Virginia L. Cook

Virginia L. Cook, age 85, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away Tuesday evening, November 8, 2016 at Cox South Medical Center, in Springfield, Missouri. Virginia was born on February 24, 1931, at home, in Independence, Missouri, to Jessie (Dairy) and Arthur Reickard. She was the third of five children. Virginia grew up in the Kansas City area, and had to quit school to help care for her brother. After, she worked at Montgomery Wards, in the packing and shipping department. While working there she met Gerald Cook. They were married on December 2, 1949. Together they had three daughters. She also worked at an ammunition plant, in Kansas City, then the entire family to Stockton, Missouri, and bought a 40-acre farm. It was there Virginia and Gerald raised their family. Virginia enjoyed crossword puzzles, and making fudge, candy, and bread for friends and neighbors. However, her family was the most important thing to her. She deeply loved her grandchildren. Virginia is preceded in death by parents, Arthur and Jessie; brothers, Harold, Bobby, Arthur, and Donald; grandchildren, Summer LeAnne Schulte, and Nicole Marie Haines. She is survived by her daughters, Connie Eighmy, and her husband Nelson, of Springfield, Joan Haines, and her husband Stephen, of Stockton, Goldie Spencer, and her husband Rick, of Jefferson City, Missouri; grandchildren, Jerry Nelson Eighmy, and his wife Tesea, and family, Jennie Robinson, and her husband Ron, and family, Clifton Eighmy, Jessica Rickman, and her husband James, and family, Amber Moore, and her husband Jared, Robb Schulte, Brandon Schulte, and Zachary Spencer, and his wife Addie, and family. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral service, from 1:00 – 2:00 pm, on Friday, November 11, 2016, at the Butler Funeral Home, in Humansville. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm, on Friday, November 11, 2016 at the Butler Funeral Home, in Humansville, with Ralph Benham officiating. Burial will follow the funeral, and take place at the Alder Cemetery, near Stockton, with Nelson Eighmy, Stephen Haines, Ricky Spencer, Zachary Spencer, Jerry Eighmy, and Clifton Eighmy serving as casket bearers.

Virginia L. Cook

February 24, 1931 - November 8, 2016