Frances Dianne Cockerham

Frances Dianne Cockerham, of Aledo, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at Weatherford Regional Hospital, following a very brief illness, at age 64. Visitation will be Friday, December 30, 2011, from 1:00 until 3:00 P.M. at the Groesbeck Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 30, 2011, at 3:00 P.M., at the Groesbeck Funeral Home Chapel, with Brother Raymond Chapman from Killeen officiating. Burial will follow in Faulkenberry Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Gary Robinson, Caleb Robinson, Kerry Robinson, Larry Allen, Jason Allen, Darrin Kotlinski, and Josh Bush. Dianne was born March 8, 1947 at Houston to Fred L. Robinson and Mattie Marline Robinson. She grew up in Houston, but lived in Austin while she attended the Texas School for the Deaf, having lost her hearing at age two. She visited her relatives in the Groesbeck area many times, including her grandparents, Bill and Johnnie Lloyd, and aunts, Gwen Lammons of Groesbeck and Marie Harris of Donie. As an adult, she lived a few years in Louisiana, then moved back to Texas. Dianne worked for the Post Office early in her life, and retired from the Veterans Administration in Austin after working there for eighteen years. Dianne loved sewing quilts, crafts, reading, but especially loved to travel, with her passport always ready. Dianne had traveled many places in the world to visit her daughter’s family while they were stationed in various countries in the military. She loved to fly, and had no fear of overseas trips to visit her grandchildren wherever they were living, including visiting all over Germany, Switzerland, and Paris. She lived with the family in Okinawa Japan and Mildenhall, England the past five years, where she helped take care of her grandchildren. She had returned to the family home in Aledo about six months previous to prepare for the family’s return from England, and had Christmas all ready for their return on Monday, before she became very ill. Frances was preceded in death by both of her parents, and her husband Wayne Cockerham. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Diana and Darrin Kotlinski of Aledo (and recently returned from England) and three grandchildren, Garrett, Emily, and Olivia Kotlinski; stepson and daughter-in-law, David and Erin Cockerham of North Carolina and their children, Ethan, Ktriel, Ayrianna, and Ani Cockerham; brother and sister-in-law, Gary L.and Barbara Robinson of Hempstead; brother and sister-in-law, Kerry and Tracy Robinson of Wimberly; sister, Karen Aleman of Houston; sister and brother-in-law, Kim and Johnny Ivey of Houston; and many nieces and nephews, and many friends in the deaf community