NAME: MARY LOUISE (COOK) JANZ, AGE 82, LIFE LONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: NOVEMBER 24, 1915 AT ATOKA, OKLA. TO H. H. AND MARY ALICE (BROCK) COOK. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY JANUARY 19, 1998 AT THE COLONIAL MANOR IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 82 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 25 DAYS. MARRIED: HENRY JANZ ON DECEMBER 24, 1941. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL, ATTENDED OKLAHOMA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (NOW OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS) AT CHICKASHA. SHE LATER OBTAINED HER BACHELORS DEGREE FROM CENTRAL STATE COLLEGE (NOW UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OK) AND A MASTERS DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTEVILLE. OCCUPATION: RETIRED EDUCATOR. SHE WAS AN ART TEACHER FOR MANY YEARS IN PRYOR, OKLAHOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AFTER HER RETIREMENT FROM TEACHING SHE OPERATED THE COOK RANCH NEAR ATOKA FOR MANY YEARS. MARY LOUISE ALWAYS MAINTAINED AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN CIVIC AFFAIRS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND THE OKLAHOMA RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. SHE WAS A TALENTED ARTIST. DURING HER YEARS IN THE PRYOR SCHOOLS, SHE DESIGNED A GROUP OF TWENTY FIVE PLAQUES DEPICTING ANIMALS INDIGENOUS TO MAYES COUNTY. SHE ALSO WROTE POETRY, AND ILLUSTRATED THESE POEMS WITH LINE DRAWINGS OF A NOM DE PLUME CHARACTER CALLED SOLUS. HER POEMS REFLECT HER WIDE RANGE OF READING AND HER OWN INDEPENDENT THINKING. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: HENRY JANZ OF COALGATE, OK. SISTER: MABEL SUE( MRS. LAWRENCE H.) ARMSTRONG OF EDINA, MN. COUSINS: ANN COOK SCALES OF DALLAS, TX. FRANCES COO OF KEMENDA, TULSA, OK. JOHN D. COLEMAN AND WIFE SANDRA OF CANYON, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: H. H. AND MARY ALICE COOK.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY JANUARY 20, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. FREDERICK C. PHILPUTT OF DALLAS.