Re: [Chrysler300] Member's passing

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Carol and I were very sorry to hear of Don's death----and in such a tragic  
way.  We can only imagine the effect on his little grand daughter.   Our 
condolences go out to Kathy and the entire Rook family.
Don was indeed one of a kind.  We remember attending one of his annual  
Father's Day car shows at his farm in Pleasant Valley, PA.  Only Mopars and  
Packards were invited, as I recall.  Generally several hundred cars showed  
up.  He also hosted the 16th annual 300 Club Spring Meet there in  1986.  He 
had two HUGE steel buildings full of various Chrysler 300s, other  Mopars, 
and of course, Packards.  I believe even a couple of Grahams.   At any rate, 
lots of fun to wander through and just look.  He also had a  "junkyard" some 
distance away that included a considerable number of manual  shift '61 and 
'62 Chryslers.  I do not think too many cars from that yard  made the long 
trip to Arkansas when they moved.  I don't know for sure, but  I believe the 
vast majority of his collection did, however.
In Mena, AR, he and Kathy hosted two more meets, Spring of '88 and Spring  
of '97.  (He seems to have avoided doing the Fall meets----didn't much care  
for the judging activity, as I recall!)  We did get a chance to see the new 
 completed Rook home/B&B and the remaining cars on our trip thru there to 
the  Oklahoma meet in 2006.  It was still a lot of fun to look at the cars 
and  parts----all of which were always for sale, I think.  Carol was  treated 
by Don to a tour of the property on an ATV which was  great  fun.            
             We are happy and fortunate to have many good memories  of our 
various experiences with Don, and wish his family all the  best.
Gil Cunningham
Tallahassee, FL
 
 
In a message dated 8/12/2010 6:58:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
hurst300@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

Sorry to  report, Longtime 300 Club member,  Don Rook has died. 
He died Tuesday  afternoon, 8/10/10, He drowned in his pond.

As far as I know, the  arrangements are private, there will be a Memorial 
Service on Sept. 18th,  2010.

It is reported that he was on the pond with a 7 year old  granddaughter in 
a little boat and it overturned.
She grabbed a paddle and  got to shore, he did not. They recovered his body 
after  midnight.


Don had a wide and lifelong interest in cars and belonged  to many clubs. 
He had a large Packard collection at one time and was well  versed in all 
things Packard.
He also had many old and collectable Mopars  He had at least one of every 
Letter Car, with the 1965 Chrysler 300 "L" being  his favorite Letter Car. 
He owned 4 of the 12 stick-shift "L" convertibles  built. He owned a Junk 
Yard in PA. and as I recall, he had several hundred  cars in the yard and at 
his Bucks co. PA. farm.
The '66 300 Convertible  was  of special interest to him also.

Please pass this on to any  others who are not on these two lists. 

He will be missed by many of  us, RIP.
Ray Jones, in Mena,  Arkansas






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