Will Eugene Cook, age 79, a resident of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2019, at the Medicalodge of Ft. Scott.

He was born July 5, 1938, in Ft. Scott, the son of Dee Cook and Clara Ellen Proctor Cook.

Will had worked at various business throughout his life. In earlier years, he had worked as a custodian for St. Mary’s School and also worked for the Chevrolet dealership in Ft. Scott. Later, he worked for several years at Extrusions. He then helped out at Love’s Sanitation and Ft. Scott Burial Vault Company.

He attended the Ft. Scott Church of the Nazarene. Will enjoyed tending the flowers in his yard.

Survivors include three brothers, Charles Cook, of Stover, Missouri, Dallas Cook, Joplin, Missouri and Dave Cook of Webb City, Missouri and a sister, Eva Marie Foster, of Norman, Oklahoma.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 15th at the Cheney Witt Chapel.

Burial will follow in the Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Services are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Ft. Scott, Kansas. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.