Cook Alberta M., age 89, of Elko, MN, formerly of Kellogg, MN, died Monday, August 8, 2005 at The Lodge on Natchez, a hospice facility, in Elko. She was born April 4, 1916 in Kellogg. She married Ralph Cook June 5, 1939 in San Francisco, CA, residing in Richfield and Seattle before moving to a farm in Elko. He died July 1, 1980. She married his brother, Chester Cook, June 15, 1985 in New Market, MN. He died October 23, 2002. Survived by daughter, Bonnie (Hal) Runke, St. Louis Park; two grandsons, two great-grandchildren; sisters, Blanche Schultz, Plainview, MN, Deloris (Dennis) Tweed, Rochester, MN. Preceded by two husbands; son, William R. Cook who died April 9, 2001, one sister and one brother. A Funeral Mass will be offered on Saturday, Aug. 13 at 1:30 PM at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Conception, rural Kellogg. Interment in church cemetery. Visitation one hour before the Mass. Abbott Funeral Home, Wabasha, MN 651-565-3546.

Published on August 11, 2005


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