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
Zip Code
30531
Phone
706-968-4724
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Date of Birth
01/06/1923
Date of Death
12/16/2022
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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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