til 11 19 2005 http://www.legacy.com/DailyHerald/Guestbook.asp?Page=Guestbook&PersonID=15442004<http://www.legacy.com/DailyHerald/Guestbook.asp?Page=Guestbook&PersonID=15442004> correct for url duplication Ann Lawrence Cook formerly of Elgin Funeral services for Ann Lawrence Cook, 90, of La Jolla, Calif., will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, at the First United Methodist Church of Elgin, with the Rev. Dan Schenck officiating. Burial will follow in Bluff City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, in the Laird Funeral Home, 310 S. State St., Elgin, and from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services, Saturday, at the church. Born Nov. 20, 1914, in Medinah, the daughter of Judson C. and Anna (nee Neddermeyer) Lawrence, she passed away Saturday, Oct. 15, 2005, in her home. Survivors include her children, Margaret (robert) Canary of Wis., Martha (Doug) beattie of San Jose, Calif., Rebecca (Ross) McGuire of San Jose, Bruce (Eileen) Cook of Sleepy Hollow and Greg (Jane) Cook of Iowa; grandchildren, Richard (Marybeth) canary, Lynn (David) Schmidt, Kathryn Beattie, Calico (Jaci) Cook, Christopher Cook, Elizabeth (Douglas) Babbin, Helen Cook, Bruce (Katie) Cook Jr., Amy Cook, Mar! y Cook and Sara McGuire; sisters, Ruth (George) Ikert of Arizona and Roberta (Moses) Berry of Iowa; five great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by David C. Cook III of Cook Publishing Company of Elgin. Donations in her memory may be made to Salk Institute, 10010 torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, or PEO foundation, PEO Executive Office, 3700 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50312. For information, 847-741-8800. Published in the Chicago Suburban Daily Herald on 10/20/2005. and courier news 10 20 05 Ann Lawrence Cook Ann Lawrence Cook, 90, of La Jolla, CA, formerly of Elgin, passed away in her home on Saturday, October 15, 2005, after a long illness. She was born November 20, 1914 in Medinah, IL, the daughter of Judson C. and Anna (Neddermeyer) Lawrence. Survivors include her children, Margaret (Robert) Canary of Wisconsin, Martha (Doug) Beattie of San Jose, CA, Rebecca (Ross) McGuire of San Jose, CA, Bruce (Eileen) Cook of Sleepy Hollow and Greg (Jane) Cook of Iowa; grandchildren, Ruchard (Marybeth) Canary, Lynn (David) Schmidt, Kathryn Beattie, Calico (Jaci) Cook, Christopher Cook, Elizabeth (Douglas) Babbin, Helen Cook, Bruce (Katie) Cook Jr., Amy Cook, Mary Cook and Sara McGuire; sisters, Ruth (George) Ikert of Arizona and Roberta (Moses) Berry of Iowa; five great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Preceded in death by David Cook III of Cook Publishing Company of Elgin. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 AM Saturday, October 22, 2005 in the First United Methodist Church of Elgin, with the Rev. Dan Schenck officiating. Burial will follow in Bluff City Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday, from 4:00 -8:00 PM in the Laird Funeral Home, Elgin, and also from 9:30 AM Saturday morning at the church, until the time of services. Donations in her memory may be made to Salk Institute, 10010 Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037 or PEO Foundation, PEO Executive Office, 3700 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50312. notes i may be mistaken but i believe she is of the LAWRENCE FAMILY whose farm was on what is LAWRENCE road aka thorndale. COOK was and still might be a publisher in elgin and employed huge amounts of people in the publishing of religious books and booklets, postcards which are used by historians all over the world and textbooks. a glance at ebay with COOK +publishing in colletibles will likely produce significant results... tweek the query a bit by addng +elgin or +david if the results are slim