburg, Miss. He served in the Navy and

Air Force. He lived in Sherwood for 35 years and worked for the U.S. Postal Service. In 1955, he married Evelyn J. Stichler.

Survivors include his wife; daughters, Nancy J. Conklin and Darcie L. Thompson; sons, C. Dennis and C. Conrad;

two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Remembrances to the Cat Adoption Team in Sherwood

Scott's Uncle Charlie (Left) Standing next to Joe Dimaggio (baseball player) in Vietnam

Charles Alfred Ruby , 73, born in London, England, residing in Radcliff, Kentucky , died July 14, 2004, at Hardin Memorial

Hospital in Elizabethtown, Ky. He was a member of Radcliff Church of Christ, Civil Air Patrol, Disabled American

Veterans and the Radcliff Model Railroad Club. He was a retired Sgt. Major from the U.S. Army, a decorated veteran

of the Vietnam and Korean Wars, as well as a veteran of the Royal Army Artillery Corps. He was preceded

in death by his fist wife Yong Suk Ruby. Survivors include his wife, Kum Ye Ruby; three daughters,

Sandra Bruner and her husband Scott of Fairfax, Va., Pamela Pierson and her husband Charles of Arlington, Tx.,

and Jong Sook Kim-Envel of Stockholm, Sweden; a son, Choi Pak of Radcliff, Ky.; three sisters, Iris Wilkinson,

Lily Cook and Joan Thompson, all of Jacksonville, Fl.; and four grandchildren, Katherine Bruner, Holley

Janae Pierson, Charles Bruner and John Carl Pierson. The funeral was held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 18, 2004

at Nelson-Edelen-Bennett Funeral Home in Radcliff with Pastor Don Brunnell Officiating.

Burial was at the North Hardin Memorial Gardens in Radcliff with full military honors.

NEWMAN Pamela Jean Newman, 56, of St. Augustine, FL., died January 27, 2003 at Flagler

Hospital. She was born Lewisham Park, London, England, and had resided in St. Augustine

since the late 1970s, moving here from Jacksonville, Florida. She loved her cats

and was an avid Chicago Cubs Fan. She was a member of St. Andrews Charismatic

Episcopal Church. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February

1, 2003 at St. Andrews Charismatic Episcopal Church with Father Joe Butler, Vicar,

officiating. Flowers are gratefully declined and those wishing may make a donation

in her memory to: The Scleroderma Foundation, 12 Kent Way, Suite 101, Byfield,

Mass. 01922. She is survived by her sisters, Iris Wilkinson and her husband Wilbur,

Lilly Cook, Joan Thompson and her husband Dennis, all of Jacksonville; a brother

Charles Ruby and his wife Kumye of Radcliff, Kentucky; her soul mate, Jeanie

DAmore of Jacksonville; a brother-in-law, Gus Maciborski of England; several

nieces and nephews in the states and in England, and a host of friends. She was