Katherine “Kitty” Cook
Bangor
Katherine “Kitty” Cook, passed into spirit on October 21, 2023 after a short illness. Kitty was born to Dexter G. Cook and Ruth Sturgis Cook on April 1, 1948 and raised in North Plainfield, New Jersey. She earned an MA in Math and an MA in Social Work at the University of Maine in Orono. Kitty lived in Japan and taught math, managed a restaurant in Manhattan, worked in educational publishing, and worked as a clinical therapist at Northeast Occupational Exchange in Bangor.
Kitty was a skilled equestrian; she and her horse Spanky competed in dressage events throughout Maine. She adopted many feline companions from Bangor Humane Society.
She is survived by her brother, Dexter Cook, his sons, Dexter and Alexander, cousins Ron, Susan and Bruce Brokaw and her “aunt” by affection, Alice Firgau.
Services will be private.
Please consider a donation in her memory to the Bangor Humane Society, 693 Mt. Hope Ave., Bangor, ME. 04401.
Condolences to the family may be expressed at BrookingsSmith.com.
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Bangor
Katherine “Kitty” Cook, passed into spirit on October 21, 2023 after a short illness. Kitty was born to Dexter G. Cook and Ruth Sturgis Cook on April 1, 1948 and raised in North Plainfield, New Jersey. She earned an MA in Math and an MA in Social Work at the University of Maine in Orono. Kitty lived in Japan and taught math, managed a restaurant in Manhattan, worked in educational publishing, and worked as a clinical therapist at Northeast Occupational Exchange in Bangor.
Kitty was a skilled equestrian; she and her horse Spanky competed in dressage events throughout Maine. She adopted many feline companions from Bangor Humane Society.
She is survived by her brother, Dexter Cook, his sons, Dexter and Alexander, cousins Ron, Susan and Bruce Brokaw and her “aunt” by affection, Alice Firgau.
Services will be private.
Please consider a donation in her memory to the Bangor Humane Society, 693 Mt. Hope Ave., Bangor, ME. 04401.
Condolences to the family may be expressed at BrookingsSmith.com.
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