Participant Info
- Membership Number
- 4848
- Salutation
- Mrs
- First Name
- Otho Pearle Cooley
- Middle/Maiden/Previous
- Last Name
- Crisler
- Address 1
- 303 Featherwood Drive
- Address 2
- City
- Cornelia
- State
- GA
- Zip Code
- 30531
- Phone
- 706-968-4724
- Code
- RO
- Work Code #
- State Membership
- GA
- Status
- 1
- Date of Birth
- 01/06/1923
- Date of Death
- 12/16/2022
- Deceased At Join?
- Comments
- WAVE: Aviation machinist; She first found that excitement as a real-life Rosie the Riveter at Consolidated Aircraft in Fort Worth, Texas, where she was trained to build B-24 and C-87 bombers that were utilized in WWII. After that, she joined the US Navy WAVES, and was sent for basic training in New York City, New York. She then traveled by troop train to Norman, Oklahoma, where she was trained as an Aviation Machinist Mate. With this training, she was instrumental in maintaining the biplanes for WWII pilot trainees. It was shortly after this that she met her future husband, William Neville Crisler. They were married for over 50 years until the time of his death in 1995.
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