COOK, Wilma Jean (1925-2020)

COOK

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 7/4/2022 at 14:16:52

Jeannie Cook
(July 9, 1925 - March 26, 2020)

Wilma Jean Anker was born near DeSoto, in rural Dallas County, Iowa, to Roy and Irene Souders Anker on July 9, 1925. The family moved to the Earlham area where she attended school and met and married Lyle E. Cook. They were blessed with 68 years of marriage.
Jeannie was a talented homemaker and a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She especially loved children, volunteering to help others and shopping. She was employed as a secretary with Dexfield Community Schools and later with Living History Farms, Urbandale. Lyle and Jeannie retired from farming in the Dexter/Redfield area and enjoyed many years in Weslaco, Texas before moving to Indianola, Iowa in 2011. Jeannie passed at Taylor House Hospice, Des Moines, on March 26, 2020.
Survivors include children; D. Dianne (Kenton) Richardson, Indianola and Philip L. Cook, New Brunswick, New Jersey; grandchildren, Darcey Jill Landuyt, Drew Richardson, Lyle P. Cook and Blair Thomas Cook; great-grandchildren, Shaffer Landuyt, Shelby Landuyt and Henry Richardson; and a brother, Charles Anker. Those preceding Jeannie in death are her parents; sisters, Opal Ganoe(Dwight), Maxine Jungman(Leo) and Thelma Hunt; brothers, Robert Anker(Mildred), Howard Anker(Eleanor), Earl Anker(Carolyn) and Merle Anker(Patricia); sister-in-law, Shirley Anker; daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Cook; and husband, Lyle. This memorial is provided by Overton Funeral Home, 501 West Ashland Ave., Indianola, Iowa, http://www.overtonfuneral.com/