http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 15 December 2012 Obituary of Frances Lillian Goodwin Coogan ____________________________________________________________________ (extracted from "Ashville Citizen-Times", 03 OCT 2004): FRANCES COOGAN Swannanoa - Frances Lillian Goodwin Coogan, 92, a loving mother and grandmother of five, of Harrison Hill Road, died Thursday, Sept. 30, 2004. A native of Sweetwater, Texas, she spent her childhood in Plainview, Texas, where she graduated from nursing school. She was a daughter of the late Walter and Zodelle Potter Coogan [typo ? - shouldn't it be Goodwin ?] and the widow of Jay G. Coogan, who died in December 2000. A registered nurse, she volunteered with the American Red Cross during World War II and later served many community service groups including the Council on Aging. She lived for 23 years in Westminister, Calif., where she was very active in her church, the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Moving to Swannanoa Valley in 2002, she was associated with St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by four brothers and four sisters. Surviving are two sons, Michael Coogan of Vancouver, Wash., and David Coogan of Santa Rosa, Calif.; daughter, Vicki Svatos and her husband, Joseph, of Swannanoa; two sisters, Ruby Hudgins of Farmington, N.M. and Verna Johnson of Boise, Idaho; 10 grand- children; and nine great-grandchildren. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Crossroads Assembly of God with the Revs. J. Michael Brown, Glynn Bachelor, Robert Chuprevich and Isaac Owolabi officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Missions Fund of Crossroads Assembly of God, 20 South Bear Creek Road, Ashville, NC 28806. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Penland & Sons Funeral Home in Swannanoa. http://www.citizentimes.com/obits/obit.php?id=17864 ____________________________________________________________________