Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday August 12, 2015, at Memorial Funeral Home, in Columbia, MO. Funeral service will be 11:00am, Thursday August 13, 2015, with visitation from 10:30-11am, prior to the service at Trinity Lutheran Church 2201 W Rollins Rd, Columbia, Missouri.
Bill was preceded in death by his wife Louanna, four siblings, his parents Emory Walter and Nora Cook, several sisters-in-laws and brothers-in-laws and other family members.
Survivors include two children, Colleen Schulte (Roger), of Saint Peters, MO, and Bradley Cook and Mary Ann Ratliff of Paris, MO; siblings, Kenneth Cook (Reba); Dorothy Mae Gregory; Jenny Johnson (Ross); Nancy Clark; Larry Cook (Claudia); grandchildren, Diana McCoy (Dan); Neil Schulte (Meghan); Caleb Cook; Jacob Pinkston; great-grandchildren, Quinn Ruth, Eleanor Frances and Margaret Louanna McCoy, and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Good Shepherd Lutheran School, 2201 W. Rollins Rd, Columbia, MO 65203-1433, in memory of Emory Cook.