Arla Jean Cochran

Today, March 24th, 2025, our loving wife, mother and sister ARLA was called home to her father in heaven. She is preceded in death by parents, Veda and Vincent Gorup, her sister Teresa and brothers, John, Wayne and Stewart. 

Arla was born in Murray, Utah and lived in the Salt Lake Valley and Idaho until she married Ivan Yancey. They moved to Alaska right after the “BIG” earthquake in 1964. Arla and Ivan eventually found employment with the Anchorage Telephone Utility. They raised 3 children, Steve, Janna and Kevin. Ivan passed away in 1990. 

Arla met Loren Cochran at a Square Dance in Anchorage and after a long distance romance they married in 1993. She was a faithful member of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints. With many friends and family in Alaska and the lower 48, she will be missed greatly by those who knew and loved her.

A Celebration of Life will be held sometime this summer in Alaska.