Obituary

The Munising News
Wednesday, August 13, 2003

THELMA NEOMA COTEY

Thelma Neoma Cotey, age 99, of Superior St. in Munising, died Monday, August 4, 2003, at the Tendercare Health Center in Munising. Thelma was born on May 21, 1904 in Munising to the late Eugene and Emma (Jobin) Cotey. She graduated from the Sacred Heart School and William G. Mather High School in 1922. Thelma was a lifetime member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She was a member of the St. Michael’s Circle of St. Anthony’s Guild and the Alger County Historical Society. Thelma worked 42 years at Madigan’s Hardware as a bookkeeper and clerk retiring in 1964. She enjoyed bowling for many years, playing cards, and had a beautiful flower garden and a plentiful raspberry patch. She belonged to a local sewing club and did beautiful cutwork. Thelma had a wonderful sense of humor, she was devoted to her faith, and had said that she always felt fortunate to have so much family around her even though she had no children of her own.

She is survived by: her sisters – Mildred Bell and Jeanne Poirier, both of Munising, and Eulene Skszek of Belleville, MI; a brother, Dennis James of Lower Michigan; and numerous loving nieces and nephews.

Besides her parents, Eugene and Emma, Thelma was preceded in death by sisters – Priscilla Andrus, Marne Mae and Eleanor M.; and brothers – Clayton, J. Harold, Francis and John “Jack”.

Father Dennis L. Borca celebrated a Mass of Christian Burial at the Sacred Heart Church in Munising on Friday, August 8, 2003. Interment was in the Maple Grove Cemetery in Munising.

Submitted by Connie Duke