Marie Cook

Marie (Crock) Cook died at her home in Mechanicsville, Iowa on Monday, January 5, 2015, 12 days shy of her 89th birthday. Her daughter, Colette, was with her when she died. Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 8, 2015, at the First Presbyterian Church, Mechanicsville, with Rev. William B. Harnish, Rev. David Glenn-Burns, and Rev. Jaymee Glenn-Burns presiding. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Marie's life. Visitation: 4-7 on Wednesday at Morgan Funeral & Cremation Choices, Mt. Vernon. Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Mechanicsville. Marie is survived by her loving daughter, Colette Cook of Cedar Rapids; brother, Paul (Geri) Crock, Mechanicsville; sister, Leona (Les) Johnson, Denver, Colorado, sisters-in-law, Jan Spath of Mechanicsville and Cheri Crock of Cedar Rapids; numerous nieces and nephews, and many close friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, sister, Lucille (2001) and brother-in-law, Harry (2014) Seelman of Oxford, Iowa, brother, Robert (2014) of Cedar Rapids; brother-in-law, Richard Spath (2013) of Depoe Bay, Oregon; and sister-in-law, Jeri Kavanagh and her husband, Tom of Otis, Oregon. Marie was born on January 17, 1926, in Cedar County, Iowa, to Clarence and Nellie (Cessford) Crock. She graduated from Tipton High School in 1943, and attended Paris Academy Beauty School in Cedar Rapids. In 1945, she came to Mechanicsville where she worked as a beautician for many years. She married James Jim L. Cook on March 7, 1952, in Vinton, Iowa. She then worked with Jim in the Cook Hardware store from the mid-1970s, until Jim retired in 1990. She and Jim traveled the country to attend American Legion conventions and to visit family and friends. Marie will be remembered as a kind and thoughtful person to her many nieces, nephews, friends, and Colettes dogs, Oakie, Jamaica, and Daylia. She looked forward to beginning each day with her coffee group and treasured her Mechanicsville friends. Marie also enjoyed gardening in her many flower gardens, her bridge clubs, and eating at Dittoes Restaurant. She was an active member in many organizations including the United Presbyterian Women, the Red Hat Society, Garden Club, American Legion Auxiliary, and Cedar County Historical Society. In 2013, she donated the tin shop that had been located on the second floor of Cook Hardware to the Cedar County Historical Society. Memorials are suggested to the First Presbyterian Church of Mechanicsville, Mechanicsville Garden Club, or Mechanicsville American Legion Auxiliary Unit 309. The family extends a sincere thank you to Maries caregivers, Marilyn Judd, JoAnn Pearson, and Hospice of Mercy and to her many friends and family who offered support.