Florence Williams Cook peacefully passed away at the home of her daughter in Wylie, Texas on December 22, 2020 at the age of 95. She was born on February 10, 1925 and raised in Long Branch, New Jersey. Florence was a 1943 graduate of Long Branch High School. She then went into the Monmouth Memorial Hospital Cadet Corp Program and graduated as a registered nurse, RN in 1946. The day after graduation, Florence married Jesse V Cook of Red Bank, New Jersey. They resided in Red Bank for 31 years and retired to Holiday City, Toms River, New Jersey and then to Texas for the past 10 years.
She worked at Monmouth Memorial Hospital (Long Branch), Riverview Hospital (Red Bank), Navesink Pavilion (Red Bank) and the Medicenter (Red Bank). Florence also was a volunteer with the Holiday City First Aid Squad in Toms River.
Florence leaves behind her loving and devoted husband of 74 years, Jesse V Cook, retired Red Bank Police Department; daughter, Nancy Cook of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; son, Kenneth Cook and wife, Kathleen of Lanoka Harbor New Jersey; daughter, Peggy Melton and husband, Lee, her favorite “son”-in-law, of Wylie Texas with whom she lived.
She had nine grandchildren, Timothy Kennedy of New Jersey, David Fuchs of Florida, Peter Fuchs of Pennsylvania, Kathleen Mulkerin and husband, Bill of Pennsylvania, Aimee Melton of Texas, Matthew Melton of Texas, Stephen Cook of New Jersey, Ashley Salter and husband, Matthew of Alabama, and Sean Cook of New Jersey. Florence had three great grandchildren Abigail Grone, Joesph Kennedy, Holden Fuchs; numerous nieces, nephews, other loving family members and friends.
She was preceded in the death by her parents, Lewis and Ida Williams; sister, Elizabeth Steele; brothers, Norman Williams, all of Clermont, Florida, and Wesley Williams of Citrus Florida, as well as her daughter, Deborah Fuchs of Sebastian Florida.
Many thanks to all the caregivers who cared for Florence and blessed her with their love and support over the years. As caregivers, you will never know how much your care meant to us.