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Wanda Lou Turk (Cook) passed away peacefully on April 7, 2024. She was born on April 10, 1938, to Mary Faye Cypert and Herbert Turk in Abbott, Texas. Wanda graduated high school in Jal. New Mexico. She worked as a secretary in the 1970s at Sonora High School and always remained a proud Sonora Bronco. She also held positions as a bookkeeper for the Mertzon Woolhouse and she worked part time in advertising sales. Throughout her adult life Wanda was an active member and leader in the Texas Presbyterian Women organization. After moving to San Angelo in 2005, she volunteered through the women’s auxiliary at Baptist Memorial and Area Agency on Aging. She obtained several certificates and pins for her continued dedication to volunteer work.
Wanda was an avid knitter and crocheter, although her sweaters sometimes were meant for those with three arms. She was always working on a project, and she loved to make blankets and scarves for her loved ones. Wanda also enjoyed playing mah jong, reading, watching movies, and attending theatre events. Music was also a big part of her life. She played the church organ, worked for a radio station, and even into her later years knew all the words to most Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, and Elvis songs. She could sing most Presbyterian hymns by memory, which is no small feat.
Wanda cherished her time spent with family. She loved wholeheartedly being an aunt, mother, and grandmother and she will be remembered as the best.
Wanda was preceded in death by her parents, Mary Faye and Herbert Turk, her brother Ed Turk, sister-in-law Bobbie Jo Turk, her son-in-law Steve McCollum, and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.
She is survived by her Son John David Cook, her daughter, P.J. Earhart (Dick Earhart), her one and only granddaughter, Lauren McCollum (Bayley Masera), J.D. Cook all of San Angelo; her nephew Doug Turk and Angie Turk, Maggie Turk and Eddie Turk of Livingston; cousins Charlotte Barr of Hillsboro and Carolyn Bennett of Corsicana, Texas.
A memorial service with will be held Thursday, April 11, 2024 at St. Mark Presbyterian Church at 11:00 am.
Family and friends may share condolences and sign the online register book at www.harper-funeralhome.com.