Obit: Cook, Chester D. #2 (1893 - 1967)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Cook, Davis, Cardarella, Koehler

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 12/07/1967

Cook, Chester D. (11 September 1893 - 5 December 1967)

Chester D. Cook, of Des Moines, Ia., died Tuesday in Des Moines. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday at 1:30 p.m. from the Georgas Funeral Home. The Rev. W. C. Koehler of the United Church of Christ will officiate. Masonic services also will be held.

Mr. Cook was born September 11, 1893, in Neillsville, the son of the late John and Mary (Davis) Cook. He attended Neillsville School and for many years operated a lunch business here. He later worked for Interstate Company, for which he operated railroad restaurants for many years.

For the last 11 years he was the cashier at the State House in Des Moines. He retired in 1963.

He was a member of Neillsville Lodge, No. 163, F. & A. M., Neillsville Chapter, No. 66, R. A. M., and Neillsville Lodge No. 198, I. O. O. F.

He is survived by his wife, the former Zanza Cardarella, whom he married December 31, 1914, in Neillsville.