William Cook, Sr., 91, long-time Uinta County resident, died Thursday in an Evanston hospital following a long illness.
He was born July 30, 1879 in New Brinsley, Nottinghamshire, England a son of George and Sarah Ann Watkinson Cook.
He married Harriet [Brown] Hutchinson Jan. 16, 1899 in Almy, Wyoming. He was a retired rancher, a member of I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 4 and the United Mine Workers of America. He was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had served as a Sunday School superintendent and a counselor of the Hilliard Branch.
He was a former school board member, Uinta County Road supervisor, chairman of the wool committee, and a Ditch Rider for the Old Hilliard Ditch.
He is survived by his widow, Evanston; three sons: Ted and Arthur, Green River; Lawrence, Evanston; and six daughters; Mrs. Joseph (Elizabeth) Gilmore, Mrs. Kate Williams, Mrs. Joseph (Stella) Pierce, Evanston; Mrs. Walter (Florence) Goddard and Mrs. Lidio (Velma) Tomasini, Rock Springs; and Mrs. William (Ida) Lester, Riverton, Utah; 47 grandchildren, 100 great grandchildren, and 14 great great grandchildren; and a sister Mrs. Annie Dunning, Evanston.
Funeral services were conducted on Monday, Feb. 15, at 1 p.m. in the Evanston Third-Fourth ward chapel. Burial was in the Evanston I.O.O.F. Lodge Cemetery.
Note: Not included in the obituary were the names of his two sons who preceded him in death, William Brown Cook and Eugene Woodrow Cook. Also preceding him were his two brothers, Edwin and George Cook.
William Cook, Sr., 91, long-time Uinta County resident, died Thursday in an Evanston hospital following a long illness.
He was born July 30, 1879 in New Brinsley, Nottinghamshire, England a son of George and Sarah Ann Watkinson Cook.
He married Harriet [Brown] Hutchinson Jan. 16, 1899 in Almy, Wyoming. He was a retired rancher, a member of I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 4 and the United Mine Workers of America. He was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had served as a Sunday School superintendent and a counselor of the Hilliard Branch.
He was a former school board member, Uinta County Road supervisor, chairman of the wool committee, and a Ditch Rider for the Old Hilliard Ditch.
He is survived by his widow, Evanston; three sons: Ted and Arthur, Green River; Lawrence, Evanston; and six daughters; Mrs. Joseph (Elizabeth) Gilmore, Mrs. Kate Williams, Mrs. Joseph (Stella) Pierce, Evanston; Mrs. Walter (Florence) Goddard and Mrs. Lidio (Velma) Tomasini, Rock Springs; and Mrs. William (Ida) Lester, Riverton, Utah; 47 grandchildren, 100 great grandchildren, and 14 great great grandchildren; and a sister Mrs. Annie Dunning, Evanston.
Funeral services were conducted on Monday, Feb. 15, at 1 p.m. in the Evanston Third-Fourth ward chapel. Burial was in the Evanston I.O.O.F. Lodge Cemetery.
Note: Not included in the obituary were the names of his two sons who preceded him in death, William Brown Cook and Eugene Woodrow Cook. Also preceding him were his two brothers, Edwin and George Cook.
Family Members
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Elizabeth Sarah Cook Gilmore
1900–1993
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Katherine Cook Williams
1902–1984
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Stella Cook Pierce
1904–1991
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PFC William Brown "Bill" Cook
1906–1960
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Florence Cook Goddard
1908–1984
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Edwin Watkinson "Ted" Cook
1909–1998
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Velma Harriet Cook Tomasini
1912–1976
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Arthur George Cook
1915–1981
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Eugene Woodrow Cook
1916–1917
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Ida Vina Cook Lester
1919–2006
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Lawrence LeRoy Cook
1924–2005
