Ella Harrel Cooke
King/Kittitas Co., WA

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Contributed by:  Shelli Steedman 4/20/2007

Ella Cooke, 96, died Saturday, April 19, 1997 at the Masonic Retirement Center
in Des Moines, Wash., where she has been a resident for 9 years.  She was born
Jan. 1, 1901 in Hawkins County, Tenn.  She came to the Ellensburg Valley with
her parents, Edward and Julia Harrel, as a small child.

She and her husband, Budd Cooke who preceded her in death, lived in the
Colockum Pass area north of Ellensburg for over 40 years.  She loved to do
crafts and handiwork.

Before her move to the coast, she belonged to Jolly Neighbors and to the
Country Mothers Club.   She was a member of Miriam Rebekah Lodge, serving as
Noble Grand twice and of Grace Chapter OES.

Her survivors include her daughter and her husband, Loretta and Jean Wilson of
Belfair; four grandchildren, Rod Malone ad his wife Molly, Eugene Ore, Steve
Wilson and his wife Susan, Snohomish, Gayle Padvorac and her husband Andy,
Kirkland, Tim Wilson and his wife Nancy, Sumner; and 12 great grandchildren.
She is also survived by one brother William Harrel of Ellensburg.

Services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, April 25, at Steward and Williams
Chapel in Ellensburg.  Rev. Charles Henney will officiate.  Burial will follow
at the IOOF Cemetery.  Viewing will be Thursday, April 24, from 9 a.m. o 4:30
p.m.

The family has suggested that memorials may be made to the Masonic Retirement
Center Endowment Fund, 23660 Marine View Dr., Des Moines, WA 98198.