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Facts and Events
| Name |
Fred B Coakley, Jr |
| Alt Name |
Fred C. Coakley |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
9 Oct 1901 |
Illinois Usa |
| Alt Birth? |
9 Oct 1901 |
ohio |
| Occupation[4][2][7] |
From 1937 to 1958 |
Galesburg, Knox, Illinois USAVise President at Protexall |
| Marriage |
20 Oct 1950 |
Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana USAto Georgia Ilene Hartnell |
| Death[1] |
4 Dec 1983 |
Henderson, Knox, Illinois USA |
| Alt Death? |
Dec 1983 |
Henderson, Knox County, Illinois |
| Other[5][8] |
5 Dec 1983 |
Galesburg Register Mail, page 11 Obituary |
| Other[2] |
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Navy during WWII Military Service |
| Other[3][2][6] |
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Social Security Number |
(Research):Hard Copy Docs:
Obit 004 - Obituary form of Galesburg Register-Mail
References
- ↑ Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. (Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Obituary
Galesburg Register-Mail, 20 Jul 2006.
- ↑ Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. (Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006).
- ↑ http:/www.protexallinc.com/history.htm.
- ↑ Obituary
Galesburg Register Mail Dec. 5 1983 page 11.
- ↑ Issued in Illinois before 1951; his number was 330-05-4351.
- ↑ In 1937 Fred Coakley, Jr. left his position at Gross Manufacturing to team up with Earl. Together they made Protexall's manufacturing home at 71 North West Street in Galesburg. This set up something of a flashback to the old Globe plant of 1889. The Protexall office was on the main floor with the sewing room upstairs. Mr. Norris was in charge of Sales, Mr. Coakley in charge of Production, supervising eight employees.
Earl was generous with his dedicated employees, paying them top wages-$14.00 to $16.00 a week. Earl's son, Kip would work in the plant as a bundle boy during school vacations.
The newly resurrected Protexall was incorporated with bylaws written up and a Board of Directors elected. Shareholder meetings were to be held on the second Monday in January, beginning with the new year 1938. At this first meeting Earl E. Norris, with controlling interest, was elected President; Fred Coakley, Jr., Vice-President; and Forrest McGrew, Secretary-Treasurer.
On September 2, 1941, Earl sold the trademark, of which he had sole ownership, to his company, Protexall Incorporated. The trademark has been in Protexall Incorporated hands ever since.
Obvious to everyone, the little building would never handle the growing company. A move was made on October 29, 1942, to 262 North Prairie Street, Galesburg.
Enroute to persuade his oldest son, Claire, to join the company Earl Norris passed away. On April 7, 1948, his son, known to everyone as Kip, not only joined but assumed management-of Protexall.
C.B. (Kip) Norris had moved to California and was selling insurance at this time. Kip's sales experience included selling insurance to service men during the years he spent in the Armed Service during World War II. Kip was one of the first, with his division, to land on the hostile Japanese homeland as part of the American occupying forces then Japan surrendered.
At age 25 Kip was a natural leader, over-seeing the factory he had only worked in part-time during his school days. With Fred Coakley's help Kip was determined to make the best of what he had. Business decisions were make which resulted in the tripling of Protexall's employment within the next ten years.
Mr. Fred Coakley retired from Protexall in 1958.
Carrol L. (Kayo) Norris who was working as an aeronautical engineer in California, joined his brother, Kip, in the Protexall enterprise in April, 1958, serving as Executive Vice President and Secretary.
Disaster struck on the evening of January 2, 1959. President Kip Norris had left the plant for the evening around 7:00 p.m. after first checking on the heating system as he did every evening.
At 7:30 p.m. a passerby to the plant noticed smoke and alerted the cleaning woman. She immediately called the fire department and they arrived on the scene three minutes later.
As three fire trucks battled the inferno, Kip, his brother Kayo, and past president Fred Coakley were rushing in and out of the burning building desperately trying to save inventory records, customer files, and office equipment. Every in-house order was saved intact.
The fire was difficult to battle as it was burning between the ceiling and the roof; the roof finally caved in. As the firemen worked on through the freezing January night they were supplied with hot coffee and donuts by the American Legion and Moose Lodge. Off duty firemen were called in as relief crew.
The building was left in smoldering ruins a little after midnight.
- ↑ Fred B. Coakley, 82, of Henderson
died Sunday at 2:55 p.m. in his home.
He was born in Galesburg Oct. 9, 1901. He
married Georgia Hartnell in Bloomington, Indiana
Oct. 20, 1950. She died in 1965.
Surviving are two brothers, Edwin Coakley, of
Indianapolis, and Gaylord Coakley, Sandusky, Ohio;
and one sister, Lucille Henry, of Galesburg.
He and Earl Norris, founded Protexall Inc., in
Galesburg in 1937. He worked there until retiring
in 1958. He was a memeber and past master of the
Alpha Masonic Lodge. He was a member of the Moline
Consistory; the Mohammed Shrine, Council No. 1;
the Royal Arch Masons, No. 46; and the Elks
Lodge. He was a member and past commander of the
Ralph M. Noble American Legion Post 285 in
Galesburg. He was a Navy veteran of
World War II.
Funeral will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the
Hinchliff-Pearson-West Chapel. Burial will be
in the Henderson Cemetery. Friends may call at
the chapel Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Masonic
service will be at 7:30 p.m.
Memorials may be made to the Elks Crippled Children
Fund, the family said.
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