Thelma Mae Cockrell

Thelma was born on April 19, 1931, to Harold Cadillac Sidebottom and Della Edith Sidebottom in Wyandotte.

Thelma spent more than 50 years as a resident of Beaverdam, Ohio, where she served as president of the town council and also worked with Magnam Truck Equipment of Lima, Ohio. In recent years and until her passing, Thelma lived in Calumet with her daughter and son-in-law, Penny and Kenny Cheney.

Thelma is survived by daughters, Katherine Mae Hall of Lorain, Ohio, Della (Tom) Starcher of Vermilion, Ohio, Debra (Jerry) Blackburn of Jenera, Ohio, Penny (Earl, “Kenny”) Cheney of Calumet, and Rae (David) Teall of Dublin, Ohio; son, Neil Cockrell (Joe Kershner) of Jacksonville, North Carolina. Thelma is also survived by grandchildren, Jo Ellen Hall-Taylor of Lorain, Ohio, Aaron Santarelli of Marysville, Ohio, Dawn Martin of Parma, Ohio, David Waller of Amherst, Ohio, Mark Waller of Lorain, Ohio, Tracy DelMonico of Oberlin, Ohio, Josette Blackburn-Rodriguez of Forest, Ohio, Amy Schneiderhan of Laurium, and Kayla Liebrecht of Columbus Grove, Ohio; and more than 20 great grandchildren.

Thelma is preceded in death by a son, Billy Harold Cockrell; husband, Moses Harold Cockrell; grandson, Lance Moses Blackburn; and great-grandson, Brandon Contreras. Thelma is also preceded in death by her brothers, Lawrence Jones, Neil Sidebottom, Gernard Sidebottom, and Earl Sidebottom; and her sisters, Joyce Mahoney and Doris Mahoney.

A private burial of cremated remains will be in the Cannonsburg Cemetery in Bluffton, Ohio.

There will be visitation held on Monday, July 15, 2019, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Chiles-Laman Funeral and Cremation Services, Bluffton Chapel, where a memorial service will follow at 7 p.m.

Officiating the service will be Rev. Mike Downey.

The family offers their sincere thanks and gratitude for the outstanding staff at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium, for the wonderful care they gave to Thelma.