Wilda Marie Cook, 82,
of Tonkawa, Oklahoma passed away Sunday, October 21,
2007 at Willow Haven Nursing Home in Tonkawa,
Oklahoma. Wilda was born December 9, 1924 in
Cherryvale, Kansas to Fred and Lulu (Brooks) Rambow.
Celebration of her
life will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, October 25, 2007
in the Tonkawa Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mark
Serviss officiating. Interment will follow in
Riverview Cemetery, Tonkawa, Oklahoma. Arrangements
are under the direction of Tonkawa Funeral Home,
Tonkawa, Oklahoma.
Wilda grew up and graduated from school in
Cherryvale, Kansas; then graduated from cosmetology
school on July 10, 1945.
She married Charles “Ed” Cook October 25, 1945 in
Cherryvale, Kansas and he preceded her in death
November 10, 2004 after celebrating 59 years of
marriage.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church Hays,
Kansas where she served as a youth leader, a Sunday
School teacher, the Sunday School secretary, and was
active in the American Baptist Woman’s Association.
She served as a cub scout and girl scout leader as
their children were growing up.
Wilda opened an upholstery shop in Hays, Kansas in
1962, running it until she retired. She and Ed lived
in Hays for fifty years before moving to Tonkawa,
Oklahoma in 1998 to be close to their son.
Wilda’s
children remember how she opened her home to their
many friends, welcoming them to the dinner table.
Sunday dinners were a time to have family and
friends there. She loved to visit and could listen
for hours to those who needed a listening ear. She
walked the walk and gave them all something to
aspire to.
She is
survived by her sons, Kenneth J. Cook and his wife,
Doris of Kansas City, Kansas, Fred C. Cook of
Cincinnati, Ohio, George Cook and his wife, Amanda
of Tonkawa, Oklahoma; her daughter, Carol R. Grover
and her husband, Bill of Lancaster, California; a
sister, Leota Davis of Wichita, Kansas; a brother,
Clyde Rambow of Colorado Springs, Colorado; seven
grandchildren, James Cook and his wife, Dolores of
Wichita, Kansas, John and Rachel Cook of Kansas
City, Kansas, Adam and Bridget Grover of Lancaster,
California, Timothy Cook and his wife, Lydia of
Granite City, Illinois and Zachary Cook and his
wife, Briana of Tonkawa, Oklahoma; two great
grandchildren, Brianna and Caedmon Cook and numerous
nieces and nephews.
She is
preceded in death by her husband; her parents; two
sisters, Alice Swayze and Evelyn Clark and two
brothers, James and Kenneth Rambow.
Memorials may be made
to charity of donor’s choice in care of Tonkawa
Funeral Home, 400 E. Grand Ave. Tonkawa, Oklahoma
74653.
Condolences may be sent to the family using our
online guest book at
www.tonkawafh.com
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