Beverly Sue "Bev" Kelly Cook Obituary (1955

Mrs. Beverly Sue "Bev" Kelly Cook, age 54, of Canaan, Indiana, entered this life on August 23, 1955, in Milan, Indiana, the daughter of Hobert & Cora Duke Kelly. She was raised in Bennington and was a 1973, graduate of Switzerland County High School. When she was a freshman, she became the first freshman to become a varsity cheerleader and she served as captain of the squad. Bev had also attended Ivy Tech and had completed several classes there. She was united in marriage on August 5, 1972, at the Bennington United Methodist Church to Gary R. Cook. To this happy union arrived two daughters and a son to bless their home. Bev was a devoted wife, helping her husband wherever needed. She was a caring and giving mother, sharing her talents and wisdom with her children. Bev loved her family, and was her happiest when she was with them. Bev enjoyed helping her husband the past twenty years with Cook's vegetable and produce stand on Clifty Drive in Madison. She also enjoyed helping the Welch family with the German Corner and traveling to all the festivals and shows for twenty years. She most recently had traveled the book festivals for the past five years. In June 2006 she began her battle with AML M1 Leukemia and fought a courageous battle with the disease. Bev never complained in life but always showed us her smile and her great love of God. During her recent rehab at Thornton Terrace she felt a new calling to want to show and help people in rehab, she had so hoped to be able to go back and volunteer there. Bev was a member of the Kent Christian Church as well as the Brushy Fork Baptist Church and served at both churches when ever needed. She loved being a grandma and was looking forward to the approaching birth of her second granddaughter: McKenna Faith Cook. In her spare time she loved music and enjoyed dancing, singing, playing the piano. She loved to travel and collecting Boyd's Bears. Beverly died September 18, 2009 at Seton Specialty Hospital in Indianapolis. Bev would ask of her family and friends to remember, "Stay with the Lord, give your thanks to Him and Live for Him, because one day I want to see you all here again in Heaven". A LOVING FAMILY Bev will be missed by her loving husband: Gary R. Cook of Canaan, Indiana; her loving daughters: Shanna Cook of New York, New York, Nicole Cook - Ficaro & her husband: Jason Ficaro of New Orleans, Louisiana; her loving son: Sean Cook & his wife: Hannah of Owingsville, Kentucky; her loving mother: Cora Duke Kelly of North Vernon, Indiana; her adoring granddaughter: Macy Laine Cook; her loving brother: Danney Kelley & his wife: Angela of Madison, Indiana; her loving sisters: Nancy Griffith & her husband: Harold Eugene of Madison, Indiana, Evelyn Morris & her husband: Danny of North Vernon, Indiana, Geraldine Reed & her husband: David of North Vernon, Indiana, Barbara Hornsby & her husband: Gary of Hanover, Indiana; her mother in law: Effie Cook Armes of Canaan, Indiana; her aunts & uncles: Mary Jane & George Hankins of Bennington, Indiana, Junior & Wanda Duke of Versailles, Indiana; several nieces, nephews, cousins & other relatives. She was preceded in death by her father: Hobert Kelly died: Dec. 18, 2006; her father's in law: Jim Rich, Ted Cook & George Armes. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 1:00 pm, by Dr. Danny Gabbard and Pastor Mike Jones at the Kent Christian Church, 8082 West State Road 56, in Kent, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Grandview Memorial Gardens near Madison, Indiana. VISITATION Friends may call Tuesday from 11:00 am until time of the service at the Kent Christian Church, 8082 West State Road 256 in Kent, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society or Thornton Terrace Memorial Fund. Cards are available at the funeral home. To send a flower arrangement in memory of Beverly Sue "Bev" Kelly Cook, please click here to visit our sympathy store.