Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Cook, Edwin H. August 31, 2009
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Lexington Clipper-Herald Sept. 2, 2009
Pastor Edwin H. Cook, 81, of Lexington, died Monday, Aug. 31, 2009, at Plum
Creek Care Center in Lexington. 

Funeral  Services will be Friday, Sept.  4, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity
Lutheran Church in Lexington with Pastor Michael Gruhn officiating.  
 
Burial with Military Honors will be in the Greenwood Cemetery at Lexington.   
Visitation will be held Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009, from 4-7 p.m. at the
Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington. 

Survivors include his wife, Maxine Cook of Lexington; one son,  Perry (Estela)
Cook of Lemoore, Calif.; one daughter, Teresa (Jack) Maxcy of Lexington; one
brother,  Bill (Yvette) Cook of Watsonville, Calif.; one sister, Lee Bobosky of
Sacramento, Calif.; four grandchildren,  James Maxcy  and Katherine (Joseph)
Alvarado, both of Lexington, Christopher (Jenny) Cook and  Jennifer Cook, all of
of Lemoore, Calif; three great-grandchildren,  Brandon and Tyler Cook of Lemoore
and Aleyna Alvarado of Lexington, as well as several nieces, nephews, other
relatives and friends.  
 
Pastor Cook was preceded in death by his parents and one great-grandson, Isaac.

Pastor Cook was born Nov. 20, 1927 at Sheridan, Wyo., to Henry and Katherine
(Pitsch) Cook.  He attended school in Sheridan, but dropped out of school in his
senior year to serve his country during WWII in the United States Navy.  Upon
completion of his military service, he went back and finished high school,
graduating in 1948.  

He was united in marriage to Maxine Bolinger on Dec. 5, 1948, at Immanuel
Lutheran Church in Sheridan.  At the time the couple were married, Ed worked at
Sheridan Iron Works and helped with farming operations in Wyoming and Montana.   
They moved to California in 1954 where he did appliance repair and drove a local
fuel truck and delivered to farm homes and fruit orchards.  They then moved to
Seward where Ed attended Concordia Teacher’s College from 1958 to 1961,
graduating with a bachelor of science degree in education.  
 
The couple then moved to Milwaukee, Wisc., Piedmont, Calif., and then Buffalo,
Wyo., where Ed taught school.  He also did carpenter work, sold insurance and
furthered his education at the University of Utah where he graduated with his
master’s in education.  Ed received his calling to Seminary and attended
Concordia Theological Seminary in Springfield, Ill.  He served parishes in
Wyoming and Nebraska until retiring in 1990, when they moved to Lexington to be
near their daughter and son-in-law and their family.  Pastor Cook helped with
seven different churches in the area and really retired in 2004.  He and Maxine
lived at Park Avenue Estates in Lexington since Dec. 1, 2004. 

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