OBITUARY NAME: KENNETH JOE COCHRAN AGE 75 A LONGTIME AREA RESIDENT OF ATOKA BORN : ON JANUARY 18, 1933 TO THOMAS J. COCHRAN AND MAUDE RIPLEY COCHRAN AT MCALESTER, OK PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2008 AT ATOKA, OK AGE: 75 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS SCHOOL: KENNETH ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HARMONY AND ATOKA HIGH. AFTER SERVING IN THE KOREAN WAR HE GRADUATED FROM OKMULGEE A & M TECH AS A STRUCTURAL DRAFTSMAN. MARRIED: HE MARRIED BETTY SCOTT ON APRIL 25, 1957 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: KENNETH WORKED AT MT. WILSON OBSERVATORY IN PASADENA CA. HE LATER BECAME A PIPE DESIGNER FOR BROWN & ROAT, DOW CHEMICAL AND FLUOR IN HOUSTON, TX BEFORE RETIRING. AFFILIATION AND HOBBIES: HE LIKED TO FISH, GARDEN AND SPEND TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BETTY COCHRAN OF 51 YEARS OF THE HOME SON: SCOTT COCHRAN AND WIFE BEVERLY OF ATOKA, OK GRANDSONS: DILLON COCHRAN OF ATOKA, OK DUSTIN COCHRAN OF ATOKA, OK 4 BROTHERS: DWAIN COCHRAN AND WIFE LOIS OF ATOKA, OK EDWARD COCHRAN AND WIFE RUTH OF PHOENIX, AZ CLYDE COCHRAN OF ATOKA, OK JAMES DALE COCHRAN, WHO DONATED A KIDNEY TO HIM 16 YEARS AGO, OF ATOKA, OK ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: THOMAS J COCHRAN MOTHER: MAUDE RIPLEY COCHRAN ALLRED INFANT SON: MARK COCHRAN ********************************************************************************************************************* DATE OF SERVICES: PRIVATE SERVICE - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2008 AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: NEW ZION CEMETERY PLACE OF BURIAL: NEW ZION CEMETERY CASKETBEARERS: FAMILY NIGHT- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2008 5 - 7 CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK