Cook, Carol Ann (1943-2016)

COOK, NIELSEN, ABBOTT, DLUGOSCH, PETERSON, BAKER, BRIDGE, KNUTH, CARLTON, PETSCH, RIENSCH, HARTMAN, KRAMER, KOELLER

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 12/29/2016 at 13:59:19

Carol Ann Cook
October 21, 1943 - October 13, 2016

Carol Ann Cook passed away on October 13, 2016, at the age of 72 in her home with her family by her side. She had suffered from dementia for many years.

Carol was born on October 21, 1943, to Henry and Cora Nielsen in Storm Lake, Iowa. She made it a family of four when she joined her older sister, Janice. Baptized and confirmed as a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, she graduated from Storm Lake High School in 1961. Then, she worked at Citizens First National Bank until she married Thomas (Ed) Abbott. Next, they moved to England where Ed was stationed in the Air Force. They had a son, Mark, born on August 20, 1963. Upon returning to the States, they made Roswell, New Mexico, their home until they divorced. Carol and Mark, then, moved to Colorado to be near her family.

Eventually,Carol met and married Don Cook, the love of her life. Their daughter Dawn was born on May 22, 1971. They lived in Broomfield for twenty-two years and then made Arvada their permanent home for the next twenty-four years.

Carol, especially, enjoyed spending time with her family. They enjoyed hiking and camping almost every summer in beautiful Estes Park. In addition, she had a huge passion for horseback riding. Her favorite hobbies included gardening, cooking, reading, and decorating. She, actively, participated in Mark and Dawn’s numerous social activities. As a teenager, she traveled to Denmark to meet her grandmother and the rest of her father’s family, an experience she could never forget.

Preceding her in death were her parents and her aunts, Bessie Dlugosch (infancy), Hilda Peterson, and Lillie Dlugosch.

Surviving family members include her husband, Don; her children, Mark Abbott and his husband, Ed Baker, and Dawn Cook; her sister, Janice Bridge; her brother in-law, Ed Cook, and his wife, Cheryl; his sisters in-law, Carol Knuth, Judy Cook (Petsch), and her husband, Wayne, and Debbie Carlton; her nephews and nieces: Mike Cook, and wife, Shelley, Ben Bridge, Eric Cook, Ginger Petsch, (Hartman) and her husband, Clint, Jessica Petsch (Kramer), and her husband, Josh, Stephanie Cook (Koeller), and husband, Ed, Melissa Cook (Morrow), and her husband, Willard, Adam Carlton, and Noah Riensch.

A memorial service will be held Friday, October 28, 2016, starting at 11:00 a.m. followed by a reception at Bethlehem Lutheran Church located at 2100 N. Wadsworth Boulevard, Lakewood, Colorado 80214.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in her honor to either the or the .

Copyright © 2016, The Family of Carol Ann Cook

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