Alma Cockerham, 93, of Cortez, Florida, passed away on January 27, 2021.
She was born on November 6, 1927, in Mount Vernon, Ohio, to Carold and Frances (Cochran) McGugin. After graduating from Mount Vernon High School in 1945, Alma landed her first job as a telephone operator. She also worked at Honeycomb Corporation and in the IT Department at Cooper Energy Services.
She retired in 1984 and promptly moved to Florida with her husband, Richard Cockerham. Alma met her husband, Richard in high school. They married in 1948 and were the proud parents of two sons, Steve and Barry. Once they retired, Alma and Richard loved to travel in their RV throughout North America, always finding time to visit their two sons and their families.
Not known to many was her competitive side–happily racing on a donkey at age 83 up the cliff road in Santorini to beat the rest of her group to the top or emerging victorious from multi-day gin rummy matches against her grandson, Andy. Alma was a wonderful and beloved friend, sister, wife, mother, mother-in-love, grandmother and great-grandmother. She will be missed greatly.
Alma was predeceased by her husband, Richard; her sister and brother-in-law, Lavonne and Mathias Hager; her brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Dale and Maxine (Cockerham) Gardner; her brother-in-law, Bill Body and her grandson, Michael Cockerham.
She is survived by her son, Steve and his wife, Sharon; her son, Barry and his wife, Anna; her sister, Joanne Body; her grandchildren, Erin Cockerham, Laura Cockerham Schmuggerow and Andy Cockerham and seven great-grandchildren.
There will be no Services at this time. Brown & Sons Funeral Homes & Crematory 26th Street Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. Condolences may be made to www.brownandsonsfuneral.com.
