COOK — Richard Lowell, 86; born Sept. 4, 1932, Goodhue, Minn.; died April 19, 2019, Gladstone, Ore. Surviving: wife, Gerda Gartner, West Linn, Ore.; son and daughter-in-law, Ronald and Julie (Sreckov) Cook, Algonquin, Ill.; 3 grandsons, Ryon Cook, Nathan Cook and Neil Cook, all of Algonquin; nephew, James Ness, Eagan, Minn.; and niece, Jennifer (Smith) Ness, Eagan, Minn.