Who Was Who II of Hanover, IL - Grant Home

worked in the Hanover grocery store before retiring in 1964. Fern died April 30, 1992
and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Cook, Jessie Elizabeth (Franklin) was born October 6, 1913 in Carterville, Illinois and
was the daughter of Leander and Rose Anna (Johnston) Franklin. She married Roy
Cyril Cook on July 3, 1937 in Wickliffe, Kentucky and two sons were born to this
union: Michael Leander Cook and Donald Cook. They lived in southern Illinois until
1946 when they moved to Edgemont, South Dakota where her husband worked at the
Black Hills Army Depot. They moved to Hanover in 1965 when Roy was transferred to
the Savanna Army Depot. Jessie moved back to Edgemont after her husband died in
1973. Jessie died July 15, 2006 and is buried in Edgemont Cemetery, Edgemont, South
Dakota.
Cook, Mary E. (Fuller) was born March 2, 1913. She married Carl Abijah Cook and
no children were born to this union. They moved from California, Missouri to Hanover
in the late 1930s to work in the Hanover Woolen Mill. After they retired they later
moved back to California and Mary died there on July 31, 2008.
Cook, Michael “Mike” Leander was born December 5, 1940 in southern Illinois and
was the son of Roy Cyril and Jessie Elizabeth (Franklin) Cook. He graduated from
Edgemont, South Dakota High School in 1959. He was in the U.S. Navy for eight
years. He moved to Hanover in the late 1960s and worked at the Savanna Army Depot
until retiring in 1993. He was married, and divorced, to Patty Lynn Fulton. He later
married Rita (Starr) Diestelmeier on February 20, 1983 in Hanover and this union gave
him six step-children: Rodney “Rod” Eugene Diestelmeier, Rick Lynn Diestelmeier,
Roxann Kay (Diestelmeier) Schultz, Renee Ann (Diestelmeier) Hastings, Raymie
LaVerne Diestelmeier, and Robin Guy Diestelmeier. Mike died March 14, 2008 and is
buried in Dubuque Memorial Gardens, Dubuque, Iowa.
Cooley, Beulah (Hughes) was born September 25, 1921 in Wadena, Saskatchewan,
Canada and was the daughter of Forest and Ava Mae (Elliot) Hughes. She married
James “Jim” Martin Cooley on September 12, 1942 in Harrison, Nebraska and three
daughters were born to this union: Sandra “Sandy” Jane (Cooley) Copeland, Barbara
Lee (Cooley) Ferguson, and Wendolyn “Wendy” Jean (Cooley) Miller. They moved to
Hanover from Igloo, South Dakota in 1966. They later moved to Crawford, Nebraska.
Beulah died October 1, 1987 and is buried in Crawford.
Cooley, James “Jim” Martin was born September 30, 1917 in Detroit, Michigan and
was the son of William Martin and Sarah Jane (Tullock) Cooley. He married Beulah
Hughes on September 12, 1942 in Harrison, Nebraska and three daughters were born to
this union: Sandra “Sandy” Jane (Cooley) Copeland, Barbara Lee (Cooley) Ferguson,
and Wendolyn “Wendy” Jean (Cooley) Miller. Jim worked at the Army Depot in Igloo,
South Dakota for a number of years before moving to Hanover in 1966 to work at the
Savanna Army Depot. They later moved to Crawford, Nebraska. Jim died August 20,
1987 and is buried in Crawford.
Cooper, Clayton Loraine was born June 6, 1900 in Hanover and was the son of Hiram
Benson and Helen Jane (Speer) Cooper. He graduated from Hanover High School in
1918. He lived in Burlington, Wisconsin for many years and died there in April 1987.
Cooper, Edna (Glascock) was born October 22, 1887 and was the daughter of Abner
and Martha Susan Glascock. She married Clarence Charles Cooper on August 14, 1914
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