The daughter of Clyde Oscar Ishmael and Grace Louise Geuder, Lenna was born and raised in Chandlerville, Cass County, Illinois. She moved to Alton, Illinois in 1929.
Lenna married Kenneth Carlyle Cook on 27 Jul 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri. They were the parents of 3 children.
Lenna and Kenneth both worked at Olin Corporation in East Alton, Illinois. He began work there in 1930 and was a ballistics foreman in the cartridge works by 1940. Lenna was an inspector in the cartridge works by the start of World War II.
In 1958, Lenna was a patient at St. Joseph's Hospital in Alton for 2 weeks. She passed away there at the age of 46 years, 5 months and 28 days.
She was survived by her husband, Kenneth; her mother; 1 daughter, Donna McKinney; 2 sons, Kenneth Wayne Cook and Bruce Lyle Cook; and 2 brothers, Wilbert Ishmael and Clyde Ishmael.
Visitation was held after 2 p.m. on 13 Apr 1958 and until noon the next morning at Smith Funeral Home in Alton, Illinois. Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p.m. on the afternoon of 14 Apr 1958 at Elm Street Presbyterian Church.
Burial was in Upper Alton (Oakwood) Cemetery.
Children: 1 daughter, 2 sons.
Mother of:
Donna Joan Cook McKinney
Kenneth Wayne Cook
Bruce Lyle Cook
Lenna's siblings:
Wilbert Ivan Ishmael
Clyde Dwight Ishmael
Lenna married Kenneth Carlyle Cook on 27 Jul 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri. They were the parents of 3 children.
Lenna and Kenneth both worked at Olin Corporation in East Alton, Illinois. He began work there in 1930 and was a ballistics foreman in the cartridge works by 1940. Lenna was an inspector in the cartridge works by the start of World War II.
In 1958, Lenna was a patient at St. Joseph's Hospital in Alton for 2 weeks. She passed away there at the age of 46 years, 5 months and 28 days.
She was survived by her husband, Kenneth; her mother; 1 daughter, Donna McKinney; 2 sons, Kenneth Wayne Cook and Bruce Lyle Cook; and 2 brothers, Wilbert Ishmael and Clyde Ishmael.
Visitation was held after 2 p.m. on 13 Apr 1958 and until noon the next morning at Smith Funeral Home in Alton, Illinois. Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p.m. on the afternoon of 14 Apr 1958 at Elm Street Presbyterian Church.
Burial was in Upper Alton (Oakwood) Cemetery.
Children: 1 daughter, 2 sons.
Mother of:
Donna Joan Cook McKinney
Kenneth Wayne Cook
Bruce Lyle Cook
Lenna's siblings:
Wilbert Ivan Ishmael
Clyde Dwight Ishmael
The daughter of Clyde Oscar Ishmael and Grace Louise Geuder, Lenna was born and raised in Chandlerville, Cass County, Illinois. She moved to Alton, Illinois in 1929.
Lenna married Kenneth Carlyle Cook on 27 Jul 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri. They were the parents of 3 children.
Lenna and Kenneth both worked at Olin Corporation in East Alton, Illinois. He began work there in 1930 and was a ballistics foreman in the cartridge works by 1940. Lenna was an inspector in the cartridge works by the start of World War II.
In 1958, Lenna was a patient at St. Joseph's Hospital in Alton for 2 weeks. She passed away there at the age of 46 years, 5 months and 28 days.
She was survived by her husband, Kenneth; her mother; 1 daughter, Donna McKinney; 2 sons, Kenneth Wayne Cook and Bruce Lyle Cook; and 2 brothers, Wilbert Ishmael and Clyde Ishmael.
Visitation was held after 2 p.m. on 13 Apr 1958 and until noon the next morning at Smith Funeral Home in Alton, Illinois. Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p.m. on the afternoon of 14 Apr 1958 at Elm Street Presbyterian Church.
Burial was in Upper Alton (Oakwood) Cemetery.
Children: 1 daughter, 2 sons.
Mother of:
Donna Joan Cook McKinney
Kenneth Wayne Cook
Bruce Lyle Cook
Lenna's siblings:
Wilbert Ivan Ishmael
Clyde Dwight Ishmael
Lenna married Kenneth Carlyle Cook on 27 Jul 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri. They were the parents of 3 children.
Lenna and Kenneth both worked at Olin Corporation in East Alton, Illinois. He began work there in 1930 and was a ballistics foreman in the cartridge works by 1940. Lenna was an inspector in the cartridge works by the start of World War II.
In 1958, Lenna was a patient at St. Joseph's Hospital in Alton for 2 weeks. She passed away there at the age of 46 years, 5 months and 28 days.
She was survived by her husband, Kenneth; her mother; 1 daughter, Donna McKinney; 2 sons, Kenneth Wayne Cook and Bruce Lyle Cook; and 2 brothers, Wilbert Ishmael and Clyde Ishmael.
Visitation was held after 2 p.m. on 13 Apr 1958 and until noon the next morning at Smith Funeral Home in Alton, Illinois. Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p.m. on the afternoon of 14 Apr 1958 at Elm Street Presbyterian Church.
Burial was in Upper Alton (Oakwood) Cemetery.
Children: 1 daughter, 2 sons.
Mother of:
Donna Joan Cook McKinney
Kenneth Wayne Cook
Bruce Lyle Cook
Lenna's siblings:
Wilbert Ivan Ishmael
Clyde Dwight Ishmael
Inscription
MOTHER
Gravesite Details
Double click on photos to enlarge images.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
