Carl E. Cocklin

Carl E. Cock­lin, 71, Sun­bury, died Fri­day morn­ing May 25, 2012, at his residence.

He was born on Sep­tem­ber 21, 1940, in Colum­bus to Charles and June (Wheeler) Cock­lin. He was a Viet­nam Air Force vet­eran, a mem­ber of Spar­row Lodge No. 400 F&AM, bridge club and Unity Spir­i­tual Cen­ter in Delaware.

Carl loved his grand­chil­dren and enjoyed every minute spent with them. Carl was a fun-loving, very car­ing, lov­ing per­son and a great inspi­ra­tion to the peo­ple whose lives he touched. He was always upbeat in his actions and had sur­vived many ill­nesses. Carl loved to fish and enjoyed spend­ing time fish­ing in Ocean Isle, North Car­olina and in the bays of the Gulf of Mexico.

He is sur­vived by his wife of 44 years, Betty Combs, whom he mar­ried on May 28, 1968 in Cam­bridge, Ohio; mother, June Cock­lin of Marysville; daugh­ter, Kelly Zakra­jsek of Delaware; grand­chil­dren, Asher and Matty; brother, Paul (Dawn) of Win­ches­ter, Ohio; sis­ters, Janet Gra­ham and June Cock­lin, both of Marysville; son-in-law, Jim Zakra­jsek of Sun­bury; lov­ing nieces and nephews; spe­cial friends, Rick Ward and Jim Caudill; plus many other won­der­ful people.

Pre­ceded in death by his father, Charles Cock­lin; and his sis­ter, Juanita Cocklin.

Memo­r­ial ser­vices will be held at the Con­dit Pres­by­ter­ian Church on Sat­ur­day, June 2, 2012, at 11 a.m. with The Rev­erends Robin Volker and John Zuercher offi­ci­at­ing. Arrange­ments entrusted to the DeVore-Snyder Funeral Home, Sunbury.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions can be made to: Unity Spir­i­tual Cen­ter, PO Box 593, Delaware, Ohio 43015 or to a char­ity near and dear to your own heart.

Con­do­lences may be expressed at < www.snyderfuneralhomes.com >.

Posted by Gary Henery on May 30 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.