TIM COOLEY Obituary
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Kelli ONeil
March 31, 2022
I am so sorry for your loss. I worked at Sandia in the late 80's and met Tim. I came home to Kansas with him one weekend to meet his wonderful family. Sadly we did not stay in touch but I thought of him fondly through the years. He was a nice man who had a loving kind heart.
May 20, 2013
Patsy - I will not be able to come to KC as planned for Mem Day - I am so sorry I want to come now but my job is not letting me I want to come very much but I cant Love Herbie
April 7, 2013
April 7, 2013
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brandon, lowell, wesley and tim in albq
April 7, 2013
Tim and Patsy at Nuclear Museum in Albq
April 7, 2013
Herb Cooley
April 5, 2013
I like to come here every once in a while just to 'see' Timmy.
What a classic statement I read here,
"He taught me a lot about responsibilities and the importance of having fun."
The picture here of Timmy with Vickie and Alicia is such a nice picture.
The pictures of Timmy with Mark and Nanny sure show how special they were to him.
I will always how Timmy used to tease Eshmal and Eshmal wold just smile real big back and Timmy would too.
Herb Cooley
December 8, 2012
It is very difficult to accept the idea the truth that Timmy is not getting ready for Christmas in Kansas City. Like they say - You sure don't know what you have - what you had - until it is gone. Very Painful to accept. I didn't realize how much fun I had with Timmy. I didn't realize how many wonderful times I had with him. I am very glad that God made Heaven.
Herb Cooley
October 14, 2012
One way I know how much God Loves me is Him giving me Timmy as my Uncle.
When I drove to Timmy's funeral that morning I saw that those Huge Tall Massive Grain Mill Elevators had just been recently demolished. They had always been there as a Marker if you will that we we entering North Kansas City/Avondale....coming to see everybody ...Grandpa, 'Cooley', and Timmy.
God speaks in very quiet silent ways.
I will always remember when we left in the evening or night Grandpa, 'Cooley', and Timmy would ALWAYS be there by the porch waving goodbye to us.
We love you Timmy.
And someday we will be with you again!
Sara James
September 24, 2012
"Tim was also very slow to get ready when he wanted to go out, I wonder why he was so fast to leave us."
Eshmal, what a true statement. Thanks so much for your post. So great to hear from you...
ESHMAL ZAREII
September 23, 2012
Our memories of Tim are too numerous to mention here.I met him in William Jewell College and about two months later I end up living in their house with Mr & Mrs Cooley. They were fine loving people and Tim was an outstanding son. We went to school and did the homework together. Once he told me the reason we met is because he thought I was the Professor and the reason he thought I was the Professor was because I was waring a suit on the first day of class.
Year later I did transfer to the University of Missouri Columbia and with-in two years Tim did transfer there as well and we end up becoming roommates again.
I remember once we drove down to Denver to visit mike.
We stopped in a rest-stop in the middle of no where. The place was a wilderness and it was midnight, it was very dark and scary. Tim wanted to relax and stretch his lags when he sleeps so he got his sleeping-bag and he did sleep in the woods in the middle of no where. At the same time I was "not" sleeping in the car because I was not sure if this place is even safe if you sleep in the car with windows up.
He did have interesting sleeping practices for example he would sleep outside when it was snowing and cool.He would get in a sleeping bag and only have his face out.
Tim was also very slow to get ready when he wanted to go out, I wonder why he was so fast to leave us.Today is a sad day in my life
I lost a true friend and brother.
Tim always told me we are brothers and had the same feeling too.
Eshmal &Fati
Kyle Leverett
September 13, 2012
I will always remember how much fun Timmy and I had together. I even remember painting the rental house with him fondly (though at the time I was not too pleased...). He taught me a lot about responsibilities and the importance of having fun. I will always be grateful for the time I was able to spend with him.
Lowell Fletcher
September 13, 2012
A day hasn't gone by where I haven't mentioned Tim and how much I need to call him and ask him about something. Reading these posts from everyone is wonderful. Thank you.
Whitney Fletcher
September 13, 2012
A more than fabulous Uncle.
Alicia, Timmy and Vicki
Sara
August 23, 2012
Mark Wayman
August 14, 2012
Our memories of Tim are too numerous to mention here, but here are a few thoughts that come to our mind when we think of Tim…. Seems like he was always there for us when important things were happening in our lives. Mark met Tim when Mark became part of the Cooley-Clan as a teenager in the 70s helping out and building chinchilla cages. Tim was there when Nanni arrived in the US in 1980. Later he supported our decision to go to college, he always strongly believed in getting as much education as you could and to keep on learning forever. He was there when Julia was born in 1991. We visited him in ABQ twice and he came to see us in Germany a few years ago, after we had moved back. However, at least as important to us are all the other memories we have of him: Tim flying into KC the day before Christmas and Nanni going shopping with him on Christmas eve with a loooong list of present that needed to be bought. No time to wrap gifts of course, sometimes you got something wonderful wrapped in one of his socks… Tim always being late, not just hours, but days sometimes, but never missing anything really important after all. Everybody knows his love for movies, usually arriving at the theater after the first half was already over and then sleeping through the second half, but still knowing the story and what happened afterwards. Mark and Tim working in the yard at the old house and fixing things and starting projects. We would play flash-light-tag at the old house, which was really scary… Does anybody remember the fence posts in the front yard that would most certainly last 100 years after the engineer Tim had planned them, but the fence to go with it unfortunately was never finished ? Tim would tell Julia stories of bugs and lizards and dancing in the desert in New Mexico. We could go on forever with these stories. He most certainly had a brilliant mind with a gentle, loving, imaginative personality and generous soul, what a rare and wonderful combination to find in a person. Mark and Tim always thought of each other as brothers and they always stayed in touch with each other. We were so incredibly lucky to know him for such a long, but also such a short time. It is hard to describe how much we will miss him, one of those ugly crawly critters he liked to talk about ate a big painful hole into our hearts that will never heal completely anymore. Nobody will ever be able to give bear hugs again like Tim did. He will never be forgotten, that much is for sure.
Mark,Nanni&Julia
August 13, 2012
I will always remember Tim gathering the girls around the table at Patsy's house on Alhambra. He would talk, we would sort of listen. I am not sure that we understood as we were 16. No, he pretty much was talking way over our heads...... Vicki, Julie ,Susan and sometimes Tracy. I know he loved having the audience he had!!! Tim was a true gentleman.
He will truly be missed by all. May God comfort the family and friends of Timmy, he left way too soon. I am thankful that I had him in my life for the time I did. He was truly an amazing person. Yes, the world needs more Timmy's for sure!
Julie McLane Clipner
Kansas
Tim in Würzburg
Mark Wayman
August 13, 2012
Tim in Stuttgart with the Daigles and Waymans
Mark Wayman
August 13, 2012
Tim with Nanni and Julia in Würzburg
Mark Wayman
August 13, 2012
Tim and Mark 1987
Mark Wayman
August 13, 2012
Tim 1987
Mark Wayman
August 13, 2012
Tim hang gliding
Mark Wayman
August 13, 2012
Albquerque Baloon Festival 1987
Mark Wayman
August 13, 2012
Albquerque Baloon Festival 1987
Mark Wayman
August 13, 2012
Mark Wayman
August 13, 2012
Tim gives Mark a Bolo Tie in Aschaffenburg Germany
Mark Wayman
August 13, 2012
Michael T Reed
August 13, 2012
Tim, "the Wild Man", Cooley. He brightened our lives and our hearts. He could be exasperating and energizing at the same time. The world needs more Timmys.
Donnie & Sandy Ruyle
August 13, 2012
Patsy: We are very sorry to hear about Tim. May God be with you at this time.
Lois Thompson Faulconer
August 12, 2012
Patsy,
I am so sorry for your loss. Tim was born when Danny and I were almost ready to graduate. You know that as Cooley School kids, we all cared about each other. Please accept my sympathy
Herb Cooley
August 12, 2012
I love you Timmy.
I will always remember you as:
The Prince of Physics and Engineering
Mr. Fun on Holidays (and any other time) - you could outfun anyone anytime anywhere
HIS EMINENCE - THE KING and MASTER of THE 4TH of JULY - with NO RIVALS,NONE
Having a Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy - even though never officially presented one.
My Big Brother
You, like Dad, ran to adventure.
We love you Tim.
You loved beautiful music
While at the Overland Park movie theatre - You WERE THE ONLY ONE laughing while watching the twilight zone movie - part 4 Horror/Terror at 20,000 feet - the demon on the wing....
The only guy who could ever have a pet like Charlie the Chicken.
My uncle - who drove an ice cream truck in Tough Town in Kansas City - along the Paseo - after dark (circa 1971).
I can still hear you laughing at my ballet recital at the downtown concert
hall Municipal Auditorium in 1962
And last of all,
YOU ARE AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE ULTIMATE "JACK HENRY"
Love,
Herbie
Sunday dinner at Cooley's
Sara
August 12, 2012
Uncle Timmy, always dressed for dinner
Sara
August 12, 2012
Uncle Timmy
Sara
August 12, 2012
Sara James
August 12, 2012
I am so proud of him and what he accomplished. But what I'll remember mostly is shooting bottle rockets at each other on 4th of July until intelligence (or injury?) prevailed.
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