MEADE – Zelma L. Cook, age 93, died early Tuesday morning, December 2, 2014, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas.

She was born July 5, 1921, at Montezuma, Kansas, the daughter of Earl L. and Della Lenora (Barger) Rexford. As a young girl she attended the Montezuma school system, later attending and graduating from Meade High School in Meade, Kansas. Upon her graduation, she married Charles A. Cook on June 20, 1940, at Garden City, Kansas. After their marriage, the couple made their home in rural Meade County where they farmed for many years before moving to Meade. She was a homemaker.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Meade. She was a founding member of the Golden Notes and enjoyed music and attending the Beam Senior Center.

She is survived by several nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Charles on October 15, 1992; her parents; and two sisters, Lena Jenkinson and Phyllis Smith-Collins.

Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 5, 2014, at the Plains Cemetery, Plains, Kansas. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Friday at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will follow in the Plains Cemetery.

The family would welcome memorials to the Lone Tree Retirement Center Television Fund in care of the funeral home.