Inge Cook

Mrs. Inge Maria Bierenstiel Cook, 87, of Grenada, passed away Sunday, October 15, 2023 at her son's residence at Oakland. Mrs. Cook was born August 11, 1936 in Sandhofen, Germany to Johann and Margarethe Spielman Bierenstiel. She grew up in Germany during World War II and met and married her husband, Clyde Roy Cook, Jr., while he was stationed in Germany during the Korean Conflict. Inge worked for over 40 years at Pennaco Hosiery in Grenada and was a charter member of Lakewood Independent Methodist Church. She possessed tremendous skills when it came to knitting and crochet and shared her talents by gifting handmade items like baby blankets, caps and dish towels to friends and family. Her grandchildren and great granddaughter were her pride and joy. She loved spending time with them, her children, extended family and many close friends.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, October 20, 2023 at Lakewood Independent Methodist Church. Interment will follow in the Cook Family Cemetery. Family and friends will gather one hour prior to the service Friday at Lakewood Independent Methodist Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Deborah Cook Waller(Ron) of Madison; son, John Cook(Sherry) of Oakland; sister, Waltraud Feike of Rimbach, Germany; three grandchildren, Phillip Waller(Kate) of Arlington, VA, David Waller of Madison and John Austin Cook(Erin) of Oakland; one great-grandchild, Camille Austyn Cook of Oakland and a god daughter, Claudia Remmert(Jurgen) of Birkenau, Germany.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.
John Cook, John Austin Cook, David Waller, Phillip Waller, Ron Waller and John Walton will honor Mrs. Cook by serving as pallbearers and carry her to rest in the Cook Family Cemetery.
Memorials may be directed to Lakewood Independent Methodist Church, PO Box 822, Grenada, MS 38902 or First Independent Methodist Church of Madison, PO Box 2194, Madison, MS 39103 or to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada, (662-307-2694).
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