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Johnnie Allen Cook |
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April 20, 1945 ~ November 22, 2016 |
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November 26, 2016 |
 Johnnie
Allen Cook, 72, passed away November 22 at his
home in Naples. Services will be held at 11 a.m.
Wednesday, November 30, at United Methodist
Church, 6568 Lincoln Street, Bonners Ferry.
He was born April 20, 1945, to Bud and Bonnie
Cook. He was the fourth out of seven children.
He grew up at McArthur. He had to work on the
homestead. He loved to be outdoors. He spent his
free time with Jack Flinn and Dave Yount, doing
what boys do.
He went to Naples Elementary. He went to Bonners
Ferry High School for a couple years. He was a
great basketball player. He did not like to
lose. He hated school.
Johnnie married Dena Maggi July 15, 1967. He
became an instant father to Teresa Rochelle.
Together they had a son, Jason Duane. Jason
passed away in a boating accident July 11, 1998.
Johnnie and Dena started their married life in
Troy, Montana, working at the Forest Service. He
couldn’t wait to quit the Forest Service. They
moved to Naples, where they stayed for 49 years
and went to work for the Naples Mill briefly and
started his life in the woods with Sage and
McCalmant and finished with Beloit Mendenhall
and Day Logging. As a faller, he worked for many
local loggers and covered many mountain ranges.
Many happy memories for Johnnie and many brush
fits with fits in between. The woods is where he
wanted to be. He finally quit when he was 71.
Family time was spent driving around in the
mountains, horses, hunting and, visiting family.
His passions were the outdoors, logging,
hunting, fishing, hiking and horses.
He has three cats, Ma, Tommy, Sissy and a dog,
Jonesy that he treated like his children.
He loved it when his family visited, especially
the grandchildren and his great grandchildren.
He appreciated his friends who came to visit. He
loved his family. He may of never told them but
he told others.
Johnnie was proceeded in death by parents Bud
and Bonnie Cook, son Jason Cook and sister Patsy
Ramsay.
He is survived by wife Dena Cook, daughter
Teresa and Paul Bond, daughter-in-law Laresa
(Cook) Cossairt, granddaughters Racheal and Nick
Kerfoot, Ashley and Derek Ennis, Marissa Bond
and Brianna Cook, grandsons Michael Bond and
Jacob Cook, and great-granddaughters Bailey,
Olivia, and Chloe Kerfoot. |
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