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S. Arthur Cook

A RTHUR CO OK was born at Blue
Earth, Minn., J a nua r y 21, 1875. H e
g r a duated f rom th e Blue Earth H ig h
School, Hamline a nd Bos ton U nivers iti es a nd was orda ined a Deacon of
the former Methodis t E pis copa l Church
in 1897. Two year s la ter , while a s t udent at Bos ton, he was ordained Elder .
On J uly 23, 1!l01, h e ma rried Mary E .
Br ig ht.
Dr. Cook was f or 20 years a member
of t he Mi nnes ota Confe rence. H is f irs t
pas tor ate in Michiga n w as C ~ l
Church . Sault Ste. Marie. He a lso
served J effer s on Avenue, S aginaw ; Centra l, 'l'i·aver se City; F irs t , Cad illac; and
Grand Ledg e. Ill hea lth fo rced him
into partial r e tir ement, s o that in his
las t two charg es, Alden and L y ons , he
f ill ed t he pulpit w ithout ass uming full
pas toral duties.
A s a pas tor , Dr. Cook wa s noted for
his administrative ability a nd his inspired preaching . H e ha d t he satis fa ct ion of reducin g th e church debt or
lift ing mor tga ges f rom many of t he
chu rches he served, including Traver se
City Central wh ere he was pas tot· f r om
1921 to 1924. H e served 25 years on
th e Board of Mini ster ia l Tmin ing, 14
as ch airman; a nd w as executive cha irman of t he Senate of the All-Michigan
Su mmer School of Theolog y meet ing
a nnu a lly at A lbion.
H e was the a u thor of several books
and a writer of poetry. H e wa s a me mber of the Poetry Societ y of Michiga n .
Afte r 40 year s in the act ive m in is t ry,
he retir ed to his fr uit fa r m west of
T r a verse City. For many year s he was
a me mbe 1· of th e M ichiga n Purebred
Gu em s ey A ssocia tion, ser ving on t he
Reg ional Board of Di t·ectors, a nd was
one of t he f ounde rs of t he T raverse
Cit y F a rm er s Coope rative Mar k et
Assoc iation a nd a member of the F a rm
Bur eau.
H e di ed at Munson H osp ital, A pril 17,
af t er an illness of 10 days. H e is survived by his w if e, Mary E . Brigh t;
a son, Wesley W. of F a ll s Church, Va. ;
two dau g h te r s, Mrs . Carl Larson
(Ed it h ) of Man ton and 1\'ll-s . W. J.
Duddles (Es ther) of Gra nd Blanc; e ight
g r a ndchildren; a sis ter, Mrs. Robert
Getty of Oregon City, Ore.; and t wo
brothe t·s, Garfield of Tur tle La ke, N .D.,
a nd Edwin of Litchfield, Min n. A s on
MICHIGAN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE

A r t hur Alde n a nd daug htet· l\Ia ry 1\Iar,::-a ret preceded hi m in death.
A prayer se r vice, conducted by Rev.
Don n P. Doten, preceded t he bu ria l in
Oakwood Cemet er y, T raver se City, on
Saturda y, Apt'i l 19. Bea rers were R evs.
Robert Trea t of Nor thport, K enn eth
Eclwa rds en of E mpire, Richard Selleck
of Og dens bu rg , K enneth Barring e r of
T ra ve rse City As bury, E. W . Tink of
Grawn 'a nd A lv in Dote n of Willi a ms burg .
A memoria l s ervice w as held on Sunday, April 20, at 4 :00 P.M. in the sa nct ua ry of Central Church , Traverse City,
Rev. Don n P. Doten , presiding. He \\'as
assisted by Rev. Cha rles T hies a nd Rev.
E. W. T ink. Cen tt·al's choir s a ng two
numbet·s.