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William Richard “Bill” Cook Sr.

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William Richard “Bill” Cook Sr.

Birth
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
24 Oct 2011 (aged 76)
Boscawen, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Danbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.5288598, Longitude: -71.8615706
Memorial ID
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Interment: 29 Oct 2011

Mr. William Richard Cook, Sr.

Age: 76 yrs. 8 mos. 6 dys.

S/O Eugene E. Cook & Mabel Louise (Casey) Cook
H/O Betty Arline (Tucker) Cook (2 Oct 1935-12 Aug 2015); m c1955
F/O William R. Cook, Jr.
F/O Dale James Cook
F/O Pamela Jean (Cook) Desnoyers

Last Residence: Danbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire 03230, USA [SSDI]

Obituary, Chadwick Funeral Service (New London, NH), 25 Oct 2011:

Danbury, NH - William R. Cook, Sr., 76, of Ragged Mountain Road, died Monday, October 24, 2011 at the Merrimack County Nursing Home in Boscawen, NH.

He was born in Ipswich, MA on February 18, 1935 the son of Eugene and Mabel (Casey) Cook. Bill spent his early years in Ipswich and moved to Danbury in 1948. He had been a caretaker on a farm in Tamworth, NH from Feb. 1956 to Oct. 1956 and also on a farm in Amenia NY from 1966-1968 and was a logger for Myrl Phelps and cut wood for Dalphond Brothers in Andover. In 1987 he started his own logging business and had also logged with horses for Dan Russ in Franklin. Bill built the family home in 1978 with a chainsaw.

He is predeceased by a brother, David. Members of his family surviving include his wife of 56 years, Betty A. (Phelps) Cook of Danbury, NH; three children, William R. Cook, Jr. of Sanbornton, NH, Dale J. Cook of Danbury, NH and Pamela J. Desnoyers of Franklin, NH; 9 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; three brothers, John of Salt Lake City, UT, Richard of Newburyport, MA and Donald of Franklin, NH; four sisters, Evelyn Hetnar and Dorothy Tabor of Ipswich, MA, Vivian Gove of Newburyport, MA and Marjorie Cook of Epping, NH; nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the Chadwick Funeral Home, 235 Main Street, New London, NH on Thursday, October 27, 2011 from 6-8 P.M. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. in Riverdale Cemetery, Danbury, NH.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Danbury Fire E.M.S., P.O. Box 149, Danbury, NH 03230.
Interment: 29 Oct 2011

Mr. William Richard Cook, Sr.

Age: 76 yrs. 8 mos. 6 dys.

S/O Eugene E. Cook & Mabel Louise (Casey) Cook
H/O Betty Arline (Tucker) Cook (2 Oct 1935-12 Aug 2015); m c1955
F/O William R. Cook, Jr.
F/O Dale James Cook
F/O Pamela Jean (Cook) Desnoyers

Last Residence: Danbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire 03230, USA [SSDI]

Obituary, Chadwick Funeral Service (New London, NH), 25 Oct 2011:

Danbury, NH - William R. Cook, Sr., 76, of Ragged Mountain Road, died Monday, October 24, 2011 at the Merrimack County Nursing Home in Boscawen, NH.

He was born in Ipswich, MA on February 18, 1935 the son of Eugene and Mabel (Casey) Cook. Bill spent his early years in Ipswich and moved to Danbury in 1948. He had been a caretaker on a farm in Tamworth, NH from Feb. 1956 to Oct. 1956 and also on a farm in Amenia NY from 1966-1968 and was a logger for Myrl Phelps and cut wood for Dalphond Brothers in Andover. In 1987 he started his own logging business and had also logged with horses for Dan Russ in Franklin. Bill built the family home in 1978 with a chainsaw.

He is predeceased by a brother, David. Members of his family surviving include his wife of 56 years, Betty A. (Phelps) Cook of Danbury, NH; three children, William R. Cook, Jr. of Sanbornton, NH, Dale J. Cook of Danbury, NH and Pamela J. Desnoyers of Franklin, NH; 9 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; three brothers, John of Salt Lake City, UT, Richard of Newburyport, MA and Donald of Franklin, NH; four sisters, Evelyn Hetnar and Dorothy Tabor of Ipswich, MA, Vivian Gove of Newburyport, MA and Marjorie Cook of Epping, NH; nieces and nephews.

Friends may call at the Chadwick Funeral Home, 235 Main Street, New London, NH on Thursday, October 27, 2011 from 6-8 P.M. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. in Riverdale Cemetery, Danbury, NH.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Danbury Fire E.M.S., P.O. Box 149, Danbury, NH 03230.

Inscription

COOK
[covered bridge scene]
WILLIAM R. SR. "BILL"
FEB. 18, 1935
OCT. 24, 2011

BETTY A.
OCT. 2, 1935
AUG. 12, 2015



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  • Created by: Earl Abbe
  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79360107/william_richard-cook: accessed ), memorial page for William Richard “Bill” Cook Sr. (18 Feb 1935–24 Oct 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 79360107, citing Riverdale Cemetery, Danbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Earl Abbe (contributor 46843447).