Mercedes Cook Obituary
We bid farewell to Mercedes Cook (Baltic, Connecticut), born in Hagerstown, Maryland, whose journey of life gracefully concluded on January 4, 2026 at the age of 86. Mercedes touched countless lives with warmth and kindness, leaving behind cherished memories that will forever echo in hearts. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
Though Mercedes has departed this earthly realm, her legacy endures — a legacy of love that will continue to illuminate the lives of family and friends in the darkest of hours. May her spirit soar on wings of eternal peace, forever cherished in the tender embrace of memory.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Garland Cook and Anita Cook (Willis). She is survived by: her sisters, Mary Mercedes Cook and Roselyn Barboza; and her nieces, Jackie Barboza and Jamie Rose.
She graduated from the Academy of the Holy Family in Baltic, CT then entered the Novitiate of the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady, Mother of the Church in 1958, professing Perpetual Vows in the Community in 1966.
