Col Phyllis M. Cooke

Cooke, Col. Phyllis M., 61, Air Force Reserves, Ret., Flight Nurse and Operating Room Supervisor, Via-Christi St. Francis Open Heart Team Perfusionist, and member of the team that performed the first heart transplant in Kansas, currently Royal Carribean Cruise Line Supervisor, passed away Friday, March 10, 2006. The visitation will be held from 7 - 9 PM tonight, at Watson Funeral Home, with services scheduled for 11:00 AM Monday, at Calvary United Methodist Church, with interment in Reflection Pointe Cemetery, Wichita. She is survived by her loving husband, Francis W., of Wichita, her father, Forrest Craft, of Fairbury, NE, brothers, Vernon Craft, Pawley's Island, SC, and Ivan Craft, Hemet, CA. Also survived by her nephew and niece, Sharon and David, great-nephews and nieces. She is mourned by her husband's children, Lisa Williamson, Daniel Cooke, Matthew Cooke, and Andrew Cooke and their families, and grandchildren, Jennifer Stephen and Amanda Williamson, William and Katherine Cooke, Jennifer Shelton and "adopted" grandchildren, Kelsey, Radhika and Anushka. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the University of Nebraska Nursing School Scholarship Fund. An online guestbook may be signed at www.watsonfuneral.com. Watson Reflection Pointe