Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cook, Michael J. 1999 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net December 28, 2009, 1:43 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 17 May 1999 Michael J. Cook, 57, of Pewamo, passed away Wednesday, May 12, 1999. He was born Oct. 28, 1941, in Lansing, the son of Charles and Mathilda (Schafer) Cook. He was a lifelong dairy farmer, a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and a member of the Pewamo Council 8071 Knights of Columbus. What he enjoyed most of all was being with his family, flying his airplane and farming. He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Bonnie Keller and Patricia Cook; brothers, Charles Cook Jr. and Paul Cook. Surviving are his wife, Janet (Barker) Cook; children, Tim (Penny), Randy, Cheryl, Tom (Dianne), Sue, Linda and Chris Cook; two grandchildren, Anthony and Cameron; sisters, Louise Schreiber and Sue Knoll; brother, Philip Cook; many brothers-in law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews. The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by the Rev. Charlon O. Mason, Pastor, 10:30 a.m., Saturday, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Pewamo, with the Rite of Committal following in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the St. Mary’s Funeral Chapel, 210 N. Westphalia St., Westphalia, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today and Friday. The rosaries will be prayed at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. today and 3 p.m. Friday. There will be Scriptural Wake Service prayed Friday at 7:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the St. Joseph Educational Trust Fund in care of St. Joseph Catholic Church, 106 East St., P.O. Box 37, Pewamo, 44873, in memory of Michael J. Cook. Arrangements by Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, Portland. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/cook1946nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb