FARMINGTON – Edith Louise Cook, LPN, “Cookie,” 85, of Farmington, entered peacefully into eternal rest with her Savior and Lord on Saturday, Nov. 25, at Orchard Park Rehabilitation and Living Center, from complications of a stroke.

She was born Dec. 1, 1920, in Carmel, the eldest child and only daughter of the late Roscoe and G. Pearl (Maloon) Cook.

She was raised in Shirley and graduated from Greenville High School.

She was employed at Spencer Bay Camps in Greenville and was a housekeeper for Dr. and Mrs. Nickerson. She also waitressed for five years at the Puritan Restaurant in Jackman, with Henry and Verne Duquette as proprietors.

She graduated in 1960 from the Maine School of Practical Nursing, at the age of 40.

She practiced at Franklin Memorial Hospital, Farmington and Mid-Maine Medical Center (Thayer and Seton Units) in Waterville.

She was a very compassionate person who was always a peacemaker and never said an unkind word about anyone.

She always gave of herself to help others. Her sense of humor was refreshing.

Above all, she loved the church and will be missed by her dear friends. It has been said that, “You could look in her eyes and see her heart.”

She enjoyed fishing, especially at Moosehead Lake, and could often be found reading to children and making up stories to entertain them and to broaden their imagination.

She also enjoyed sharing her gardening talent; she had a green thumb with plants.

She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Farmington and was a former member of the Maine Licensed Practical Nurse Association.

She is survived by a brother, Everett and his wife, Susie, of Levant; a niece, Sheila Hill and her husband, John, of Wiscasset; a nephew, Eric Cook and his wife, Karen, of Portand; four grandnieces and one grandnephew; and her caregiver and longtime friend, Glennice Cottle, and her son, Jeremiah.

Besides her parents, she was predeceased by a brother, Roscoe “Rusty” Cook Jr.