Audre "Pinny" Cooke (December 26, 1923 – August 1, 2004) was an American social activist and politician from New York.
Life She was born Audre Trupin on December 26, 1923, in Syracuse, New York. There she attended Nottingham High School.New York Red Book (1988–1989; pg. 198) She graduated from Ohio State University, as B.S. in 1946, and M.S. in 1948. In 1945, she married Henry F. Cooke (1922–2005),In memoriam; Henry Cooke... in The University Magazine of Rochester Institute of Technology, Spring 2005 and they had three children. They lived in Rochester.Who's Who in American Politics (1991; pg. 1145)
Pinny Cooke became active in social and charitable work, and entered politics as a Republican. On February 14, 1978, she was elected to the New York State Assembly, to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Thomas R. Frey as Director of State Operations. She was re-elected several times, and remained in the Assembly until 1990, sitting in the 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th and 188th New York State Legislatures.
She died on August 1, 2004, at her home in Rochester, New York;Audre "Pinny" (Trupin) Cooke in The Post-Standard, of Syracuse, on August 3, 2004 and was buried at the Mount Hope Cemetery there.
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