Nancy Ellen Kelly Cook

Nancy Ellen Kelly Cook, 87, passed away Dec. 12, 2009, at Bellevue Health Center in Oklahoma City, Okla.She was born May 22, 1922, in Skiatook, Okla., to Fred and Flora Kelly. At an early age, she moved with the family to Jennings, Okla., where her father owned Kelly Drug and Pharmacy. Her mother was a school teacher. As a girl, Nancy was active in school and church activities. She was a member of the Rainbow Girls, and participated in basketball and track at school. At age 16, she graduated as valedictorian from Jennings High School in 1938. In 1942, she graduated from Oklahoma A and M (now Oklahoma State University) with a degree in elementary education. At the time of her college graduation, Mrs. Cook was presented with one of the last lifetime teaching certificates awarded by the state of Oklahoma. Nancy was married to William Norvil Cook, also a 1942 graduate of Oklahoma A and M, on Feb. 27, 1942, in Winfield, Kan. During their married life, they lived in Chandler, Muskogee, Stillwater, Duncan and Edmond, Okla. W. N. "Bill" Cook was an Oklahoma State Agriculture Extension Service agent and director. She taught elementary school in Stillwater and Duncan, Okla., retiring from teaching in 1985. The couple moved to Edmond, Okla., in 2000.  Mrs. Cook loved to travel with her husband and other members of her family. She was an avid travel planner, sometimes enjoying the mapping and planning of trips almost as much as the travel itself. In addition to her professional duties, she was a wonderful homemaker for her husband, children and grandchildren. Nancy and her husband were always active in Baptist churches in the towns where they lived. At the time of her death, Mrs. Cook was a member of the Quail Springs Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, Okla. She was preceded in death by her husband in 2004. She was also preceded in death by her parents; an infant daughter, Maureen Elaine; and two sisters, Fredalyn Sue Kelly and Marjorie Marie Davis. She is survived by four children, a daughter, Pam and husband Doug Tewell ofEdmond; three sons, Wiley Cook and wife Kay of Edmond; Stanley Cook and wife Barbara of Colleyville, Texas; and Dennis Cook and wife Liz of Edmond; eight grandchildren, Kristine and husband Pat Bates, Jay Tewell and wife Sonia; Kristin and husband Colin McLaughlin; David Cook, Colin Cook, Daniel Cook, Jordan Cook and Brennan Cook; five great grandchildren, Spencer, Kendall and Cooper Bates; and Carson and Kennedy Tewell; and one sister, Mary Anne and husband Ned Davis, of Jackson, Calif. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, Dec. 14, at the Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Okla., with Rev. Wil Gardner officiating. The services are under the direction of Matthews Funeral Home, Edmond, Okla. In lieu of flowers, the Cook family requests that memorial gifts be made to the Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children, Inc., 3800 N. May Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73112.