Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cook, Gaylord R. 1988 ************************************************ 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 August 19, 2015, 11:58 am Hastings Banner, 8 Sep 1988 Gaylord R. Cook, 75, of 492 West Musgrove Highway, Lake Odessa died Tuesday, August 31, 1988 at Blodgett Memorial Medical Center in Grand Rapids. Mr. Cook was born on August 31, 1913 in Odessa Township, the son of Clifton and Gladys (Shetterly) Cook. He graduated from the Lake Odessa High School in 1931. He was married to Grace Taylor on December 31, 1935 in Auburn, Indiana. He was employed at the Michigan Department of Corrections until retirement in 1979. Mr. Cook is survived by his wife, Grace; two daughters, LaVon Blesener of Washington, D.C. and Lola Dayton of Hastings; two sons, Keith Cook of San Gabriel, California and Kendall Cook of Virginia Beach, Virginia; 15 grandchildren; three great grandchildren; mother, Gladys Cook, one brother, George Cook, and two sisters, Rose Draghi and Eileen Holland, all of Lake Odessa. He was preceded in death by one brother, Merlin. Funeral services were held Saturday, September 3, 1988 at the Koops Funeral Chapel in Lake Odessa with Rev. George Speas officiating. Burial was at the Lakeside Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Blodgett Critical Care Unit in care of the Funeral Home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/cook31848nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb