Delores Margaretha Cook, 84, passed away Sunday, January 31, 2016. She was born in Talmage, Nebraska, attended Peru State College, and went on to become a teacher in a one-room school house. She married her husband Wayne in 1954. They lived in Guam for 18 months while Wayne served in the Navy. It was there they had their first child, Debra. They moved from Guam to Lincoln, Nebraska and then to Red Oak, Iowa where they had their second child, Michael. Later, they moved back to Nebraska and then to Kansas City where they had their third and last child David. Years later, they moved to Oklahoma, where they have lived for the past 38 years. Delores’s passion was for her church, her family, and her work at H&R Block as an enrolled agent.

Delores is survived by her husband, Wayne; her children, Debra Gorman and her husband Joseph, Michael Cook, and David Cook; her six grandchildren and their spouses, Brian (Rachel) Cook, Gregory Cook, Erin (Michael) Gille, Kelsey (Christopher) Scholtens, Brittany Cook, and Bryce Cook; and two great grandchildren, Charles and Annabelle Cook.

Visitation will be from 4-8 pm Wednesday, February 3 at Vondel Smith & Son (13125 N. MacArthur Blvd. Oklahoma City). The service will be held on Thursday, February 4 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (10600 N. Council Rd. Oklahoma City) at 10 am. Interment will follow the service.