Harry Newton Rook
Obituary

Lewiston Morning Tribune
Saturday, March 17, 1951

Harry Newton Rook Passes At Spokane

Funeral services for Harry Newton Rook, 56, farm worker of Gifford, will be held Monday afternoon at 2 at the Brower-Wann chapel with the Rev. Robert Sweeten officiating.

Mr. Rook's death occurred Wednesday at Spokane where he had been under treatment two weeks. He had been in ill health a year. For approximately the last 20 years, Mr. Rook had been in the employ of W. A. Black, retired Gifford farmer now of Lewiston, as a farmhand. He was a bachelor.

Born Nov. 22, 1894, at Silver City, Iowa, Mr. Rook first came to the Lewiston area in 1903. He was a member of the Christian church.

Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Iva Butler of Gifford and a half-brother, Dreyfus Heath of Spokane.

Burial will be at Normal Hill cemetery.


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