- Date Of Birth: September 23, 1927
- Date Of Death: December 5, 2012
- State: Indiana
Bernice Evangaline Cook, 85, of Elkhart, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, at her residence.
She was born Sept. 23, 1927, in Trinidad, Colo., to Benedict and Sarafina (Baca) Leyba.
On Feb. 6, 1946, she married Raymond Cook Jr.
In addition to her husband, other survivors include two daughters, Sandra (Numan) Amouri of South Bend and Patricia Gene Cook of Mishawaka; two grandchildren, Shawn Raymond Kotoske and Tara Anne Kotoske; and two great-grandchildren, Bailey Patricia Howell and Austin Michael Howell.
She was preceded in death by her parents; son Thomas Allen Cook; and three brothers, Robert Elroy Leyba, Ernest Timothy Leyba and Benedict Raymond Leyba.
Bernice attended nursing school while living in Trinidad.
She worked for several years as an office manager for the M.O. Wolfe accounting firm, which later became Ernst and Young.
She was a member of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Elkhart.
Bernice loved to spend time reading, sewing, making arts and crafts and spending winters in Florida with her husband.
