Peggy Keller
Keller, Peggy
Toms Brook (Va)
Baking-Virginia-Toms Brook
According to the Shenandoah Valley Herald "Cooking is Peggy Keller's hobby, baking cakes and decorating them is her specialty."
A resident of Toms Brook, she gained experience baking from her time in high school, working at local restaurants, and feeding her family. Part of her secret was doing things the “old fashioned way” including keeping a cow for fresh milk and home churned butter.
In addition to baking, Peggy volunteered with the county Republican Committee’s Women’s Club, the Toms Brook Elementary School PTA, and other organizations.
Cooper, Elizabeth. Shenandoah Herald and the Shenandoah Valley Newspaper.
"Country Kitchen," Shenandoah Herald and the Shenandoah Valley, January 23, 1975, Page 3. Shenandoah Valley-Herald Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Shenandoah County Library
January 23, 1975
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Frank & Rose Funkhouser With Children
Funkhouser, James Franklin Monroe (1891-1959)
Funkhouser, Rose Frances Wetzel (1906-2005)
Funkhouser, Clyde Wilbur (1935-1999)
Ramey, Arlene Eliza Funkhouser Cook (1931-2017)
Family portrait of the Frank Funkhouser family. Pictured (l to r) are: James Franklin “Frank” Monroe, his wife, Rose Frances (Wetzel), son Clyde Wilbur and daughter, Arlene Eliza.
Frank and Rose’s oldest son, Austin Junior Funkhouser, is not pictured here and may have already left for his service with the U.S. Army Ground Forces in Europe during WWII where he was killed in September 1944.
Frank was born near Conicville and married Rose Frances Wetzel in 1924.
In 1942, Frank registered for the WWII draft. At that time, he lived in Washington D.C. and worked for the War Department. His family stayed in Edinburg during that time. After the war, he was a teacher in Shenandoah County for many years and then a farmer later in his life.
Clyde and Arlene grew up in the Edinburg area.
Clyde spent many years in Falls Church and was living in Front Royal when he died. He is buried in Strasburg.
Arlene’s first husband, named Cook, died. She married again in 1976 while living in Page County. Her second husband, Amos Lee Ramey, was born in Luray to Edgar Vernon and Gertie May (Kendrick). Ramey.
Both Frank and his wife, Rose are buried in Conicville.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
ca 1930s
Identified by a neighbor, Goldie V. Tisinger.
Biographical information was compiled from public records.
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001158
Patsy and Shirley Miller
Rhineland, Patsy Kay Miller (1938 - )
Orndorff, Shirley Ann Miller (1936 - )
Photograph of (l to r) Patsy Kay Miller with her sister, Shirley Ann Miller. The image was made when the girls were young, probably in the early 1940s. Their parents were Archie S. and Anna Belle (Mumaw) Miller. The sisters were the oldest of four children. The two youngest were born after this photograph was taken.
Patsy’s married name was Rhineland.
Her sister, Shirley, married Richard Earl Orndorff in Edinburg in 1956. At that time, she worked at the Strasburg Poultry Plant. Richard was born in Strasburg, the son of Gordon Elroy (1907-1979) and LaRue (Cook) (1914-2008) Orndorff. He and his wife settled in Woodstock.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
Identified by Doug Dellinger, who knew the family.
Biographical information was compiled from public records.
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001174
"Cook"
The name, "Cook", is written on the glass plate of this image of a woman wearing glasses.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "8/16/29" on box of plates.
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006771
Leonard Cook
Cook, Leonard
Soldiers - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Portrait of Leonard (Lenny) Cook in his U.S. Army uniform. He later worked as the barber in Woodstock.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
ca 1940's
Identified by James E. Morrison, Sr., who recognized the subject as being his childhood barber.
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Lenny Cook appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001351, 003930, 003935, 002203, 009835, 010730, and 025808.
001351
Betty Cook Good and Child
Good, Betty Cook
Portrait of Betty (Cook) Good seated in a chair and holding a toddler, probably hers, on her lap.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
Identified by Virginia Gochenour, Guy Wetzel, and Harold Hoffman.
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006907
Marvin and Lona (Helsley) Funkhouser Family.
Funkhouser, Marvin Gilbert (1914-1967)
Funkhouser, Lona Hilda (Helsley) (1917-1998)
Racey, Hilda Viola Mae Funkhouser Cook (1935-2012)
Shipp, Nancy Marie Funkhouser (1943-2007)
Stover, Doris Bernice Funkhouser
Family photograph of Lona Hilda (Helsley) and her husband, Marvin Gilbert Funkhouser, standing behind their three daughters Seated (l to r) are: Hilda Viola Mae (Funkhouser) Cook Racey, Nancy Marie (Funkhouser) Shipp, and Doris Bernice (Funkhouser) Stover.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "Apr 1945" on box of plates.
Identified by Doug Dellinger.
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007041
Lenny Cook
Cook, Lenny
Undated portrait of Lenny Cook.
Lenny Cook was a barber in Woodstock and had a shop in the basement of the National Bank of Woodstock for many years.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
Identified by Virginia Rutz
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Lenny Cook appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001351, 003930, 003935, 002203, 009835, 010730, and 025808.
002203
Gabriel Sager's 1828 Will
Law & legal affairs - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Sager, Gabriel
Photograph of the signature page from Gabriel Sager's original 1828 will. It was written on December 8th, 1828, and witnessed by George Shrum, Jacob Cook and John Cook.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
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002263
Joycie (Grandstaff) Peer Wilkins and Mary (Webster) Ryman
Wilkins, Joycie Grandstaff Peer (1928-1996)
Ryman, Mary Webster (1927 - )
Photograph of Joycie (Grandstaff) Peer Wilkins, with her arms folded, beside Mary (Webster) Ryman.
Joycie was the daughter of James Booten and Mildred (Cook) Grandstaff. She grew up with at least four siblings.
She married Roy Lee Peer (1921-1971), the son of Marion Franklin and Betty (Wymer) Peer.
In the 1950 census, Joycie and Roy lived on Route 11 in the Stonewall District of Shenandoah County where Roy worked as a truck driver for a retail machine company and Joycie raised their two sons, Gerald Odell and Dennis Lee Peer.
A few years after her husband died, in 1976, Joycie married Paul William Wilkins (1910-1995). He was the son of William Isaac and Esta Holler Wilkins. Joycie and Paul lived in Woodstock.
Mary Anna Webster was born in Zepp to Floyd Carson and Valley Maude (Plauger) Webster, a farming couple. Mary had at least six siblings growing up.
She married Ernest Calvin Ryman (1924-1999) in February 1946 in Woodstock. He was in the U.S. Army at the time. His parents were Otis L. and Mary Sue (Tewalt) Ryman, from Woodstock.
In the 1950 census, Mary and Ernest lived and farmed in the Johnston District of the county. They had two young children, Floyd C. and Mary J.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
ca 1941-45
ID form was unsigned. Biographical information was compiled from public records.
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002591
J. Clinton Reynolds & Family
Reynold, J. Clinton
Reynold, Florence (Gochenour)
Wetzel, Rachel (Reynolds)
Reynold, John Calvin
Swartz, Evla (Reynolds)
Reynolds, Paul
Photograph of the Reynolds Family. Pictured from left to right: (Back row) Rachel (Reynolds) Wetzel, John Calvin Reynolds, Evla (Reynolds) Swartz, and Paul Reynolds. J. Clinton "Clint" Reynolds and his wife, Florence (Gochenour) Reynolds are seated in front. Clint was born in 1891 and lived to be 100 years old. His parents were John and Amanda (Cook) Reynolds. He was buried in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Woodstock.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
Identified by Phyllis Wright.
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003295
Lenny Cook and Customer
Barbers - Virginia - Woodstock
Cook, Lenny
Photograph of Lenny Cook with a customer. Lenny Cook was a barber in Woodstock and had a shop in the basement of the National Bank of Woodstock for many years. This image appears to have been taken in front of a service station, not in his shop.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
Identified by Virginia Rutz.
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Lenny Cook appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001351, 003930, 003935, 002203, 009835, 010730, and 025808.
003930
Lenny Cook
Cook, Lenny
Portrait of Lenny Cook as a young man.
Lenny Cook was a barber in Woodstock and had a shop in the basement of the National Bank of Woodstock for many years.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "June 1934" on box of plates.
Identified by Alma Hottle who believed this was either Lenny Cook or his brother, Medger. Both men were barbers in Woodstock.
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Lenny Cook appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001351, 003930, 003935, 002203, 009835, 010730, and 025808.
009835
Delford and Dorothy (Didawick) Keckley
Keckley, Delford E. (1923-1999)
Edwards, Dorothy Didawick Keckley (1923-1986)
Portrait of Delford E. Keckley and Dorothy Didawick taken about the time of their first wedding. Possibly, this is their wedding photograph.
Delford and Dorothy Didawick married on August 22, 1941. They had a daughter, Margaret, in 1944. Sometime after that, they divorced. However, in November 1963, they married each other again. Their son, Bill, was born sometime during this time. This second attempt at their marriage ended in divorce on March 19, 1974.
The next day Dorothy married another man, Ashby Edwards. That marriage lasted until February 23, 1983, when they divorced.
Dorothy died only a few years later.
Delford E. was the son of Earl William and Wilmouth (Cook) Keckley. He is buried in Saint Stephens Cemetery near Strasburg Junction.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
ca 1940
Identified by Patsy Didawick Simmons who was Dorothy's sister. She has the same photograph at her home in Texas.
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Same subjects as in Morrison Photos 01570 and 06429.
004569
Lenny Cook and Friend
Cook, Leonard "Lenny"
Portrait of Woodstock resident and barber, Lenny Cook, wearing a U.S. Army uniform and posed with an unidentified young woman.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "June 1945" on box of plates.
Id was written on the paper copy. No ID form.
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Lenny Cook appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001351, 009835, 010730 and 0025808.
010730
Mabel (Mauck) Cook Miller
Miller, Mabel Mauck Cook (1925-2013)
Portrait of Mabel Mauck Cook wearing a necklace.
Mabel was born to Carl Raymond and Susie Vernie (Riffey) Mauck. She married James Medgar Cook (1906-1946), originally from Wakeman's Grove. He worked as a barber and lived in Woodstock when he died. In the two years they were together, the couple had one daughter, Carolyn.
A few years later, Mabel married Maxwell Alexander Miller (1921-1993) in Toms Brook, the son of Lacey James and Bessy May (Racey) Miller. He was a farmer from Edinburg. He also served in the U.S. Navy during WWII.
Mabel had three daughters with her second husband: Kay, Jean and Maxine. She was a member of Columbia Furnace Brethren Church. Mabel was also co-owner of the Mt. Jackson Grocery.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "June 1945" on box of plates.
Identified by Guy Wetzel and Virginia Gochenour.
Additional biographical information compiled from public records.
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Same subject as in Morrison Photo 05782.
005781
Mabel Mauck Cook Miller
Miller, Mabel Mauck Cook (1925-2013)
Portrait of Mabel Mauck Cook Miller taken circa 1945.
Mabel was born to Carl Raymond and Susie Vernie (Riffey) Mauck. She married James Medgar Cook (1906-1946), originally from Wakeman's Grove. He worked as a barber and lived in Woodstock when he died. In the two years they were together, the couple had one daughter, Carolyn.
A few years later, Mabel married Maxwell Alexander Miller (1921-1993) in Toms Brook, the son of Lacey James and Bessy May (Racey) Miller. He was a farmer from Edinburg. He also served in the U.S. Navy during WWII.
Mabel had three daughters with her second husband: Kay, Jean and Maxine. She was a member of Columbia Furnace Brethren Church. Mabel was also co-owner of the Mt. Jackson Grocery.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "June 1945" on box of plates.
Identified by Guy Wetzel and Virginia Gochenour.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
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Same subject as in Morrison Photo 05781.
005782
Patsy and Dorothy Didawick
Simmons, Patsy Jean Didawick (1936-
Edwards, Dorothy Marilla Didawick Keckley (1923-1986)
Photograph of two sisters: Patsy (Didawick) Simmons (left) and her older sister, Dorothy Marilla (Didawick) Keckley Edwards. Their parents were Glenn Henry (1897-1959) and Mary Frances (Burner) (1898-1975) Didawick.
Patsy Jean Didawick lived in Toms Brook and worked as a bookkeeper in 1958 when she married John Emory Simmons (1935-2016), a truck driver from Edinburg. His parents were Floyd Oakney and Olga Emory (Burns) Simmons. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. The couple moved to Florida in the 1970’s then to Texas. They moved back to Virginia but returned to Texas to be near their grown children – David, Rachel, Beth, and Michael -- and grandchildren.
Dorothy Marilla Didawick lived most of her life in Toms Brook. She married Delford Elwood Keckley, a 21-year old farmer from Strasburg in 1941. He was the son of Earl and Wilmouth Irene (Cook) Keckley. They had a daughter, Margaret, in 1944. Sometime after that, they divorced and then, in 1963 married each other again. Their son, William Allen Keckley, was born during this time. Their second marriage lasted until 1974.
Dorothy married a third time to Ashby Woodrow Edwards from Penn Laird, Rockingham County. He was ten years older than Dorothy and that union lasted from 1974-1983.
She died a few years later.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
Labelled "Jan 1938" on box of plates.
Identified by Patsy Didawick Simmons, the younger of the two pictured. In 2007, she lived in Livingston Texas.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
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Same subjects as in Morrison Photos 01570 and 04569.
006429
Betty Cook
Cook, Betty Catherine Kibler (1926-2011)
Portrait of Betty (Kibler) Cook as a young woman.
She was the daughter of Reuben and Nettie Catherine (Rudy) Kibler. Betty graduated from Woodstock High School in 1946 and attended Palmer Business School. She worked at the Agriculture Office for 6 years.
Betty was married to Paul W. Cook of Woodstock for 62 years before she died. She left behind a son, Roger L. Cook, and three daughters: Brenda (Cook) Weaver, Judy (Cook) Hodson, and Barbara (Cook) Fadeley.
Betty’s obituary, published in the Northern Virginia Daily newspaper on August 31, 2011, mentioned she was a member of St. Luke Brethren Church, where she served in various offices, was a Sunday School Teacher, and attended the Cedar Creek Christian Church. She ministered and assisted her husband and others with a ministry in music. She also enjoyed being a creative seamstress.
Morrison Studio
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Shenandoah County Library
c. 1940's
Subject identified by her friend, Landon R. Walker.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
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006650
Prize Winning Bull
Cook, Mike
Fleming, Joe
Dyke, Henry
Shenandoah County (Va)
Woodstock (Va)
Fairs-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Livestock-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Photograph showing from left Joe Fleming, Henry Dyke, and Mike Cook with Cook's prize winning bull at the 1982 Shenandoah County Fair.
Northern Virginia Daily- Shenandoah County Fair Digital Collection
Shenandoah County Library
1982
Physical objects donated for scanning by the Henry Dyke.
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