The Belleville family of Capt. Eleanor “Ellie” Cooke, formerly LeBeau, one of three U.S. Marines killed in the crash of a hybrid military aircraft last month in Australia, has published her obituary and announced her funeral arrangements.
Plans call for visitation from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday at George Renner & Sons Funeral Home in Belleville and a funeral service at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Peter’s Cathedral Catholic Church with Monsignor Jack McEvilly officiating. Burial with full military honors will take place at Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery.
Volunteers with a nonprofit group will line Belleville streets on the procession route with 1,000 American flags.
“We give the community a way to pay honor to a fallen hero in their hometown,” said Jeff Hastings, president and CEO of The Flagman’s Mission Continues, based in O’Fallon.
The group organizes flag displays in conjunction with the funerals of more than 40 active-duty military personnel killed in the line of duty each year, covering a 400-mile radius.
In Cooke’s case, Hastings is asking volunteers to show up at 4 p.m. Thursday for set-up and 1 p.m. Sunday for take-down in the parking lot east of St. Peter’s. Organizers will distribute flags and give instructions.
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