OBIT: John W. KOOKEN, 1899, Eden Valley, Huntingdon County, PA

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TYRONE TOPICS.

  About 9 o'clock Monday evening the body of John W. Kooken, an aged 
farmer, who made his home with his brother, Thomas J. Kooken, in Eden 
valley, near Birmingham, was found in the woods some two miles from the 
home.  After dinner he had started out to do some threshing, and not 
returning in the evening a search was instituted, with the foregoing 
result, death undoubtedly being caused by apoplexy.  He was aged 66 
years and unmarried.  Surviving him are six brothers and three sisters, 
viz, Wesley, Pierce and Abram Kooken, in the western states; Dallas and 
Madison Kooken, of Canoe valley; Thomas J. Kooken, of Eden valley; Mrs. 
Mary Thompson, of Punxsutawney, and two sisters whose names we did not 
learn.  Funeral services will be held at the home of Thomas J. Kooken 
to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, to be conducted by Rev. H. H. Henry.  
Interment to follow in the Presbyterian cemetery at Birmingham.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Wednesday, November 15, 1899

BIRMINGHAM PENCILINGS.

  The sudden death of Mr. John Kooken has removed from this community 
one of its sturdiest sons of toil.  It can be truthfully said that he 
was a kind friend and neighbor, and in his occupation as a fruit grower 
was advanced beyond that of the ordinary.  As an orchardist he had few 
superiors, whose kindly advice along these lines will be sadly missed.

Morning Tribune, Wednesday, November 29, 1899