Jeanette Rose Cohea

September 19, 1938 - September 26, 2020

Mrs. Jeanette Rose Cohea passed away Saturday evening, September 26, 2020, at Maple Grove Lodge in Louisiana MO. A private family graveside service will be held at the Jordan-Buffalo Cemetery near Louisiana, MO on September 30, 2020. She was born September 19, 1938 in Taylorville IL to Charles William and Lucy Margaret (Admire) Mills. She married William “Bud” Edward Cohea Sr. June 24, 1956 and settled in Elsberry MO. This union was blessed with four children: William “Bill” Edward Jr., Timothy Allen, Joseph Larry, and David Andrew. While raising four sons, she worked full time as a sales associate and landscape designer at Forest Keeling Nursery. Prior to retiring, she worked as a sales associate for Able’s Quick Shops. After retirement, she and her husband were active in the First Baptist Church of Louisiana MO. Jeanette loved to garden, read, create flower arrangements, and decorate for any and all occasions, but most of all she loved her family. She was preceded in death by her parents Charles and Lucy, her beloved husband of 53 years Bud, her oldest son Bill, two sisters: Margaret Kaiser and Norma Spires, and three brothers: Curtis Mills, Charles Mills Jr. and Francis Mills. Jeanette is survived by her children: Timothy Cohea of Annada MO and special friend Patti Schmitt, Joseph Cohea and wife Patricia of Elsberry MO, David Cohea and wife Dixi of Troy MO, and daughter-in -law Lesa (Bill) Cohea of Elsberry MO; six grandchildren: Adam Cohea and wife Sarah, Christopher “C.J.” Cohea and wife Trista, Andrew Cohea and wife Brandylyn, Stephen Cohea, Alicia Cohea and fiancé Jon Phillips, and Phillip Cohea; six great-grandchildren: Ian, Owen and Ashlyn; Ahryn; Leighton and Jackson. Jeanette is also survived by two brothers: James Wayne Mills and wife Mary Ann of Morehead KY, and Charles Larry Mills and wife Sharon of Louisiana MO; many nieces, nephews and other family members and friends. Memorials may be made to: Alzheimer’s Association (Alz.org), First Baptist Church of Louisiana MO, or Maple Grove Lodge Louisiana MO in care of Collier Funeral Home 117 Barnard Dr Louisiana MO 63353.