Lillian Alice COOK b. 13 Jun 1873 Devonshire, England d. Oct 1976 Minneapolis, MN

1873 - 1976 (103 years)

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Name	Lillian Alice COOK [1]
Born	13 Jun 1873	Devonshire, England [1, 2]
	6/13/1875, according to newspaper and SSDI
Gender	Female
Census	1900	Cedar Rapids, IA [3]
	317 2nd Ave.
Residence	1903	Cedar Rapids, IA [4]
	317 2nd Ave.
Census	1910	Cedar Rapids, IA [5]
Census	1920	St. Louis Park, MN [6]
Census	1930	St. Louis Park, MN [7]
	Living with Lilianâ€™s sister, Minnie B.
Census	1940	St. Paul, MN [8, 9]
	58 N. Mississippi River Blvd.; living with sister, Minnie B. Cook
Occupation	Owner and operator of candy stores in Cedar Rapids, IA, and Minneapolis, MN
Residence	7 Jul 1976	Postville, IA [10]
	Not sure if she was living there. News item from Postville Herald: Mrs. Lillian Coffits of the CLarence Nursing Home recently celebrated her 101st birthday -- Lowden Sun-News
Died	Oct 1976	Minneapolis, MN [11]
Buried	Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN, Sec. 20, lot 55 [12]
	SEC. 20 LOT 55 GRAVE 2
Notes	1/14/12: There is an Alice Cook in the 1881 England Census, living near London. Not sure if this was her. Saved record to Ancestry shoebox. In the 1930 census, she is living with an older sister, Minnie B., who doesnâ€™t show up on the England census. Came to the U.S. in 1884 with her father, George R. Cook. He was naturalized in Tipton, IA, in 1887. Lived in her own home in Minneapolis until she reached age 91, when she returned to Iowa and took up residence in Mt. Vernon. Owned various cars from 1905 to 1958, including a Stanley Steamer and a one-cylinder Reo. [13, 14]
Person ID	I270	Tree1
Last Modified	7 Dec 2012

Family Harry Merriam COFFITS, b. 10 Sep 1871, Central City, IA , d. 24 Sep 1939, Hennepin County, MN (Age 68 years)

Married 7 Nov 1895 Cedar Rapids, IA [15]

Children

1. Horace V. COFFITS, b. 9 Aug 1907, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

, d. 2 Apr 1923, St. Louis Park, MN

(Age 15 years)

Last Modified 8 Jan 2012

Family ID F194 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos		Lillian A. Cook From an article in the (Tipton, IA) Conservative-Advertiser, marking the celebration of her 100th birthday
Photos		Ad for Harry Coffits' ice cream

Documents

Recordings

Charles Robert Grist talks to Gladys Strite about what happened in the years surrounding Franklin Grist's death in 1953. Topics include:

Louise Grist leaves her job as an art supervisor in Milwaukee to help Gladys in Appleton. After Franklin dies, she helps Gladys run Grist Furs and Fashions.

Gladys eventually sends Louise to California to fulfill her dream of teaching art there. She gets a job in Benicia.

What to do about the house at 24 Winona Court? Jim and Mary Grist are living in a small apartment; Charlie is on the way (born 19 May 1954). Gladys is in a too-big house.
Lillian Cook [Coffitts] advises Gladys to wait on selling the house.

2 April 1955: While Gladys is on vacation in Los Angeles, she goes up to Santa Barbara to meet up with Louise and Pat, where they got married. For a honeymoon, they stayed — with Gladys — in the home of Glady's cousin, Lloyd Strite. He and his wife, Lorraine, were away at the time.

Gladys proposes to share the house with Jim and Mary, creating a small apartment upstairs where she could live. They shared 24 Winona Ct. from about 1954 to 1959, when Gladys sold Grist Furs and Fashions.