Wasco-Marion County OR Archives Obituaries.....Cooke, Georgia Geraldine July 12, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle,  July 15, 2004
     Georgia Geraldine Cooke, 87, a former resident of Klickitat, died in 
Vancouver on July 12, 2004.
     She was born May 6, 1917 in Bayfield, Wis. Her maiden name was Southmayd. 
She moved to Hiles, Wis., in 1927 and relocated to Salem in 1930 and 
subsequently to Klickitat, where she completed her high school education. 
     She briefly attended Central Normal School in Ellensburg Wash., where she 
met her future husband Rex Cooke, who preceded her in death on March 1, 2004. 
They were married for 67 years and moved to Vancouver in 2001 to be near their 
family.
     In her younger years, she enjoyed writing, golfing and playing an active 
role in The Klickitat County Women’s Republican Club. She was also active in 
the Ladies Aid Society of Grace Lutheran Church.
     She began her career with J. Neils Lumber Company in 1953, (which later 
became St. Regis Paper Company and Champion International) where she worked as 
receptionist and Administrative Assistant to the Purchasing Agent.  She 
retired in 1973 due to failing health. 
     Survivors include her son Gary Cooke and his wife, Svea; her daughters 
Kathleen Stavney and her husband, L.S. (Bud); and Janet Clarence and her 
husband, Bud; seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; sisters, 
Jeanette Caspari, West Allis Wis.; and Patricia Marsh and her husband Wilbur, 
White Salmon; sister-in-law Nina Bauer, Spokane, and numerous nieces and 
nephews.
     Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 17 at 1 p.m. in the chapel 
of Erdman Funeral Home. Interment will be in Mt. View Cemetery in Goldendale. 
Memorial contributions may be made to Grace Lutheran Church in Klickitat.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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