****DUE TO THE EXPECTED WEATHER STORM THURSDAY, THE FUNERAL IS BEING POSTPONED UNTIL FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2011 AT 2 PM FROM W ALLEN FUNERAL HOME, 60 WATER ST., OXFORD.****

Kevin James "Tooch" Cooke, age 19, of Oxford, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Monday, January 24, 2011 at the IWK Hospital in Halifax. after a life long battle with Cystic Fibrosis.

Born in Amherst, he was a son of Kevin (Bernadette Newell), Oxford, and Elizabeth (Leonard Moore) Cooke, Weschester.

He enjoyed 4 wheeling, socializing with friends, fishing, hunting, going for drives in the fall with his father and a good drink of Pepsi.

In addition to his parents, he will be dearly missed by sisters Emma Newell, Oxford, Cassie Newell and Hannah Newell, both at home, niece Kayden Purcell, Oxford. Paternal grandmother Phyllis (Lee) Stewart, Oxford, maternal grandmother Annie O'Brien, Pugwash Junction, several aunts, uncles and cousins.  Special friend Kaitlyn Thompson, Oxford.

He was predeceased by a brother Arthur, paternal grandfather Arthur Cooke and maternal grandfather Ralph O'Brien.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the W Allen Funeral Home, 60 Water St., Oxford, NS (447-2167) where visiting hours will take place on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm.  The funeral service will take place on FRIDAY, January 28, 2011 at 2 pm (Due to the expected storm).  

Those wishing to make a donation in Tooch's memory may do so to the Cystic Fibrosis Society.