Alma Beatrice Cotton
1881 - 1963 (82 years)-
Name Alma Beatrice Cotton [1, 2, 3] Birth 23 Aug 1881 Hudson, Plains Township, Pennsylvania 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Female Death 2 Oct 1963 Person ID I58888 Stewartsny Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Father Edmund George Cotton, b. 12 Jul 1852, Llanover, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 17 Nov 1938, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 86 years) Relationship natural Mother Anna Jane Evans, b. 12 Mar 1857, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Sep 1919, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years) Relationship natural Marriage Abt 1879 [2] Family ID F19541 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, October 3, 1963 Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Evening News - DEATH TAKES ALMA COTTON - Retired Educator Active in Flower Clubs - Miss Alma Beatrice Cotton of 186 South Grant Street, retired City school teacher, passed away yesterday afternoon in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. SHe had been a medical patient three weeks. Miss Cotton was born in Hudson, Plains Township, a daughter of the late Edmund George and Anna Jane Evans Cotton. She spent the greater part of her life in the Heights section. Miss Cotton was a graduate of Wilkes-Barre High School, Wyoming Seminary and recived her BS degree at Pennsylvania State University and MS degree in Home Economics at Columbia University. She taught in Home Economics Department at Coughlin High School and also at GAR High School until her retirement several years ago. She was a member of the Grant Street Presbyterian Church and American Association of University Women. She was a member of Wyoming Valley Garden Club and West Side Flower Club. Miss Cotton served as a national flower show judge. Surviving are a sister, Edna Cotton, at home; several cousins. Funeral will be held from the family home Saturday morning at 11, Rev. Duane H. Collins, Grant Street Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment in Hollenbeck Cemetery.
Newspaper Obituary - Saturday, October 5, 1963 Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Evening News - Miss Alma Cotton Is Borne To Rest - Services for Miss Alma Beatrice Cotton, retired city school teacher, of 186 South Grant Street, City, were conducted this afternoon. Rev. Duane H. Collins, Grant Street Presbyterian Church, officiated at the family home. Interment was in Hollenbeck Cemetery. Pallbearers were Walter Samuels, Edwin Abbott, Wesley Simmers, Thomas Morgan, Robert Jones and Alfred Stortz, Sr.
- Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, October 3, 1963 Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Evening News - DEATH TAKES ALMA COTTON - Retired Educator Active in Flower Clubs - Miss Alma Beatrice Cotton of 186 South Grant Street, retired City school teacher, passed away yesterday afternoon in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. SHe had been a medical patient three weeks. Miss Cotton was born in Hudson, Plains Township, a daughter of the late Edmund George and Anna Jane Evans Cotton. She spent the greater part of her life in the Heights section. Miss Cotton was a graduate of Wilkes-Barre High School, Wyoming Seminary and recived her BS degree at Pennsylvania State University and MS degree in Home Economics at Columbia University. She taught in Home Economics Department at Coughlin High School and also at GAR High School until her retirement several years ago. She was a member of the Grant Street Presbyterian Church and American Association of University Women. She was a member of Wyoming Valley Garden Club and West Side Flower Club. Miss Cotton served as a national flower show judge. Surviving are a sister, Edna Cotton, at home; several cousins. Funeral will be held from the family home Saturday morning at 11, Rev. Duane H. Collins, Grant Street Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment in Hollenbeck Cemetery.
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