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Everett 'Butch' Cook Jr.
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[November
12, 2008]
Everett L. "Butch" Cook Jr., 67, of
Lincoln, died Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008, at 10:45 a.m. at Memorial
Medical Center in Springfield.
A celebration of his life will be at 2 p.m. Friday at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln, with Dustin Fulton
officiating. Visitation will be from noon until 2 p.m. at the
funeral home. |
Burial will be in Mount Pulaski Cemetery, Mount
Pulaski, at a later date. Mr. Cook retired from
management at Caterpillar in East Peoria.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran.
He was born Dec. 9, 1940, in Decatur to Everett
and Esther Rosteck Cook. He married Sandra Thompson
on Dec. 23, 1959, in Lincoln.
He is survived by his wife, of Lincoln; five
sisters, Sandra Warmoth of Cartersville, Ga., Pat
(and William) Slayton of Lincoln, Charlene (and
Dennis) Jordan of Conway, Ark., Karen (and Paul)
Hays of Kingman, Ariz., and Tammy (and Jim) Boose of
Argenta.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one
daughter, Stacy S. Cook; and one sister, Shirley Ann
Napier.
He was a member of Jefferson Street Christian
Church, American Legion Post 263 and Gold Wing Road
Riders Association. |
Butch was an avid golfer and loved woodworking.
Memorials may be made to Jefferson Street
Christian Church.
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