Frank Howard Cook;77;of 408 East Schoonmaker avenue;Monessen;died Thursday;January 7;1954;at 11:55 p.m. Mr.Cook had been employed by the Page Steel and Wire Company in Monessen for forty-eight years. He is survived by his wife;Mrs.Mary Cook;three sons;Melvin;Leonard and George Fremont of Monessen;four daughters;Mrs.Laelia Hoskinson of Salem;Ohio;Mrs.Carl L.Milsom (Doris) of Rostraver Township;Mrs.Dave McCullough (Virginia) of State College;and Mrs.Joseph Hicks (Marian) of Monessen;sixteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends will be received at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home in Monessen;between visiting hours of 1 and 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Services will be held there Monday;January 11;1954;at 2:30 p.m.;in charge of Rev.Lloyd S.Erb. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Edwin Melenyzer is the funeral director.