Cook, Donna Jean "Cookie"

Donna Jean "Cookie" Cook passed away at Hillcrest Nursing Center on October 16, 2006 at the age of 78. Donna was born in Muskegon, MI on May 24, 1928 to Sidney M. and Daisy (Johnson) Cook. She retired from Comerica Bank after 25 years of service as a bank teller. Donna played professional baseball for eight years in the All American Girls Professional Baseball League, joining the Muskegon Lassies in 1947. She ended her career with the Rockford Peaches in 1954 when the league folded. She was enshrined into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY and was also inducted into the Muskegon and Grand Rapids Halls of Fame. Donna was named the top girl athlete of her graduating class of Muskegon Heights High School in 1947 and was also well known in the local bowling association. Donna was one of twelve children. She was preceded in death by her parents; 2 brothers, William (Gerri) Cook and Marvin Cook; and 2 sisters, Marian Cook Lord and Joan Cook Smith. SURVIVING are her 4 brothers, Paul (Barbara) Cook, Raymond (Darlene) Cook, Robert (Carol) Cook, and Bruce (Pam) Cook; 3 sisters, Doris Cook, Joyce (Lawrence) Lee, and Jackie (Gordon James) Bennett, all of Muskegon; sister-in-law, Marian Cook; brother-in-law, Gerald Smith; and a host of nieces and nephews. A MEMORIAL SERVICE will be held 11:00 AM, Saturday, October 21, 2006 at Lee Funeral Home, 2812 Fifth St., with Pastor Lewis H. Glick presiding. Interment: Mona View Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Memorial Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.