Mrs. Mary Elaine “Kay” (Reid) Rook, age 80, of Vevay, Indiana, entered this life on June 21, 1936, in West Ines (Kingston), Jamaica, the daughter of the late, Dennis James Reid and Olive Isabell (McLennan) Reid-Barnes. She was raised in Jamaica where she attended school. Kay was united in marriage on June 19, 1955, in White Plains, New York, to James Raymond “Jake” Rook. Kay and Jake shared nearly 59 years of marriage together until Jake passed away on January 29, 2014. Kay sold tupperware for several years and was later employed as a trimmer for the US Shoe Factory in Vevay, Indiana, from 1977 to November of 1999. She was employed on the assembly line for Richardson’s Industry in November of 1999. She was a member of the Switzerland Baptist Church in Vevay, Indiana, the Vevay American Legion Post #185 Ladies Auxiliary and the Vevay VFW Post #5396 Ladies Auxiliary. Kay resided in New York from 1951 to 1958 and later moved to the Vevay community where she resided for several years. Kay enjoyed talking and socializing with her family and friends and making macrame chairs. Kay passed away at 10:30 am, Monday, June 19, 2017, at her daughters residence in Milton, Kentucky.
Kay will be deeply missed by her sons: Dennis James Rook of Vevay, IN and Matthew Noel Rook and his wife: Kathy of Vevay, IN; her daughters: Wanda Marie Bickers and her husband: Charlie of Warsaw, KY, Angela May Graves and her husband: Larry of Milton, KY, Mary Elaine Rowlett and her husband: Robert of Milton, KY and Paula Jo Shields of Campbellburg, KY; her grandchildren: Jason, Christopher, Tyler, Aireal, Michael, Andrew and Joseph; her great-grandchildren: Adrianna, Kenneth and Sebastian; her several step-children, step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; her brother: Paul Anthony Reid of Summerfield, FL; her sister: Dorothy Esther Angela Williams of Miami, FL; her sisters-in-law: Helen Marie Nelson of Roswell, New Mexico and Betty Jo Gullion of Carrollton, GA and her several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents: Dennis James Reid and Olive Isabell (McLennan) Reid-Barnes; her husband: James Raymond “Jake” Rook, died January 29, 2014 and her sister: Beverly Jennifer Joy Hein.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday, June 23, 2017, at 11:00 am, by Rev. Ron Lee and Rev. Howard Wade at the Switzerland Baptist Church, 307 Main Cross, Vevay, Indiana.
Interment will follow in the Vevay Cemetery, Vevay, Indiana.
Friends may call 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Thursday, June 22, 2017, at the Switzerland Baptist Church, 307 Main Cross, Vevay, Indiana.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Cards are available at the funeral home.