COOKE, Arnold Errington
"Arnie", Age 67, Country Harbour, Guysborough
County, passed away surrounded by his family on Wednesday, September
11, 2019 in St. Martha’s Regional Hospital, Antigonish, as a
result of complications due to Fabry Disease and renal failure. Born
in Isaac’s Harbour, he was a son of the late Edison and
Bertha (Langille) Cooke. Arnie was a sailor on the HMCS Sackville for
6 years. He was a mobile home technician for a number of years;
salesman for Perfection Dairy for 8 years. Arnie later owned and
operated his own dairy franchise for Perfection Dairy before retiring.
He is survived by his wife, Sandra; sons, Jason Cooke (Cher Trueman),
Matthew (Julia) Cooke, Jason (Anne) Ulley; daughter, Taryn (Grant)
Crevier; grandchildren, Haydden, Jewel, Victoria, Kylie, Austin, Jade,
Keegan and Hayley; sisters, Verna (Arthur) Steeves, New Glasgow; Joyce
Avery, Halifax; Cindy (James) Parsons, Port Hilford; brothers, Albert,
Sherbrooke; Raymond (Gladys), Goldboro; David (Cherry), Calgary, Alb.;
sisters-in-law, Carrie, Moncton, N.B.; Maxine, Sackville, N.B.;
Florence, Isaac’s Harbour; Patsy, Halifax; many nieces,
nephews and their families. He was predeceased by brothers, Douglas,
Cecil, Allan, Jack, Howard (Nancy), Bud; sisters, Ileen (Richard)
Hudson, Alice (Lawrence) Peters, Florence (Russell) Munroe;
brother-in-law, Wilson Avery and sister-in-law, Margaret Cooke. A
Celebration of Arnie’s Life will be held on Tuesday,
September 17, 2019 at 1 p.m. in the Country Harbour Gun Club with
Lewis MacIntosh presiding. Family flowers only please. Memorial
donations may be made to Canadian Fabry Association or The Kidney
Foundation of Canada. A special thank you to Dr. Michael West and
Staff of Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University; nurses from
Bayshore HealthCare and InnomarClinics; Home Dialysis in Halifax, the
Dialysis Unit in Antigonish and all the doctors and nurses in
Palliative Care at St. Martha’s. Funeral
arrangements are under the dignified and compassionate care of G.W.
Giffin Funeral Home, 17545 Highway 316, Country Harbour. Online
condolences may be made at www.gwgiffin.com.