Obituary for Barbara Cook

Barbara Ann Cook

January 23, 1957 – April 24, 2022

Barbara was born January 23, 1957 in Perry, OK to Jimmie and Evelyn (Stout) Spillman. She was her dads little chicken and most definitely the “wild” one of the Spillman kids. Barbara loved to dance. She competed in a jitterbug contest and was a flag girl her senior year. Known as Boo, to her classmates, she could not wait to move to San Juan, Texas after graduation.

After her 18th birthday, she wed Howard Kent Chilcoat at dawn on February 14, 1975 at Camp Tan Da Ko. Immediately following graduation in May of 1975, her and Kent moved to Texas. To this union, a daughter Crystal, was born in 1976.

Kent and Barbara moved back to Oklahoma in the early 1980’s and divorced. Thereafter she met Johnny Dee Cook. They wed March 14, 1986 in Miami, OK. She was by his side until his death in October, 2017.

Barbara worked full time at Charles Machine Works, Inc and went back to college part time earning her Associates of Science in 1992 from Northern Oklahoma College. She later worked for Oklahoma State University (OSU) with the “bugs”. She loved bookkeeping and accounting. Barbara served 4 years on Perry City Council. Barbara loved camping, traveling, crafting accessories and household decor for others.

Barbara later found her passion in quilting, where she placed numerous times at county fairs and quilt shows. Her highest achievement was being selected for the OSU Centennial Celebration Quilt Block Challenge. She received the following honors, OSU President Burns Hargis choice and outstanding originality and third place material appliqué. Her block can be seen on the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Services quilt.

Barbara passed away April 24, 2022 at Stillwater Medical Center in Perry, OK.

She is survived by one daughter, Crystal Chilcoat; her grandchildren, Brailey and Cannon Gilbreath; her parents, Jimmie and Evelyn Spillman, all of Perry, OK; one sister, Marilyn (Bob) Kauffman, Newalla, OK; two brothers, Mike Spillman, Bothell, WA and Bobby (Karen) Spillman, Tucson, AZ; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her husband John Cook.

In Lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be accepted at Perry Wheatheart or Noble County Quilts of Valor.

A funeral service has been set for May 4, 2022 at 2 pm at the First Baptist Church in Perry where Gene Owens will be officiating.

Arrangements are under the direction of Trout Funeral Home of Perry.

Source: Trout Funeral Home