Obituaries: Charley Clarence Cook, Sr.

Charley Clarence Cook, Sr.
1922~2009
Charley Clarence Cook, Sr. was born in Yates Center, Kan., Aug. 2, 1922, to Robert J. and Daisy Margaret Smith Cook. When Charley was 6 weeks old, his parents moved to Colorado to homestead in Abar, Colo. They traveled in a covered wagon. Charley attended a little country school with about 30 kids, classes first- through eighth-grade. Charley worked on neighboring farms when any one needed harvest hands for small…