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28 August 2010

Obituary of Frederick Leon 'Fred' Coogan

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(extracted from "Norman Transcript" [OK], 28 MAY 2013):

SANDEE COOGAN

NORMAN — Sandee Coogan passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2013. She 
was born Oct. 2, 1950, in Oklahoma City to William and June 
Gimlin.

Arrangements for Sandee and her family were placed in the care of 
the Vice family at Havenbrook Funeral Home in Norman.

A memorial service will be 10 a.m. Thursday at St. John’s 
Episcopal Church, 235 W. Duffy St. in Norman.

Sandee graduated from Midwest City High School in 1968 and 
continued her education at the University of Oklahoma, where she 
earned her B.S. in education in 1972. She taught children with 
learning disabilities in New Braunfels, Texas, as well as the 
Oklahoma City metro area. She later attained her M.Ed. in 
educational psychology from the University of Oklahoma in 1979. 
She received her juris doctorate from the University Of Oklahoma 
College of Law in 1988.

Sandee was a sole practitioner for most of her legal career in 
Norman, with her area of practice focusing primarily on family 
law. She was admitted to practice law in the State of Oklahoma 
in 1988, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Western 
District of Oklahoma. She dedicated a substantial amount of her 
life to improving the way legal services are provided to the 
public. She was recently elected to serve on the statewide 
Oklahoma Bar Association’s Board of Governors. She further 
served on that association’s Board of Editors of the Oklahoma Bar 
Journal, the Awards Committee, the Women in Law Committee and the 
Bench and Bar Committee. She was a member of the Oklahoma Bar 
Association’s Family Law Section and was a sustaining fellow of 
the Oklahoma Bar Foundation. 

Sandee was a proud member of the Cleveland County Bar Association, 
serving as its president and serving in other various capacities 
as a member of its executive board since 1997. She was elected as 
a Cleveland County Bar Association delegate to the OBA Annual 
Meeting House of Delegates since 1997. She was also a trustee of 
the Cleveland County Bar Foundation, a member of the Post-
Adjudicatory Review Board for deprived children, where she served 
as chairman since 1994, and was a member of the Cleveland County 
Bench and Bar Committee. She further served as vice president of 
the Judicial Resources Board. She was also a founding member of 
the Mary Abbott House.

She is survived by her husband, Craig Sutter; their daughter, 
Sarah Sutter; her sisters of her heart, and her cats Mortimer, 
Lady Jane and Minnie. 

In addition to her tireless work as a lawyer, Sandee was an avid 
reader and Master Gardener. She also enjoyed quilting and 
socializing with her wide array of friends.

Memorial donations may be made to Planned Parenthood, Norman 
Clinic, 2100 B W. Lindsey St., Norman, OK 73069.

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