Ruth Elizabeth Proctor Cook (1918-1999) Autobiography-Part 12

Are you ready for the next exciting episode of Mother's life story.  In this episode she tells of our adventures in Lovell, Wyoming and of our move back to Menan, Idaho.  She tells of the Menan First Ward's girls' baseball team that she coached.  She loved those girls and they loved her.  

Ruth Elizabeth (Proctor) Cook (1918-1999) Part 10 of Autobigraphy

I think that you will really enjoy this one.  Theron gets into hot water again.  It is priceless.  Enjoy

Here is a picture of the cookie jar that Mother talks about in the video.  I am now the proud owner of said cookie jar and I love it.  It brings back so so many memories.

Ruth Elizabeth Proctor Cook (1918-1999) Autobiography Part 9

In this episode, Mother tells of the birth of Theron and Joyce and of the time Franklin and Theron locked Joyce in the outhouse.  You will find it quite amusing.  

Homes of My Ancestors Part One

     In doing my family history, I have come to realize just how very very blessed I am and how very thankful I am for those ancestors who have paved the way for me to have the great blessings that I enjoy and so often take for granted.  I am come to appreciate their great sacrifices for me.  They gave so much so that I could have so much.  Sometimes I feel guilty for all that I have when they had so little.  Anyway, I thought I would post some pictures of some of the homes that my ancestors lived in. Some I have visited and some I have not.  It is fun to reminisce about these people and places. Hope you enjoy!

Grandpa and Grandma Cook

James Edward and Christina Magdalena Buchmiller Cook

Of course this was taken along after anyone live in it.  Below are some pictures of what it looked like back when they were living in it.

Grandpa Cook holding my brother Franklin.

My mother, Ruth with my brother, Franklin

My brothers, Franklin and Theron 

Franklin and Theron again.

My Dad, Cleo taking a picture of someone or thing.

My sister, Joyce, Mother, and Franklin

Franklin, Theron and Joyce

A modern day picture of the home of my Grandpa James  and Grandma Lena Cook in Grant, Idaho on the Lewisville Highway.  The lived here with several children.  

My Dad and Mom

Cleo Earl and Ruth Elizabeth Proctor Cook

Dad and Mom in Roberts

Wayne Rottweier, Theron Cook, Dean Rottweier, Franklin Cook in Roberts

Franklin and Theron in Roberts

Theron and Franklin in Roberts.  

Mother, Franklin, Theron, Joyce and me Lois at our home in Rigby, Idaho.

Me on Old Pal at our home in Rigby, Idaho

Dad at our home in Menan, Idaho

Dad in Menan

Lena Beyeler with Theron and Cindy Cook at the home in Menan, Idaho

Karl Heinrich Buchmiller and Christine Gertrude Walz

    Grandpa and Grandma Buchmiller actually lived in a dugout in the side of the canal in Rexburg, Idaho.  After Grandfather Buchmiller passed away, Grandma Buchmiller married Fiedrich Ludwig Klingler.  They built this home 376 West 4th South.  Now it is used for BYU-Idaho student housing. It must have been quite the lovely home when they built it and lived there.  It is just around the corner from where the dugout home was locate.

Mom Share Your Life with Me - November 24

Question:  What do you remember most about my first month of life?

Answer:  You were a good baby and the pride and joy of our family as we had 2 boys and now 2 girls.

Back row:  Theron, Franklin

Front row:  Lois (me) Joyce

Mom Share Your Life with Me - November 16

Question:  Tell the full names, birthdays, and birthplaces of all of your children.

Answer:  Vergil Franklin Cook, 31 August 1939, Rigby, Idaho
                Theron Earl Cook, 24 May 1941, Rigby, Idaho
                Joyce Cook, 6 November 1943, Rigby, Idaho
                Lois Cook, 11 March 1947, Rigby, Idaho
                George Kay Cook, 27 April 1953, Lovelle, Wyoming
                Darrell James Cook, 22 October 1954, Rigby, Idaho

By the way, today is Mother's birthday.  She would have been 96 today.  Happy Birthday, Mother.  Hope you have a beautiful day!!!  We love you and miss you so very much.

Back row: Theron, Lois, Cleo (Dad), Ruth (Mother)

Front row:  Kay, Frank, Darrell, Joyce

Mom Share Your Life with Me - November 15

Question:  Tell about the most serious problem or challenge you faced during your early years of marriage.

Answer:  Grandpa Cook didn't give gifts to Theron when he gave them to Franklin.  So we told him if he didn't give one to Theron on his birthday and Christmas like he did to Franklin, then not to give any at all-which made him very unhappy but he agreed to do it.

Dad (Cleo Earl Cook) Mother (Ruth Elizabeth Proctor)

Theron Earl Cook and Vergil Franklin Cook

Mom Share Your Life with Me - July 23

Question:  Relate a memory involving a flood or cloudburst.

Answer:  In Magna, Utah, I was staying with my brother Bill and his wife, Helen.  We had a cloudburst and water came down the streets taking everything in its way.  We were high enough that it didn't hurt their home.  I was in Utah when the Teton Dam broke.  It didn't hurt my home but it sure did Theron's and a lot of people in Menan.  We fed the people who were cleaning up their flooded homes at the cultural hall in the Menan Church.

Teton Dam failure

Life Story of Cleo Earl Cook-Part 4

LIFE HISTORY OF CLEO EARL COOK

Written by Ruth Elizabeth Proctor Cook

Mom and Dad (Cleo and Ruth Cook)

Cleo couldn't work for awhile and when he could he couldn't go back to work for Westergards so he worked for Ray Pettingill in Idaho Falls.  Mirl Pettingill also worked there and he helped Cleo.  Ray decided there wasn't enough work to keep all the men, so Cleo was laid off.  He worked a short time at the Menan Produce.  Then Verda Munns called and asked him if would like to work at the Idaho Fresh Pak.  He started to work there in March 1966.

Kay, Dad and Darrell

Theron and Cynthia Viera were married in Chula Vista, California, 28 May 1966.  Cleo couldn't go to their wedding but he let Ruth, Kay, and Darrell go. 

Theron and Cindy Cook

The same year on 21 October, his daughter Joyce was married to Max L. Wilson in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple.  He was able to attend that wedding. 

Front Row:  Mother, Joyce, and Dad

Back Row: Kay, Lois, Theron, Frank, and Darrell

Myrna Ball, Janae Cook, Cindy Cook, Lois Berrett, Joyce and Max, Best Man, Leah Wilson, Cleo and Ruth Cook

Front Row:  Mother, Joyce and Max, Dad holding Craig,

Back Row:  Kay, Theron and Cindy, Mark and Lois, Frank and Ilene, and Darrell

After a few years went by, on 25 August 1972, George Kay as married to Carla Jean Holyoak in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.

Kay and Carla, with Dad and Mom

Dad and Mom

  Everyone was able to be there.  Darrell James and Becky Sue Walker, Cleo's last son, as married 14 June 1974 in Rigby.  Cleo wasn't able to be there in person, but he surely was in spirit.

Darrell and Becky 

Theron, Kay, Darrell, Mom, Joyce and Lois

Cleo enjoyed hunting and fishing. 

Dad opening up his new fishing chair

Dad with some of his fishing buddies

He enjoyed his boat and camper.  He liked to go on camping trips into many different states.  He liked to take his sons out hunting with him.  He taught them how to use their gun and have respect for them.  He enjoyed taking his grandchildren with him in his pick-up or for boat rides or anywhere with him.  Cleo loved his grandchildren.  He had 14 grandchildren-eight grandsons and six granddaughters.  They all loved him too.

Mom and Dad with grandkids

Front Row:  David Cook, Shannon and Brian Berrett

Back Row:  Craig Cook, Lynette Wilson,  Mother holding Cari Cook, Dad holding Ryan Wilson and Shellie Cook.

Dad and Darrell

Cleo was asked to be athletic director of the Menan First Ward.  He really loved this job and held this church position until he was called to his heavenly home.

The morning of 30 December 1972, Cleo and Dee Raymond were getting hay in Cleo's pick-up at Bill Raymond's farm.  Dee said the hay was loaded and they were on their way home and were laughing and talking when Cleo put his head back and took a quick breath.  Dee grabbed the steering wheel and stopped the pick-up and went for help.  He got Terry Fullmer and they drove to the Idaho Falls hospital.  Theron was working there when they brought his Dad in.  Theron said he just knew they didn't get there in time for his Dad had been called to his heavenly home.

Cleo's services were held in the Menan First Ward Chapel, 2 January 1973, at 1:30 p.m.  Bishop Lyle Cottle conducted the services.  He was buried in the Grant Central Cemetery.  The day of Cleo's services was very cold.  Ruth was told it was a large service for the weather being so cold and there were a lot of beautiful flowers.

Cleo was loved by all who knew him.  He was always dependable and always cheerful.  He never complained.  Ruth never heard Cleo say anything unkind about anyone.  He had a way of making everyone around him feel very special.  All of Cleo and Ruth's sons and daughters have been married in the temple and it makes them both very happy.

Front Row:  Kay, Frank, Darrell and Joyce

Back Row:  Theron, Lois, Dad, and Mom

Cleo's sisters gave me, Ruth, help in writing Cleo's personal history and I want to thank them very much.

Here are some pictures of Dad that I thought you might enjoy. The first few were taken on Dad and Mom's 25 Anniversary.

Dad and his boys Kay, Darrell, Frank and Theron

Kay, Dad, and Darrell

Darrell, Kay and Lois

Joyce, Dad and Mom