A graveside service for Thelma Amelia Cochran, age 79, of Daisy, Arkansas, will be at 10:00 A.M. Monday, August 4, 2008, at the Lamont Cemetery, with Rev. Kevin Ratterman officiating.  Arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home.  Visitation with the family will be Sunday evening from 6:00 to 7:30 P.M. at the funeral home.

             She was born to  Frank and Nora (McCullen) Krkosska on July 31, 1929, in Ellinwood, Kansas, and died Thursday, July 31, 2008, at her home in Daisy, Arkansas.

             Thelma grew up in Eureka Springs and Harrison, Arkansas.  She worked at the Harrison Theater and then as a telephone operator.  On October 9, 1959, she married Douglas Cochran in Enid, and they made their home in Arkansas and then the Wichita, Kansas area.  Thelma was a homemaker, and she loved to cook.  After their retirement, they moved to Daisy.  Thelma was a member of St. Mary of the Springs Catholic Church in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

             She is survived by her husband, Douglas of the home; son Robert Gene Cochran of Kirby, Arkansas; daughter Linda Kay Cochran of Wichita, Kansas; two sisters, Eugena Keck of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, and Frances Vaughn of Rosehill, Kansas; sister-in-law Beverly Hager and husband Richard of Enid; brother-in-law Jack Cochran and wife Norma of Tempe, Arizona; and many nieces and nephews.

             She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers, Ira, Toney, Jim, George & Larry Krkosska; and one sister, Eleanor Slape.

        Condolences may be made online to ab@andersonburris.com.