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Service:
10 a.m. Saturday, February 5, 2022 in the Lincoln
Christian Church Fellowship Center
Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
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William Austin Cook, age 24,
passed away on January 28th in Springfield.
Cremation rites have been accorded by Holland Barry
& Bennett Funeral Home.
Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday,
February 5, 2022 in the Lincoln Christian Church
Fellowship Center with LC Sutton officiating.
Will leaves behind his parents, Larry and Diane
Cook, two brothers, Bret Paulus (Samantha) and Max
Cook, one sister, Kendall Paulus (Patrick Ampleman),
his grandfather, Raymond Cook of Green Valley,
Arizona, two beloved nephews, Braxton and Callan
Paulus, his girlfriend, Emma Nepolello, and many
aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Sue
Cook, Gerald and Vivian Gehrke and cousin, Nicholas
Schwalbach.
Will graduated from Lincoln Community High School,
Heartland Community College and after much hard work
and perseverance, received a bachelor’s degree in
business from Illinois State University. Will was a
marketing representative for Frontier-Mt Carroll
Mutual Insurance Company where he worked daily with
his father. |
Will often talked of how fortunate he and Max were to have grown
up in Starkey Acres subdivision where they have wonderful memories of playing
continuously outside with the gang and all the shenanigans that went with it.
Will was fiercely loyal to his friends and cared so deeply for all of them. Will
spent the last two years in Peoria with the love of his life, Emma, and their
dog, Koda. We will forever be grateful for all the teachers and coaches who
helped him along the way and helped shape him into the wonderful man he became.
Will was the best friend, the best son and grandson, the best brother, the best
uncle, the best boyfriend, the best dog dad and we couldn’t have loved him more.
Memorial donations may be made to Moms Who Care to support
Lincoln High School students.
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