Mabel L. Cook, age 85, died December 8, 2006 at the Good Samaritan Center, Hays, Kansas. She was born May 4, 1921 on the farm in Hartland Township, Kearny County, Kansas, the daughter of John and Florence Kaniper Kash. She married Norman Cook June 21, 1937 in Garden City, Kansas. He died June 22, 1989. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Cook was a longtime resident of Great Bend and was an active member of the First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Great Bend. Mrs. Cook is survived by three sons, Robert L. Cook and wife, Sandi, Willamsburg, Virginia, Roger D. Cook and wife, Sharon, Violet Hill, Arkansas, and Ronald D. Cook and wife, Janett, of Hays, Kansas; five grandchildren, Leslie Lundquist, Susan Guzman, Rogina Jones, Doug Cook and Tyla Weber; seven great-grandchildren, Benjamin and Sidney Cook, Garrett and Madison Jones, Nathan, Merrell and Tylor Guzman. Mrs. Cook is also survived by two brothers, Marvin Kash and wife, Thelma, Lakin, Kansas and Oscar Kash and wife, Anita Beth, Meridian, Idaho, and a sister-in-law, Viola Kash, Lakin, Kansas. She was preceded in death by one grandson, Todd Cook in 1990, two sisters, Ruby Pebley, 1949, and Edith Abrams, 1974; four brothers, Ray Kash, 1909, Arthur Kash, 1987, Russell Kash, 1993, and Clarence Kash, 2000. Graveside funeral services will be Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at the Great Bend Cemetery at 10:30 a.m. in Great Bend, Kansas. Elder A. J. Owens will officiate. Visitation will be Monday, December 11, 2006 from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. at Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend, Kansas. A memorial fund in Mrs. Cook's name has been established with Hays Hospice or First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church, Great Bend, Kansas, in care of the funeral home.