Thayrel Vance Cook 1910–2004 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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Thayrel Vance Cook, 1910–2004 (aged 94 years)

Name

Thayrel Vance Cook

Name: Thayrel Vance /Cook/
Given names: Thayrel Vance
Surname: Cook

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 11 October 1887 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 27 April 1908 — Provo, Utah, USA Death: 21 May 1973 — American Fork, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Alice Adeline Southam Sheldon Barnes Cook Thayrel Vance Cook Marion Sherman Cook Mabel Cook Edris Cook Arvila Cook Rulon William Cook Florence Cook Donald Stanley Cook Esther Cook Bernard Henry Cook Reba Cook Maxine Cook Barnes Alma Cook 1887–1973 Birth: 11 October 1887 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 21 May 1973 — American Fork, Utah, USA
mother	Links Birth: 20 July 1889 23 26 — Riverdale, Uintah, Utah, USA Marriage: 27 April 1908 — Provo, Utah, USA Death: 15 January 1980 — American Fork, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Barnes Alma Cook Sheldon Barnes Cook Thayrel Vance Cook Marion Sherman Cook Mabel Cook Edris Cook Arvila Cook Rulon William Cook Florence Cook Donald Stanley Cook Esther Cook Bernard Henry Cook Reba Cook Maxine Cook Alice Adeline Southam 1889–1980 Birth: 20 July 1889 23 26 — Riverdale, Uintah, Utah, USA Death: 15 January 1980 — American Fork, Utah, USA
Marriage	Marriage — 27 April 1908 — Provo, Utah, USA
8 months elder brother	Links Birth: 11 December 1908 21 19 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 17 November 1939 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 11 May 2003 — Orem, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Phyllis Davis Sheldon Barnes Cook 1908–2003 Birth: 11 December 1908 21 19 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 11 May 2003 — Orem, Utah, USA
21 months himself	Links Birth: 19 August 1910 22 21 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 2 March 1934 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 4 November 2004 — Orem, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Pearl Angus Merrell Thayrel Vance Cook 1910–2004 Birth: 19 August 1910 22 21 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 4 November 2004 — Orem, Utah, USA
20 months younger brother	Links Birth: 24 April 1912 24 22 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 19 February 1944 — Norwich, Norfolk, England Death: 17 February 1998 — Kaysville, Davis, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Peggy Madge Marshall Marion Sherman Cook 1912–1998 Birth: 24 April 1912 24 22 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 17 February 1998 — Kaysville, Davis, Utah, USA
21 months younger sister	Links Birth: 11 January 1914 26 24 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 15 September 1937 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 29 April 2002 — American Fork, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Argie Ralph Smith Cleo Smith Kenneth Ralph Smith Mabel Cook 1914–2002 Birth: 11 January 1914 26 24 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 29 April 2002 — American Fork, Utah, USA
23 months younger sister	Links Birth: 10 December 1915 28 26 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 18 June 1934 — Vernal, Uintah County, Utah, USA Death: 27 May 1995 — Provo, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Bert Ernest Karren Lee Ernest Karren Edris Cook 1915–1995 Birth: 10 December 1915 28 26 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 27 May 1995 — Provo, Utah, USA
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: 28 December 1917 30 28 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 23 February 1938 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 14 June 2010 — West Valley City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Richard Foy Taylor Margie Taylor Arvila Cook 1917–2010 Birth: 28 December 1917 30 28 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 14 June 2010 — West Valley City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
23 months younger brother	Links Birth: 13 November 1919 32 30 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 24 December 1947 — American Fork, Utah, USA Death: 3 May 2015 — Spring Creek, Elko, Nevada, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Rose Hicks Rulon William Cook 1919–2015 Birth: 13 November 1919 32 30 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 3 May 2015 — Spring Creek, Elko, Nevada, USA
21 months younger sister	Links Birth: 25 July 1921 33 32 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 18 June 1941 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 19 July 2015 — Delta, Millard, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Cecil Warren Henke Norman Rulon Henke Douglas Cook Henke Florence Cook 1921–2015 Birth: 25 July 1921 33 32 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 19 July 2015 — Delta, Millard, Utah, USA
2 years younger brother	Links Birth: 29 September 1923 35 34 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 3 May 1950 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 28 February 2013 — 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 Alice Cleo Hayes Donald Stanley Cook 1923–2013 Birth: 29 September 1923 35 34 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 28 February 2013 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: 28 December 1925 38 36 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 16 January 1927 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Esther Cook 1925–1927 Birth: 28 December 1925 38 36 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 16 January 1927 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
21 months younger brother	Links Birth: 20 September 1927 39 38 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 14 June 1950 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 11 November 2017 — Nephi, Juab, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Anna Jane Butt Bernard Henry Cook 1927–2017 Birth: 20 September 1927 39 38 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 11 November 2017 — Nephi, Juab, Utah, USA
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: 11 September 1929 41 40 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 10 November 1948 — Utah, USA Death: 13 November 2018 — American Fork, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ralph Lenford Kitchen Reba Cook 1929–2018 Birth: 11 September 1929 41 40 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 13 November 2018 — American Fork, Utah, USA
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: 29 November 1931 44 42 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 7 October 1950 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 1 October 2008 — Provo, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Cloyd Verl Harris Bruce Boyd Harris Maxine Cook 1931–2008 Birth: 29 November 1931 44 42 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 1 October 2008 — Provo, Utah, USA

Family with Pearl Angus Merrell
himself	Links Birth: 19 August 1910 22 21 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Marriage: 2 March 1934 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 4 November 2004 — Orem, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Pearl Angus Merrell Thayrel Vance Cook 1910–2004 Birth: 19 August 1910 22 21 — Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA Death: 4 November 2004 — Orem, Utah, USA
wife	Links Birth: 1 May 1913 — Lake Fork, Wasatch, Utah, USA Marriage: 2 March 1934 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Death: 13 March 1997 — Vernal, Uintah County, Utah, USA Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Thayrel Vance Cook Pearl Angus Merrell 1913–1997 Birth: 1 May 1913 — Lake Fork, Wasatch, Utah, USA Death: 13 March 1997 — Vernal, Uintah County, Utah, USA
Marriage	Marriage — 2 March 1934 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA

Events of close relatives
Birth	19 August 1910 22 21 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Birth of a brother	Marion Sherman Cook 24 April 1912 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Birth of a sister	Mabel Cook 11 January 1914 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Birth of a sister	Edris Cook 10 December 1915 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Birth of a sister	Arvila Cook 28 December 1917 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Birth of a brother	Rulon William Cook 13 November 1919 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Birth of a sister	Florence Cook 25 July 1921 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Birth of a brother	Donald Stanley Cook 29 September 1923 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Birth of a sister	Esther Cook 28 December 1925 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Death of a sister	Esther Cook 16 January 1927 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Birth of a brother	Bernard Henry Cook 20 September 1927 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Birth of a sister	Reba Cook 11 September 1929 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Birth of a sister	Maxine Cook 29 November 1931 Cedar Fort, Utah County, Utah, USA
Marriage	Pearl Angus Merrell — View this family 2 March 1934 (aged 23 years) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death of a maternal grandfather	George Henry Southam 30 January 1959 Vernal, Uintah County, Utah, USA
Death of a father	Barnes Alma Cook 21 May 1973 American Fork, Utah, USA
Death of a mother	Alice Adeline Southam 15 January 1980 American Fork, Utah, USA
Death of a sister	Edris Cook 27 May 1995 Provo, Utah, USA
Death of a wife	Pearl Angus Merrell 13 March 1997 Vernal, Uintah County, Utah, USA
Death of a brother	Marion Sherman Cook 17 February 1998 Kaysville, Davis, Utah, USA
Death of a sister	Mabel Cook 29 April 2002 American Fork, Utah, USA
Death of a brother	Sheldon Barnes Cook 11 May 2003 Orem, Utah, USA
Death	4 November 2004 (aged 94 years) Orem, Utah, USA
Last change	21 May 2022 – 08:15:09 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	Deceased Name: Obituary: Thayrel Vance Cook 1910 ~ 2004 Thayrel Vance Cook , age 94, left this mortal world to return to his Heavenly Father and his beloved wife, Thursday, November 4, 2004. Thayrel was born in Cedar Fort, UT August 19, 1910 to Barnes Alma and Alice Adeline Southam Cook, the second of 13 children. He married Pearl Merrell in Duchesne, UT March 2, 1934, after a 12 day courtship, and two weeks later they were sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple for time and all eternity. They were married 63 years before Pearl died and their marriage was once described as one of the greatest love stories of our time. Together they had seven children, Marion (LaMont) Shupe, Ogden, UT, T. Robert (Pat) Cook, Salt Lake City, UT, Merrill (Alonna) Cook, Salt Lake City, UT, Jim (Bonnie) Cook, Myton, UT, Diane (Bob) Reay, Vernal, UT, Henry (Roberta) Cook, Delmont, PA, and Beth (Don) Clark, Orem, UT; 36 grandchildren; 70 great-grandchil-dren; and five great great-grandchil-dren. Thayrel is also survived by his brothers and sisters, Arvilla Taylor, Rulon Cook, Florence Henke, Donald Cook, Bernard Cook, Reba Kitchen, and Maxine Harris. He was preceded in death by his wife, Pearl; his parents; and by his brothers and sisters, Sheldon, Marion, Edris, Mabel, and Esther; two grandsons; and one great-grandson. Thayrel led a full life and enjoyed many occupations, including truck driver, farmer, miner, store keeper, lab technician, newspaper deliveryman, chauffeur for the Vernal Golden Age Center, and fulltime father and grandfather. He was active in the LDS Church his entire life and enjoyed his time doing temple work at many different temples. He had a true and lasting testimony of temple work and his greatest desire in life was to become like the Savior. Grandpa, you were a great example to all of us, and we will miss you. Funeral services will be held Monday, November 8, 2004 at 11 a.m. in the Timpview 5 th Ward chapel, 865 West 1000 North, in Orem, UT. Family and friends may call Sunday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the chapel in Orem and from 10-10:45 a.m. Monday. Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Vernal Memorial Park. Family and friends may call from 10-10:45 a.m. at the Spafford Funeral Home, 224 East 500 South, Vernal, UT prior to the services. Flowers may be delivered to the home of Thayrel's daughter, Beth Clark, 1027 N 750 W, in Orem prior to the viewing or services.

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Deceased Name: Obituary: Thayrel Vance Cook 1910 ~ 2004
Thayrel Vance Cook , age 94, left this mortal world to return to his Heavenly Father and his beloved wife, Thursday, November 4, 2004.

Thayrel was born in Cedar Fort, UT August 19, 1910 to Barnes Alma and Alice Adeline Southam Cook, the second of 13 children. He married Pearl Merrell in Duchesne, UT March 2, 1934, after a 12 day courtship, and two weeks later they were sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple for time and all eternity. They were married 63 years before Pearl died and their marriage was once described as one of the greatest love stories of our time.

Together they had seven children, Marion (LaMont) Shupe, Ogden, UT, T. Robert (Pat) Cook, Salt Lake City, UT, Merrill (Alonna) Cook, Salt Lake City, UT, Jim (Bonnie) Cook, Myton, UT, Diane (Bob) Reay, Vernal, UT, Henry (Roberta) Cook, Delmont, PA, and Beth (Don) Clark, Orem, UT; 36 grandchildren; 70 great-grandchil-dren; and five great great-grandchil-dren. Thayrel is also survived by his brothers and sisters, Arvilla Taylor, Rulon Cook, Florence Henke, Donald Cook, Bernard Cook, Reba Kitchen, and Maxine Harris. He was preceded in death by his wife, Pearl; his parents; and by his brothers and sisters, Sheldon, Marion, Edris, Mabel, and Esther; two grandsons; and one great-grandson.

Thayrel led a full life and enjoyed many occupations, including truck driver, farmer, miner, store keeper, lab technician, newspaper deliveryman, chauffeur for the Vernal Golden Age Center, and fulltime father and grandfather.

He was active in the LDS Church his entire life and enjoyed his time doing temple work at many different temples. He had a true and lasting testimony of temple work and his greatest desire in life was to become like the Savior. Grandpa, you were a great example to all of us, and we will miss you.

Funeral services will be held Monday, November 8, 2004 at 11 a.m. in the Timpview 5 th Ward chapel, 865 West 1000 North, in Orem, UT. Family and friends may call Sunday evening from 6-8 p.m. at the chapel in Orem and from 10-10:45 a.m. Monday. Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Vernal Memorial Park. Family and friends may call from 10-10:45 a.m. at the Spafford Funeral Home, 224 East 500 South, Vernal, UT prior to the services. Flowers may be delivered to the home of Thayrel's daughter, Beth Clark, 1027 N 750 W, in Orem prior to the viewing or services.

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