Gifts of Love

 

crystal ornaments my mom inherited from great grandma Doris Maxine (Perry) Kook 

 Quick Bio

    Doris Maxine Perry, daughter of Ethel Maria Lease and Elmer Wasson Perry, was born March 8, 1921 in Fortescue, Holt County, Missouri. She married Maurice Lee Gould in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 8, 1940. They had one son, Gregory Gould, and adopted a daughter, Maureen Gould. Maurice Lee Gould died July 7, 1969 in Riverside, California. Doris Maxine Perry married Joseph John Kook in 1985. She died December 22, 2011 in Riverside, California. Joseph died a couple years later on January 1, 2013 in Riverside, California. 

 

Doris Maxine (Perry) Gould, Gregory Gould, & Maurice Lee Gould 

A Story of Love 

    Joseph met Doris's friend Roxy in cooking class. He worried that great grandma Doris would think he was a gold digger, so he brought over his financial information to show her that he had good intentions in his pursuit of her. Joseph promised Doris 20 years when they married. He always thought he would die first since he was older. Joseph John Kook was born July 6, 1916 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Each year he would gift great grandma Doris a crystal ornament some of which were themed on the 12 Days of Christmas Carol:

On the twelfth day of Christmas

my true love gave to me

Twelve drummers drumming 

Eleven pipers piping 

Ten lords a-leaping 

Nine ladies dancing 

Eight maids a-milking 

Seven swans a-swimming 

Six geese a-laying 

Five golden rings 

Four calling birds 

Three French hens 

Two turtle doves 

And a partridge in a pear tree 

     As depicted in the first photo, Joseph gave her an ornament for turtle doves, French hens, calling birds, geese a-laying, swans a-swimming. maids a-milking, ladies dancing, lords a-leaping, pipers piping, and drummers drumming. Now, the crystal ornaments, a cherished family heirloom, hang on my mom Summer Gould's Christmas tree each year. 

 

 

Summer Gould, Melissa Gould, Doris Maxine (Perry) Kook, Joseph John Kook, & me in front

P.S. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 

With love, 

Autumn Rose Surratt 

The Ancestor Witch 

Sources 

• second hand info from my mom and grandpa Greg 
• U.S. Find a Grave memorial ID # 82487367 
• U.S. Find a Grave memorial ID # 103438306 
• U.S. Find a Grave memorial ID # 155560970 
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4G-F6PY 
• twelve days of Christmas lyrics on Google