Lucile Dorothea Bower Cogdill died June 5, 1997, four months after celebrating her 100th birthday.
She was born in Kenwood Park, Iowa, to John Aaron and Dorothea Lucile Sutter Bower. She married William Dale Cogdill on April 20, 1920, in Chadron, Neb.
The couple moved to Klamath Falls in 1940, coming from Nampa, Idaho.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Joseph and Jeannine Cogdill, Klamath Falls; her daughters and son-in-law, Patsy and Roger Beck, Klamath Falls, Donna and William Turner, Klamath Falls and Dorothea and Donald Zaronsinski, Portland; grandchildren, Jana Leeper, Klamath Falls, Barry Cogdill, Fort Huachuca, Ariz., David Beck, Corvallis,, Debra Grevavac, Portland, Daryl Zaroskinski, Portland, DeAnna Shilds, Portland, Dona VanBronkhorst, Los Altos, Calif., Dean Zarosinski, Vancouver, Wash., Donald Zarosiski, Lake Oswego, and W. Dale Turner, Lake Oswego; and by 27 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, who died in 1976 and a son, William Cogdill Jr.