Rooks Family Cemetery, Teller County, Colorado http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/teller/cemeteries/rooks.txt Donated to the Colorado Archives by the Pikes Peak Genealogical Society, 11 September 2002 Questions may be directed to: Cemetery Project, Pikes Peak GS, P.O. Box 1262, Colorado Springs, CO 80901 See the USGenWeb copyright notice at the end of the file. ___________________________________________________________________ Rooks Family Cemetery These two markers are on private property west of Woodland Park. From Highway 24, turn north onto County Road 25 (Trout Creek Road). The road immediately curves to the left, then right. About 0.1 mile from the intersection is a sign on the right made of welded chain reading "Rooks." The markers are behind the sign atop a knoll. According to GPS-derived geolocation (accurate to within 10 meters), the markers' coordinates are 38 degrees 58'57.3"N and 105 degrees 04'15.2"W. They are located in Section 26, Township 12 South, Range 69 West on land owned by Franklin D. Rooks. The adjacent markers read: ROOKS SAMUEL DARVIN OCT. 15, 1918 JAN. 24, 1989 ROOKS EDITH JOSEPHINE JUNE 30, 1917 MAY 24, 1977 Samuel's obituary (Ute Pass Courier, Feb. 2, 1989, sec. B, p. 8) notes that he was born in Rocky Ford, Colo., to Samuel and Margaret (Murrell) Rooks. He graduated from Orway High School and served in the army during World War II. He married Edith on Aug. 21, 1941, in San Luis Obispo, Calif. They moved to Woodland Park in 1951. After Edith's death, he married Marie Rockwell on June 10, 1978, in Las Vegas, Nev. Edith's obituary (Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, May 24, 1977, p. A4) says she was born in Minot, N.D., and attended schools in Tulsa, Okla. She was survived by her mother, Pearl B. Warrington, and children Franklin D. Rooks and Judith K. Woods. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.