Marcella Ford (Jean Cook’s Mother)
Kathleen Cook Simpson’s recollections of her grandmother (recorded by Rosalie Cook):

She had scarlet or rheumatic fever as a child which weakened her heart. She had a heart attack when Kathleen was about 10 years old (approximately 1976). She wouldn’t go to the hospital – she layed on the floor for a whole day saying it was just her back. Finally, Jean and Bill came over and took her to the hospital. After that, she was on blood thinner medication (Coumadin). Years later, she fell and broke her hip. She needed hip replacement surgery. She was evaluated by cardiologist and they warned her of the risks of the surgery but told her that without the surgery, she would be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. She chose the surgery but they had to take her off the Coumadin before the surgery. She passed away during surgery.

Also, she used to be a firefighter.