Alan Stuart Cookson

died October 21, 2010, in Hillsboro, Oregon. Born in Liverpool, England, March 19, 1918, he worked for the Booth Steamship Company and served in the British Army Signal Corps during WWII. He immigrated to the US in 1955 and settled and worked in Eureka for Eureka Redwood Co, Arthur Mooney Accountants, JB McCarthy Chrysler & Dodge and Daly's. He worked for the Honda Pontiac dealer in San Jose before retiring in Eureka. An avid genealogist, he volunteered in the Eureka Family History Center where he led its operation and compiled many useful resources in addition to teaching community classes on genealogy. He held several leadership roles in the local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Alan married Marjorie Steele March 29, 1941who predeceased him in 1995. They had four children, two of them, Carol and David, also deceased. Married again in May 1998 to Helen Neal who died in 2009, Alan is survived by two children: Peter Cookson and his wife Judith of Dover, DE, and Kathryn Raimondi and her husband Don of Santa Rosa, 10 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. Funeral Services to be held in the LDS Church 2806 Dolbeer Street, 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct 30, 2010; interment at Ocean View Cemetery follows. The family suggests a fitting memorial would be for individuals to spend time researching their family history. Please sign the guest book at www.Times-Standard.com, click obits.