Fon Elvin Cook 1909–2001 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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Fon Elvin Cook, 1909–2001 (aged 92 years)

Name

Fon Elvin Cook

Name: Fon Elvin /Cook/
Given names: Fon Elvin
Surname: Cook

Sex Male

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 17 October 1876 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 27 May 1901 Death: 16 February 1949 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Martha Caroline Hacking Melba LaVin Cook Ernil Marcellus Cook Fon Elvin Cook Vera Caroline Cook Evelyn Cook Merlin John Cook Leonard Lee Cook Glen Shirley Cook James Earl Cook 1876–1949 Birth: 17 October 1876 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 16 February 1949 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
mother	Links Birth: 18 March 1880 44 41 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 27 May 1901 Death: 27 March 1966 — American Fork, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Earl Cook Melba LaVin Cook Ernil Marcellus Cook Fon Elvin Cook Vera Caroline Cook Evelyn Cook Merlin John Cook Leonard Lee Cook Glen Shirley Cook Martha Caroline Hacking 1880–1966 Birth: 18 March 1880 44 41 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 27 March 1966 — American Fork, Utah, USA
Marriage	Marriage — 27 May 1901 —
3 years elder sister	Links Birth: 27 January 1904 27 23 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 24 August 1928 — Nephi, Juab, Utah, USA Death: 18 May 1991 — American Fork, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Ernest Hindley Bonnie Jean Hindley Linda Lou Hindley Melba LaVin Cook 1904–1991 Birth: 27 January 1904 27 23 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 18 May 1991 — American Fork, Utah, USA
2 years elder brother	Links Birth: 2 May 1906 29 26 — Cedar Valley, Utah, USA Marriage: 2 May 1944 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 16 December 1981 — Cedar Valley, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Geneva Probst Ernil Marcellus Cook 1906–1981 Birth: 2 May 1906 29 26 — Cedar Valley, Utah, USA Death: 16 December 1981 — Cedar Valley, Utah, USA
3 years himself	Links Birth: 2 April 1909 32 29 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 17 November 1952 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 24 October 2001 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ileen Sunderland Fon Elvin Cook 1909–2001 Birth: 2 April 1909 32 29 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 24 October 2001 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: 11 September 1911 34 31 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 26 September 1940 — American Fork, Utah, USA Death: 11 June 1972 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ether Reed Carson Carolyn Dixie Carson Cleo Carson Vera Caroline Cook 1911–1972 Birth: 11 September 1911 34 31 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 11 June 1972 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: 24 December 1913 37 33 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 7 November 1938 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 29 October 2005 — American Fork, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Glen Peterson Evelyn Cook 1913–2005 Birth: 24 December 1913 37 33 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 29 October 2005 — American Fork, Utah, USA
3 years younger brother	Links Birth: 19 December 1916 40 36 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 7 January 1917 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Merlin John Cook 1916–1917 Birth: 19 December 1916 40 36 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 7 January 1917 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
17 months younger brother	Links Birth: 15 May 1918 41 38 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 7 December 1919 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Leonard Lee Cook 1918–1919 Birth: 15 May 1918 41 38 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 7 December 1919 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
4 years younger brother	Links Birth: 22 April 1922 45 42 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 13 September 1942 — Reno, Washoe, Nevada, USA Death: 12 June 2008 — American Fork, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Donna Berry Glen Shirley Cook 1922–2008 Birth: 22 April 1922 45 42 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 12 June 2008 — American Fork, Utah, USA

Family with Ileen Sunderland
himself	Links Birth: 2 April 1909 32 29 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 17 November 1952 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 24 October 2001 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ileen Sunderland Fon Elvin Cook 1909–2001 Birth: 2 April 1909 32 29 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 24 October 2001 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
wife	Links Birth: 20 November 1918 — Lehi, Utah, USA Marriage: 17 November 1952 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 7 November 2002 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Fon Elvin Cook Ileen Sunderland 1918–2002 Birth: 20 November 1918 — Lehi, Utah, USA Death: 7 November 2002 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Marriage	Marriage — 17 November 1952 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA

Events of close relatives
Birth	2 April 1909 32 29 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Birth of a sister	Vera Caroline Cook 11 September 1911 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Death of a maternal grandmother	Jane Clarke 3 March 1913 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Burial of a maternal grandmother	Jane Clarke 7 March 1913
Birth of a sister	Evelyn Cook 24 December 1913 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Birth of a brother	Merlin John Cook 19 December 1916 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Death of a brother	Merlin John Cook 7 January 1917 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Death of a maternal grandfather	John Sampson Hacking 27 July 1917 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Burial of a maternal grandfather	John Sampson Hacking 31 July 1917 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Birth of a brother	Leonard Lee Cook 15 May 1918 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Death of a brother	Leonard Lee Cook 7 December 1919 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Birth of a brother	Glen Shirley Cook 22 April 1922 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Death of a father	James Earl Cook 16 February 1949 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Marriage	Ileen Sunderland — View this family 17 November 1952 (aged 43 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death of a mother	Martha Caroline Hacking 27 March 1966 American Fork, Utah, USA
Death of a sister	Vera Caroline Cook 11 June 1972 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death of a brother	Ernil Marcellus Cook 16 December 1981 Cedar Valley, Utah, USA
Death of a sister	Melba LaVin Cook 18 May 1991 American Fork, Utah, USA
Death	24 October 2001 (aged 92 years) Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Last change	21 May 2022 – 08:15:13 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	Deceased Name: Obituary: Fon Elvin Cook Fon Elvin Cook, 92, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, returned to our Heavenly Father on Oct. 24, 2001, at his home in Cedar Fort, Utah. Fon was born April 2, 1909, in Cedar Fort, Utah, the third child of James Earl and Martha Caroline Hacking Cook. He graduated from Lehi High School in 1927 and BYU in 1939 with a B.S. degree in history and a minor in political science. While at BYU, he was a member of the BYU Marching Band. Fon was an avid reader who loved history and had a great knowledge of the scriptures and LDS Church doctrine. For a year during the Depression, Fon took the job of running a snow grader to clear the snow from the road between Railroad Hill (Lehi) and Cedar Fort. The snow plow was pulled by six head of horses, four behind and two on the lead. It took a full day to go over and back to keep the road open. Before the war, Fon worked at the Mercur Gold Mine sample bucking and assaying gold. He spent three and one-half years in the Army during World War II (two and one-half at Agra Air Base in India) where he was a staff sergeant and radio engineer. He also spent two years serving an LDS mission to Northern California. He has held many positions in the LDS Church. Fon spent 17 years as a visiting teacher for the Alpine School District helping children who had to stay home for medical reasons to keep up with their school work. He taught grades kindergarten through twelfth in the northern part of the district. After retirement, he sold real estate for many years. Music was always an important part of Fon's life. He had a beautiful tenor voice and the talent of whistling like a bird (trills and all). He performed with the Timpanogos Chorale throughout the state for many years, and he also performed with other choirs, quartets, etc., singing at funerals, conferences, etc. On Nov. 17, 1952, Fon married the former Ileen Sunderland in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They were blessed with four children: Darrell and Brian Cook of Cedar Fort; Blaine (Marla) Cook, and LaNae (Brad) Kirkham of American Fork. Fon has six grandchildren; Cameron, Landon and Rachel Cook; and Kathleen, Elizabeth and Trenton Kirkham. Fon has been a farmer and rancher his entire life. He is survived by his wife; children; grandchildren; and his sister and brother, Evelyn Peterson and Glen Cook of Cedar Fort. He is preceded in death by his parents and his other siblings; Melba Hindley, Vera Carson, Ernil, Merlin, and Leonard Cook. Funeral services will be Monday, Oct. 29, 2001 at 12 p.m. at the Cedar Fort LDS Chapel, 22 E. Center. Friends and family may call Sunday evening 6-8 p.m. at the Wing Mortuary, 118 E. Main, Lehi, and Monday at the church one hour prior to services. Interment, Cedar Fort City Cemetery with military honors.

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Deceased Name: Obituary: Fon Elvin Cook Fon Elvin Cook, 92, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, returned to our Heavenly Father on Oct. 24, 2001, at his home in Cedar Fort, Utah.
Fon was born April 2, 1909, in Cedar Fort, Utah, the third child of James Earl and Martha Caroline Hacking Cook. He graduated from Lehi High School in 1927 and BYU in 1939 with a B.S. degree in history and a minor in political science. While at BYU, he was a member of the BYU Marching Band. Fon was an avid reader who loved history and had a great knowledge of the scriptures and LDS Church doctrine.

For a year during the Depression, Fon took the job of running a snow grader to clear the snow from the road between Railroad Hill (Lehi) and Cedar Fort. The snow plow was pulled by six head of horses, four behind and two on the lead. It took a full day to go over and back to keep the road open.

Before the war, Fon worked at the Mercur Gold Mine sample bucking and assaying gold. He spent three and one-half years in the Army during World War II (two and one-half at Agra Air Base in India) where he was a staff sergeant and radio engineer. He also spent two years serving an LDS mission to Northern California. He has held many positions in the LDS Church.

Fon spent 17 years as a visiting teacher for the Alpine School District helping children who had to stay home for medical reasons to keep up with their school work. He taught grades kindergarten through twelfth in the northern part of the district. After retirement, he sold real estate for many years.

Music was always an important part of Fon's life. He had a beautiful tenor voice and the talent of whistling like a bird (trills and all). He performed with the Timpanogos Chorale throughout the state for many years, and he also performed with other choirs, quartets, etc., singing at funerals, conferences, etc.

On Nov. 17, 1952, Fon married the former Ileen Sunderland in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They were blessed with four children: Darrell and Brian Cook of Cedar Fort; Blaine (Marla) Cook, and LaNae (Brad) Kirkham of American Fork. Fon has six grandchildren; Cameron, Landon and Rachel Cook; and Kathleen, Elizabeth and Trenton Kirkham.

Fon has been a farmer and rancher his entire life. He is survived by his wife; children; grandchildren; and his sister and brother, Evelyn Peterson and Glen Cook of Cedar Fort.

He is preceded in death by his parents and his other siblings; Melba Hindley, Vera Carson, Ernil, Merlin, and Leonard Cook.

Funeral services will be Monday, Oct. 29, 2001 at 12 p.m. at the Cedar Fort LDS Chapel, 22 E. Center. Friends and family may call Sunday evening 6-8 p.m. at the Wing Mortuary, 118 E. Main, Lehi, and Monday at the church one hour prior to services. Interment, Cedar Fort City Cemetery with military honors.