Obituary: Joanne Plkington Cotten

by Special to the Herald Times on May 19, 2015

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Joanne Pilkington Cotten was born in Colby, Kan., on Sept. 13, 1933. She was hit and killed instantly by a speeding and distracted driver on Oct. 10, 2015, in Mesa, Ariz., while crossing the street to return to her home.

In the summer of 1951, her dad, Jess Pilkington, bought the bakery in Meeker, Colo. and moved the family from Scottsbluff, Neb. Joanne was graduated from Meeker High School in 1952.
During…