Virginia Mae Cook, 92, of Madison, Alabama, passed away on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at Huntsville Hospital Hospice Family Care in Huntsville, Alabama.
Visitation will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at Laughlin Service Funeral Home in Huntsville, Alabama. A “Celebration of Life” service will be held directly following at 10:00 a.m. Friends and family are invited to join in a luncheon directly following at Jonathan’s Grille in Madison, Alabama
Memorial contributions can be made to St. Luke United Church of Christ at 1403 South St., Burlington, Iowa. 52601.
Virginia was born on May 13, 1933, in Burlington, Iowa, to Frank John and Mathilda Louise (Wuellner) Walker. She married Carney Bowman Cook in Burlington, Iowa, on February 17, 1957. He preceded her in death on June 23, 2008.
Virginia is survived by her children, David Brian Cook (Paula) of Madison, Alabama, and Catherine Linn Cook Tillman of Gurnee, Illinois.; grandchildren, Brent Cook of Omaha, Nebraska, Rachel Cook (Andi) of Omaha, Nebraska, Mitchell Tillman of Chicago, Illinois, and Chelsea Tillman of Boston, Massachusetts; great-grandchild, Alex Cook of Martinsville, Indiana; sisters, Elaine Johnson and Phyllis Shultz; plus numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son-in-law, Douglas Tillman; sisters, Doris Westlake, Marian Palmer, and Alice Johnson; and brothers, Verne, Loren, Earl, and Robert Walker.
Virginia’s career was one of service to our country, starting off in the Air Force at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida where she met her future husband. As was required in that time-period, she exited the Air Force and continued on in Civil Service in various clerical capacities until her retirement from the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in 1990.
Virginia was a long-time member of St. Luke United Church of Christ in Burlington, Iowa. Her family was an original charter family that founded the church in 1872. Upon moving to Madison, Alabama in 2015, she attended Grace United Methodist Church in Huntsville.
Virginia’s passions were doting on her kids, grand and great-grand kids, cruising the high seas with her sisters and family, singing with her amazing voice in the church choir and at karaoke, watching NCAA basketball and especially her Iowa Hawkeyes, playing cards and games with her weekly group, and keeping up on current events.
Virginia’s legacy will live on in the hearts of her family and friends, who will cherish her memory forever.
