Wirt H. Cook

COOK, WIRT H., 87, of Apopka, Florida passed away May 18, 2011. Wirt was born on January 17, 1924 in Duluth, Minnesota to Ellis and Marjorie (Sutton) Cook. He graduated from Central High School in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1942 and joined the Army Air Corps. Upon his honorable discharge, he returned to St. Paul and opened a sporting goods store. In 1953, he joined IBM and retired in 1983 as the Senior Sales Executive in Orlando, Florida. Wirt is survived by his brother Ellis Cook; son Thomas Cook and wife Susan of Alpharetta, Georgia; son Wirt Cook of Napa, California; daughter Kathleen (Cook) McMahan of Goose Creek, S.C. and husband Robert; daughter Alice (Cook) Campbell and husband John Wright of Raleigh, N.C.; son Tedd Cook and wife Eve of Southlake, Texas; sixteen grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren. Wirt was preceded in death by his wife Mary Lou (Murphy) Cook of 57 years; his daughter Mary Pat (Cook) Radabaugh; his grandson Patrick Cook; his parents; his brothers William, Jack, and Richard Cook. A funeral Mass will be held at Annunciation Catholic Church, 970 Montgomery Road, Altamonte Springs, Florida on June 7, 2011 at 10 a.m. with burial at Highland Memory Gardens, 3329 Semoran Blvd., Apopka, Florida. The family will receive friends at Baldwin Fairchild Funeral Home, 90 Weathersfield Ave., Altamonte Springs, Florida on Monday, June 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Wirt's honor to Hospice of the Comforter, 480 W. Central Parkway, Altamonte Springs, Florida or the American Cancer Society. Visit our guestbook at www.baldwinfairchild.com