Evelyn Lucille Cook
Evelyn Lucille Cook, 93, North Manchester, passed away at 5:10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016 at Peabody Healthcare Center, North Manchester.
Evelyn was born Feb. 7, 1923 in Rural North Manchester to Walter Adrian and Mary Elizabeth (Forney) Coning. On Nov. 4, 1951 she married Morris Earl Cook. He passed away on March 16, 2016.
She was a member of Old German Baptist Brethren Church, North Manchester. She worked as a homemaker and seamstress for many years.
Evelyn is survived by two sons: Philip (Betty) Cook, Athens, Wisc.; and Stuart (Catharine) Cook, North Manchester; two daughters: Maribeth Cook, North Manchester; and Sylvia (Stephen) Callaway, North Manchester; two sisters: Eloise Brubaker, North Manchester; and Agatha Metzger, North Manchester; ten grandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchildren.
Evelyn is preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Mary Coning; husband, Morris Cook; two brothers: Richard Coning and Herman Coning; four brother-in laws; and one grandson.
Family and friends may call from 2-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, at McKee Mortuary, 1401 State Road 114 West, North Manchester. Funeral Service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at the Old German Baptist Brethren Church, State Road 13 North, North Manchester. The Home Brethren will officiate. Burial will be at the Old German Baptist Brethren Cemetery, North Manchester.