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In Memoriam : Dorothy Cook
Dorothy Victoria Cook - age: 96
(September 07, 1922 to April 25, 2019
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Resident of
Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Visitation Information:
Family and friends may call from 4-7 PM, Monday, April 29, 2019 at the Dennett, Craig and Pate Funeral Home and Cremation, 365 Main Street, Saco. A private graveside service will be held at Laurel Hill Cemetery where she will be laid to rest by her husband. Dr. Burton Howe will officiate.
Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider donations to the Hospice of Southern Maine, 180 US Route One,Scarborough, ME 04074.
Obituary:
Dorothy Victoria Cook, 96, of Old Orchard Beach passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Gosnell Hospice House in Scarborough surrounded by her family.
She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and moved to Maine when she was 15 years old. She graduated from Biddeford High School in 1942 and attended La Salle College in Auburndale, Massachusetts.
Dorothy married her husband Donald J. Cook in 1943. They made their home between Watertown, Massachusetts and Old Orchard Beach and spent winters in Florida together for 22 years.
With her husband, they operated the Apple Tree Gift Shop and for 50 years their summer rentals known as Cook’s on the Korner.
Her favorite place was her front porch in the summer where she watched the town come alive, welcoming family, friends and her guests to her porch to sit and enjoy a cup of coffee. She was a happy and positive person and loved by her family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald on March 6, 1992, and a brother Harold Bock in 1938.
She is survived by: two daughters Beverly Boeker and her husband Richard of Salem, CT and Karen Goodburn and her husband Timothy of Old Orchard Beach. She is also survived by four grandchildren, Kurt and wife Debora, Kristian and wife Laurel, KarenLynn and Danny; 5 great grandchildren, Melanie, Elliot, Brad, Sarah and Kadie.
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Claudia Sienko - April 26, 2019 Contact this person
Dot was an Old Orchard fixture! She would hold court on her porch with wit, charm, warmth, and grace. She made everyone who stopped by feel special. We are sad to hear of her passing....she will be missed by many.
Karen, Tim, Beverly and families, please accept our condolences. Hers was a life well lived and we hope fond memories will sustain you through this heartache. Claudia and Jim
Maureen & John DiStasio - April 29, 2019 Contact this person
Dear Karen and Tim,
John and I are sending our condolences to you and all of your family on the loss of your mother.
Our warmest thoughts are with you.
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