Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Cook, Maxine Bolinger March 30, 2010 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Danny Gruber danny.gruber@gmail.com June 17, 2010, 11:26 am Lexington Clipper-Herald April 3, 2010 Maxine Cook, 83, of Lexington, died Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at Tri-County Hospital in Lexington. Funeral services will be Saturday, April 3, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lexington with Pastor Michael Gruhn officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery at Lexington. Visitation was held Friday, April 2, 2010, at the Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington. She was born March 4, 1927, at Huntsville, Ark., to Claude and Cora (Fowler) Bolinger.  When she was nine years old, the family moved to Ucross, Wyo., where her father was involved with ranching. Maxine was a graduate of Clearmont High School in Clearmont, Wyo., with the class of 1947.  She was united in marriage to Edwin Cook on Dec. 5, 1948, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Sheridan, Wyo.  Two children were blessed to this marriage; Perry and Teresa.  Following their marriage Ed and Maxine resided in Wyoming and Montana and moved to California in 1954.  In 1958, they moved to Seward where Ed attended Concordia Teacher’s College until 1961. Ed received his calling to Seminary and attended Concordia Theological Seminary in Springfield, Ill.  The couple served parishes in Wyoming and Nebraska.  Pastor and Mrs. Cook served seven different churches in the area, retiring in 2004.  Maxine was living at Park Avenue Estates at the time of her death.  Maxine loved living close to her grandchildren and new great-granddaughter.  She enjoyed embroidery, baking, cooking, doing crafts at Park Avenue and playing afternoon Bingo. Survivors include one son, Perry (Estela) Cook of Lemoore, Calif.; one daughter, Teresa (Jack) Maxcy of Lexington; two brothers, Clifton “Jeff” (Edna) Bolinger of Sheridan, Truman (Barbara) Bolinger of Scottsdale, Ariz.; one sister, Christine (Donald) Lane of Scottsdale; four grandchildren:  James Maxcy, Katherine (Joseph) Alvarado, all of Lexington, Christopher (Jenny) Cook and Jennifer Cook, all of Lemoore; three great-grandchildren, Brandon and Tyler Cook of Lemoore, Aleyna Alvarado of Lexington as well as nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Maxine was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ed in 2009; and one great-grandson, Isaac. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/dawson/obits/c/cook107gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb