Joan M. Cooney

RICHLAND ? Joan M. Cooney, 77, of Rubio, died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, from complications of multiple sclerosis.

    Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at Mother Cabrini Church in Richland with the Rev. Rich Adam officiating.  Burial will be in Clay Cemetery east of Richland.  Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Gould Funeral Home in Richland where the family will be present from 6 to 8 p.m. and Prayers for a Christian Wake will begin at 7 p.m.  A memorial fund has been established for Maplewood Manor in Keota.

    Mrs. Cooney was born Jan. 1, 1932, in Jefferson County, the daughter of Vernon L. and Alice D. (Linder) Sheraden.  She married Robert Dean Cooney on June 1, 1950, in Fairfield.

For he full obituary, see the Sept. 8 edition of The Washington Evening Journal