MRS. EVA COOK DIES LATE MONDAY

HAD BEEN BEDFAST OVER YEAR AND ONE HALF

Mrs. Eva Cook passed away at her home on south Walker Avenue Monday evening following an illness of over a year and a half’s duration. The deceased as Eva Higley was born at Blair, March 22, 1883 and had spent her entire life in this city. June 21, 1905 she was married to Wilbur Cook of Fremont, and to this union one child, Mary, was born.

Mrs. Cook was in the employ of the Blair post office for seventeen years up until the time she was taken ill in May of 1930. She conducted her work very faithfully and made a wide acquaintance of friends all of whom will mourn her passing. She had been bedfast over a year and one half and although she was given every attention her condition showed no improvement. She was very cheerful through her illness and greatly enjoyed visiting with friends who called to see her.

Surviving her are the bereaved daughter, Mrs. Clyde C. Compton, two grandchildren, Charlotte Claire and Jack Compton; and a brother, Myron Higley, of Hollywood, Calif.

Funeral services were conducted at the Episcopal Church Wednesday afternoon with Rev. Gramley of Omaha, officiating, after which interment was made in the Blair cemetery.

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Mrs. Eva Cook, who for the past year and eight months has been an invalid and confined to her bed, passed away Monday evening at six o’clock. Mrs. Cook grew to womanhood in Blair and on June 21, 1905 she was married to Wilbur Cook. They made their home in Fremont where their only child was born and where later Mr. Cook passed away.

After the death of her husband she returned to Blair and established a home. For years she was a post office employee, filling the place in an efficient manner until her health failed her.

Deceased was a member of the Episcopal church and of the Eastern Star and was a consistent member of both organizations. In Blair where she is well known she is held in the highest esteem and words of sorrow and sympathy are heard on every hand over her long illness and her death.

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock from the Episcopal church with Rev. Ramley of Omaha, officiating and interment was made in the Blair cemetery.

She leaves to mourn her death, her daughter, Mrs. Clyde Compton, two grandchildren, and her brother Myron Higley of Hollywood, California, besides a host of friends.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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