Sidney B. Cotton

Sidney Burr Cotton, 94, passed away Wednesday, April 16 at Beatrice Hover Assisted Living Residence in Longmont, Colorado. A Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, April 26, in the All Faiths Chapel at Beatrice Hover.Sidney was born July 15, 1919 in Pipestone, Minnesota to Burr and Pearl Cotton. He graduated from Logan High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1938. On February 20, 1940 he married Irene Lund. Sidney served his country in Germany and France during WWII as a Technical Sergeant with Cannon Company 143 Infantry Regiment. He received a Good Conduct Medal and a European African Middle Eastern Theater Service Medal. For many years, he was employed as a Quality Control Manager for Marshalltown Manufacturing in Marshalltown, Iowa. On July 3, 1963 he married Maxine Irvine in Marshalltown. In 1978, he and Maxine moved to Oshkosh, Nebraska where he retired.Sidney loved to go fishing in his boat, garden and play golf. He was an avid sports fan. Sidney loved to sing and play his Clavinova. In Marshalltown, he sang in the Marshalltown Men's Chorus and in the First United Methodist Church Choir. While living in Oshkosh, he also sang in the church choir and was a member of the Country Gents, a quartet which performed at events in and around Oshkosh.Sidney is survived by his children, Gary Cotton of Escondido, California and Barbara Cotton of Longmont, Colorado; five grandchildren, Bradley Cotton of San Diego, California, Curtis Cotton of Poway, California, Nathaniel Adams of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, Daniel Adams of Longmont, Colorado and Heidi Keenan of Denver, Colorado; seven great-grandchildren; and a brother, Ronald Cotton of Titusville, Florida.