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Goodbye Joe

September 10, 2007 urngarden.com

We lost a good friend in the garden last week, Joe Rook on 9/5/07.

Joe had a double lung transplant at Barnes Jewish Hospital in April. The last three months of Joe’s life was amazing; he enjoyed every day to the fullest!

Lakin’ it and loving life! Joe belonged to Rice Camp at Table Rock Lake and spent most of his free time at his lake home. Nothing would make Joe happier than a 100-degree day and a bottle of suntan oil!

Joe knew no strangers, and had countless friends that he helped make it through life by helping them to live it “One Day at a Time!” His trademark was “It’s a beautiful day in the Ozarks!”

Joe belonged to the Gate of the Temple Lodge, and was a thirty-second degree Mason. He was on the Shriners’ Directors Staff and was active with the Shriners’ Hospital Dads. Joe traveled many miles transporting children to St. Louis, helping them to get the medical care that they needed.

We’ll miss Joe and send our deepest sympathies to his wife Sharon, and kids Sonya and Jodie and extended family.

Filed Under: ash scattering, Confessions, cremation, obituaries Tagged With: Joe Rook, obituary

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  1. Goodbye Joe Part Two at Life in the Garden says:
    September 17, 2007 at 5:24 AM

    […] Last Sunday was the first funeral I’d been to where no body was present. And I don’t mean “nobody”. Joe Rook’s funeral was big. Over 1200 guests according to the funeral home. […]

  2. Time After Time at Life in the Garden says:
    October 15, 2007 at 9:49 AM

    […] The last time I saw the Rook family was in the reception line at Kevin Umlauf’s visitation last year. His wife Sharon showed me her new tattoo that she got on her 60th birthday. […]

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