Margaret Catherine (O’Donnell) Cooke Baldner (1901-1924)

BALDNER, COOKE, ELLWOOD, ODONNELL

Posted By: Eileen Reed (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:56

September 9, 1901 --- May 1, 1924

MRS. RAY BALDNER DIED FRIDAY A. M.

Death Takes Bride of Less Than a Year After 36 Hour Illness.

Mrs. Ray Baldner died at her home in this city Thursday morning, May 1st, at 4:30 a. m. She had been ill but thirty-six hours. Prior to her fatal illness she had appeared to be in perfect health. A perforated ulcer of the small intestine was the cause of her sudden death. There is nothing the medical science can do or which was not tried to save the life of Mrs. Baldner, but all attempt were unsuccessful and she died after being unconscious for many hours. The funeral services were held in the Sacred Heart church Monday morning and burial was in Calvary cemetery.

Mrs. Baldner was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Cooke. She was educated in the Sacred Heart schools of this city, graduating with the class of 1919. After graduation she worked a few months in Dr. Strane's dental office and in the fall was successful in a civil service examination and was appointed assistant in the local postoffice, resigning her position a few months after her marriage.

She was very kindly and obliging in her dealings with the public and there is universal sorrow in her passing. But a month ago her home was gladdened by the birth of a baby boy, which has been named Richard Cooke Baldner.

Protestants and Catholics crowded Sacred Heart church Monday to pay final tribute to one who was high in their esteem. She numbered her cordial friends and acquaintances by the hundreds and all feel an irretrievable loss in her death.

Death is inevitable and must come to all of us sooner or later, but the saddest of all is when a young wife and mother is called just at the time she is entering the threshold of a life devoted to the care of the young life which had just been placed in her hands.

Obituary

Margaret Cooke Baldner was born in Wapello, Iowa, Sept. 9, 1901. She was graduated from the Sacred Heart high school of Eagle Grove with the class of 1919. She was united in marriage with Ray Baldner, June 27, 1923. She survived by her husband, Ray Baldner, by her son, Richard Cooke Baldner, who was born April 8, 1924, and by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Cooke. To these surviving relatives every possible human sympathy is extended by the entire community and by prominent men all over the state with whom Mr. Cooke has been associated during the past twenty years.

Eagle Grove Eagle --- Eagle Grove, Iowa
May 8, 1924

[Transcriber’s Note: Transcribed as published. Margaret Catherine O’Donnell in the Iowa, Birth and Christenings Index 1800-1999 Name: Margaret Catherine O’Donnell Birth Date: 9 Sep 1901 Birth Place: Louisa, Iowa Father: Thomas John O’Donnell Mother: Anna May Ellwood. Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1940 for Margaret Cooke Baldner Husband: Ray D Baldner Date of Birth: Sept. 9, 1901 Age: 22 Years 8 Months 23 Days Birthplace: Wapello, Iowa Name of Father: T. J. O'Donnell Birthplace of Father: McGregor Maiden Name of Mother: Anna Ellwood Birthplace of Mother: Dunlap, Iowa Date of Death: May 2, 1924 Cause of Death: Acute Pentonitis Time of Death: 4:30 a.m. Burial: Calvary Cemetery Date of Burial: May 5, 1924 Informant: Ray D. Baldner, Eagle Grove, Iowa. Margaret O D Cooke in the Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 Name: Margaret O D Cooke Age: 22 Birth Year: abt 1901 Birth Place: Wapello Marriage Date: 27 Jun 1923 Marriage Place: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Eagle Grove, Wright, Iowa Father: Thomas John O’Donnell Mother: Anna Ellwood Spouse: Raymond D. Baldner. Margaret Catherine O’Donnell Cooke Baldner was adopted, details taken from the Margaret Isabelle (McCausland) Cooke, December 17, 1959 obituary. Mr. and Mrs. Cooke had no children of their own, and in April of 1903 they adopted a baby girl, Margaret O'Donnell, whose parents were close friends of the Cooke’s. Details taken from the Thomas John O’Donnell, April 6, 1911 obituary. He was the father of little Margaret O’Donnell Adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Cook [Cooke]. Anna May Ellwood O’Donnell, died 27 Dec 1902. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery, Eagle Grove, Wright County, Iowa.]