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Robert Lincoln Cook

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Robert Lincoln Cook

Birth
Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA
Death
23 Jun 1993 (aged 70)
Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Ridge Farm, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec: E-5 Lot: 23 Plot: 4
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Robert L. Cook, 70, of Ridge Farm, died at 3:46 a.m. Wednesday (June 23, 1993) at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.

He was born Sept. 17, 1922, in Georgetown, the son of Lee and Mabel Davis Cook. He married Betty Phillips April 18, 1952. She survives in Ridge Farm.

Also surviving: one sister, Phyllis Cook of Homewood; one brother, Wayne (Geneva) Cook of Ridge Farm; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Phillip, and three sisters, Ruth Cook, Grace Cook, and Betty Ann Pribble.

He was a veteran of World War II, Battery C, 390 Field Artillery Battalion, serving in the European Theatre of operations. He was a heavy equipment operator, retiring several years ago.

He was a member of Operating Engineers Local #841, Domblazer American Legion Post #203, Russell Masonic Lodge of Georgetown, and Danville Scottish Rite.

Services were held at Houghton-Leasure Funeral Home in Georgetown; Officiating: Rev. Leon Korb; Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery, Ridge Farm; Graveside military rites by Domblazer American Legion Post.
Robert L. Cook, 70, of Ridge Farm, died at 3:46 a.m. Wednesday (June 23, 1993) at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.

He was born Sept. 17, 1922, in Georgetown, the son of Lee and Mabel Davis Cook. He married Betty Phillips April 18, 1952. She survives in Ridge Farm.

Also surviving: one sister, Phyllis Cook of Homewood; one brother, Wayne (Geneva) Cook of Ridge Farm; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Phillip, and three sisters, Ruth Cook, Grace Cook, and Betty Ann Pribble.

He was a veteran of World War II, Battery C, 390 Field Artillery Battalion, serving in the European Theatre of operations. He was a heavy equipment operator, retiring several years ago.

He was a member of Operating Engineers Local #841, Domblazer American Legion Post #203, Russell Masonic Lodge of Georgetown, and Danville Scottish Rite.

Services were held at Houghton-Leasure Funeral Home in Georgetown; Officiating: Rev. Leon Korb; Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery, Ridge Farm; Graveside military rites by Domblazer American Legion Post.


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