Obituary Record

Harriet Catherine (Gates) Cook
Died on 2/20/1930
Buried in Blair Cemetery

#1-20 Feb., 1930 - The Enterprise OLD SETTLER PASSES Mrs. Joe S. Cook, old settler of Washington county, passed away this Thursday morning at 2:45 a.m. The funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 from the house. #2-Published in the Pilot-Tribune February 27, 1930

MRS. J.S. COOK BURIED SATURDAY

HAD BEEN RESIDENT OF COUNTY 62 YEARS

Funeral services for Mrs. Joe S. Cook were held from her home on west Colfax Street last Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Rev. Carl G. Bader officiating, after which interment was made in Blair Cemetery. A profusion of floral tributes at the last services were indicative of the very high esteem in which Mrs. Cook had been held.

As Harriet Catherine Gates she was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, July 26, 1845, and on November 21, 1865, she was united in marriage to Joseph S. Cook, who died July 3, 1922. In 1868 she and her husband came to Nebraska locating in Sheridan Township where they lived on a farm until 1879 when they removed to Blair. Since that time she had lived in Blair. Four children were born to this union, the eldest son, Harry, dying in 1896. Mrs. Cook became a member of the Methodist Church in 1883 and had at all times been active in the affairs of the community. She held a very wide acquaintance and was highly thought of by all who know her.

Surviving her are three children; Mrs. Annie C. Martin and Mary J. Cook of this city, and William P. Cook of Omaha. A sister, Mrs. S. A. Bayer, of Fremont, besides seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive her.

#3-Published in the Pilot-Tribune February 27, 1930

27 Feb., 1930 - The Enterprise

HARRIET CATHERINE COOK Mrs. Harriet Catherine Cook was born in Bedford County, Penn. July 26, 1845, and there grew to womanhood and met and married the late J. S. Cook November 21, 1865.

In 1868 they moved to Nebraska, settling on a farm near Fontanelle where they lived until December, 1879 when they moved to Blair after Mr. Cook had been elected to fill a county office.

Since that time, Blair has been their home, and it was in Blair that their children, four in number, grew to maturity and received their education.

The eldest son, Harry, passed away in 1896 and the husband was called July 3, 1922. After the death of the husband, Mrs. Cook still lived on in the old home, and by the kindliness of the three remaining children spent a happy time in her declining days. Always of a quiet contented nature she made close friends who will always remember her as a home loving mother, living for those about her and with the one thought of her home and children.

She suffered an attack of flu some months ago, from which she rallied but never fully recovered, and finally she took to her bed, but although everything that was possible for loving hands and skill known to modern science was done, she passed away last Thursday morning, Feb. 20 at 2:45.

The funeral services held at the home at 2:30 p.m. last Saturday were marked by the large number of friends and acquaintances who gathered to show their respects to the departed who had seen the hardships of the early settler, and had lived an exemplary life. Rev. Bader of the local Methodist church officiated and a niece, Mrs. Verne Miller of Omaha, sang the favorite song of the deceased, “The Old Rugged Cross”. Interment was made in the Blair cemetery beside her husband.

She leaves to mourn her two daughters, Mrs. Anna Cook Martin and Miss Mary Cook, both of whom made their home with her and one son, Wm. P. Cook of Omaha. Besides these she leaves one sister, Mrs. N. A. Bayer of Fremont and seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Historical Society. Newspaper clippings on file at the Blair Public Library.

FindaGrave Memorial #109612614

Printed in the Washington County Pilot-Tribune on 2/27/1930


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