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23 December 2010

Obituary of Peter Francis Coogan SR

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(extracted from "Yonkers Herald-Statesman" [NY], 30 AUG 1944, 
PAGE 2):

PETER FRANCIS COOGAN
Engineer At Research Institute

Peter Francis Coogan, stationary engineer at the Boyce Thompson
Institute for Plant Research, Inc. since its inception, died of a
heart attack this morning at his home, 28 Railroad Avenue.  He was
fifty-two years old.

Born and educated in Hastings-on-Hudson, he came to Yonkers 20 
years ago, when he took charge of the heating plant at the research
institute here.

Mr. Coogan is survived by his wife, the fromer Minnie Langhorst;
one daughter, Miss Anne Coogan; three sons, Peter Francis Coogan,
Jr., Warrant Officer John William Coogan, A.U.S., and Private
Frederick Coogan with the Army in Texas; one sister, Miss Lucy
Coogan of Hastings-on-Hudson, and four brothers, Edward Coogan of
Yonkers and Terrence, James and John Coogan of Hastings-on-Hudson.

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(extracted from "New York Times" [NY], 31 AUG 1944, PAGE 17):

PETER F. COOGAN SR
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

YONKERS, N. Y., Aug. 30 - Peter F. Coogan Sr., power engineer and
father of two sons in the armed services, died here today in his
home, 28 Railroad Avenue.  His age was 52.  Born in Hastings-on-
Hudson, he had lived in Yonkers for nineteen years.  He was 
associated for twenty years with the Boyce Thompson Institute for
Plant Research.

He leaves a widow, Minnie L. Coogan; three sons, John of the Army,
Fred of the Army and Peter F. Coogan JR; four brothers and a 
sister.

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