Cordella Mae "Dell" Thrasher, age 99, of Oakley, passed away on August
1, 2020 at the Logan County Hospital in Oakley. Dell was born May 9,
1921 on a farm near Glasco, KS to Cora and Oren Rogers. She was the 7th child.
She
attended country school and high school at Glasco. Dell loved her
horses and dogs. When she was little, she rode her horse Trixie to
school every day to a country school, from 1st grade to 6th
grade. On December 24, 1939, she married Roy P. Thrasher at Hill City,
KS. To this union three children were born: Brenda Jean, Thomas
Edward, and Terry Lee. Their first home was in Glasco where Roy was
employed by the natural gas pipeline. In March, 1946, they moved to a
farm near Page City where they lived until October, 1982; when Roy and
Dell moved to Oakley.
Dell loved to go to the Sun Shine Club
there in Page City. She loved her music. She played the radio all day
long as she worked around the house. She loved to bake and paint, and
was a great artist and making quilts. Dell she made a quilt for
everyone in the family, plus her grandchildren. She was member of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary, Post 2811, and worked on
quilts that were sold by the Auxiliary for Christmas. She also baked
many pies for funeral dinners for the last 20 years.
She was
preceded in death by her parents, 2 brothers: George H. Rogers and
“Onie” Rogers, 4 sisters: Alma Williams, Mary Jones, Nellie Tubeck and
Clara Brown, and son-in-law, Darryl Cooper.
Survivors include her
daughter, Brenda Schertz Cooper of Oakley, her sons: Tom Thrasher and
Terry Thrasher of Oakley, and 9 grandchildren: Greg Cooper and wife
Linda and Darin Cooper and wife Beverly, all of California, Kim Schertz
and wife, Cindy of Phoenix, AZ, Tina Matthews and husband Robert of
North Carolina, Traci (Thrasher) Heiman and husband Chris (Ryan and
Claire, and Taryn and Allison) of Garden City, Travis Thrasher and son
Corey Thrasher of Oakley, Melissa Thrasher of Santa Monica, CA, Mandy
(Thrasher) Wilcox and husband David of Millenburg, Oregon, Monica
(Thrasher) of Colorado. 7 Great grandchildren: Austin Cooper, Quinn
Cooper, and Brock Cooper, all of Walnut, CA, Davis Cooper and Elliot
Cooper of Pasadena, CA, Kimberly Schertz and wife Cindy of Phoenix, AZ;
stepdaughter, Courtney Cohen and Tyler Burrows and of Oklahoma, Brandi
Bentley and husband Robert of North Carolina, 2 great-great
grandchildren: Robert James Bentley, III and Kynlee Burrows, and many
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Friday,
August 7, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at Kennedy-Koster Funeral Home, Oakley,
with Pastor Bob Kelly officiating. Interment will follow in the
Monument Township Cemetery. Visitation: 5 – 8 p.m. on Thursday, August
6, 2020 at Kennedy-Koster Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to
V.F.W. Post 2811 Ladies Auxiliary and the Logan County Health Department
and sent in care of Kennedy-Koster Funeral Home, P.O. Box 221, Oakley,
KS 67748.