Virginia Cook
Sept. 17, 1853-July 6, 1932
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, July 7, 1932, page 1, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
MRS. EUGENE COOK DIES IN CALIFORNIA; MOTHER OF MRS. WALTER PARKIN
Mrs. Virginia Cook, 79, widow of Eugene Cook, died about noon yesterday in Pasadena, Calif., where she had gone to spend last winter, according to her custom for several years. Her daughter, Mrs. Walter Parkin accompanied her to Pasadena and had remained with her mother.
The body will be brought to Niles for burial. According to present plans the funeral services will be held on Sunday afternoon in Trinity Episcopal church in Niles of which Mrs. Cook had been a life-long member.
Mr. Parkin will leave Niles tomorrow for the west to meet his wife on the trip to Niles with the body and accompany her to Niles.
Mrs. Cook was born in Niles on Sept. 17, 1853, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John D. Richardson, prominent pioneer resident of Niles. Mrs. Cook had lived in Kalamazoo after her marriage to Mr. Cook and continued to live there until his death. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Walter Parkin of Niles and by one brother William L. Richardson of Chicago. Mrs. Cook was formerly a member of the Ladies Reading club of Niles.
Niles Daily Star, Friday, July 8, 1932, page 4, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
BRINGING BODY TO NILES
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Parkin are to arrive in Niles on Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock with the body of Mrs. Parkin's mother, Mrs. Eugene Cook, who died in Pasadena, Calif., on Wednesday afternoon. The body will be taken to the Rutherford funeral home and friends may call there between the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock to view it. The services according to present plans will be held at 4 o'clock in Trinity Episcopal church. Mr. Parkin went to Chicago today and expects to leave there this afternoon to meet Mrs. Parkin, probably near Kansas City.