Kathleen Elizabeth Cook Shiller, 92, passed away on August 9, 2011. She was born on Dec. 1, 1918, in Seadrift, to Flossie and William McCindree Cook.
She and her husband, James F. Shiller, owned Shiller Music Company in Lewisville for many years. Her husband preceded her in death in 1994, and in 2004 she moved to Bartlesville, Okla. to be closer to one of her daughters.
Kathleen is survived by her two daughters, Joan Bliss Cochran and husband Jim of San Carlos, Mexico, Judy Buys and husband Maurice Hoss of Bartlesville, Okla.; grandson, Jay Barrett of Cotati, Calif.; sister-in-law Bernice Cook of Port Lavaca; nieces Ginger Balez of Victoria, Barbara Glasgow of Naples, Fla., Elaine Haas of Conroe, Francis Richardson of Trinity, Ethel Montgomery of Grand Prairie, Annie Mae Smith of Corpus Christi, Pearl Stapleton of Seadrift, Grace West of Victoria; nephew Ronald McCown of Houston.
In addition to her parents and second husband, Kathleen was preceded in death by her first husband Henry John Buys; siblings Mabel Cook, Gladys Scivally, William Cook, Annie Pearl McCown, Lillian Belle Roemer, Jamie (Jim) Lee Cook and Artie Glasgow.
Private services and burial will be in Bartlesville, Okla. Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or volunteer to visit Alzheimer’s patients.