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Cocking, Beatrice C.
Beatrice C. Cocking, 96, of Marion, died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at Crestview Acres Care Center, Marion. Per her wishes, there will be no funeral services.
Survivors include her children, Shirley (Al Bartus) Dement, Coretta Sweeney, Dreanna (Don) Zachmeyer and Rick Cocking; 12 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and sister, Ruth Hayes.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Glen; sister, Sybil Simmonds; three brothers, James, Marvin and Ray Hayward; son-in-law, Wayne Sweeney; and grandson, Donald Riddle.
Beatrice was born June 8, 1916, in Morley, Iowa, the daughter of James and Augusta (Reed) Hayward. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in Cedar Rapids. Beatrice married W. Glen Cocking on Dec. 31, 1949. Glen died in 1990. She was the founder of Cocking's Yarn and Needlecraft. Beatrice enjoyed crocheting, needlework and cross stitching.
Please sign the online guest book for Beatrice at under obituaries.
Published in The Gazette April 30, 2013.
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