Zelpha Ruth Dean[1]
1926 - 2015 (89 years)
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Name Zelpha Ruth Dean Born 6 Jul 1926 Elwood, Madison County, Indiana 
[2] Gender Female Died 1 Sep 2015 Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana [2] - Zelpha Ruth (Dean) Cottingham, 89 of Wabash and formerly of Tipton died at 9:01 a.m. on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at Bickford Senior Living in Wabash. She was born in Elwood on July 6, 1926 to Melvin Omer & Mabel (Conway) Dean. On December 29, 1956 she married Gene Wade Cottingham and he preceded her in death on September 20, 1983.
Zelpha was a bank teller in Windfall, Tipton and Elwood. She had also worked as a bookkeeper with her husband at their dealership, Cottingham Chevrolet and Olds in Tipton. She was a graduate of Windfall High School, Class of 1946. She had been very active at New Hope Friends, Howard Chapel, Windfall Christian Church and South Marion Friends, all in Indiana, throughout her life. Zelpha enjoyed cross-stitch, crocheting, macramé and sewing.
Survivors include one son, Joseph Cottingham and wife Debbie, Tipton; two daughters, Lou Anne Cottingham, Cicero and Suzanne Peebles and husband Roger, Wabash; three grandchildren, Isaac Peebles, Emma Peebles and Kayla Jo Cottingham. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Dwight Lovel Dean, Maurice Emil Dean, James Leroy Dean and Alton Lamaar Dean.
Funeral services for Zelpha will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 5 at Young-Nichols Funeral Home, Tipton with Pastor Dave Phillips officiating and burial to follow in Fairview Cemetery, Tipton. Visitation will be from 12:00 noon until the time of the service on Saturday.
Buried 5 Sep 2015 Tiption, Tipton County, Indiana [2] Person ID I39303 Family Last Modified 4 Nov 2020
Family Gene Wade Cottingham, b. 25 May 1928, Windfall, Tipton County, Indiana , d. 20 Sep 1983, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana (Age 55 years) Married 29 Dec 1956 [2, 3] Children 1. Joseph A. Cottingham 2. Lou Anne Cottingham 3. Suzanne Ruth Cottingham Last Modified 30 May 2024 Family ID F14387 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Zelpha Ruth (Dean) Cottingham, 89 of Wabash and formerly of Tipton died at 9:01 a.m. on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at Bickford Senior Living in Wabash. She was born in Elwood on July 6, 1926 to Melvin Omer & Mabel (Conway) Dean. On December 29, 1956 she married Gene Wade Cottingham and he preceded her in death on September 20, 1983.
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Zelpha R. Dean (1926 - 2015)
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Sources - [S3845] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011, 3 November 2020; Gene W. Cottingham Death Certificate 1983.
- [S4425] Young-Nichols Funeral Home, 4 November 2020; Zelpha Ruth Cottingham obituary 2015.
- [S4331] Tipton County Tribune, Obituaries; obituary; 21 September 1983; Gene W. Cottingham; 4 November 2020.
- [S3845] Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899 - 2011, 3 November 2020; Gene W. Cottingham Death Certificate 1983.