Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cook, Bernita (Pung) (Schrauben) 1984 ************************************************ 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 September 22, 2018, 12:24 pm Ionia Sentinel Standard, 21 Nov 1984 Bernita Schrauben Cook, 86, of Ionia died early Tuesday in St. Lawrence Hospital, Lansing. She was born in Westphalia Township, Clinton County, August 1, 1898, the daughter of John and Mary Miller Pung. She attended St. Mary’s School in Westphalia and married Christopher Schrauben in Westphalia Sept. 23, 1919. He preceded her in death Oct. 22, 1946. A son, David, also preceded her in death Jan. 2, 1967. She lived 22 years in Ionia before marrying Oscar Cook in Pewamo June 4, 1955. They made their home on the Cook farm for 24 years until his death March 8, 1979. After his death, she returned to live in Ionia. She was a member of SS. Peter and Paul Church, Daughters of Isabella, and Our Lady of Fatima and Our Lady of Lourdes rosary circles. Surviving are four sons, Norbert Schrauben of Belding, Maurice Schrauben of East Lansing and Paul Schrauben of Jackson; five daughters, Mrs. Donald (Mary Ann) Hoy of Saginaw, Beatrice Gray of Lansing, Mrs. Richard (Joanne) Hofmann of Kawkawlin, Mrs. Patrick (Therese) Lawless of Traverse City, Mrs. Gayle (Bernita) Miller of Grand Ledge. Also surviving are 42 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, 55 step-grandchildren, 39 step-great grandchildren. Funeral mass will be Friday at 11 a.m. at SS. Peter and Paul Church. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Parish rosary will be said Wednesday at Leddick Funeral Home at 8 p.m. The family will be at Leddick Funeral Home Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. A memorial for SS. Peter and Paul School has been established, in care of the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/cook8317gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb