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Peggy Frattasio, R.N.
September 2, 2008
My sympathy to the Cook Family.
Sue and Gordon Benoit
August 28, 2008
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Brian Cook
August 27, 2008
ARNOLD COOK
(1928—2008)
Tom Brokaw referred to those born in the early 1900’s who served during the war years or kept the home front in tact and went on to rebuild US industries as the “Greatest Generation any society ever produced”
Arnold Cook was part of that generation who left high school early and enlisted in the service to serve their country and to take advantage of the GI Bill to achieve the education that would lead him into a life in the aerospace industry.
Like many of his generation he got married, bought a home, raised a family, watch them grow and be educated and then go off into the world. All done with quiet conviction,… doing what was right and that which was expected without fanfare.
Arnold was a man we looked to for information, guidance and a few sneaky chess moves. Television sets, old boats, old cars, the stock market and republican values was what we thought of when we thought of Uncle Arnold. Who else did we know who carried a picture of Richard Nixon in his wallet.
Arnold was a man of few words not given to public displays of affection, who let you know he liked you by how much he kidded, harassed or antagonized you which he saved mostly for the women his sons or nephews married. He was a private man who epitomized the words of Justice Holmes who said the right to privacy was in effect the desire to just be left alone. But what amazed most of us about Arnold Cockerham Cook, other than his middle name, was his ability to maintain his stoic nature while the world around him worried about cutting the lawn, painting the house or repairing a broken set of stairs. Not Arnie, he was too busy ferreting out democratic plots against republican statesmen. He was a man who had his priorities straight.
I will continue to play a game of chess each Christmas in his memory and think of the one time I beat him and maybe as a gesture of respect I will vote republican this year. We are saddened by his passing and will miss him far more than words can say. But like so many his generation he has done his job and quietly left his mark with dignity and the respect of all who knew him.
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