Elinor (Scott) Root ’43 passed away peacefully after a long illness, in Costa Mesa, California. She was 97.

Rook lived in Elmhurst for almost 50 years, where she spent her professional career as a home economics teacher at York Community High School. She is preceded in death by her husband William M. Rook, and is survived by her two children, Karen Rook and Dennis Rook, and many close friends.

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