Kevin L. Cook, 63, Everly

Services for Kevin L. Cook will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at the Warner Chapel in Spencer, with Pastor Juanita Parker officiating.

Honorary pallbearers include Kenny Cook, Keith Cook, Kelly Cook, Kevin Harberts, Gregg Harberts and Tim Erpelding. Interment will be in Lone Tree Cemetery at Everly. Warner Funeral Home is assisting with the arrangements.

Kevin Lawrence Cook, the son of Lorn and Darlene (Roemeling) Cook, was born March 1, 1957 in Worthington, Minn. He attended grade school in Spencer and his high school years in Adrian, Minn., graduating from Adrian High School in 1975.

While living in Adrian, Kevin helped Virgil and Alice Cook farm and milk cows. He also worked for Steve and Lane Bullerman on the farm. Kevin later went to work for Van Wyk Trucking in Sheldon as an over-the-road truck driver. His love for the farm brought him back to work for his current employer, Tim Erpelding. His love of farming was evident every day on the farm.

Kevin married Denise Harberts-Nemmers on Oct. 6, 2007, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Spencer. Kevin and Denise truly found the love of their lives in each other. Kevin was an avid Minnesota Vikings, Twins and Gopher fan. He loved all of their grandchildren and enjoyed spending as much time with them as he could. He enjoyed playing cards with his family and was known to occasionally bend the rules. Kevin and Denise looked forward to and enjoyed their trips to Mexico. They enjoyed meeting friends from all over the country. Mexico was Kevin’s “Happy Place.” He was a member of the Knight of Columbus for many years.

Kevin was diagnosed with leukemia on Aug. 28, 2020. He passed away peacefully at age 63 at Unity Point Hospital in Sioux City on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, after his courageous battle with leukemia. He was preceded in death by his parents: Lorn and Darlene Cook; his special uncle, Virgil Cook; other aunts and uncles along with his maternal and paternal grandparents.

Left to continue to share his stories are his wife, Denise, of Everly; his daughter, Chantel (Austin) Scarset, of Luverne, Minn.; sons: Matt Nemmers, of Sioux Falls, S.D.; and Ryan (Brandon Hansen) Nemmers, of Everly; five grandchildren: Axel, Estelle and Ivy Scarset, Skylar Nemmers and Mazie Appeldorn; three brothers: Kenny Cook, of Milford; Keith (Tammy) Cook, of Spencer; and Kelly Cook, of Spencer; his mother and father-in-law, Daryl and Joyce Harberts, of Rushmore, Minn.; brothers-in-law: Kevin (Traci) Harberts, of Adrian, Minn.; and Gregg (Amy) Harberts, of Rushmore, Minn.; many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and many friends.