Born in Watertown, N.Y., on Dec. 23, 1931, Cook held the Methodist Church at the centre of his life - an anchoring that began at a young age. Shirley was born in Phoenix on Feb. 24, 1940 and attended Santa Paula High School, where the previous soccer participant after experienced four teeth knocked out on a one engage in, and Ventura College before embarking on a 36-year job as a planner for the Southern California Gas Company.