Bonnie D. (Carpenter) Cook

Bonnie Cook, 88, of Rowan passed away Friday, June 5, 2015, at Iowa Specialty Hospital in Belmond.

Funeral services for Bonnie Cook will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday, June 8, 2015, at Ewing Funeral Home, 1801 Central Avenue East in Clarion, with Pastor Warren Curry officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Clarion.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to the services at the funeral home.

Bonnie Doreen Carpenter was born on October 13, 1926, in Woolstock Township to Joseph and Lila (Tudor) Carpenter. After graduating from Webster City High School she attended Wartburg College, where she earned her teaching degree. On June 8, 1947, Bonnie was united in marriage to Elba Cook at the Clarion Church of Christ.

Bonnie taught school for many years in Alexander and at Belmond Middle School. She and Elba then followed their dreams and purchased a fishing resort on the Gullrock Lake Chain (Cook’s Camp) near Red Lake, Ontario, which they ran for 14 years. After retiring they purchased a private cabin next to a resort they loved and enjoyed many summers together. They would return to Iowa for a month before leaving for Mesa, Arizona where they spent the winter months. She loved fishing, reading, crocheting and talking to her many friends.

Bonnie is survived by her daughters, Deborah (Dan) Morris of Fort Dodge and Leigh Ann (Steve) Rounds of Florence, Arizona; grandchildren, Steve (Mariel) Mandelko of Omaha, Nebraska, Brian Prescott of Austin, Texas  and Matt (Katie Nerz) Mandelko of Omaha, Nebraska; great-grandchildren, Maggie Mandelko and Bella Nerz and sister, Betty (Lowell) Hill of Urbana, Illinois.

She was preceded in death by her husband and parents.