Grace Matilda (Lira) Cook, 90, passed away Dec. 9 at Columbia Health Care Center, Columbia, Mo.
Funeral services were at 1 p.m. Dec. 12 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 318 East Scioto St. with Father Charles Pardee officiating.
Visitation for family and friends was Dec. 11, from 5 - 7 p.m. with a prayer service at 5 p.m. at the James and Gahr Funeral Home, 117 N. Seymour St., in St. James. Interment was in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Cemetery, St. James.
Memorials may be made to the Tri County Humane Society (entirely privately-funded, no-kill animal shelter), 745 North Springfield Road., St. James, MO 65559, 573-265-3321; Hospice Compassus, 3050 I 70 Drive S.E., Suite 100, Columbia, MO 65201, 573-443-8360, or memorial of donors choice.
