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Elizabeth R Cobb

Elizabeth Rogers Cobb (“Betty”) was born in Ripley, Ohio on August 8, 1918, and died in White Bear Lake, Minnesota on April 30, 2018, three months shy of her 100 th birthday. She was the daughter of Samuel Griffith Rogers and Virginia Harrison White Rogers of Youngstown, OH. Betty lived a full and happy life, blessed with a loving husband of 67 years, Thomas Clinton Cobb (“Clint,” who passed away in 2010 at age 90 in Greenville, NC), and four children and their families. Betty is survived by three daughters, Barbara Reed Cobb Memory of White Bear Lake, MN; and twins Virginia Cobb Bement (Michael) of Mahtomedi, MN; and Elizabeth Cobb Nelson of Cockeysville, MD. Son Thomas Clinton Cobb, Jr. passed away in Los Angeles, CA in 2008. Betty’s grandsons are Alexander Clinton Memory of Columbia, MD (Suzette), Samuel Barrett Nelson of Baltimore, MD (Taryn), and Evan Michael Bement of Mahtomedi, MN. Betty’s sister, Susan Rogers Williams, lives in Ripley, Ohio; cousins, nieces, and nephews abound. Betty is also survived by dear friends Kay Polzin of Kalamazoo, MI; Bill and Barbara Crawford of Jacksonville, FL; and Mary and Charles Cullop of Cincinnati, OH. A memorial and interment service will be held Sunday, June 17, 2018, at 12:30 in the Memorial Garden of Eastminster Presbyterian Church, in East Lansing, MI. Betty’s name will be engraved on a brass plaque for the Wall of Remembrance, joining those that honor husband Clint and son Tom.