Zook, Herbert Edward (1913-2005)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 May 30 p. 8

Birth date: 1913 Feb 6

text of obituary:

HERBERT EDWARD ZOOK

Herbert Edward Zook, 91, of New Wilmington, Pa., and formerly of New Castle, died Jan. 14, 2005, at Shenango Presbyterian Home. He was born Feb. 6, 1913, to Edward F. and Florence L. Byler Zook.

A graduate of Wilmington High School, he also attended Eastern Mennonite High School in Harrisonburg, Va.

He married Mary Kathryn Bott on Dec. 27, 1956. She died in 1993. He then married Flora Belle McQuiston Turner on Sept. 3, 1994.

He was a dairy farmer and pastor of Maple Grove Mennonite Church in New Wilmington. He was a public relations director of the City Rescue Mission in New Castle.

He belonged to the Milk Co-op and was director and past president of the Lawrence County Agricultural Association. He was also director and past president of the Lawrence County Visiting Nurses Association, where he served for 10 years.

He sang in Handel's Messiah for 30 years. He loved to grow flowers and do jigsaw puzzles. As a member of Maple Grove Mennonite Church, he was also a Sunday school teacher, song leader and council member.

Survivors include his wife, Flora; three stepdaughters, Kari McClellan of Levittown, Kathy Dennison of Brookville and Marcia Briggs of Willimantic, Conn.; a stepson, Douglas Turner of Pittsburgh; and four step-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary; two sisters, Orpha and Helen Magyar; and a brother, Paul Zook.

Services were held at Maple Grove Mennonite Church. Burial was in Maple Grove Mennonite Cemetery.