Crawford County OhArchives Obituaries.....Cook, Mary E. ( Gibler ) [ Mrs. John Levi ] January 15, 1954 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Valerie ( Johnson ) Freeman http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00009.html#0002248 June 30, 2011, 3:23 am "The Marion Star" Marion, Marion Co., Ohio Friday, January 15, 1954 pg. 15 Mrs. John Levi Cook GALION - Mrs Mary E. Cook, 91, died at 3:15 this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ora Laughbaum, about five miles west of Galion. A life-long resident of Whetstone Township in Crawford County, she was born ther on Feb. 27, 1862, the daughter of Adam and Rachel Sherer Gibler. Her husband, John Levi Cook, preceded her in death on Oct. 14, 1950. They were married on May 1, 1887. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Galion. Mrs. Cook is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Ora Laughbaum, Mrs, Harold Laughbaum of near Galion, Mrs. Ida Cook (sic - s/b Miss) of near Galion and Mrs. Edwin Barger of Galion. Also surviving are a brother, Isaac E. Gibler of Reading, Mich., nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Funeal servies will be held at 1 p. m. Monday at the Snyder Funeral Home in Galion with Rev. Herbert S. Darnes officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Galion. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Saturday. Additional Comments: Mary's daughters married two Laughbaum brothers: Rachael Clara Cook m. Ora Lee Laughbaum on July 30, 1911 in Crawford Co., Ohio Nettie Jane Cook m. Harold Allen Laughbaum on January 24, 1915 in Galion, Crawford Co., Ohio Harold and Ora were sons of Isaac Alfred Laughbaum and Susanna Shearer. Isaac was 1st cousin to my Great-grandfather, Horatio Thurston Laughbaum. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/crawford/obits/c/cook1455nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ohfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb