Hartford
City
Mary Jane
Cook, 84, passed away Thursday, March 20, 2014 at her son’s home in Albany.
She was born
in Hartford City on April 24, 1929 to Marion E. and Audrey (Marshall) Elliott.
Mary Jane
married Gerald E. Cook, Sr. on May 12, 1951. He passed away May 9, 1992. She operated Mary Jane’s Beauty Shop in
Hartford City for many years.
Survivors
include two sons, Edward R. (Kathy) Cook, Roswell, New Mexico and Gerald
(Jocelyn) Cook, Jr., Albany, four grandchildren, Cory Cook, Heather (Will)
Grinstead, Jamie Cook and Hannah (Josh) Kauffman, three great-grandchildren,
Linae and Kagon Grinstead and Adriana Kauffman, and one sister, Carolyn J.
(Jerry) Shaw and several nieces and nephews.
She was
preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a brother, Richard Elliott and a
sister, Barbara Lakin.
Funeral
service will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, March 24 in Waters Funeral Home, 501 W.
Washington St. Hartford City with Chaplain Will Grinstead officiating. Burial
will be in Gardens of Memory, Muncie.
Visitation
will be Monday, March 24 from 11:00 until the time of the service.
Memorials
may be sent to Ball Memorial Hospice or Alzheimer’s Association with envelopes
available at the funeral home.
Online condolences
may be sent to the family at: www.watersfuneralhomes.com.