>From Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon, Friday, July 14, 2000 Elton Cooley, 73, of Salem died Monday. Cause of death was unavailable. He was born in Bazene, Kansas, and graduated from high school in Ness City, Kansas. He worked in a mill in Oregon and returned to Kansas to enter the Army, where he served from 1946 to 1966. After retiring from the Army he was an electronic technician for Sears, retiring in 1987. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors include his sons, Elton of Salem and Onie of Keizer; daughters, Roxanna Taylor of El Paso, Texas and Alice Dryden of Scio; brothers, Daryl of El Paso and Verle of Burdette, Kansas; sisters, Fern Higgins of Macksville, Kansas, and Dorothy Wallace of Sharon Springs, Kansas; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Interment will be in Kansas. Arrangements are by Howell-Edwards-Doerksen with Rigdon-Ransom Funeral Directors. Contributions: Humane Society of the Willamette Valley or Safe Haven Humane Society.