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Doreen Cooke fonds
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1 page of textual records
29 photographs
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Doreen Mossey was born November 9, 1924 in Lethbridge and trained to be a registered nurse before arriving in Grande Prairie in 1947. Doreen moved in to the residence by the Grande Prairie Municipal Hospital where she worked and quickly made many friends, including a bowling group called the Penicillin Kids who happily were the ‘champs’ for the bowling season they played. Doreen was also involved with the float the hospital entered in the Grande Prairie parade.
In 1948 Doreen married Donald Cooke, a life-long resident of Grande Prairie. Donald was the son of early pioneers to the area. His father Thomas Cooke arrived with brother-in-law Bill Boyd in 1911 and they set up the Cooke & Boyd sawmill on the west side of the Smoky River. The steam engines used to power the sawmill in the winter could also used to operate threshing machines in the summer and fall, and at one time Thomas owned up to five threshing outfits. In 1919 Tom moved from Crystal Creek to Grande Prairie.
Donald served in WWII, training at the D Coy Armouries in Grande Prairie.
Donald and Doreen spent many years in Grande Prairie where Doreen enjoyed the outdoors and was involved with the Peace Parkland Naturalists organization. Donald passed away in 1998 and Doreen in 2013.
Custodial history
The records were donated from the estate of Doreen Cooke by her daughter Moira, September 5, 2013.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of 29 photographs and one certificate. The photographs include 4 military photos of platoons and regiments from Grande Prairie during World War II, 20 photos of nurses who worked at the Grande Prairie Municipal Hospital, and 3 of nurses on a bowling team. There are also two early family photos from the Boyd and Cooke families: one of the wedding of Jen Boyd and blacksmith Bob Barley ca. 1900, and the other of a group at the Boyd sawmill in 1945. The certificate is for Donald Cooke Grade 2 Piano.
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These records were donated to South Peace Regional Archives by Moira, Doreen Cooke's daughter, on September 5, 2013.
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A finding aid is available at http://southpeacearchives.org/fonds-565-doreen-cooke-fonds/
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Accession number: 2013.051
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Description created by TD on April 29, 2015.
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- English