Ninth Generation

608. Rosana Margaret COOK was born on 31 December 1914 in Monroe County, WI.^71,130,312 (Her given name was listed as "Marguerite" in the 1920 Census, and her obituary listed her as "Margaret R.") She appeared in the census in 1920 in Clifton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷¹ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Clifton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹²⁰ Rosana died on 31 May 2007 at the age of 92 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁹

Obituary Notes: "Margaret R. Harmel , 92, of Tomah, died Thursday, May 31, 2007, at Tomah Memorial Hospital. She was born Dec. 31, 1914, to Gottlieb and Luella (Grassman) Cook.

She was united in marriage to Arthur Harmel on May 18, 1935, at St. Peter’s Ev. Lutheran Church in the Town of Clifton. He preceded her in death June 30, 1997. She was a faithful member of St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church of Tomah. They farmed for 11 years in the Town of Clifton and she worked for Union Camp and the Band Box Dry Cleaners for many years.

She is survived by two sons, Arnold (Arlene) of Fort Wayne, IN, and Duane of Janesville; one daughter, Eldora (Gordon) Stelter of Tomah; 10 grandchildren, David (Marsha) Stelter and Debra Stelter of Tomah, Denise (Franklin) Gilbert, Gary (Kris) Harmel, Michael (Julie) Harmel and Lisa (Mark) Benzinger, Bill (Ardyce) Rumppe, Kathy (Josh) Holmes, Timothy (Dana) Harmel, and Joe (Kristy) Harmel; 18 great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandson; three brothers, Floyd (Lois) Cook, Alvin (Ruth) Cook, and Rudolph (Elaine) Cook; two brothers-in-law, Stanley Crawford and Leonard (Gladys) Harmel; three sisters-in-law, Mildred Cook, Martha Wangeman and Ella Kerl; many nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband; a daughter-in-law, Helen; three sisters, Martha, Alma and Leila; two brothers, Marvin Cook and Charles Cook; five brothers-in-law, Edwin Witt, Myron Von Haden, Charles Dickenson, Conrad Wangeman and Verlin Wilfred, and and a sister-in-law, Evelyn Cook.

Funeral services were held today (Monday), June 4, at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church, 525 Superior Ave., Tomah. Pastor Donald R. Buch officiated. Burial was in Oak Grove Memorial Gardens, Tomah.

Relatives and friends called on Sunday at Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home, 801 E. Monowau St., Tomah, from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. and at the church today (Monday) from 10 a.m. until the time of the service."
She was buried on 4 June 2007 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁹ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Rosana Margaret COOK and Arthur HARMEL were married on 18 May 1935 in Clifton Township, Monroe County, WI.^69,394 Arthur HARMEL, son of Frederick HARMEL and Louise Elizabeth GLANDER, died on 30 June 1997.⁷⁵

Rosana Margaret COOK and Arthur HARMEL had the following children: