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Funeral service Jack A. Cottrell, 92, Lawrence will be 10 AM. Wednesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial with military honors will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. He died Thursday, September 8, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
He was born Sept. 3, 1924 in Decatur IL, the son of Cecil and Bessie Ackerman Cottrell.
Jack was a Navy veteran of WWII and the Korean wars. He worked for IBM in Tulsa, OK; Lexington, KY; and Boulder, CO, retiring as Senior Engineer after 38 years of service.
He married Laura C. Wilson on March 30, 1951 in Tulsa. She survives of the home. They moved to Lawrence about a year ago to be close to family. Other survivors include daughters Laurine Howard of Salvisa, KY, Paula Suzanne (Bob) Hahn of Lawrence, son Doug Cottrell of Lexington, KY, grandchildren David (Aubree) and Rachel Hahn, great-grandchildren Adele and Kylee Hahn.
He will lay in state Tuesday noon to 8 PM. at the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8 PM.
Memorials may be made to Douglas County Visiting Nurses or Veterans Community Project in care of the funeral home, PO Box 1260, Lawrence, KS 66044. Online condolences may be sent at rumsey-yost.com.
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Jack was my first IBM manager. He lived a long live. Farewell Boss J. Darmafall
Jerry Darmafall
September 17, 2016
I wish to express my condolences during his family's time of mourning.
T Walker
September 14, 2016
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