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Leah E. Cook
Leah E. Cook
Independence
Leah E. Cook, after 98 wonderful years, entered into her eternal rest on Saturday, June 11, 2022, at the Buchanan County Health Center in Independence, surrounded by her loving children.
Funeral service: 11 a.m. Friday, June 17, 2022, at the Church of Christ United, Winthrop.
Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Fawcett-Schmitz Funeral Home in Winthrop and for one hour before the service at the church on Friday.
The procession to the interment at Troy Mills Cemetery in Troy Mills, Iowa, will leave Fellowship Hall at 2 p.m. on Friday.
Memorials in Leah’s memory can be sent to Cedar Valley Hospice or Camp Courageous.
Online obituary at www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com
Leah was preceded by her husband, Edmund Cook on Nov. 26, 2010; and daughter, Joyce McAtee.
Leah is survived by her two daughters, Diane (Gary) Davidson of Hackensack, Minn., and Sharon (Mike) Wilson of Omaha, Neb.; and a son, Charles Cook of Amarillo, Texas.
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