Catherine Shook
June 6, 1910; Oregonian, p 5
"Pioneer Woman, 89, Dies"
Klamath Falls, Or., June 5

   Mrs. Catherine Shook, aged 89, and a pioneer woman of Klamath County, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Rueck, in Lanagell Valley, 25 miles southeast of here, yesterday.

   Mrs. Shook was born in Jefferson County, Ind., May 14, 1821.  She was married to Amon Shook in 1853.  Mr. and Mrs. Shook crossed the plains in an ox wagon in 1864 and took up their home in the Rogue River Valley, where they lived until 1869, when they came to Klamath County.

   Mrs. Shook leaves eight children:  John H., David P. and William H. Shook and Mrs. Jacob Rueck, of the Langell Valley; Isaac N. Shook, of Ashland; Mary J. Sutton, of Klamath Falls; Hattie J. Parker, of Los Angeles, and Fannie R. Shuman, of Guatemala.