Ethel Cook

Ethel M Cook, 85, of Ashville, passed peacefully into the arms of her savior at home with her husband of sixty five years by her side. She was born July 11, 1923 in Pickaway County the daughter of Russell and Margaret (Moss) Reid. She was a 1941 Ashville High School graduate and a member of Hopewell U. M. Church. Ethel was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Dorothy Cook and brother, Russell Reid Jr. She is survived by her husband, Richard; daughters, Marcia and Jim Tussing and Marla and Bruce Rainier; grandchildren, Jim and Mireille and Chloe Tussing, Patty and Sarah, Jessica and Megan Tussing, Brad and Janet and Branden and Brianna Tussing, Greg and Mindy and Spencer, Preston and Melia Tussing, Doug and Maria Tussing and Seth Rainier and sister, Esther A. Ruff. Funeral services will be Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009 at 1:30 pm at the Wellman Funeral Home, Ashville with Pastor Charles Muller officiating. Friends may call Monday from 4-8 p.m. Burial will be in Harrison Twp. Cemetery. Family requests memorial contributions to Mt. Carmel Hospice or Hopewell United Methodist Church Scholarship Fund. A special thank you to Mary and the Constance Care angels and Liz from hospice.