Maude V. Bell

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From the Memorial Service card for Maude V. Cook:

Maude V. Cook, 91, Milan, died Friday, September 4 at Oak Glen Home, Coal Valley, IL.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Gibson Funeral Home, Port Byron. Burial is in Oak Grove Cemetery, Port Byron. Memorials may be made to the Port Byron Congregational Church, where she was a member.

The former Maude V. Bell was born May 30, 1907, in Richland County, IL, the daughter of Silas and Sonora Kirkpatrick Bell. She married the Rev. E. Albert Cook June 10, 1936, in Mattoon, IL. He died in 1959.

She was an LPN, having worked at the Monmouth and Aledo hospitals.

Mrs. Cook was a RSVP volunteer for project NOW.

Survivers include a son, Karl Cook, Garden Grove, CA; a granddaughter, Kimberly Cook.

Source: a note from Karl Cook:

I recently found the book father wrote, "Must We All Become Atheists?" On the first blank page was a handwritten note to Mom:

Maud Bell

I wish you all possible helpfulness and happiness and shall long remember you as a true friend.
E. Albert Cook
August 23, 1936

Note: Maude is a Great Aunt to: Silas James Bell, Jr. , PO Box 899, Alta, CA 95701. Ph. 530-389-7077. (4-1-01)

Maude married Ezra Albert Cook on 10 Jun 1936 in Mattoon,,IL. Ezra (son of Ezra Asher Cook and Maria Elizabeth Blanchard) was born on 14 Jul 1875 in Wheaton, DuPage, Illinois, USA; died on 08 Apr 1957 in Aledo, Mercer, Illinois, USA; was buried in Port Byron,IL. [Group Sheet]

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