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Bertha <I>Adams</I> Cook

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Bertha Adams Cook

Birth
Rohnerville, Humboldt County, California, USA
Death
17 Dec 1957 (aged 84)
Humboldt County, California, USA
Burial
Eureka, Humboldt County, California, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Bertha Cook, 84-year-old resident of Pepperwood, died Tuesday afternoon following an extended illness. She had resided in Pepperwood for the past 50 years.

She was born May 18, 1874 in Rohnerville, daughter of the pioneer family of Samuel Adams, blacksmith in Rohnerville. She had lived her entire life in the area.

She is survived by daughters, Mrs. Beatrice Keesey, Arcata; Mrs. Marjorie Landergen, Rohnerville; Mrs. Georgia Cook, Pepperwood; Mrs. Sibyl Robinson, Shively; Mrs. Alice Hunt, Las Vegas, Nev.; sons, Clifford Cook, Holmes; Clinton Cook, Shively; Earl Cook, Miranda; brothers, Frank Adams, Petrolia; Gus Adams, Sacramento; sister, Mrs. Irene Brown, Burbank; 12 grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in Emmerson's Mortuary in Fortuna. Interment will follow in the family plot in Ocean View Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Vaughn De Fries, Merle Corneggie, Earl Johnston, Herschel Wheeler, Perry Johnson and Sidney Schwab.

Published in the Times Standard on December 18, 1957
Mrs. Bertha Cook, 84-year-old resident of Pepperwood, died Tuesday afternoon following an extended illness. She had resided in Pepperwood for the past 50 years.

She was born May 18, 1874 in Rohnerville, daughter of the pioneer family of Samuel Adams, blacksmith in Rohnerville. She had lived her entire life in the area.

She is survived by daughters, Mrs. Beatrice Keesey, Arcata; Mrs. Marjorie Landergen, Rohnerville; Mrs. Georgia Cook, Pepperwood; Mrs. Sibyl Robinson, Shively; Mrs. Alice Hunt, Las Vegas, Nev.; sons, Clifford Cook, Holmes; Clinton Cook, Shively; Earl Cook, Miranda; brothers, Frank Adams, Petrolia; Gus Adams, Sacramento; sister, Mrs. Irene Brown, Burbank; 12 grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in Emmerson's Mortuary in Fortuna. Interment will follow in the family plot in Ocean View Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Vaughn De Fries, Merle Corneggie, Earl Johnston, Herschel Wheeler, Perry Johnson and Sidney Schwab.

Published in the Times Standard on December 18, 1957


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