Daisy Cole

Daisy Elliott Cole, of Village Terrace, Good Samaritan Village, Hastings, Nebraska, died Thursday, October 26, 2000 at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, Hastings, Nebraska.

Requiem Eucharist will be Monday, October 30, 2000; 11:00 A.M. at St. Mark's Episcopal Pro-Cathedral with Very Rev. Richard J. Martindale officiating. Inurnment will be in All Souls Chapel, St. Mark's Episcopal Pro-Cathedral, Hastings, Nebraska.

Family will be present in Common Room at St. Mark's Episcopal Pro-Cathedral 1 hour prior to service to receive family and friends.

Daisy Elliott Cole was born in Jacksonville, Missouri, September 13, 1912. As a young girl, she moved with her family to central Iowa where she met and married Levi J. Cole on December 18, 1929. Mr. & Mrs. Cole farmed in the Perry, Iowa area for many years. Daisy was a farm wife and also worked at the Wheel Wright Car Agency and the Montgomery Ward Store in the catalog department in Perry, Iowa. After Mr. Cole's untimely death in a farm related accident in 1964. Daisy remained in Perry where she worked as a cook at the Elks Lodge. In 1967, she moved to Hastings, Nebraska to be close to her family. While in Hastings, Daisy worked for the Dutton Lainson Company and was a night clerk at the Clarke Hotel for 7 years. After moving to Hastings, Daisy was confirmed into St. Mark's Episcopal Church, was a faithful communicant there and a member of the Altar Guild. Daisy is a member of Women of The Moose Lodge and D.O.E.S both in Iowa. Memorials in her honor may be given to St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 5th and Burlington, Hastings, Nebraska, 68901.

She is survived by one daughter; Norma Wicks Hansen of Hastings, Nebraska, grandson; Cole Wicks and wife Marilyn and great grandchildren, Jessica and Levi, all of Hastings, granddaughter; Connie Scism and husband, Tony and great grandchildren, Ben, Nikki and Blake Scism, all of Aurora, Nebraska, granddaughter; Corinne Nuss and husband, Douglas and great grandchildren, Ashlee and Emalee, all of Sutton, Nebraska; former son-in-law, Gerald D. Wicks of Elwood, Nebraska and one niece, Velma McDowell and husband, Earl, of Perry, Iowa; Great nieces, Marcia Fink and Vicki Price and their families; and special friends, Chuck and Ginny Morris of Perry, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and her husband, Levi.