Last modified: Monday, June 29, 2009 2:22 AM EDT Obituaries published June 29 Obituaries were published for Donald H. Cook Sr., 82, of Attleboro and Lois H. Simon, 86, of Wrentham. Donald H. Cook Sr., 82 ATTLEBORO - Donald H. Cook Sr., 82, of Attleboro passed away surrounded by his family on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at his residence. He was the husband of 58 years to Isabel (Kelley) Cook. Donald was born in Bourne, the son of the late Karl W. Cook Sr. and Hazel (Boucher) Cook. He was a graduate of Attleboro High School, Class of 1945. After graduating, he served his country during World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps. Mr. Cook then worked for Texas Instruments as the chief electrician for 27 years. While working, he built a summer home for his family in Plymouth. Donald then worked as the electrical inspector for the towns of Attleboro and Seekonk, until his retirement in 2000. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed fly fishing, and hunting. He made his own lures and tied his own flies for fishing. Mr. Cook was a member of the Attleboro Lodge of Elks 1015 and the Attleboro Lodge of Masons. Survivors beside his wife are two daughters, Patricia E. Neill of Florida, and Cheryl A. Turner of Massachusetts; a son, Donald H. Cook Jr. of Massachusetts; a brother, Karl W. Cook Jr. of Florida; six grandchildren: Brett, Adrienne, Scott, Kelley, Katrina, and Joshua; and one great-grandson, Mason. Memorial visitation will be held on Tuesday, June 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Foley-Hathaway Funeral Home, 126 South Main St., Attleboro, with a Memorial Service being held at 1:30 p.m. in the First Baptist Church, 118 South Main St., Attleboro. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Burial will be private at the family's request. To light a candle, sign the guest book, or for facility directions, go to www.hathawayfunerals.com or call 508-222-0498. Memorial donations in his memory can be made to Dialysis Center of Pawtucket, 201 Armistice Blvd., Pawtucket, R.I. 02860. Lois H. Simon, 86 WRENTHAM - Lois H. Simon, 86, of John Druce Lane, Wrentham, died on Friday June 26, 2009 in Wrentham. She was the beloved widow of Philip Simon, whom she married on March 23, 1946. Born in Westport, she was a loving daughter of the late Arthur and Mary (Brightman) Pettey. A longtime Westport resident, she was a graduate and class salutorian of the Westport High School Class of 1940. She also graduated from the F. G. Allen School of Business in Fall River. Prior to retirement, Lois had been a bookkeeper and accountant for 44 years with the A.G. & W.J. Howland Insurance in Fall River. She had served as a business manager with at the Truesdale Clinic in Fall River, and was a licensed tax preparer. Service oriented, she enjoyed volunteering at the Infant Wellness Clinic, and as a docent at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Active in church life, she had been a member of the Westport United Congregational Church, where she had been a member of the board of deacons, and had served as church treasurer, and of the Original Congregational Church in Wrentham, where she volunteered as one of the "Kitchen Elves," and as a member of the Prayer Shawl Committee. She was active in the Community at Pond Meadow, where she lived, and was involved in many of the community social activites. She was a member of the sewing group, and the book club at Pond Meadow. She had made Wrentham her home since 2002. She was interested in writing and was a member of Word by Word, a writing group in Foxboro. She also enjoyed the notoriety of being a self-published author, having published three books, all of which she had very much enjoyed writing. She is survived by loving children and was the dear mother of Joan and her husband Richard Shirley of Wrentham, Carl and his wife Deborah Simon of St. Augustine, FL, Keith and his wife Carrie Simon of Swansea, Ken and his wife Marilyn Simon of Cumberland, RI, and Barry and his fiance Patty of Middleboro, MA. She was the dear sister of the late Everett Pettey, Florence Lawton, and Verna Tilton, and was the loving and devoted grandmother of Shawn, Joseph, Michael, Timothy, and Christina Simon, and was the aunt of several nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are invited and may call at the RJ Ross Funeral Home, 135 South Street, Route 1A, Wrentham Centre, on Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. Her funeral will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the sanctuary of the Original Congregational Church, East Street at Dedham Street, Route 1A at Route 140, Wrentham Centre. Burial will on Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Beech Cemetery, Main Street, Central Village Westport, MA. Arrangements are in the care of Richard Ross and the RJ Ross Funeral Home, Wrentham Centre. Visit the funeral home Web site at rjrossfuneralhomeinc.com.