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| Eldon E. Cook December 7, 1909 January 18, 2008 |
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| Comments from friends and relatives May this tribute bring comforting words and pleasant memories during this difficult time. It has been an honor serving your family. Lanman Funeral Home Staff Name = Dale & Vaughna E-mail = dvspal@pldi.net Phone Number = 580-435-2404 Memorial Name = Eldon Cook Comments = Paul,Floyd,Doris & families...Our deepest sympathy to each of you in the loss of a life so well lived. May you be consoled by special memories. Dale & Vaughna Schmidt Name = Rev. Dave & Linda Jones E-mail = davenlindaj@att.net Memorial Name = Eldon Cook Comments = To the Cook Family, We loved your dad so much and enjoyed being his Pastor and wife for our time in Aline and visiting him at Greenbriar when we visited with Steve Powell. May God continue to bless the legacy he and Zola have left. In Christ's Love, The Jones |
| Byron-Aline-Funeral service for Eldon E. Cook, age 98, will be Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 2:30 P.M. at the Aline Christian Church with Polly Young officiating. Burial will follow at Aline Star Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Helena. Viewing will be Saturday from 1:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. with the family present from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Eldon E. Cook was born on December 7, 1909 at Burlington to Louis Cook and Mary Thomason Cook and passed from this life on January 18, 2008 at Greenbrier Nursing Home in Enid. He graduated from Burlington High School in 1929. On July 12, 1931 he married Zola Marsh and five children were born to this union: Betty Jean, Paul, Polly Ann, Floyd and Doris. They farmed in the Burlington-Byron area until moving to a farm east of Aline in 1941. They retired from farming in 1982 and moved into Aline in 1999. Eldon was active in the Aline Christian Church, Chamber of Commerce and helped in getting the Aline Senior Center started. Eldon and Zola enjoyed traveling and the highlight of their travel was driving to Alaska with two cousins in 1984. They spent the winters in south Texas for twenty years. Zola and Eldon always loved to dance. In 2002 they moved to Somerset Assisted Living Center in Enid. Eldon had resided at Greenbrier Nursing Home in Enid since November 2002. Eldon is survived by his children, Paul Cook and wife, Joan of Helena, Floyd Cook and wife, Joyce of Midwest City, Doris Booze and husband, Gary of Aline; one sister, Inez Hottle of Purcell; seven grandchildren, Scott Cook, Shari Haivala, Shannon Fistner, Brad Booze, Karla Goodwin, Tina Case and Mark Cook; twelve great grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Zola in January 2003; two daughters, Betty Jean and Polly Ann; his parents; one brother, Melvin; two sisters, Opal and Hazel and one great granddaughter, Abby Goodwin. Memorials may be given to the church or the Aline Senior Center through the funeral home. |
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