Glen P. Cook

EAST GREENBUSH Glen P. Cook, 86, of East Greenbush, died Monday, February 9, 2004 at the VA Medical Center Hospital, Albany. Born in Albany, he was a graduate of Albany Academy, class of 1936. He was owner/operator of Glen S. Cook & Son Commercial Photographers which his father started in 1913. He earned his Boys Scout Eagle Badge in 1933 and also sang with the Capitol Hill Choral Society. He served with the Civil Air Patrol at the beginning of World War II, escorting convoys and was awarded the Air Medal by President Truman. Glen was an Air Force veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific Theater on Guam, Saipan and Iwo Jima. He served on the Albany Executive Association for 45 years, was a member of the James Ten Eyck Lodge #831 since 1960 and the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite. He was also most wise master in 1972 serving on the Albany sovereign consistory as commander-in-chief in 1983. He received his Royal Arch Mason Degree in 1977, and in 1982 joined Temple Commander No. 2 Knights Templar and was a member of Knight Masons, joining that in 1988. Glen was a charter member for 53 years of the Kiwanis Club of East Greenbush-Nassau and had perfect attendance for 53 years. Mr. Cook belonged to International Pilots Association known as the Quiet Birdmen and member of Professional Photographers of America since 1939. In 1960, he was appointed to a select group known as Elite 300 placing him in the top 5% of the Professional Photographers of America. He was created a sovereign grand inspector general 33 degree honorary member of the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite on September 30, 1981. He was also a member of Royal Order of Scotland and had joined York Rite College. Glen is currently a member of Wadsworth Lodge 417 F&AM of Albany. Glen is survived by his wife Beatrice C. (Center) Cook of East Greenbush; three sons, Glen R. Cook of Fla., David A. (Laura) Cook of East Greenbush and Robert G. (Lisa) Cook of Rensselaer; sisters, Helen Rhodes of Saratoga, Marian (Walter) Hay and Lillian Cady, both of East Greenbush. Also survived by five grandchildren, April, Kimber, Elizabeth, Glen and Dayna. Relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral 11:00 a.m. Friday from the Rockefeller Funeral Home, 165 Columbia Tpk., Rensselaer, NY. Friends may call in the funeral home on Thursday from 4-8 p.m. Interment will take place in the Spring in East Greenbush Cemetery, East Greenbush, N.Y. The family requests that those who wish to remember Glen make contributions to Shriners Hospital, 516 Carew St., Springfield, MA 01104 in his memory.