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The Life of DONALD MERLE COCKERHAM

Donald M. Cockerham, 71, of Kinta, OK, died of a respiratory ailment Thursday at home.  Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Hamilton''s Near Highland Memory Gardens Funeral Home in Des Moines.  Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Mr. Cockerham was born in Des Moines and moved to Oklahoma in 1979.  He retired as a truck driver for Neumann Construction Co. in Des Moines, was a veteran of the Army and had been a member of the Teamsters union.

Among survivors are his wife, Mary; two daughters, Luella Anderson and Cheryl Sluis, both of Des Moines; two sons, Richard of Des Moines and Donald of Kinta; three sisters; two brothers; 12 grandchildren and 15 geat-grandchildren.

Friends may call after 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

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