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People wore red, white and blue clothing, waved American flags, held hands over their hearts and stood at attention as the hearse drove down West Main Street.
“She gave us everything,” said Callie Vandevoorde, an O’Fallon High School senior who volunteered Thursday.
People wore red, white and blue clothing, waved American flags, held hands over their hearts and stood at attention as the hearse drove down West Main Street.
Marine Capt. Eleanor LeBeau Cooke, killed in a crash during a training exercise in northern Australia, was buried Saturday.
“She brought joy, exuberance, and an abundance of love into the world,” says the obituary of Capt. Eleanor “Ellie” Cooke, a graduate of Althoff Catholic High School.