SJCPL Obituary Index: full COCHRAN pull (live browser, 2026-10-25)

Source: St. Joseph County Public Library Obituary Index, https://www2.sjcpl.org/db/obits/recordlist (surname search COCHRAN returned 91 records; the fragment search also catches COCHRANE and Cochran as a maiden/former name; COCHRANE alone returned 12, all inside the 91). Free index only; no library request submitted.

Priority records, detail-verified

• Cochran, Leora Belle — N. Sunnyside Ave., South Bend. Spouse of Benjamin T. Cochran. Tribune 05/03/1989 p. C6 and 05/04/1989 p. D15. Birth/death fields blank in the index; the publication dates bracket her death to about May 1-2, 1989. https://www2.sjcpl.org/db/obits/recorddetail/rec/402809
• Cochran, Benjamin T. — 708 Sorin St. Tribune 02/09/1959 and 02/10/1959. https://www2.sjcpl.org/db/obits/recorddetail/rec/320762
• Cochran, Samuel S. — 1717 McKinley Ave. Tribune 11/30/1960. Death about late November 1960 (index gives publication date). https://www2.sjcpl.org/db/obits/recorddetail/rec/323025
• Cochran, Vallerie L. — 1717 E. McKinley Ave., 1990. Note in the full list: spouse of Samuel S. Cochran. So Samuel S. married Vallerie L.
• Cochran, Walter E. — 2645 Tamarac Place. Death 06/20/1965 (stated in the index). Tribune 06/22/1965; Mishawaka Times 06/22/1965 p. 2. https://www2.sjcpl.org/db/obits/recorddetail/rec/335065
• Cochran, Florence Dell — 1912, spouse of Samuel E. Cochran. NOTE: the index names her Florence DELL, while the 1889 Fulton Co. marriage index and her gravestone both say Florence B. The family "Dell" may descend from this index/obituary usage. Discrepancy kept open.
• Cochran, Samuel — 1750 Twyckenham, South Bend, 1933 (Samuel E.).
• Cochran, Ralph — 1906. Consistent with Ralph Cochran (1891-1906) of the Akron plot receiving an area newspaper notice.
• Mull, Martha L. (Cochran) — spouse of Clifford L. Mull, d. 07/26/1946; North Liberty News 08/01/1946 p. 3; Walkerton Independent 08/01/1946 p. 3; Mishawaka Enterprise 07/31/1946 pp. 3, 5. CANDIDATE for Martha, daughter of Samuel: the middle initial in the family's records is V., here L., and the papers are Walkerton-area. Not merged. https://www2.sjcpl.org/db/obits/recorddetail/rec/556819
• Albert G. Cochran — ABSENT from all 91 records. Consistent with the unverified California candidate (he left the South Bend area or died outside its papers' reach). The only Albert-adjacent hit is Scott, Zenobia Alberta (Cochran), a different person.
• Marie Cochran — no standalone record. Consistent with marriage under an unknown name, death outside the area, or both.

The 91, as indexed (name, place, year published)

Anderson, Nina Myri (Cochran), South Bend, 2010; Armstrong, Mary Cochran, Richmond IN, 1972; Baker, Mary C. (Cochran), Sarasota FL, 1995; Cochran, A. June, South Bend, 1975; Cochran, Alice F. (Humphrey), South Bend, 1990; Cochran, Anne E., Walkerton, 1943; Cochran, Archie, 1955; Cochran, Arthur Mrs., South Bend, 1935; Cochran, Ben, Mishawaka, 1981; Cochran, Benjamin T., 1959; Cochran, Bertha M., Mishawaka, 1989; Cochran, Charles L., Mentone, 2006; Cochran, Christopher A., South Bend, 1987; Cochran, Curby J., Walkerton, 1998; Cochran, Dennis, Mishawaka, 1968; Cochran, Doroth J. Kiefer, St. Petersburg FL, 2000; Cochran, Dorothy Ann (Forbes), South Bend, 2016; Cochran, Eastyn Levi Gray, Mishawaka, 2017; Cochran, Edgar L., Mishawaka, 1992; Cochran, Ellen I., Walkerton, 1992; Cochran, Esther M., Walkerton, 1989; Cochran, Florence Dell, 1912; Cochran, infant, South Bend, 1920; Cochran, J. R., South Bend, 2005; Cochran, Jean A. (Young), Mishawaka, 2005; Cochran, Jean E., Elkhart, 2006; Cochran, Jennie Owen, Eau Gallie FL, 1936; Cochran, Joseph N., Mishawaka, 1966; Cochran, Joshua L., 1948; Cochran, Kay Edward, Mishawaka, 1940; Cochran, Larry C., Mishawaka, 1994; Cochran, Larry Joe, Elkhart, 2018; Cochran, Larry Wayne, Niles MI, 2020; Cochran, Laverna Mae, Mishawaka, 2006; Cochran, Leora Belle, South Bend, 1989; Cochran, Lester, South Bend, 1981; Cochran, Loretta (Davis), Niles MI, 2020; Cochran, Lorraine Ellen, South Bend, 1986; Cochran, Lucy B., 1894; Cochran, Margie P., South Bend, 1978; Cochran, Millie Anna, 1946; Cochran, Nancy Ann, South Bend, 1978; Cochran, Norma (Gore), Walkerton, 1998; Cochran, Norma M., Walkerton, 1968; Cochran, Orris U., 1979; Cochran, Otto, South Bend, 1939; Cochran, Otto L., South Bend, 1975; Cochran, Patricia J. (Heltzel) Doyle, Clinton IL, 2007; Cochran, Pauline, Jericho VT, 1981; Cochran, Ralph, 1906; Cochran, Rose, 1981; Cochran, Samuel, South Bend, 1933; Cochran, Samuel S., 1960; Cochran, Sandra Lee (Martin), Walkerton, 2013; Cochran, Shummy Allen, Dowagiac MI, 2013; Cochran, Stuart W., South Bend, 2004; Cochran, Suranda, Clay Twp, 1957; Cochran, Susie Rakowski, Muskegon MI, 1973; Cochran, T. C., 1933; Cochran, Tiffany A., South Bend, 2014; Cochran, Todd W., South Bend, 2004; Cochran, Vallerie L., South Bend, 1990; Cochran, Walter E., 1965; Cochran, Wilbur T., New Buffalo MI, 2006; Cochran, Willard Leslie, Mishawaka, 1961; Cochran, William L., 1961; Cochran, Woodrow W., Walkerton, 1994; Cochran, Woody, Sebring FL, 2015; Cochrane, Andrew D., New Carlisle, 1966; Cochrane, Dale N., South Bend, 1986; Cochrane, Linda R., Elkhart, 2019; Cochrane, Male, 1904; Cochrane, Martha N., South Bend, 1995; Cochrane, Olive L. (Holbeck), South Bend, 2013; Cochrane, Philip E., 1876; Cochrane, Robert, Lafayette, 1915; Cochrane, Robert M., South Bend, 2005; Cochrane, Seymour B., South Haven MI, 1943; Cochrane, Warren, 1911; Ellinger, Joan A. (Cochran), Plymouth, 2012; Hall, Dea Ruth (Cochran), Marion, 2006; Kelly, Gloria June Cochran, Niles MI, 2010; Kilmer, Bertha Estella (Cochran), 1918; Moritz, Tresha L. Cochran (Heilman), Elkhart, 2014; Mull, Martha L. (Cochran), 1946; Reeder, Betty Jane (Cochran), South Bend, 2011; Ricker, Bernice J. (Cochran), South Bend, 2022; Roberts, Nancy Louise (Cochrane), Irvine CA, 2009; Scott, Zenobia Alberta (Cochran), Bourbon, 2000; Sigety, Lillian L. (Cochran), New Carlisle, 2011; Todd, Barbara Marie (Bunch) Cochran, Niles MI, 2014.

Most of the Walkerton, Niles, and other clusters are other Cochran families unless a record ties them; only the priority records above are tied to Samuel E. Cochran's family.