FOWLER – Dorothy (Cook) Leis, age 87, a member of the St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Fowler, died Monday, October 28, 2019, at the Minneola District Hospital Long Term Care Unit, Minneola, Kansas.

She was born February 22, 1932, in rural Meade, Kansas, to Clifford and Lenora (Mabery) Cook. She married William (Bill) Leis on May 19, 1952, at Meade, Kansas. He preceded her in death on December 23, 2001. She graduated from Meade High School in 1951. While her husband was in the armed forces, she worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone. Later they moved to the Leis farm in Minneola, Kansas. Then they moved to Fowler where they built their home. William was a farmer, cattleman, and carpenter and she was a homemaker, mother, and a nurse's aide for the Minneola District Hospital for many years.

Survivors include two daughters, Carolda Edwards and husband Steve of rural Fowler, and Bev Baalman of Wichita, Kansas; three sons, Steve Leis of Wright, Kansas, Douglas Leis and wife Julie of Wellington, Kansas, and Stanley Leis of Peck, Kansas; three brothers, Gaylord Cook of Hutchinson, Kansas, Marlon Cook of Boone, Iowa, and Richard Cook of Liberal, Kansas; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her husband; parents; two brothers, Gordon Cook and Oland Ray Cook; a sister, Dolly Ann Watts; and a granddaughter, Angela Leis.

She loved God, her family, music, sports, and flowers.

Vigil services will be held at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 30, 2019, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Fowler. Holy Mass will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, at the church. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Wednesday at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will follow in the Fowler Cemetery, Fowler.

The family would welcome memorials to St. Anthony's Catholic Church or the Minneola District Hospital in care of the funeral home.