Corey Cook

Corey R. Cook

Aug. 14, 1989- Oct. 17, 2011

OBERLIN, Kansas -- Corey R. Cook, 22, died Monday, Oct. 17, 2011.

He was born Aug. 14, 1989 to Todd and Crystal Cook in Oberlin.

He graduated from Decatur Community High School in 2007 and attended Johnson County Community College, Colby Community College and Kansas State University. He received an Associates degree in criminal justice.

He was an Airman with the 823rd Special Tactics Unit out of Moody Air Force Base in Georgia.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church.

Preceding him in death were his brother, Austin Cook; sister, Lori Cook; great-grandparents Cleta Wenger, Paul and Nan Cook and Verl and Minnie Crabill; and Kendall Bader.

Survivors include his parents, Todd and Crystal Cook of Oberlin; brothers, Dakota Cook and Quinton Cook of Oberlin; sisters, Shakira Cook of Oberlin and Victoria Meadows of Summerville, North Carolina; grandparents, Ron Beneda of Oberlin, Judy Wenger of Oberlin, Mike and Ruby Cook of Clayton and Del and Stevie Bader of Oberlin; great-grandparents, Val and Phyllis Beneda of Oberlin, Lawrence and Dorothy Wenger of Oberlin and Noreen Crabil of Norton, Kansas.

Funeral services will be Saturday, Oct. 22 at 11 a.m. at the Gateway in Oberlin with the Rev. Linda Willey officiating.

Visitation will be Friday. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Corey Cook Scholarship Fund.

Pauls Funeral Home in Oberlin (www.paulsfh.com) is in charge of arrangements.