MOUNT VERNON – Alma Cockerham, 93, of Cortez, Florida, passed away on Jan. 27, 2021. She was born on Nov. 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-law, grandmother and great-grandmother. She will be missed greatly.
She is survived by her sons, Steve and his wife Sharon, and Barry and his wife Anna; her sister, Joanne Body; her grandchildren, Erin Cockerham, Laura Cockerham Schmuggerow and Andy Cockerham; and seven great-grandchildren.
Alma was predeceased by her husband, Richard; her sister and brother-in-law, Lavonne and Mathias Hager; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Dale and Maxine (Cockerham) Gardner; a brother-in-law, Bill Body; and a grandson, Michael Cockerham.
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 at www.brownandsonsfuneral.com.
