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Kenneth Cokely

Kansas City, Missouri

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Kenneth Cokely, 95, Liberty, MO, peacefully passed away Monday morning, May 9, 2005, at Pleasant Valley Manor. Coach was born April 27, 1910, in Grant City, MO, the son of John Jay and Gertrude Cokely. He met the love of his life, Elsa Gibson, in high school and would marry her in 1934 after...

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Kaye, So sorry about your dad. He taught a lot of people about sportsmanship, loyalty, and had the patience of Job. Always cool, calm and collected.

GREAT STORY AND SOME GOOD FEATURES
DAN

Coach taught me to drive as he did many others. Only I got to drive backwards down every alley in Liberty.

He will be remembered by all of us Kaye. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Kaye,
I remember your father well, and his many achievements as an all-around high school coach and teacher.

My deepest sympathy,

Kaye, your father was a portrait in courage when it came to teaching his students to drive. In the middle of a turn, because a huge truck was in the opposite lane, the student threw her hands in the air and screamed, Coach just grabbed the wheel and calmly explained that this was not an acceptable technique. The common sense lessons he taught have been passed on to the generations being raised by his students. So many of us have benefited from his instructions. In almost 40 years of driving I...

I had Coach for Driver's Ed. I can still remember the first day of driving.
You and your family are in my thoughts.

Class of '65

You're in our thoughts and prayers.

Kay & Family,

Our prayers are with you!
Coach, or sometimes known as "chrome dome" and I say that with love, as he was always known to us was truly an inspiration to me and others who encountered his teaching, coaching and life skills
encouragement.

Kaye: Don and I want to extend our deepest sympathy to you and your family. "Coach" was an outstanding person and was loved and admired by so many. We both have such fond memories of our high school days as students and Sharon's memories of her days working at the high school in following years and working with "Coach" as a peer instead of a student.