Sheldon B. Cook dies in Windsor

Lighthour keeper at Long Point for 31 years, Sheldon B. Cook passed away in Windsor on Wednesday, following a brief illness.

Mr. Cook was appointed keeper of the light in 1897 and was known to thousands of lake men and visitors to Long Point.

A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Cook of Port Rowan, deceased was born at Forestville and as a youth trained as a machinist at the old West and Peachey foundry in Simcoe, being apprenticed at pay of 25 cents a day.

He practiced his trade in London for some years before his appointment as lighthouse keeper.

Sixty years ago he married Sarah Barker, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Barker of Normandale, and they observed their diamond wedding anniversary on 2 Jun.

Following their marriage they resided in the St. Williams district and when Mr. Cook was appointed lighthouse keeper, they went to Long Point, residing during the winter months in Port Rowan, where their family attended school, and where Mr. and Mrs. Cook were active members of the Baptist Church.

Following his retirement as keeper, he was presented with the King's Medal in recognition of his long term of faithful service, the presentation being made at an impressive ceremony in Port Rowan Baptist Church.

After retiring, they moved to Kitchener where Mr. Cook again followed his trade for a period.

He and Mrs. Cook went to St. Thomas to live in 1931,  leaving there in 1936 and taking up residence in Windsor.

Deceased was a member of the Masonic Order and a Royal Arch Mason.

Although his health had not been the best since he underwent a serious surgical operation some months ago, it was only within the week predicting his death that his condition became critical.

Surviving are his widow, in Windsor, six sons and daughters: Clarence Cook of Campo, Cal., Roy Cook of St. Thomas,
Mrs. Blayney (Bessie) Bates of Toronto,
Earl Cook of Kirkland Lake, Miss Nona Cook of Windsor and Mrs. Barnet (Laura) Carlay of Kalamazoo, Mich.; 
a sister Mrs. Lee Beaupre of St. Thomas; a brother Bert Cook of Freemont, Mich.; 17 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

The funeral was held at the Anderson Funeral Home in Windsor on Saturday afternoon with interment in Windsor.
 

 
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