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- Janice (nee Bush) Cook, age 82, died Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at Lahey Hospital in Burlington, MA after a brief illness. Born in 1934, she was the daughter of the late Clifford and Pearl (nee Gleason) Bush. Janice grew up in North Tonawanda, later lived in Elma, retired to Lakeland, FL and recently moved to Peabody, MA to be near her daughter.
Janice worked at Crown Agency in North Tonawanda for many years before raising her children. In her retirement, she enjoyed sewing and selling crafts at numerous craft fairs. For many years, she organized a teddy bear drive for the Salvation Army in Lakeland, FL with the teddy bears going to children in crisis.
She was married to Alton W. Cook for 39 years before his death in 2003 and is survived by her children, Peter Cook of Atlanta, GA and Marlene Cook of Stoneham, MA. Also surviving are grandchildren Lauren (Joshua) Brown, Christopher, Alexander and Caroline Cook, and great-grandchildren, Bayleigh and Carter Brown. Janice is also survived by her sisters Nancy Leising and Sandra Gaulocher and her husband John, all of East Amherst and sister-in-law June Bush of North Tonawanda. She is predeceased by her brother William Bush, sister Elinor Haas and her husband Norman and brother in law Henry Leising. Also surviving are many nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews and great-great nephews.
Friends may call from 10 AM - 12 Noon Saturday at the HAMP FUNERAL HOME, Inc., 37 Adam Street at Seymour, Tonawanda, where funeral services will be held at 12 Noon Saturday. Friends invited. Interment in Elmlawn Cemetery, Town of Tonawanda. If desired, memorials to The Salvation Army (www.salvationarmyusa.org) are preferred by the family.
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1934 - 2017 (82 years)