Pauline Jensen-Cooley Schulz

Pauline Jensen-Cooley Schulz, 89, of Brodhead, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2016, at Woods Crossing Nursing Home.

Pauline was 12th and the last surviving child of Soren and Adella (Reed) Jensen. She was born on January 14, 1927, in Orangeville, Illinois.

Her first marriage was to Delmar Cooley on January 26, 1946, in Grundy Center, Iowa. He passed away on June 7, 1970. She then married Harold Schulz on August 29, 1977, in Rockford, Illinois. He passed away on August 3, 2009.

Pauline worked for APCO and also did seasonal work at the Swiss Colony in Monroe, Wisconsin, for 25 years. She was a member of the Decatur Homemakers and loved working in her yard and garden, doing puzzles, and going out to eat with her girlfriends. Pauline was an accomplished artist and was known for her paintings, especially on old saws and milk-cans.

She is survived by two sons, Terry Cooley, Boulder, Colorado, and Tom Cooley, Brodhead; three step-daughters, Carol (Al) Schneider, Brodhead, Shirl Hedeen, Louisville, Kentucky, and Donna (Gene) Visher, Bluffdale, Utah; six grandchildren, Randy, Regina, Scott, Sara, Emily, and Brian Cooley; and five great-grandchildren, Hillary, Hannah, Addie, Makenna, and Andrew.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, daughter-in-law, Sherry Cooley, and 11 siblings, Thyre, Ransom, Theodore, Frances, Clifford, Elsie, Alice, Carl, Lottie, Ruth, and Howard.

Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, August 15 at the D.L. Newcomer Funeral Home in Brodhead, with Cal Schaver officiating. Burial was in Afolkey Cemetery, Dakota, Illinois. A visitation was held from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m., Sunday, August 14 at the funeral home.

Online condolences may be made at www.dlnewcomerfuneralhome.com.