[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16471]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING QUARRIER COOK

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                      HON. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM

                             of new mexico

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 24, 2017

  Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I rise today 
to honor the life of Quarrier ``Q'' B. Cook who represented the best of 
our great state of New Mexico. She was a loving wife, mother, and 
grandmother, a loyal friend to many, a philanthropist, and a dedicated 
advocate for the rights of women, and the environment.
  Q was born in Wheeling, West Virginia to Nancy Fulton and Thomas 
Moffat Bloch on April 7, 1935. She graduated from the Wheeling Country 
Day School, the Ethel Walker School, and Vassar College where she 
earned a degree in political science that served her well through years 
of political activism. Q gained a passion for activism by observing her 
parents, who were involved in civic and public service.
  Q began her philanthropic career as a board member of the Santa Fe 
Community Foundation. Not long after, she founded Santa Fe Style, a 
southwestern home furnishings boutique in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. 
Q helped to run the business for 11 years as store purchaser.
  During her time in Santa Fe, Q worked to support nonprofit groups, 
and cultural organizations, including the Santa Fe Community Foundation 
and the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Q joined the board of the 
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in 1987 and served as board president 
from 2002 to 2005.
  Among their many successes, Q and her husband, Philip Cook, were 
granted the Santa Fe Community Foundation's Philanthropic Leadership 
Award in 2016.
  Q married the love of her life, Philip Cook, in Santa Fe on March 11, 
1991. They recently celebrated 25 years together, marked with joy and 
travel among family and friends.
  On May 4, 2017, Q passed away at age 82. She was surrounded by family 
at her home in Santa Fe after a yearlong struggle with breast cancer. 
She was survived by her husband, Philip, and three children, Thomas 
McKittrick Jones, Nancy Jones Carter, and Clarke Fitz-Gerald Jones, as 
well as her seven grandchildren.
  Q was truly a fighter of justice and we will all miss her dearly. I 
treasure all of the wonderful contributions she has made to our state. 
Her memory and legacy is a blessing to us all.

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