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<P>Dear Friends,</P>
<P>I am sending this to several of you to inform the website of a tragedy in our
family. While Kevin was mowing the lawn on Friday evening he suffered an
aneurysm and died several hours later. This is a total shock for all of us as he
was very active and physically fit. He was known for his kindness and always
being available to help out. </P>
<P>I know that he had been trying to get removed from this website for some time
now, but unsuccessfully. I would like to ask if someone would call the website
person and ask that we be taken off of the website. I will be so busy in the
next few weeks that I will not be able to do this.</P>
<P>Very respectfully yours,</P>
<P>Shirlee Johnson</P></FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=maxinecunningham@msn.com
href="mailto:maxinecunningham@msn.com">maxine cunningham</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 30, 2004 9:31 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Cooleys/was
"squabble".</DIV>
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<DIV>I have Cooley's Irises, Sorry it I wasn't clear. They are in full
bloom on Mother's Day here, I have plenty of visitors at the time of
their best blooming season. One year, a couple older ladies, got out of their
car with their little shovels and was going to help themselves. When I saw
they had what they had come after, I went out and ask what they were
doing, Their reply, "Oh we knew your Dad and we just knew you wouldn't
mind." Well that was the best Irises that I did not give away, because
those ladies give me something, that all the digging in old records will never
reveal. Childhood stories of my father. Things that make the genealogy fun and
come alive.</DIV>
<DIV>Maxine </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:Magbatt@aol.com
href="mailto:Magbatt@aol.com">Magbatt@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us">or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 30, 2004 11:03
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Cooleys/was
"squabble".</DIV>
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<DIV>Maxine, </DIV>
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<DIV>You said your roses were from Cooleys. As in the Brownsville
Cooleys? Every time my sister and I go into the Brownsville
Museum and the volunteers in there hear us laughing, they say they can
always tell when descendants of Capt Blakely or the Cooleys are in there
because they LAUGH all the time. As I recall there was a lot of
interaction between the two families. Weren't they partners is a
general store or something? I have it somewhere, but I'll bet Cecil
will jump out of the shadows and tell us from right off the top of his
head!</DIV>
<DIV><G> Thanks,
Midge</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>