Mary Cook (1931-2019)

COOK, EVEN, CAHILL

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 8/13/2019 at 07:14:16

Mary Cook, 88, of Maquoketa passed away on August 8, 2019 at the Maquoketa Care Center.

Funeral Mass will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Maquoketa on Saturday, August 17, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. Friends may call on Friday, August 16 from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. with a Catholic Daughters rosary at 7:00 p.m. at Lahey and Dawson Funeral Home in Maquoketa. Burial will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery.

Mary was born on April 3, 1931 to Ronald and Sophie (Even) Cahill in Otter Creek, Iowa. She was a Maquoketa High School graduate, class of 1948. After high school, she worked as a telephone operator at Northwestern Bell until the office closed in 1964.

On November 28 in 1953 she married Kenneth Cook at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Maquoketa. She devoted herself to caring for her family and friends. She was always ready to help anyone with a smile and a twinkle in her eye.

She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Maquoketa, Catholic Daughters St. Raphael #1156, American Auxiliary # 75 and Jackson County Hospital Auxiliary.

Those left to cherish her memories are her children; Ann (John) Dominik of Burnsville, Minnesota, Steven Cook of Iowa City, two grandchildren; Rhiannon and Jack Dominik, her three grand-puppies and her sister Norma (Bob) Mottet of Maquoketa. All will miss her bright blue eyes, sparkling smile, snappy wit and red lipstick.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Kenneth, brother Thomas Cahill, three nephews and one niece and her best friend and partner in crime, Sharon Schilling.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to her family in her honor.

Online condolence may be left for the family at www.laheys.com