IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Elizabeth "Fan"

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Anne Cobb

Nov 5, 1928 — Mar 14, 2008

Obituary

Elizabeth Anne Fan Cobb passed away March 14, 2008, in Virginia Beach, VA. She was 79 years old. Fan was born November 5, 1928, in Excelsior Springs, MO, the daughter of Thomas Gordon and Gertrude Masten McCleary. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 1949 and moved to Great Bend, KS. There, she married Grover Cowling Cobb September 17, 1949, and together they had eight children. Following Grovers death in 1975, she married Albert Becker of Kansas City, KS in 1984. Fan was loved dearly and will be missed by her family and all who knew her. She was an avid golfer and also loved the ocean, the mountains, a good thunderstorm, reading, gardening, snowmobiling and, most of all, chocolate. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Thomas Gordon McCleary, Jr., her sister Mary Gertrude Dunne, her infant daughter Jennifer Lee, her husband Grover and her second husband Al Becker. She is survived by seven children: Ty Cobb and wife Leigh of Bethesda, MD; Randy Cobb and wife Lou Ann of Olathe, KS; Roger Cobb and wife Cindy of Overland Park, KS; Susan Cobb and partner Kate Shea of Denver, CO; Betsy Leonard and husband Larry of Virginia Beach, VA; Phillip Cobb of Chicago, IL.; and Julie Budreau and husband Danny of Cedar Falls, IA; 18 grandchildren, Chance, Chelsea, Brady and Chloe Cobb; Grover L., Gentry, Gage (wife Missy) and Gordon Cobb; Roger Jr., Wyatt (wife Natalie), Molly and Maggie Cobb; Caitlin, Cody and Joseph Leonard; Ethan, Kelly and Levi Budreau; Charles Jack and Alexis Cobb; and Samuel and Holly Cobb. She is also survived by two sisters, Nancy Jean Lynch of Denver, CO, and Virginia Edith Bath of Excelsior Springs, MO. A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, March 17 at Kings Grant Presbyterian Church in Virginia Beach. The family will receive visitors at the church following the service. Cremation & Funeral Services of Tidewater in Norfolk, VA, is handling other arrangements. A second memorial service in Prairie Village, KS will be announced at a later time. Her cremains will then be interred next to her husband Grover and daughter Jennifer in Great Bend, KS. Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Elizabeth A. Fan Cobb to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718. Fans family extends great appreciation and gratitude to Fans devoted caregivers, Margo Stevens of Virginia Beach and Gini Toyne of Kansas City, and to caregivers at First Colonial Inn and Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Virginia Beach.
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