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Ernest Bright Cook

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Ernest Bright Cook

Birth
Death
20 Jul 1960 (aged 75)
Burial
Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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The Gettysburg Times July 21, 1960

E Bright Coo, 75-year-old retired carpenter, was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in the fume-filled garage at his Cashtown home about 4:30 Wednesday afternoon ad Dr. C.G. Crist, Adams County coroner, listed the case as a suicide.
...Mr. Cook had been in ill health for a year and had been under the care of a physician. He had retired from his work as a carpenter about 10 years ago. His wife, Maude Kump Cook, died July 12, 1958.
Mr. Cook was a native of Adams County and a son of the late John R and Mary Mertz Cook. He was a member of Flohr's Lutheran Church.
Surviving are four children, Mrs. Clarence Dougal, Mrs. Paul Cramer and Russell E Cook, all of Chambersburg, and Floyd E Cook, Cashtown. There are 10 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Four brothers and sisters also survive; Mrs. John Snyder, Gettysburg; Mrs. Charles Stoner, Fairfield; Miss Belva Cook, Orrtanna, and Howard, Bonneauville.
Funeral services Saturday afternoon at 2:00 at the Bender Funeral Home with his pastor, the Rev. George Early, officiating. Interment in Flohr's Church Cemetery.

The Gettysburg Times July 21, 1960

E Bright Coo, 75-year-old retired carpenter, was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in the fume-filled garage at his Cashtown home about 4:30 Wednesday afternoon ad Dr. C.G. Crist, Adams County coroner, listed the case as a suicide.
...Mr. Cook had been in ill health for a year and had been under the care of a physician. He had retired from his work as a carpenter about 10 years ago. His wife, Maude Kump Cook, died July 12, 1958.
Mr. Cook was a native of Adams County and a son of the late John R and Mary Mertz Cook. He was a member of Flohr's Lutheran Church.
Surviving are four children, Mrs. Clarence Dougal, Mrs. Paul Cramer and Russell E Cook, all of Chambersburg, and Floyd E Cook, Cashtown. There are 10 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Four brothers and sisters also survive; Mrs. John Snyder, Gettysburg; Mrs. Charles Stoner, Fairfield; Miss Belva Cook, Orrtanna, and Howard, Bonneauville.
Funeral services Saturday afternoon at 2:00 at the Bender Funeral Home with his pastor, the Rev. George Early, officiating. Interment in Flohr's Church Cemetery.



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  • Added: Oct 23, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6873542/ernest_bright-cook: accessed ), memorial page for Ernest Bright Cook (7 Nov 1884–20 Jul 1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6873542, citing Flohrs Lutheran Church Cemetery, Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by deb (contributor 46554453).